Media Curbs: Journalists in Kashmir Break Silence

Media Curbs: Journalists in Kashmir Break Silence

‘Stop practice of summons and attacks on journalists’ SRINAGAR – The Kashmir Press Club on Monday convened an urgent meeting to discuss physical attacks, threats, intimidation being meted out to the journalists in Kashmir by J&K Police. The meeting in which representatives of all journalists associations took part noted with concern that from first day since […]

12 injured in bus-truck collision in Samba

12 injured in bus-truck collision in Samba

At least 12 people were injured on Monday when a passenger bus collided with a truck on the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The bus was on its way to Jammu from Kathua district and collided with the truck near Gagwal, a police official said. He said the injured, […]

NIA summons senior Congress leader GM Saroori

NIA summons senior Congress leader GM Saroori

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has summoned senior Jammu and Kashmir Congress leader Ghulam Mohammad Saroori for questioning in connection with “terror cases” in Kishtwar. Saroori is the state Congress vice president and a former Jammu and Kashmir minister. His brother was among those named for Hizbul Mujahideen links, reported India Today. In a case regarding […]

More envoys to come

More envoys to come

According to media reports, central government is mulling to send more foreign diplomats to Jammu and Kashmir in order allay their fears about the ground situation as being presented outside. In this direction, these reports said that the government is making preparations to organise a second visit of diplomats, including several European Ambassadors to visit […]

Public Safety Act slapped on Omar, Mehbooba Mufti

Public Safety Act slapped on Omar, Mehbooba Mufti

SRINAGAR: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Opposition in both Houses of Parliament for raising the issue of continued detention of three former Chief Ministers, the local administration booked Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and several other former ministers and lawmakers under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA). The local administration booked two important leaders of […]

Assam plans survey to identify indigenous Muslim population

Assam plans survey to identify indigenous Muslim population

Guwahati :(PTI) Assam is likely to conduct an exercise to identify the state’s indigenous Muslim population and segregate them from illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, even as doubts over the accuracy of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are yet to be addressed. As per the plans, the survey will be conducted to identify people of four communities […]

MET predicts wet weather from tomorrow

MET predicts wet weather from tomorrow

Srinagar : The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted rains, snow in most places of Jammu and Kashmir from February 11. “Now a fresh Western Disturbance is very likely to affect Jammu & Kashmir from tomorrow which will cause scattered to fairly widespread rain/snow over J & K on 11th, 12th & 13th with maximum […]