Handwara youth booked under PSA, shifted to Kotbhalwal jail
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police booked a youth under Public Safety Act (PSA) in Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district and shifted him to Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu. Identified as Aijaz Ahamd Bhat son of late Habibullah Bhat, a resident of Nihama Kralgund, a police official said that he was shifted to Kot Bhalwal […]
Traffic suspended on Srinagar-Jammu highway due to landslide
Srinagar : Traffic was on Monday afternoon again suspended on Srinagar-Jammu highway, which connects Kashmir valley with Jammu, due to a landslide. The civilian traffic was resumed on Monday after remaining suspended on Sunday to allow free and safe movement of security force convoy on Srinagar-Jammu national highway. However due to landslide the highway was […]
Mehbooba Mufti’s cavalcade pelted with stones in Anantnag village
Agencies Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti’s cavalcade was pelted with stones in Sirhama village of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday. Reports said Mufti was heading towards Bijbehara to attend a workers’ convention after paying obeisance at Khiram shrine when her cavalcade came under a barrage of stones at Sirhama. An […]
NIA issues second summon to Geelani’s elder son
Agencies Srinagar : Dr Naeem Geelani elder son of Hurriyat Conference (g) chairman Syed Ali Geelani, received second summon from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) asking him to attend the agency’s Delhi headquarters for questioning in a funding case. This is the second time in about a week that Dr Naeem has been summoned by […]
Army man dies of cardiac arrest in Poonch
Agencies Srinagar : An army man died due to cardiac arrest in Mandi area of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. A police official, according to news agency GNS, said that Havaldar Vijay Hokash of 40 RR suffered cardiac arrest at Sawjiyan in Mandi along LoC while he was on duty. He was immediately […]
Government assigns additional charges to four officers
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday assigned additional charges to four officers in the interest of the public. Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, shall hold the charge of Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Information Department, in addition to his own duties. Rigzian Sarnpheal, Commissioner/Secretary to the […]
Forces launch CASO in Kulgam village
Srinagar : Government forces on Monday morning launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Rather Mohalla of Bugam village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Reports said that the operation was launched by the army’s 9 RR, CRPF and SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police in Bugam village of the district today morning. An official […]
14-year-old boy found dead in Baramulla
Srinagar;A 14-year-old boy was found dead in north Kashmir’s Baramulla on early Friday. Reports said a dead body of a 14-year-old local resident identified as Mubashir Ahmed Dar alias (Chotu) son of Mohammad Ashraf Dar was spotted this morning by some locals at Gani Hamaam area of old town Baramulla. SSP Baramulla Abdul Qayoom also […]
LoK Sabha polls : Sopore’s Brath , Handwara’s Babgund witness complete boycott
Srinagar : As voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections begun today for two seats in Jammu and Baramulla in Kashmir, two villages in the north region of Kashmir witnessed complete boycott. Reports reaching here said that Brath village in Sopore town of Baramulla district and Bab-gund village in Handwara town of Kupwara […]
Train service remains suspended in Kashmir on poll day
Agencies Train service was suspended for “security reasons” in the Kashmir valley, where Joint Resistance Leadership had called for a general strike on Thursday when polling was held in Baramulla Parliamentary constituency. “We have suspended train service in the Kashmir valley after an advisory was received from authorities, including police,” a railway official said. He […]
