Ban extended

Ban extended

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has decided to extend the ban on 4G internet services in 18 districts of Jammu and Kashmir even after DDC elections are also over. This continuous ban is hampering the examination process of thousands of students who were recently told to sit for online classes from different institutions. After […]

Lawaypora Gunfight: One of slain militants never went to university to fill in form as claimed by parents, police say

Lawaypora Gunfight: One of slain militants never went to university to fill in form as claimed by parents, police say

Srinagar: Police on Friday disputed the claim of parents of one of the slain in Wednesday’s gunfight on Srinagar outskirts that he had gone to the university to fill in his form. In a statement issued Friday, police said that the Lawaypora encounter “started with army inputs and eventually fructified into a joint operation of […]

LG assures impartial enquiry into Srinagar encounter: NC

LG assures impartial enquiry into Srinagar encounter: NC

Srinagar: National Conference on Friday said that Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha assured an impartial enquiry will be conducted in Srinagar encounter in which three ‘militants’ werd killed. In a brief statement, the party said that NC leader and Member of Parliament Hasnain Masoodi spoke to LG about the encounter. “MP Anantnag @masoodi_hasnain spoke to J&K […]

Lawaypora encounter: Spontaneous shutdown in Srinagar markets

Lawaypora encounter: Spontaneous shutdown in Srinagar markets

  ‘Shops in city centre shut, vehicular movement on’ Srinagar, Jan 01: Srinagar markets observed a spontaneous shutdown on Friday against the Lawaypora, encounter where three militants were killed. The families of slain trio however, had alleged that their children were students and not militants. Eye-witnesses told news agency, parts of Lal Chowk markets that […]

CRPF officer wounded in Sangam attack

CRPF officer wounded in Sangam attack

Anantnag, Dec 31: A Sub-Inspector of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was injured on Thursday evening after suspected militants lobbed a UBGL grenade followed by firing on naka party of CRPF in Sangam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the militants lobbed a grenade at […]

Shopkeeper shot dead in sarai bala Srinagar

Shopkeeper shot dead in sarai bala Srinagar

Srinagar, Dec 31: Unknown gunmen on Thursday evening shot dead a goldsmith in Sarai Bala area of Srinagar, officials said. Officials told the news agency-KNO that a goldsmith identified as Satpal Nischal, owner of Nischal Jewelers was fired upon by the unknown gunmen at his shop, leaving him in a pool of blood. They said […]

Govt. should remove misgivings about Hokarsar encounter: Altaf Bukhari

Govt. should remove misgivings about Hokarsar encounter: Altaf Bukhari

Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday expressed deep concern over the family inputs of three slain youth that have created misgivings about the veracity of Hokersar-Srinagar encounter. In a statement issued to news agency-kashmir news service(KNS), Bukhari demanded that the J&K government should clear the facts about the credentials of the three […]

LoC flares up again, several houses and mosque damaged in north Kashmir

LoC flares up again, several houses and mosque damaged in north Kashmir

Srinagar: Several residential houses and a Mosque were partially damaged as Indo-Pak troops engaged in firing and intense mortar shelling in Dhani, Hajitra areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Karnah sectors of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district last evening. A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Service (KNS) quoting an unnamed official reported that […]