Forces launch cordon and search operation in Mehjoor Nagar
Government forces on Friday launched a cordon and search operation in Mehjoor Nagar area of district Srinagar. After receiving inputs about the presence of militants, forces launched the search operation. Pertinently, on Wednesday also, forces had launched a cordon and search operation in Mehjoor Nagar which was thwarted by youth, triggering clashes. At least three […]
People will hit the streets, if JK’s special status not protected: MIrwaiz
Hurriyat (M) chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday warned of a peoples agitation if the pro-India regional parties failed to protect the special status of the state. APHC chairman Mirwaiz Dr. Molvi Mohammad Umar Farooq who continues to be under house arrest and was once again barred from delivering Friday Sermon at Jama Masjid Srinagar […]
Kashmir University postpones exams
All the examinations of Kashmir University scheduled to be held from 12-08-2017 to 14-08-2017 are hereby postponed due to certain circumstances, authorities said. They said thatfFresh dates for the deferred examinations shall be notified separately. However, the examination of “Urdu (MIL) Group-I” and “Urdu Literature Group-IV” of B.G 2nd Semester (CBCS) Batch 2016 shall be […]
Clashes during CASO in native village of Zakir Musa
Clashes erupted during cordon and search operation in Noorpora village of Awantipora area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Soon after forces launched search operation youth took to streets and pelted stones on forces, who retaliated with tear smoke shells triggered clashes. It is pertinent to mention here that Noorpora is the native village of […]
02 drug peddlers arrested in Srinagar
Srinagar police today claimed to have arrested two drug peddlers and recovered contraband substances from their possession. According to a police statement, a Maruti car bearing registration number JK04C-5969 was intercepted during a naka checking at Pahroo by a police party of Police Station Nowgam. On checking, 144 tablets, one bottle of prescription drugs and 20 […]
Doda Road Accident: Two more succumb, toll reaches 6
Two more persons succumbed to their injuries, taking the death toll to six in a road accident in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Four persons were killed when a taxi carrying fifteen persons, including the driver, skidded off the road and fell into a gorge near Puneja village of Tehsil Chiralla in […]
Passenger van catches fire in Sopore
A passenger van bearing registration number JK01U 7582 was gutted completely afterv it caught fire in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Friday. The four wheeler van plying on local link route was running with LPG gas cylinder when a sudden leakage in gas cylinder completely destroyed the van. However all passengers are safe.The driver identified […]
Clashes erupt in Sopore after Friday prayers
While following the joint resistance leadership’s protest call against the killing of a teenager during clashes at an encounter site in Tral village, scores of youth in Sopore protested after Friday prayers. Protests triggered clashes in the town after scores of youth soon after Friday prayer assembled near Markazi Jamia Madjid area of Sopore town […]
Idea of India has to accommodate idea of Jammu & Kashmir, says Mehbooba Mufti
Jammu and Kashmir Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that the discussion on article 35 (A) should not happen as it will have a negative impact on the state. She said that the idea of India has to accommodate idea of Jammu & Kashmir. Mufti was speaking to the media after meeting with Prime Minister […]