Srinagar: Authorities on Friday continued to disallow the Friday congregational prayers for the second consecutive week at the historic Jamia Masjid in Old city area of Srinagar. All the four gates of the historic Masjid remained closed, witnesses said. Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman and Jamia Masjid’s head cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also remained under house […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Friday held a a protest demonstration in Maisuma area of Srinagar city against the civilian and militant killings. Scores of JRL activists carrying placards held a protest at Maisuma Chowk soon after culmination of Friday prayers. The protesters chanted pro-freedom, anti-India slogans and denounced the civilian and militant […]
Three unidentified militants were killed in a failed infiltration bid along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, a defence spokesman said Friday. The Army Thursday foiled the infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Baramulla district, the spokesman said. He said alert troops noticed some suspicious movement along […]
Srinagar:Suspected militants attacked an army camp in Rafiabad area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Reports said that the attack took place at Trakpora area of Rafiabad which exploded outside the boundary. However in this incident there was no immediate report of loss of life or injury reported. SSP Sopore, Javed Iqbal said a […]
SRINAGAR : Advisor to the Governor BB Vyas convened a meeting of the Power Development Department (PDD) here today to discuss the issues projected by people during the public grievances’ redressal camps held by the Advisor at Srinagar, Jammu and various district headquarters. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary PDD, Hirdesh Kumar, Chief Engineers […]
Srinagar : Police has issued an advisory in the view of Fateh Kadal encounter which reads “General public is requested not to go near the Fateh Kadal encounter site as it is being sanitized and cleared by Bomb Disposal (BD) squad of J&K Police.” “Entering in such area can prove dangerous due to un-cleared explosive […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) has strongly condemned the manhandling of various reporters and videographers by policemen in Fatehkadal locality of Srinagar where they had gone to fulfil a professional obligation. Two militants, a civilian and a policeman were killed in the locality in an overnight gun battle. The house in which the encounter took […]
Srinagar : Suspected militants Wednesday hurled a hand grenade at a police checkpoint at Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that suspected militants were travelling in a passenger vehicle when they hurled a grenade towards a police party, manning a checkpoint at Pattan. A police official said a Deputy Superintendent of police received […]
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called a protest shutdown tomorrow against the “atrocities being inflicted on people including gruesome killings, arbitrary arrests and PSAs, destruction of homes, harassment of students attack on journalists and all other measures of repression.” “JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik has expressed deep anguish […]
Jammu: CPI (M) leader and MLA Kulgam Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Monday said that the harassment of Kashmiri students at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and in different colleges and educational institutions in Punjab at the behest of communal forces is unacceptable and must be condemned in strongest words as such incidents have serious implications. In a […]