Police statement on Hakripora encounter
Srinagar Police on Tuesday said that chief operating commander of LeT Abu Dujana and his associate were killed in an encounter with forces in Hakripora village of Pulwama this morning. A police statement said that acting on specific information about the presence of militants in Hakripora area of Pulwama District, Pulwama police along with 55 […]
Poonch-Rawalkote bus remains suspended
Cross-LoC bus service between Poonch and Rawalkote was suspended for the fourth straight week on Monday due to border tension between India and Pakistan. The bus service was suspended after the armies of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy fire and shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district. An official said that bus […]
NIA raids ancestral home of Devender Singh Behal
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday raided the ancestral home of Jammu and Kashmir advocate Devender Singh Behal, who was arrested here a day earlier over his alleged links with Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Behal’s ancestral house is located in Nowshera town in Rajouri district. As part of its crackdown on […]
Pulwama shuts to mourn militant killing,Train suspended
Srinagar Pulwama district in southern part of Kashmir is observing a complete shutdown on Monday to mourn the killing of two local militants. ON Sunday, two local militants Shabir Ahmad Mir son of Mohammad Ahsan of Mehand Bijbehara and Shariq Ahmad Sheikh son of Ali Mohammad of Gulzarpora Tikyna Awantipora were killed in a brief […]
Six weeks no Friday prayers at Jamai Masjid
Authorities have disallowed congregational Friday prayers at the Jamia Masjid in downtown Srinagar for the sixth consecutive week. All gates of Jamia Masjid were locked by government forces while all roads leading to the historic mosque were blocked with concertina wires, reports said. Curfew was imposed in parts of Downtown Srinagar to prevent people from […]
Nobody will protect Tricolor in Kashmir if constitutional status changed: Mehbooba
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday warned against any tinkering with Article 35(A) of the constitution that is being debated in the Supreme Court and which empowers the state legislature to define “permanent residents” and accord special rights and privileges to them. Strongly defending the constitutional clause, Mehbooba said that any change […]
Hurriyat Leaders To Undergo Lie Detector Test: NIA
Widening the ambit of its investigations in the funding case, the National Investigation Agency has issued summons to 30 more people, including Nayeem Geelani, the elder son of Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Geelani, even as the probe agency said seven arrested Hurriyat leaders would undergo a lie detector test. Inspector general of police, NIA, […]
Labs, equipment defunct for poor patients , Sub-District Hospital of Tral in envelope of corruption and controversies
By: Bhat Shahnawaz Tral: Dozens of female patients had to finally go to the private labs for the tests as in the Sub-District Hospital of Tral they were told by the technicians that their machines were defunct and they were not having the funds to buy the chemicals and other such material for the tests. […]
Govt orders transfers, postings; Sirmrandeep posted chairperson SSB
J&K Govt in the interest of administration, ordered following transfers and postings of IAS officers with immediate effect. Sarita Chauhan, IAS (JK:1999), Chairperson, Services Selection Board, has been transferred and posted as Chairman, J&K Special Tribunal, against an available vacancy. While Simrandeep Singh, IAS (JK:2008), awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, has […]
NIA likely to summon Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to summon top Kashmiri pro-freedom leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik for questioning in connection with alleged terror funding case, The Indian Express reported on Wednesday. “The stone-pelting business in Kashmir is multi-layered. Those arrested are the penultimate layer with leaders such […]
