Kulgam man found dead In Mattan
Police on Thursday found dead body of Mohammed Haroon Bhat, a resident of Redwani Payeen of south Kashmir’s Kulgam District in Mattan area of Anantnag district. The body has been handed over to the legal heirs. Family of the deceased alleged that he was murdered. The Police has registered an FIR and investigation has been […]
Cordon and search operation in Kulgam village
Government forces on Thursday launched a Cordon and search operation at Sopat village of Qazigund area in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Heavy forces have been deployed. Search operation was going on when the last reports came in. More details awaited
Shabir Shah subjected to inhuman treatment in Tihar jail: DFP
The Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) on Thursday termed the treatment of its chairman Shabir Ahmad Shah by authorities in Tihar jail is extremely brutal and based on political vengeance. Democratic Party’s secretary general Moulana Abdullah Tari said on one hand, Shah is being implicated in false case and on other side, he has been […]
DSEK cautions people against fake websites, social media accounts
The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has cautioned that some unscrupulous elements are running fake social media accounts and websites in the name of DSEK to mislead and dupe people. In a statement issued here today a spokesman of DSEK said that the Directorate has only one official website;www.dsek.nic.in, while the official Facebook page […]
Time to say goodbye to Article 370: BJP Spokesperson
Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP today said that Article 370 of the Constitution is responsible for creation of a “separatist emotion” and time has come for the people of the state to say goodbye to it and also Article 35 A. J&K BJP spokesperson Prof Virender Gupta said that both these articles, instead […]
JRL calls for peaceful protests tomorrow
Joint Hurriyat leadership (JRL) on Thursday while condemning the killing of a 16 year-old student Mohammad Younus at Gulabagh, Tral in Puwlama due to indiscriminate pellet firing by the Indian forces, has called for peaceful protests after Friday prayers tomorrow. The JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik said forces […]
Engineer Rasheed formally offers support to Hurriyat
In an unprecedented move MLA Langate and AIP chief Er Rasheed today said that he is ready to formally support the joint resistance leadership including Hurriyat (G) if the separatist leaders has a concrete roadmap to solve the Kashmir issue. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar today, Er. Rasheed said “It is not time to […]
LeT Militant apprehended in Sopore
Sopore police today claimed to have arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant during a naka near Seer Amargrah railway crossing. The police said that a pistol with five live bullets and two UBGL grenades were recovered from his possession. According to the sources, a joint Naka of Police Sopore, 52 RR and 177 CRPF Bn. was established […]
APDP stages sit-in protest in Srinagar
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Indian army orders evacuation of border village near Doklham
The Indian Army has reportedly ordered the evacuation of a village close to India-Bhutan-China tri-junction amid an ongoing stand-off with China over Doklam in Sikkim. According to media reports, the Indian Army has asked villagers living in Nathang village to immediately vacate their houses. Nathang is just 35 km from Doklam – the site of […]