Govt pushing students to wall: Geelani
Srinagar: Syed Ali Shah Geelani in a statement has blamed government to pushing students to wall and said that they were not giving them any space to express their hearts and minds. Geelani on Monday urged the government to release hundreds of those youth who have been slapped with PSA and were languishing behind […]
Students arrested amid clashes with police in Srinagar
Srinagar: Six students were arrested and dozens of them were injured including some girls as on Monday clashes took place throughout the day in busy Lal Chowk forcing a shutdown in the area by police action. Six students were detained in Srinagar clashes police said and did not give any details about the injured students […]
SSP injured in Srinagar clashes
Srinagar: SSP Srinagar and other police officials were seen clashing with agitating students. In one of such clashes, SSP Srinagar Imtiyaz Ismail Parray was hit by a stone in his right elbow. Police said that SSP was immediately shifted to the hospital for the treatment. On Monday, students had pitched battles with police on […]
Water level receding, but threat remains on Monday
Srinagar: Although water level has receded in river Jhelum, but the looming threat of the floods continues to be here in Srinagar and other parts on Monday due to rainy spells throughout the day. The rains continued even on Monday though it was light rainfall, but the wet weather is giving sleepless nights to […]
Azad not for central rule
Srinagar: Ghulam Nabi Azad Congress leader and former Chief Minister of J&K have said that Central rule was not the solution to the prevailing problems in J&K State. His statement is contrary to the statement of former Union Home Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram who has advocated for the Central rule and has […]
Madhav bats for coalition
Srinagar: As the clamour for the coalition to end in J&K has increased, BJP General Secretary in-charge J&K Affairs has said that there is no rift between the coalition partners and said that all is well between them. The statement of Ram Madhav came amid the newspaper reports that the coalition between PDP-BJP was […]
Hundreds of people including school-going children caught in Srinagar police action
Srinagar; On Monday afternoon police re-emerged with tear-smoke shells and other means of quelling the student protests with the result hundreds of people including school-going children were caught in this action which has been widely condemned by the people describing it as unwarranted. In afternoon of Monday, the shopkeepers, Regal Chowk, Lal Chowk and […]
11 CRPF personnel killed in Chhattisgarh
Chattisgarh: Eleven personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed during an encounter with Maoists in Chattisgarh’s Sukma district. The encounter, which took place at around 12.25 pm, happened in the Burkapal-Chintagufa area, worst Maoist violence-affected district in south Bastar. As per initial reports, six jawans were injured in the attack. “The Naxals […]
Unified Command to meet on Tuesday
Srinagar: J&K Chief Minister who is the head of Unified Command will be holding a meeting on Tuesday in the light of recent slide in the situation. Reports said that Mehbooba Mufti will chair the meeting in which GOC-in-C Northern Command, GOC 16 Corps, GOC 15 corps, DGP J&K, IG BSF, IG CRPF, senior […]
PDP core to meet
Srinagar: On Monday afternoon PDP core committee is likely to meet under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and they will discuss the future course of the party especially in the light of growing clamour within the party to sever ties with BJP. The meeting is likely to discuss all the aspects of […]
