Police foils traders march against civilian killings
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police today foiled a traders protest march to the local office of the United Nations here against the killing of four civilians in the counter-militancy operations yesterday. A group of traders under the banner of Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (KTMF), led by its president Yasin Khan, took out a […]
‘10 of 13 killed in offensive from Shopian, sign of security forces’ control on area’
Shopian: Ten of the 13 militants killed over the weekend in a major offensive by the state police were from Shopian, an indication that security personnel have ‘tightened their hold’ on the south Kashmir militant bastion over the last five months, officials said. Most of the 10 from Shopian, once considered the ground zero of […]
Police identifies 5 militants killed in Kachdoora gunfight
Srinagar: Police on Monday identified the five militants killed in Kachdoora encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Sunday. In a statement, the police identified the slain militants as as Ishfaq Thokar resident of Paddarpora Shopian, Aitmad Hussain Dar resident of Amshipora, Shopian, Aqib Bashir resident of DH Pora Kulgam, Sameer Lone of Hillow Shopian And […]
Medicos protest after forces allegedly fire shots into hospital building in Shopian
Srinagar: A protest demonstration was Monday held by Doctors and paramedical staff against the alleged indiscriminate firing by the forces inside the premises of sub-district hospital Shopian, reports said. The protesting doctors alleged that the government forces resorted to unprovoked firing inside the hospital premises yesterday following a heated argument with a doctor who was […]
‘Prohibitory orders imposed in the Valley’
Srinagar: The authorities today banned en mass gathering of the people in parts of the Kashmir valley, including Srinagar, to maintain law and order during the separatists’ strike to protest the killings of 13 militants and four civilians in counter-militancy operations yesterday. The restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPc have been imposed in parts […]
Shopian killings aftermath: Protests rock Kashmir University
Srinagar: Following the killing of thirteen militants and four civilians in Shopian and Anantnag villages yesterday, the students of Kashmir University on Monday staged massive protests on the campus to oppose the varsity’s decision to hold the 13th J&K Science Congress (2018) function, reports said. Reports said that the students questioned the varsity decision of […]
Massive fire engulfs Kandi Forest Range in Sopore
SOPORE: A massive fire has engulfed a vast area of forests in Kandi range of north Kashmir’s Sopore town. The fire which broke out in compartment 23 of the Kandi forest range four days ago, has now spread to other nearby compartments of South Lolab forest Range of Kupwara, local witnesses said. Though the employees, […]
Pak PM accuses India of launching ‘brutal crackdown’ in Kashmir
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has accused India of launching a “brutal crackdown” in Kashmir after militant groups suffered a major’setback’ following killing of 13 militants in counter-insurgency operations. Abbasi’s statement late last night came after Indian security forces on Sunday gunned down 13 militants in three counter-insurgency operations that also claimed the […]
Omar ‘alarmed’ over spurt in Kashmiri youths taking to guns
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has expressed alarm over more and more local youths joining militancy and has blamed Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for the new trend which, he said, has emerged after killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani two years ago. “Of the 12 confirmed dead, I understand 11 are local Kashmiris […]
Yasin Malik detained in Srinagar
Srinagar: Apprehending demonstrations against militant and civilian killings in Shopian yesterday, authorities on Monday detained Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik in Srinagar during wee hours on Monday. “A large posse of police arrived at Malik’s Maisuma residence early morning and detained him”, a party spokesperson said. Pertinently, twenty people including thirteen […]