Mehbooba Mia lock horns on nomad family attack
Srinagar: Prominent Gujjar leader Mia Altaf on Wednesday told Voice of Valley that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was directly responsible for the growing attacks on the nomad families in Jammu region at the hands of Hindu fascists. He said that first through her BJP forest minister, she displaced dozens of Gujjar families from many […]
Clamor for lifting ban on internet increases
Srinagar: Students and business community in Kashmir have appealed government to revoke ban on the use of internet and have said that it was hindering their activity. The business community said that the government does not want the people of Kashmir to prosper and intermittent ban on the internet services has doomed business. Similarly, […]
Mirwaiz released, Geelani continues under house arrest
Srinagar: The government has lifted the restrictions on the movement of Mirwaiz Omar Farooq who was under house arrest from the past eight weeks. He was not even allowed to go for Friday prayers to Jamia Masjid Srinagar. But the curbs on the ailing Syed Ali Shah Geelani continue at his Hyderpora residence. From […]
Student protest trigger shutdown in Bandipora
Srinagar: Hundreds of students in Kaloosa and adjoining villages held protests raising pro-freedom and anti-government slogans on Wednesday. Recent report said that the students and police clashed triggering chaos and panic in entire Bandipora town. The police action finally resulted in shut down in the main Bandipora market. There was no immediate report about […]
Blast accused Kashmiri scholar gets bail after 16 years
Srinagar: Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to a Ph.D. scholar of Aligarh Muslim University, Gulzar Ahmed Wani a resident of Kashmir, after he spent 16 years in jail. Wani was arrested by Delhi police in 2001 and claimed at that time that they have arrested him with explosives and other material. He was […]
Shut down in Maisuma continues.
Srinagar: A complete shutdown was observed in Maisuma locality in the heart of Srinagar city for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday. All the shops and business establishments remained closed throughout the day. The shutdown is being observed in wake of the continuous detention of local youth Ashiq Ahmed who has again been booked under […]
Jamat for students of Kashmir
Srinagar: Jamat-i-Islami on Tuesday said police and security forces were deliberately stonewalling the efforts of students to resume their classwork and blamed them for vitiating the atmosphere around these educational institutions. Jamat said that it was a deliberate attempt on the part of police to provoke teenaged students to pelt stones. They questioned the wisdom […]
After SP and Kothi Bagh, M P Higher Secondary also to remain shut
Srinagar: Government on late Tuesday evening decided to suspend I the classwork in M P Higher Secondary School also. Earlier government communication said that on Wednesday classwork will remain suspended in S P higher Secondary School and Kothi Bagh Higher Secondary school. However government has decided to resume classwork in Women’s college, S P College, […]
Anticlimax of Jammu nomad family attack, booked by police
Srinagar: On one hand police in Reasi released all the eleven accused of attacking the Gujjar family for transporting cows, on the other the same police has booked four members of the same family on the charge of not seeking the required permission from deputy commissioner to transport bovine. Under the law any person who […]
ECI not serious for by-polls: NC
Srinagar: Opposition National Conference and Congress who boycotted the video conference meeting with ECI said on Tuesday that the Commission was not serious to hold Anantnag by-polls slated for May, 25. Earlier PDP in its meeting with ECI has urged the Commission to postpone the Anantnag election indefinitely because of deteriorating law and order situation […]
