DDC shopian tours various developmental works

DDC shopian tours various developmental works

District Development Commissioner, Shopian Choudhary Mohammad Yasin today tours block Harman Shopian in order to resume works being done under MGNREGA and others schemes to boost rural economy in spite of lockdown period so that people of the area can get benefited by these schemes and the District Administration is always on forefront and hope […]

Muscular approach bound to fail in Kashmir: PDP

Muscular approach bound to fail in Kashmir: PDP

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura on Thursday termed youth’s killing at Budgam by CRPF as deeply excruciating and totally reprehensible, stating that the firsthand account narrated by the victim’s uncle has turned CRPF’s statement on the said incident ruthlessly incredulous. According to statement issued to KNS, He said that the […]

Thirty persons recovered, allowed to walk home in Chrar

Thirty persons recovered, allowed to walk home in Chrar

Authorities on Thursday discharged thirty Covid-19 suspects from quarantine establishment in Chrar area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), warm send off was given to at least thirty Covid-19 suspected persons who were quarantined in Model Degree College Zaloosa Chrar-e-Shareef soon after ten positive cases were reported back to back […]

Supreme Court Verdict on 4G in Jammu and Kashmir Undermines the Rule of Law

Supreme Court Verdict on 4G in Jammu and Kashmir Undermines the Rule of Law

On May 11, the Supreme Court rejected a petition seeking the restoration of 4G internet services in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The plea was premised on the rights violations caused by suspending the internet during a pandemic and national lockdown, including the rights to health, education, freedom of speech, freedom of trade and access […]

NC in a bind: Party against J&K delimitation but its MPs could need to be part of exercise

NC in a bind: Party against J&K delimitation but its MPs could need to be part of exercise

Srinagar: The Delimitation Commission set up by the Narendra Modi government to redraw parliamentary and assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir has left the National Conference (NC) in a bind over whether it should participate in the exercise or not. The government had on 6 March constituted the commission, to be headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana […]

Nocturnal gunfight breaks out in south Kashmir’s Kulgam

Nocturnal gunfight breaks out in south Kashmir’s Kulgam

Srinagar: Nocturnal gunfight breaks out between militants and goverment forces in Yamrach of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thrusday. Reports reaching said that a joint team of Police, army’s 34RR and CRPF launched cordon search operation in Yamrach. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, triggering […]

J&K cop says CRPF shot nephew ‘point blank’ in Budgam, police lying too

J&K cop says CRPF shot nephew ‘point blank’ in Budgam, police lying too

Srinagar: The death of a 25-year-old man at the hands of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper in Kashmir’s Budgam district Wednesday triggered a controversy as his uncle, a local police officer, claimed he was the victim of unprovoked firing. Mehrajuddin Shah was driving a car, with his uncle Ghulam Hassan Shah in the passenger seat, when […]

Shah Faesal’s Detention Extended By Three Months Under PSA, Hours Before Expiry

Shah Faesal’s Detention Extended By Three Months Under PSA, Hours Before Expiry

Jammu and Kashmir government extended the preventive detention of former IAS Shah Faesal by another three months, a senior official said. He said the home department of J&K government on Wednesday evening extended the detention of Faesal, hours before it was set to expire. Shah Faesal was arrested on August 14, 2019 at the Delhi international airport […]