Srinagar : Chairman Hurriyat (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house detention in Srinagar on Saturday. A spokesman said that a police party arrived at the Nigeen residence of the Mirwaiz and placed him under house detention.o Police didn’t give any reason for his detention, he said.
Srinagar : A 25-year-old woman (name withheld) died after allegedly consuming some poisonous substance at her home in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district Friday night. Reports said that Aasiya Begum, wife of Abdul Hamid Shah, a resident of Muqam village in Bandipora committed suicide after consuming some poisonous substance. They said she was immediately rushed to […]
Srinagar : At least 18 passengers were injured on Saturday after a minibus they were travelling in met with an accident at Fogmorh area in Kishtwar district of Jammu. Reports said that a bus bearing registration number JK06-2697 skidded off the road and turned turtle in Fogmorh area of Kishtwar, resulting in injuries to eighteen […]
Srinagar : A man-auto rickshaw driver by profession was injured on Saturday morning when army personnel allegedly fired upon him on Friday night in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that on Friday night around 11: 45 a driver identified as Mohammad Shafi Ganie, a resident of Wahibugh village was signalled by the army personnel […]
Agencies Srinagar : Government forces on Saturday launched Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in two villages in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that on a tip off about the presence of militants, Special Operation Group (SOG) of Police and CRPF launched a joint search operation in two villages of Drabgam and Monghar in Pulwama […]
Srinagar : A gunfight broke out between militants and the security forces in Bujthalan area of Boniyar in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday morning. According to news agency GNS, a joint team of 6 JAKLI of army and SOG Baramulla launched a cordon and search operation in the area after receiving inputs about the presence of militants there. As senior police officer confirmed to […]
Srinagar : Police authorities booked four drug peddlers under Public Safety Act (PSA) in north Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara district on Friday. A senior police officer told a local news agency that in its ongoing drive against drug menace, four more persons namely Reyaz Ahmad Badan (24) son of Abdul Qayoom, Mudasir Ahmad Piswal, Tanveer Ahmad […]
Srinagar : An encounter has broke out between security forces and militants in keshwan forest area of Kishtwar district. Official sources told KNO that earlier a search operation was jointly launched Army and Kishtwar Police after receiving specific inputs about presence of militants in the area. “As the searches were intensified, the hiding militants opened […]
Recent unfortunate incidents and according to the bankers the bad handling by the investigative agencies has brought a dent in the image of J&K Bank. Former Chairman M.Y. Khan in an interview to the local media said that both government and the police who were investigating the case of J&K Bank have handled it badly […]
New Delhi : The government on Friday introduced the fresh triple talaq bill in the Lok Sabha amid vehement protests by opposition members who claimed that it was violative of the Constitution. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019 became the first legislation to be tabled in Parliament by the Narendra Modi dispensation in its […]