Transport Commissioner reviews progress on issues of transporters
JAMMU,: Transport Commissioner, Saugat Biswas today convened a meeting to review the progress achieved on the points discussed in the last meeting and decisions taken during the meeting chaired by the Chief Minister. Various issues and grievances of the transporters were discussed threadbare. On the demand of the transporters for carrying out of the fare […]
3 youth injured during clashes in South Kashmir
Three youth were injured after clashes erupted during a search operation launched by the government forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. Reports said that youth took to streets and pelted the forces during a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) in Palpora village of the district. The forces, they said, responded by firing tear gas and pellets, […]
Ex Jama’at leader arrested in Hajin.
Bandipora: Police on Wednesday arrested a 72 year old former Jama’at-e-Islami leader in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Abdul Khaliq Haneef, resident of Hajin Mir Mohallah was arrested today. He was associated with Jama’at till 2002. Haneef contested the 2002 elections unsuccessfully. He is involved in a case FIR no.49/2016 U/s ULA PS […]
Schools closed in Sunderbani,Huge quantity of explosives found outside CRPF camp
Srinagar Government forces on Wednesday claimed to have recovered three bags of explosives outside a CRPF camp in Rajouri district’s Sunderbani where schools have been ordered to be closed by the district administration as a precautionary measure. Official sources said that a sentry of a CRPF camp at Sodra in Sunderbani area opened some warning […]
Brief Gun fight at Sunderbani,Operation underway.
Srinagar A gunfight between militants and the joint team of government forces started at Sunderbani, hours after, a sentry of paramilitary CRPF camp repulsed an attack on battalion headquarters in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu division. Official sources said that a sentry observed some suspicious movement following which he fired few shots and […]
Protests continue in KU against disappearance of student.
Protests continued at the Kashmir University on the third consecutive today against the “disappearance” of a student of Earth Sciences Department, even as the varsity authorities appealed for a calm. Appealing students to maintain calm inside the varsity, University of Kashmir on Wednesday said it is equally concerned about the whereabouts of a second semester […]
No proposal to scrap Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir: Centre tells Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI: The Central government on Tuesday told Lok Sabha that there is no proposal to scrap Article 370, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir gave the statement while replying to a written question from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ashwini Kumar. “There is […]
Kashmir terror funding case: State minister, ex-MP, MLAs and police officers in touch with separatist leaders, NIA call records show
NEW DEHLI:-Social Welfare Minister Sajjad Gani Lone and other mainstream political leaders, including senior Congress leader and former MP Tariq Hameed Karra, were in touch with separatist leaders before they were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in July in the Kashmir terror funding probe. As per call detail records (CDRs) of the separatist […]
Kashmiri Separatists being provided security by J-K government: Centre tells Parliament
NEW DEHLI:-The central government today informed the Parliament that the security cover to the Kashmiri separatists was being provided by the Jammu and Kashmir government. The union government made it clear that it has nothing to with the security cover to the Kashmiri separatists. “As reported by the government of Jammu and Kashmir, it provides […]
Militant killed, lady injured in a brief encounter at Budgam:Police
Srinagar, Today on specific input regarding presence of militants Budgam police, 53 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Khan Mohalla, Arizal jurisdiction of Police station Beerwah. During search, militants tried to flee and came out of house and fired indiscriminately on Security Forces. In retaliation one unknown militant has been neutralized, whose […]
