Police personnel asked to avoid Eid prayers at public places.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has asked its personnel to avoid Eid prayers in public places in the wake of mob lynching of a deputy superintendent of police outside the Jama Masjid in Srinagar. Police personnel have been advised to offer prayers in mosques in district police lines or protected mosques. The advisory has been […]
NC stays away from all parties GST meet
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) has boycotted the all-party meeting called by the government to discuss the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the state. “I am constrained to remind you that in the previous meeting, the Chief Minister committed that before further meetings are called on the issue (of GST), the […]
Militant groups, Kashmir separatists in ED net: Money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against separatist organisations and militant groups operating in Kashmir to probe alleged funding received by separatists for carrying out subversive activities in the valley. Officials said the central probe agency has booked a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) taking […]
Kashmir traders warn of adverse implication of GST statement by Nirmal Singh.
A traders’ body in Kashmir on Saturday took a dig at the Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh for threatening to pull out of coalition over non-implementation of GST in the state. “The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Inc) takes strong exception to the statement made by the Deputy Chief Minister, […]
Vehicle torched after it crushed minor girl to death.
A government vehicle was torched by angry people in central Kashmir’s Budgam district after it crushed a ten-year-old girl to death on Friday. Locals told Greater Kashmir that a government vehicle belonging to Rural Development Department hit seerat Jan, daughter of Abdul Hamid Reshi in Nasrullahpora village of the district today morning at the main […]
Two arrested involved in Lynching DSP: police
Police on Friday said that two people involved in the killing of DySp Muhammad Ayub Pandith have been arrested. A police spokesperson said that the third has been identified and he will be arrested soon. “All involved will face law” he said. Muhammad Ayub Pandith, was beaten to death after he was confronted by a […]
Mehbooba angry over DSP killing
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Friday termed DySP Mohammad Ayub Pandit’s killing as “murder of trust”. Deputy Superintendent Pandit was beaten to death outside Jamia Masjid Srinagar on Thursday night. “The murder is actually a murder of trust. The officer had allowed his guards to go home,” Mehbooba reportedly said while paying tributes to late police […]
Additional Army battalions moved to south Kashmir.
Two additional Army battalions — about 2,000 men — have started moving into four troubled South Kashmir districts, being described as the new “ground zero” because of increased militant activity, officials said. With the presence of additional forces in Kulgam, Anantnag, Shopian and Pulwama, some army camps in Shopian and Pulwama would be revived, they […]
Market checking intensified in Srinagar, Ganderbal, Kupwara, Baramulla
SRINAGAR: In run up to auspicious occasions of Shab-e-Qadar, Juma-tul-Vida and Eid-ul-Fitr, market checking was intensified in Srinagar, Ganderbal, Kupwara and Baramulla districts. In Srinagar, the enforcement squad of the FCS&CA Department conducted market checking in Batamaloo, Parimpora, Shaltang, HMT, Fateh Kadal, Khanyar, Dalgate, Boulevard, Gagribal, Nehru Park, Ishbar Nishat, Shalimar, Tailbal and Hazratbal markets. […]
Mehbooba felicitates people on Shab-e Qadr, Jumat ul Vida
SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has felicitated people of the State on the occasions of Shab-e-Qadr and Jumat ul Vida. In her message, the Chief Minister said the blessed night, during which the Holy Quran was revealed, is an occasion for us to introspect our lives, seek Allah’s forgiveness, generosity and guidance. She appealed people to pray […]
