Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was released late Tuesday night after being detained by the government for nearly 14 months – since it scrapped Article 370 in August – and since being charged under the Public Safety Act (PSA) – a stringent law that allows detention and multiple extensions without trial for […]
SRINAGAR:Welcoming the release of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Apni Party president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Wednesday called for release of all other political detainees who are lodged in and outside J&K jails. In a statement issued here, Bukhari observed that the government’s move to release Ms. Mufti, though delayed, is a significant step […]
Srinagar: Authorities have ordered closure of the Srinagar- Jammu highway for the next seven Fridays of October and November starting 16th of this month for traffic owing to maintenance of the road. An order issued by the J&K headquarters of the Traffic Police said that no vehicular traffic shall be allowed on the NHW-44 on […]
Srinagar: A 50-year-old man died by suicide hanging himself at his home in Habba Kadal area of Srinagar on Wednesday morning. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the man identified as Bashir Ahmad Gojri son of Mohammad Sultan Gojri of Habba Kadal Srinagar, allegedly hanged himself to death at his home […]
Srinagar: Two militants have been killed in a gunfight between government forces and militants in Chakoora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. A local news gathering agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) quoting a unnamed senior police officer reported that two unidentified militants have been killed while a search operation is on in the area. Earlier an […]
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha by his recent assurances and actions has shown that he is going to rule Jammu and Kashmir out of box and in his own style and would not care whether the security establishment is happy with him or not. Media reports have recently said that in the Raj Bhawan in some […]
Former Chief Minister after being released from 14 months detention in an audio clip posted on Twitter said none of us can forget the robbery and insult committed on August 5. In the video message she said: “I have been set free after more than a year today.” “All this while the dark day of […]
Srinagar : A Special Police Officer (SPO) has gone missing from SOG camp along with two Ak-47 rifles, officials said on Wednesday. A local news gathering agency Global News Service (GNS) quoting unnamed officials reported that the SPO Altaf Hassan (Belt No. 1197 /SPO) son of Ghulam Hassan Bhat of Qazipora Chadoora, who was posted […]
SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 13: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today chaired a meeting to review the core features of the JK Health Insurance scheme and the process of approvals of Golden Cards. Stressing on extending the benefits of the JK Health Insurance scheme to all the citizens of J&K, the Lt Governor directed the concerned officers to […]
Srinagar :Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has been released after 14 months of being in detention. The Peoples Democratic Party president was detained last year on the eve of the day of abrogation of article -370. Iltija Mufti who was handling the Twitter handle of her mother wrote, “As Ms Mufti’s […]