Srinagar : Regional National Conference (NC) emerged as the single-largest party in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil elections, results for which were declared on Saturday. Out of the 26 seats polling for which was held, the NC bagged 10, Congress 8, Independents 5, PDP 2 and the BJP 1 seat. No single […]
The Kashmir Working Journalists Association (KWJA) and Kashmir Journalist Association (KJA) on Saturday demanded the immediate release of a Srinagar-based journalist Asif Sultan. They said Sultan has been under ‘illegal detention’ at Police Station Batamaloo for the last six days. “We demand his immediate release from illegal custody, and action against police officials in charge […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will repeat history this week as an all-women bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and Indira Banerjee will hold court on September 5. The apex court had seen a women alone bench for the first time in 2013 when Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Ranjana Prakash Desai sat together for hearing […]
Srinagar: Government forces on Saturday conducted searches in the premises of the Sub District Hospital, Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official said that joint team of Jammu & Kashmir police, army’s 42 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and 180 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have launched the operation in the area following specific inputs about […]
SRINAGAR : A 44-year-old power development department (PDD) lineman was electrocuted to death on Saturday in Anantnag village of South Kashmir. The incident took place at Dialgam town of Anantnag district. The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Khalil Itoo son of Ghulam Hassan itoo resident of Khoshipora village of Anantnag. He was rushed to […]
Srinagar : Eleven passengers were injured after a vehicle met with an accident at Kaltha area of Tanghdar in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday afternoon. Station House Officer (SHO), Tanghdar, Nasir Ahmad said that the vehicle (Sumo JK09A-4219) skidded off the road and rolled down 20 ft deep gorge at Kaltha mode. In the […]
Srinagar : Two army men were injured in a firing incident during a cordon-and-search operation (CASO) in upper reaches of Bandipora forests in north Kashmir on Friday. Official sources told GNS that the army’s 27 RR has launched a search operation in the woods of Chaan Daji and Dani Behak area since last one week. […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday released the father of Hizb ul Mujahideen operational commander Riyaz Naikoo after he was detained during a night raid on Wednesday. SP Awantipora Zahif Malik confirmed to news agency CNS that the father of Riyaz Naikoo has been released. “Police had not arrested him. He was brought here only […]
Srinagar: Senior resistance leader Dr Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday slammed state government for locking down the historic Jamia Masjid on the eleventh Friday for prayers. “11th Friday’s so far this year of lockdown of #JamaMasjid by imposing curfew & restrictions barring Muslims from offering Juma prayers there! These repressive measures will only strengthen our […]
United Nations : The UN has said it is alarmed by reports of the mass detention of Uighurs in China and called for the release of those held on a counter terrorism “pretext”. This comes after a UN committee heard reports that up to one million Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang were held in re-education camps, […]