(Agencies) Srinagar : National Conference Vice-President and former chief minister Omar Abdullah Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for breaking his silence on attacks against Kashmiris in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack and expressed hope that such incidents would not recur. “Thank you @narendramodi Sahib. Aaj aap ne hamaray dil ki baat keh di […]
Srinagar : The Joint Resistance Leadership of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik called for a protest strike on Sunday (February 24) against the mass arrests, nocturnal raids, censorship and any tampering with 35A. In a statement, the leadership said that the “arbitrary arrest of JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and […]
Agencies Bareilly : In another instance of people posting controversial remarks on social media, a case against three Kashmiri students was registered by the Bareilly police for allegedly making objectionable remarks on the Army, official sources said on Saturday. Police spokesperson said that the Izzatnagar police station, Bareilly registered a case against three Kashmiri students […]
Srinagar: The National Conference Saturday took out a protest march here against the intimidation and harassment of the people of Kashmir outside the valley and demanded such attacks be immediately stopped. Scores of NC activists, led by party general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar, assembled at the party headquarters ‘Nawai-Subah’ here and took out a protest […]
MK Reporter/Agencies Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday morning claimed that they have cleared the highway for the traffic and allowed hundreds of vehicles including trucks with essential supplies to proceed towards Kashmir Valley. By Noon of Saturday, they were stopped at various places resulting in traffic jams and panic among the people who had started their […]
SRINAGAR — Nearly 150 people, mainly from the religious and political organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir including its chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz, were detained during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday as tension gripped the Valley ahead of a hearing by the Supreme Court on Article 35A of the Constitution. Though police termed the […]
Srinagar : The Centre has decided to deploy 100 more companies of paramilitary forces in Kashmir Valley immediately. “We have to urgently deploy CAPFs in Jammu & Kashmir. It is requested to provide 100 coys of CAPFs (CRPF – 45, BSF-35, SSB-10 & ITBP 10) to Govt of J&K with immediate effect and till further […]
SRINAGAR: An avalanche hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday, trapping five people, who were later rescued, officials said. The avalanche occurred in Chrawan area of Ajas in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district early on Saturday morning, disaster management department officials said. They said five people were trapped under the snow, prompting authorities to launch […]
Srinagar: Northern Kashmir’s Bandipora township is observing a shutdown against the purported killing of a local militant in Sopore gunfight on Friday. “The shutdown is being observed over the rumours of the death of a local militant in Sopore encounter,” locals said. They said that the militant is a resident of Qazipora village in the […]
Srinagar : Amid spontaneous shutdown clashes broke out between youth and forces in Lal chowk area of Anantnag district on Saturday. Eye witnesses said that the youth took to streets in Lal Chowk today morning and staged protests against the attacks on people of Kashmiri origin outside the state following Pulwama attack. The reports of […]