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 […]
Bank looted at Arwani
Gunmen clad in burqas robbed a bank in Arwani area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir on Monday. Reports said that gunmen looted Rs five lac from a branch of J&K Bank in Arwani area today. Forces have cordoned off the area to nab the robbers.
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 […]
Army harass Students and school staff at HMT.
Army on Monday morning allegedly barged into Hussaini High School at HMT and harassed the students and teachers. According to the reports men from the nearby army camp of 2RR without any provocation barged into the school premises and harassed the staff as well as students. Staff alleged that the army men also resorted to […]
Dozens of families suffer at Harwan
Dozens of families were stranded at Harwan and on the entire route of mughal gardens as sumo service was off right from 6 pm alleged the families.they said that they had gone to Harwan garden with children and had to walk upto Shalimar to get some transport. These families claimed that it is now routine […]
Two militants killed at Tahab Pulwama
Two militants were repotedly killed at Tahab village of Pulwama after a gunfight broke between them and security forces. Latest reports from the area said that encounter has ended and two holed up militants were killed. More details are awaited.
Clashes at sopore after Friday prayers
Clashes erupted in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday after government forces prevented youth from holding a march against the verdict of military court in Machhil fake encounter case. Reports said that protesters after assembling outside Markazi Jamia masjid tried to march towards the main chowk. However, forces deployed resorted to teargas […]
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 […]
