Abrogating Article 370 will pave way for ‘freedom’ for people of JK: Farooq Abdullah
Agencies Srinagar : National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said abrogating Article 370 of the Constitution will pave way for “freedom” for people of Jammu and Kashmir and asked the BJP try joining the hearts and not break them. Abdullah’s remarks come on the day BJP released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls […]
Single biggest ‘achievement’ of Modi Govt has been to push Kashmir into cycles of violence: CPI (M)
Srinagar : CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami while reacting to BJP’s election manifesto Monday said that the promise of abrogation of Article 370 and annulling Article 35A in its election manifesto is another exercise by the BJP to hoodwink the voters ahead of General Election. Critical examination of the BJP’s previous (2014) manifesto reveals that […]
Suspected militants lob grenade on CRPF in Nowgam
Srinagar : Unknown men on Monday lobbed a grenade on a CRPF bunker at Gulshan Nagar, Nowgam in outskirts of Srinagar City. Reports said that the unknown men hurled a grenade on CRPF 117 bn bunker Gulshan Nagar, Nowgam. Confirming the incident a police officer told this news agency that the device, however, did not […]
Over 400 politicians in J&K to get security back after complains
Agencies Jammu : The security cover of over 400 Jammu and Kashmir politicians, withdrawn after the Pulwama terror attack in February, has been restored. The decision taken by Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam had triggered widespread protests from parties who highlighted the risk to mainstream politicians in the state. Top state government sources said Governor Satya […]
Ganderbal shuts on second consecutive day to mourn militant killing
Srinagar: A shutdown is being observed for second consecutive day on Monday in central Kashmir’s Kangan and Ganderbal towns against the killing of a local militant. All the shops and business establishments are closed in Kangan, Nunar, Wayil, Dursuma, Manigam, Dudarhama and Beehma while public transport was also off the roads, reports said. However, private […]
Eleven employees suspended for ‘violating ECI guidelines’ in north Kashmir’s Kupwara
Srinagar: Eleven employees, nine of them from education department have been suspended for violating Election Commission of India guidelines and hampering election process in frontier district of Kupwara district in north Kashmir. According to an order issued by the district election officer Kupwara said that the poll day for Lok sabha elections 2019 in District […]
Mirwaiz flies to Delhi, appearing before NIA
Srinagar: Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq took an early flight to New Delhi to appear before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday in connection with an alleged funding case, sources close to him said. NIA has served three summons to Mirwaiz. He had not responded to the first two summons citing security concerns […]
NIA arrests fourth accused in 2017 CRPF Lethpora attack case
Srinagar : National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested one more accused in Lethpora attack on CRPF in the year 2017. “Syed Hilal Andrabi aged 35 years of Ratnipora, Pulwama, was arrested in case RC No. 10/2018/NIA/DLI,” NIA said in a statement. The attack on CRPF Group Centre, Lethpora was carried out in the intervening […]
M.Tech student among two militants slain in Shopian gunfight
Srinagar : One of the two militants killed in a brief shootout with government forces in Imam Sahib area of Shopian district on Saturday was a student of M.Tech and had joined militant ranks only a couple of days back, officials said. Sources identified the slain as Rahil Rashid Sheikh of Nunner Ganderbal. Rahil, they […]
Div Com’s explanation on highway traffic ban confusing, unsatisfactory: Tarigami
Kulgam : While calling for its immediate withdrawal of ban on the movement of civilian traffic on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Saturday said the explanation of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir that “there will be no blanket ban on movement of civilian traffic on the highway” is unsatisfactory and confusing. […]
