DC urges civil society to play its role in maintaining peace and amity in Srinagar
Assures them all required measures being taken to ensure safety of Kashmiris living outside
Srinagar: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Monday urged the civil society of the district to play its role in maintaining peace and amity in the district in these tough times in the State The DC was speaking in a meeting with civil society members of the district representing different bodies including Kashmir […]
Observe strike the moment Article 35-A is listed in SC: JRL to people
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik today said they are in constant touch with the Bar Association as the crucial hearing of article 35-A is again scheduled for February 20 and 21. “The list of cases comes to fore in the evening a day before the […]
Jammu continues to be under curfew on Day 4
Jammu: Curfew continued on Monday for the fourth consecutive day in Jammu with authorities likely to take a decision on its relaxation later. “The curfew that was imposed on February 15 in Jammu city will continue today,” an official said. He said that a decision on its relaxation will be taken later in the day. […]
Jammu-Srinagar highway to open for one-way traffic
Jammu: The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway is slated to open for one-way traffic on Monday, according to a traffic department official. “Traffic moved from Srinagar to Jammu yesterday (Sunday). But many vehicles are yet to cross the Ramsoo-Ramban stretch of the highway,” the official said. “After these vehicles cross the Ramsoo-Ramban stretch, one-way traffic will be […]
Civilian injured during Pulwama gunfight succumbs
Srinagar: A civilian who was injured critically in the Pinglena gunfight during the wee hours on Monday has also succumbed. Reports said that a civilian identified as Mushtaq Ahmad received critical wounds during the exchange of gunfight as government forces and militants locked horns in Pinglena area of Pulwama. The civilian is believed to be […]
Army officer among four soldiers killed, another injured in Pulwama gunfight
Srinagar: Four armymen including an officer were killed and a soldier was injured in a gunfight at Pinglena area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 55 RR, CRPF and SOG launched a cordon wee hours today. A police official told that the cordon was laid in the […]
Curfew continues without relaxation in Jammu, efforts on to restore normalcy
Jammu, Feb 17 (PTI) Curfew continued without any relaxation in Jammu for the third consecutive day on Sunday even as the Army staged flag march in sensitive areas, officials said. Senior civil and police officers held a marathon meeting with prominent citizens as part of efforts to restore normalcy in the city, they said. Internal […]
Whose purpose is being served by ‘ostracising’ Kashmiris, asks Omar
Srinagar, Feb 17 (PTI) Kashmir is not just a piece of land, it is the people that inhabit it, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah asserted Sunday, saying by attacking Kashmiris, they were being told there is no place for them outside the valley and no future in the mainland. “Young Kashmiri students studying outside […]
U’khand police asks Kashmiri students to not issue provocative statements
Dehradun, Feb 17 (PTI) Uttarakhand police Sunday appealed to Kashmiri students studying in the state to not issue provocative statements on social media in the wake of Pulwama terrorist attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. “People are outraged across the country over the Pulwama attack and students from Jammu and Kashmir studying in […]
Four Kashmiri students of pvt varsity suspended, booked for ‘celebrating’ Pulwama attack
Jaipur, Feb 17 (PTI) Four female paramedical students of Kashmiri-origin were suspended from a private institute here and later booked for allegedly celebrating the Pulwama terror attack by posting “anti-national” messages on an instant messaging app, officials said Sunday. The second-year students of the National Institute of Medical Science (NIMS), Talveen Manzoor, Iqra, Zohra Nazir […]
