No large gatherings to be held on Shab-e-Baraat eve in Kashmir: DC Sgr
The Srinagar administration on Tuesday imposed ban on holding any religious congregation in the district on the occasion of Shab-e-Baraat (night of blessings) in the wake of pandemic outbreak-Covid-19. Shab-e-Baraat is observed across the sub-continent with religious fervor on the night of 14th of Islamic Calendar month, Shabaan. The district magistrate Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary […]
Omar demands Mehbooba Mufti be set free
National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday demanded that PDP president Mehbooba Mufti be set free, saying merely shifting her home while keeping her under detention was a cop out. Mehbooba, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, who has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA), was shifted from a make-shift […]
Lockdown effect: Machil resident walk 40 KM to buy medicine
Srinagar, April 07 (KNS):The countrywide 21-days lockdown in wake of Covid-19 forced residents of Machil tehsil of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district to walk 40 kilometers to get life saving drugs. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Machil some 60 km away from district headquarter is lacking stock of eatables and medicines from couple of weeks […]
COVID-19: Srinagar’s Eidgah area declared red zone, seized by police
Srinagar: Amid growing number of postive cases for coronavirus , police on Tuesday sealed Eidgah area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district to prevent the disease from spreading. Reports reaching here said that after the authorities declared Eidgah area as Red zone, the police immediately sealed the area to avoid any further spread of the pathogen. Its […]
‘Kashmiris illegally detained since August 5 deserve freedom’: Iltija Mufti
Srinagar, April 07 (KNS):PDP cheif Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti on Tuesday urged authorities to release all prisoners detained since August last year and said the continuous incarceration undermines our democratic credentials. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Iltija who runs her mother’s twitter handler tweeted, “All Kashmiris illegally detained since 5th August deserve freedom.Their […]
Omar terms Mehbooba’s continous detention ‘cop out’
Srinagar,April 07 (KNS): Former cheif minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday termed the continous detention of PDP cheif Mehbooba Mufti as “cop out”. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), former CM tweeted, “@MehboobaMufti must be set free. Shifting her home while continuing to keep her detained is a cop out”. Earlier an order issued by Home […]
Govt orders mass promotion of Class 1 to 9 and class 11 students of Jammu division
Srinagar, Apr 07 : Government on Tuesday decided to mass promote students from classes 1st to 9th and for class 11th in Jammu division . The order was issued today by deputy secretary to the government, school education department, Jammu and Kashmir. The government has also directed that the students who were to appear in […]
Mehbooba Mufti’s Fairview Residence, Earlier Called Papa-2, Is Her Sub-Jail Now
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday shifted former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to her residence, Fairview, at the posh Gupkar Road in Srinagar, turning part of the residence into subsidiary jail. The authorities said her detention under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA) will continue. The order issued by the home secretary Shaleen Kabra […]
Mehbooba Mufti shifted to her residence
By Mudasir Ahmad Khan Srinagar Former Chief Minister and PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti was shifted to her residence by authorities but her detention continues. Mehbooba has been detained from the past 8 months and presently she is under PSA detained by the authorities. Although former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah have been released, […]
PSA detention of 18 revoked by government
Srinagar: Amid outbreak of deadly coronavirus, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday revoked the Public Safety Act (PSA) detention orders of 18 persons lodged in different jails of the Union Territory. Highly placed sources disclosed that government has revoked detention orders of 18 persons languishing in three jails of Jammu & Kashmir. “Of them, 16 […]
