JRL calls for shutdown on Friday against recent killings

JRL calls for shutdown on Friday against recent killings

Srinagar : Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for a valley-wide shutdown on Friday against the recent killings in Kashmir. “Even in the holy month of Ramadhan there is no letup in killings and bloodshed in Kashmir as civilians, armed youth or even Indian forces are getting killed,” said the JRL – an amalgam of […]

Reasi mass copying incident: Superintendent, his deputy suspended pending inquiry

Reasi mass copying incident: Superintendent, his deputy suspended pending inquiry

Jammu : A Superintendent of an examination centre and his deputy have been placed under suspension by Directorate Education Jammu amid allegations of allowing mass copying in Mahore area of Reasi district. “Pending enquiry into the conduct in terms of Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1956, Master Sharief-Ud-Din (Superintendent) and […]

Sumbal incident : Students clash with forces at Baba Dem in Srinagar

Sumbal incident : Students clash with forces at Baba Dem in Srinagar

Srinagar: Clashes erupted between students of Gandhi Memorial College Srinagar, MPML Higher Secondary School Srinagar, Government ITI BDK Srinagar and government forces in Baba Demb area of Srinagar. Witnesses said that scores of students assembled on the main road and blocked the vehicular traffic movement on Khanyar-Naqashpora-Barbar Shah road. The students were demanding exemplary punishment to […]

Man shot dead in Bhaderwah

Man shot dead in Bhaderwah

Srinagar: A man was killed after unknown persons fired upon him at Nalthi Pull area of Bhaderwah in Doda district on Thursday. Sources said that the man identified as Nayeem Shah, a resident of Mohalla Qilla Bhaderwah was fired upon around 2 am, leading to his on the spot death. A police officer said that […]

Gunfight rages in Kupwara forests

Gunfight rages in Kupwara forests

Srinagar : A gunfight broke out between militants and goverment forces in Kandi forests of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 47 RR, 28 RR and SOG launched a cordon-and-search operation at Portel Nad and Razdan Nad – upper reaches of Kandi connecting Lolab forests. There was […]

Many aspirants leave exam centres at KU after finding no options between Statistics, Mathematics papers

Many aspirants leave exam centres at KU after finding no options between Statistics, Mathematics papers

Srinagar : Many of the aspirants left the examination centres at Kashmir University after finding no options between Statistics and Mathematics on Tuesday. Sources while disclosing to Kashmir News Service (KNS) said that many of the students who had to appear in the entrance test on Tuesday left the centres without writing their papers. They […]

Geelani Hails Release Of Prisoners By India, Pak

Geelani Hails Release Of Prisoners By India, Pak

SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference – G chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani Wednesday hailed the goodwill gesture by India and Pakistan to release prisoners from their respective jails and called for use of such measures as permanent feature of relations between the two countries. Thirteen Pakistani nationals, including four fishermen, were repatriated to Pakistan on Tuesday through the […]

Vandalism is no way helping little rape victim, Omar to students

Vandalism is no way helping little rape victim, Omar to students

Agencies Srinagar : Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said indulging in acts of vandalism and damaging property is no way helping the cause of justice for the little girl, who was sexually assaulted in Sumbal in north Kashmir district of Bandipora on May 8. The Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Dr Shahid Choudhary reacting […]

US imposes Visa restrictions on three senior Pakistani officials following deportation row

US imposes Visa restrictions on three senior Pakistani officials following deportation row

Agencies Islamabad: The US has imposed visa sanctions on three senior Pakistani interior ministry officials following a row between the two countries over deportation of dozens of Pakistanis in America for their visa overstay and other allegations. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday informed the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs about that […]