Police Chief Promises Safe Environment For Voters In State

Police Chief Promises Safe Environment For Voters In State

Agencies SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh Tuesday sought to assure the people that all necessary efforts would be made to ensure a peaceful and secure atmosphere for them to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha polls. The director general of state police gave the assurance after visiting Baramulla and Kupwara districts […]

LeT militant arrested from Srinagar hospital

LeT militant arrested from Srinagar hospital

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested a militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit at Rajbagh area of Srinagar. Official sources said that a militant identified as Danish Haneef Wani a resident of Natipora has been arrested from a private hospital in Srinagar. Danish went missing soon after he left home for prayers in the […]

Kangan shuts on first death anniversary of local youth

Kangan shuts on first death anniversary of local youth

Srinagar : A shutdown is being observed on Wednesday in Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on the first death anniversary of a local youth who was killed in government force action in 2018. Shops and business establishments remained closed and traffic was off the roads in Kangan  area. On 03 April last year […]

Security withdrawal aimed to weaken PDP, party writes to CEO

Security withdrawal aimed to weaken PDP, party writes to CEO

Srinagar :   The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has written to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that the withdrawal of security of their various leaders following a recent security review meet was aimed at “managing and rigging elections.” Sources in the party said that the PDP has urged the CEO to intervene in […]

Forces launch CASO in Shopian village

Forces launch CASO in Shopian village

Srinagar: Government forces launched a cordon and search operation at a village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday morning. A police official said that a joint team of army, SOG and Central Reserved Police Force personnel laid a seige around Trenz village and began a door to door search operation. They said the CASO […]

Women participation

Women participation

In the election process of J&K State there is very little participation of women in the elections as candidates. Most of the parties have not given mandates to the women and have preferred men over them. Even at the gross root levels, the women participation is not healthy in the politics of J&K State. Inspite […]

UN chief warns against rising anti-Muslim hatred

UN chief warns against rising anti-Muslim hatred

Agencies UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday against growing hatred of Muslims, less than a month after a deadly attack on mosques in New Zealand killed at least 50 people. His remarks came during a speech at Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world’s foremost religious institution, where he met Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb. “Around the […]

Body of non local woman found in Poonch, her husband missing

Body of non local woman found in Poonch, her husband missing

Srinagar : A body of a 28-year-old woman from Bihar was recovered from a gutter near her rented accommodation in Harni village of this Poonch district. Her husband has been found missing and according to police, the body apparently seems to have been dumped a week back. Official sources said that a police party headed […]

Incomplete Bridge takes human life, administration in slumber at Kulgam

Incomplete Bridge takes human life, administration in slumber at Kulgam

By: Javaid Malik Kulgam: In a tragedy incident, due to the non-complition of bridge between Aharbal and Reshi Nagar, one civilian namely Baj-u-Din Chohan S/o  Mam-u-Din Chohan lost his life on Monday evening. According to the reports from the village he died when he fell from the diversion of incomplete bridge, leaving behind two daughters […]

Fully prepared to meet challenge of ceasefire violations: BSF DG

Fully prepared to meet challenge of ceasefire violations: BSF DG

Agencies Jammu: BSF DG Rajni Kant Mishra said Tuesday that his force is fully prepared to meet any challenge posed by ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. He said the Indian forces are giving a befitting response to the “unprovoked” mortar shelling and firing by the Pakistan Army, while maintaining […]