Srinagar : Police has issued an advisory in the view of Fateh Kadal encounter which reads “General public is requested not to go near the Fateh Kadal encounter site as it is being sanitized and cleared by Bomb Disposal (BD) squad of J&K Police.” “Entering in such area can prove dangerous due to un-cleared explosive […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) has strongly condemned the manhandling of various reporters and videographers by policemen in Fatehkadal locality of Srinagar where they had gone to fulfil a professional obligation. Two militants, a civilian and a policeman were killed in the locality in an overnight gun battle. The house in which the encounter took […]
Srinagar : Suspected militants Wednesday hurled a hand grenade at a police checkpoint at Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that suspected militants were travelling in a passenger vehicle when they hurled a grenade towards a police party, manning a checkpoint at Pattan. A police official said a Deputy Superintendent of police received […]
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called a protest shutdown tomorrow against the “atrocities being inflicted on people including gruesome killings, arbitrary arrests and PSAs, destruction of homes, harassment of students attack on journalists and all other measures of repression.” “JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik has expressed deep anguish […]
Srinagar : Police on Wednesday said that top Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Mehraj ud Din Bangroo was among four persons killed in a gunfight with the government forces in Fateh Kadal area of downtown Srinagar. Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh identified the two militants killed in a gunfight as Mehraj ud Din Bangroo and Faid Mushtaq […]
Jammu: CPI (M) leader and MLA Kulgam Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Monday said that the harassment of Kashmiri students at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and in different colleges and educational institutions in Punjab at the behest of communal forces is unacceptable and must be condemned in strongest words as such incidents have serious implications. In a […]
SRINAGAR : Continuing with the efforts to provide progression opportunities to the police personnel and remove stagnation, promotion orders of 337 J&K police personnel in different cadres and ranks have been issued by PHQ and ZPHQ Jammu/ Srinagar. The promoted personnel include 32 Inspectors, 295 Sub. Inspectors, three ASIs and seven Head Constables. 20 SIs(M),12 […]
Islamabad, Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Monday said that the strategic stability in South Asia is being threatened by the offensive posture and induction of lethal weapons by India. Alvi said that nobody should doubt Pakistan’s capability to defend its territorial integrity and sovereignty, Radio Pakistan reported. “Discriminatory exemptions by certain countries for the supply […]
Srinagar: With many candidates elected unopposed and a number segments not receiving a single nomination, there will be voting in only 36 of the 132 wards which are scheduled to go for polls on Tuesday in the fourth and final phase of urban local bodies elections in Jammu and Kashmir. In the final phase, the […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday refuted the reports of a teacher joining militancy in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A police spokesman said a photograph of a private school teacher from Chee Anantnag was circulated on social media platforms describing him as a new militant recruit. He said it turned out to be a mischief […]