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Officer among 5 army men injured in cross-border shelling at Krishna Ghati .

Officer among 5 army men injured in cross-border shelling at Krishna Ghati .

Srinagar Five army men including an officer were injured in cross-border shelling at Krishna Ghati sector in Mendhar area of Poonch district in Jammu region. A police officer confirmed the injuries and said that all the five army men of 4 MLI regiment were immediately evacuated and airlifted to military hospital Udhampur for treatment. The official […]

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Authorities impose restrictions in Kangan fearing protests.Injured youth battling for life.

Authorities impose restrictions in Kangan fearing protests.Injured youth battling for life.

Authorities have imposed curfew-like restrictions in Kangan tehsil of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district to stem any protests against the injuring of a youth in police action yesterday. 23-year-old Gowhar Ahmad Rather is battling for life at SKIMS Soura where he was admitted yesterday evening after suffering firearm injuries in his head. “He has firearm injury […]

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UN Chief concerned about Kashmir violence

UN Chief concerned about Kashmir violence

Answering questions by media persons during regular briefing in New York, secretary-general’s spokesman, Stephane Dujarric said the UN chief is concerned about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. He said it is basic principle to investigate escalating violence and protect civilians wherever they are, whether it is in Gaza, Jammu and Kashmir, or Yemen. The […]

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Adamant governor refused to delay science conference

Adamant governor refused to delay science conference

University authorities and three state ministers had planned to postpone thirteenth J&K science congress on Monday. Reports said that state governor N.N Vohra decided to go ahead with the event in university of Kashmir despite massive protests by students. While university authorities said that they held the event on time as scholars and scientists were […]

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Mehbooba to preside over post Shopian killing meeting

Mehbooba to preside over post Shopian killing meeting

State CM Mehbooba Mufti who came back from New Delhi on Monday evening is going to hold a high level meeting post Shopian killings. Mehbooba had to cut short her Delhi visit after she came under barrage of criticism from Oner Abdullah who said that she had proved her irrelevance by her absence from Kashmir […]

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Life on halt in Kashmir on Tuesday

Life on halt in Kashmir on Tuesday

Life is on halt in Kashmir valley for third running day today as reports from south kashmir and Srinagar city suggest.According to early morning reports most of the roads are deserted with no transport plying. Authorities have imposed restrictions in many parts of Srinagar city and have closed all schools and colleges in Kashmir valley […]

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Internet access restored partially

Internet access in Srinagar city was restored to some extent on Monday evening . However the speed of Internet is very slow. Internet services were suspended on Sunday after lot of violence and killings in shopian and Anantnag. Authorities have imposed restrictions in many parts of Srinagar and have closed all schools and colleges in […]

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Shut down to continue for tomorrow: JRL

Shut down to continue for tomorrow: JRL

Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Monday said that the protest shutdown against Shopian mayhem will continue tomorrow, April 3. In a statement, JRL said that “entire resistance and Hurriyat leadership will move towards Shopian on April 4 to express solidarity with the people and offer condolences to the bereaved families who lost their loved ones.” […]

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Educational institutions will continue to shut by tomorrow:Spokesperson ED.

Educational institutions will continue to shut by tomorrow:Spokesperson ED.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to keep all schools and colleges in Kashmir valley closed tomorrow as well. A spokesman of the education department said the schools and colleges will remain closed on Tuesday as well. The decision has been taken as a “precautionary measure” to avoid law and order situation in the […]

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Sehrai placed under house arrest.

Sehrai placed under house arrest.

Srinagar Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chief Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai was placed under house arrest at his residence Baghat, Srinagar on Sunday. According to the sources Sehrai was placed under house arrest at 3:00 pm on Sunday. Pertinent to mention, JRL had given a valley-wide shutdown call on yesterday against the killings of militants and civilians in Islamabad and […]