AMU issues advisory asking Kashmiri students not to move out of campus
Aligarh (UP), Feb 17 (PTI) The AMU has issued an advisory to its Kashmiri students asking them “not to move out of the campus” as a precautionary measure after protests broke out in this city in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, varsity authorities said. In the deadliest attack on security forces in Kashmir last […]
IED, bombs menace growing more in J-K than Naxal theatre: Report
New Delhi(PTI) Jammu and Kashmir has seen a steady increase in IED blasts and other bombing incidents over the last five years, with 2018 witnessing a 57 per cent jump in such incidents while two other major theatres of violence — LWE-hit areas and North East – saw the number of such incidents going down, […]
Pak briefs African and SCO envoys about situation after Pulwama attack
Islamabad,(PTI) Pakistan Sunday briefed ambassadors from African and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries about the situation after the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 41 CRPF soldiers. India held a briefing for envoys of 25 countries, including from P5 nations — US, China, Russia, the UK and France — in New Delhi […]
Kashmiri employees in Civil Sec’t Jammu won’t join duties, demand safe return of families to Valley
Srinagar: Civil Secretariat employees in Jammu has decided to not resume duties on Monday and have asked government to provide them transportation to send their families back to valley due to ‘insecurity in the region.’ Employees Coordination Committee Civil Secretariat Jammu headed by its Chairman Ghulam Rasool Mir said that they will not be […]
Leaders never asked for ‘security’ says Hurriyat (M) over Gov’t decision to withdraw police cover
Srinagar: Soon after the government decided to withdraw the security of the Mirwaiz and four other separatist leaders, Hurriyat (M) said they the leaders had never asked for security from the government. “Hurriyat leaders had never asked for security and that it was the government that insisted on keeping the personnel based on their threat […]
Pulwama attack: MNS asks music companies to drop Pak singers
Mumbai,(PTI) Following the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed, the film wing of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Saturday asked music label companies to stop working with Pakistani singers. “We have verbally communicated to Indian music companies like T-Series, Sony Music, Venus, Tips Music etc to not work with Pakistani singers. These […]
J&K adminstration withdraws security of 5 Hurriyat leaders
Srinagar, Feb 17 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administration Sunday issued orders to withdraw security of five Hurriyat leaders, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, officials said. Besides the Mirwaiz, the security cover for Abdul Gani Bhat, Bilal Lone, Hashim Qureshi and Shabir Shah has been withdrawn, they said. However, there is no mention of pro-Pakistan separatist Syed […]
ICJ to hold public hearings in Kulbhushan Jadhav case from Feb 18
The Hague: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold public hearings in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case from Monday at The Hague during which India and Pakistan will present their arguments before the top UN court, which was set up after World War II to resolve international disputes. Jadhav, 48, was sentenced to death by […]
Kashmir shuts against harassment of Kashmiris in Jammu, elsewhere
Srinagar, (PTI) Normal life was affected in Kashmir on Sunday due to a valley-wide bandh called by trade bodies here against the alleged harassment and attacks on Kashmiris in Jammu and outside the state, officials said. The Kashmir bandh call was supported by major trade bodies like the Kashmir Economic Alliance and Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers […]
Pulwama attack fallout: Kashmiri students in Delhi fear for their security
New Delhi,(PTI) Several Kashmiri students here said they were in a state of fear after reports of alleged harassment of Kashmiris following the Pulwama terror attack, even as police asserted that security had been enhanced in the national capital and they would ensure the safety of all citizens. According to media reports, several Kashmiris living outside […]
