JRL calls for shutdown in following poll bound areas on Tuesday
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik have called for a complete protest shutdown on October 16 2018 Tuesday in areas going to polls in last phase of “sham elections”. “As in the previous three phases people will again demonstrate their total rejection and disregard of this […]
J&K police arrest over 30 youth from Pulwama village
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police has arrested over two dozen people in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district in last two days, reports said on Monday. “Over 30 youth have been arrested by the police since Sunday morning in separate raids,” reports quoting sources said. The arrests have been made in two separate incidents on early Sunday morning […]
Mannan’s killing: Protests rock Kashmir Univeristy
Srinagar: Protests erupted in Kashmir University on Monday against the killing of scholar turned militant Mannan Wani and bis accomplice. Sources said that hundreds of students marched in the varsity campus protesting against Mannan Wani’s killing amidst intense pro freedom sloganeeing. Mannan Bashir, a former scholar in geology department of Aligarh Muslim University was killed […]
After his obscence videos go viral, Qazi yasir slapped with PSA, shifted to Hiranagar jail
Srinagar: The district magistrate Anantnag on Monday slapped public safety act on a senior Tehreek e Hurriyat leader in the district. Sources said that Ashiq Hussain Narchoor, who was detained last month ahead of the ULB polls, was on Monday shifted to Hiranagar jail in Jammu after the PSA was slapped on him. Narchoor is […]
Kupwara District Admin orders closure of educational institutions amid fears of protests against militant killings
Srinagar: The district administration Kupwara on Monday ordered closure of all educational institutions in the district amid fears of protests against the killing of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Mannan Wani and his associate in a gunfight with government forces last week. Barring Karnah and Macchil, class work in all the schools and colleges in the […]
Air India crew member falls off aircraft, hospitalised
Mumbai: A 53-year-old air hostess suffered serious injuries after falling off an Air India aircraft which was getting ready for departure for New Delhi from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here, a source said Monday. The incident happened on Air India flight AI 864 operating on Mumbai-Delhi route, according to the airline source. “The woman […]
Mosque in Palwal Haryana built with Lashkar-e-Taiba funds, says NIA
Palwal: A mosque in Palwal district of Haryana has come under the scrutiny of security agencies after a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe found that it was allegedly built with funds from the Hafiz Saeed-led Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Pakistan, ‘The Indian Express’ reported on Monday. The Khulafa-e-Rashideen masjid at Uttawar village in Palwal was searched […]
#MeToo: MJ Akbar won’t be asked to quit, govt sources
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for External Affairs (MoS) MJ Akbar, who has been accused of sexual harassment by several women, won’t be asked to quit, according to highly-placed government sources. They that the government is of the view that asking Akbar to quit over #MeToo allegations will send a bad signal as this […]
Suspected gunmen strike at retired police officer’s residence, decamp with weapons
Srinagar: Suspected militants on Sunday late evening strike at retired police officer’s residence and decamped with two weapons along with magazines in Gopalpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Reports said that the gunmen barged inside the house of retired Superintendent of Police (SP), Ghulam Mohammad Gurezi at Noorani colony in Gopalpora area of Chadoora. […]
Missing girl found within 24 hours
Jammu: A girl was found within 24 hours after she went missing from her house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said Sunday. A family from Ramloo-Brahmana village had lodged a complaint at the Ramgarh police station stating that their daughter had gone missing from her home Friday evening, a police spokesman said. He […]
