Supreme Court refuses to hear fresh petition challenging Article 370

Supreme Court refuses to hear fresh petition challenging Article 370

Srinagar: Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a fresh petition challenging Article 370 of the Constitution that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The article grants special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir. The Court refused to hear the petition and said the petitioner may file an impleadment application (IA) in the case, […]

Train services suspended across Kashmir

Train services suspended across Kashmir

Srinagar : Train service was suspended on Monday for security reasons in the Kashmir valley in view of joint resistance leadership shutdown call against the killings. ‘We have suspended all trains running in the Kashmir valley on Monday, a senior railway official told Kashmir Life. Therefore, he said, no train will chug on Budgam-Srinagar-Islamabad-Qazigund in […]

Kashmir shuts against militant, civilian killings in South Kashmir parts

Kashmir shuts against militant, civilian killings in South Kashmir parts

Srinagar, : A complete shutdown on Monday called by Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, the Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman and Mohammad Yasin Malik, the JKLF Chairman against more than 17 killings in last three days hit normal life across Kashmir. Reports said shops, business outlets, […]

South Kashmir: Multiple rounds of funeral prayers held for slain LeT commander in Arwani

South Kashmir:  Multiple rounds of funeral prayers held for slain LeT commander in Arwani

Srinagar : Multiple rounds of funeral prayers were held for slain LeT commander Azad Ahmad Malik alias Dada, at his native village Arwani area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Islamabad district on Friday. Witnesses said that people from many adjoining villages in Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian, and Pulwama reached the ancestral village of Malik and offered […]

Three injured during clashes in Bijbehara, 1 with bullet injury referred to Srinagar

Three injured during clashes in Bijbehara, 1 with bullet injury referred to Srinagar

Srinagar: Three persons have suffered injuries during clashes with government forces in Bijbehara town of Anantnag district in southern Kashmir. Reports said that youth staged massive protests in Bijbehara following the killing of six militants in Shalgund village today morning. An eye witness said that forces fired live ammunition and tear gas at the protesters […]

30 killed, 40 injured in powerful blast in Pakistan’s northwest

30 killed, 40 injured in powerful blast in Pakistan’s northwest

At least 30 people were killed and over 40 injured when a blast ripped through a marketplace in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday. The explosion apparently took place near an imambargah in Orakzai tribal district’s Kalaya Bazaar, Dawn reported. “The remote-controlled bomb was attached to a motorcycle,” security sources were quoted by Geo News as […]

Bijbehara Gunfight A ‘Major Success’: Army Commander

Bijbehara Gunfight A ‘Major Success’: Army Commander

BARAMULLA —The killing of six militants in the Bijbehara encounter was a “major success for security agencies,” Lt Gen AK Bhatt, GOC 15 corps said on Friday. Talking to media on the sidelines of a function in Baramulla, the General said that the encounter was a “surgical operation and is a big achievement for security […]

JRL holds meeting with former Prime Minster of Norway at Hyderpora

JRL holds meeting with former Prime Minster of Norway at Hyderpora

Srinagar Joint Hurriyat leadership (JRL) comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday held a meeting with former Prime Minister of Norway Kjell Magne Bondevik at Syed Ali Geelani’s residence Hyderpora in Srinagar. Mirwaiz tweeted: “Fruitful meeting of JRL with Mr Kjell Magne Bondevik,Ex Prime Minister of Norway. As […]