People Stage Protest against shortage of drinking Water in Anantnag
People from village Donipawa, Anantnag on Saturday held protests against the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department for failing to provide them drinking water. Scores of people from Donipawa and Brakpora assembled on Anantnag- Achabal road near Donipawa and held protests. The protesters blocked the busy road for nearly one hour leading to a long and messy […]
Unruly mob beats DSP to death as police probes Mirwaiz’s role
A violent mob beat to death a Deputy Superintendent rank police officer outside the Jamia mosque in Nowhatta area of Srinagar prompting the police to arrest two youth and probing the role of Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq’s, men in the killing. According to police sources DSP , Mohammad Ayub Pandit, was beaten to […]
Shocked over killing of DySP: NC
National Conference on Friday expressed shock and anguish over the “dastardly and barbaric killing of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mohammad Ayub Pandith at Jamia Masjid Nowhatta last night Expressing solidarity with his family and colleagues, former Chief Minister and NC working president, Omar Abdullah, while strongly condemning the “heinous and barbaric killing,’’ has demanded […]
Lynching angers social media users, sharp reactions galore
A senior police officer of Deputy S P rank, Muhammad Ayub Pandith was lynched to death by an unruly mob just outside the main entrance of Kashmir’s Grand Mosque in Nowhatta on Thursday night. The incident happened when the rest of the Muslim world was observing the night of blessings, Laila tul Qadar with religious […]
Lynching of DSP unfortunate: Mirwaiz
The Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Saturday said that the incident of the lynching of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mohamamd Ayub Pandith, was “ unfortunate.’’ “The incident that happened in Nowhatta outside the historic Jamia masjid which has always been a centre of spiritual and moral upliftment, is most unfortunate. I am deeply […]
Guv convenes emergency meeting over DSPs killing
Governor, N N Vohra, has convened an emergency meeting over the situation that has arisen Kashmir after the killing of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mhammad Ayub Pandith, in a mob attack outside the Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area. In a statement, Vohra while expressing grave concern over the continuing attacks on personnel of […]
Clashes erupt over civilian killings
Widespread clashes were reported from different parts of Kashmir in response to the call given by the Hurriyat leadership against the recent civilian killings in action by government forces. Authorities imposed restrictions in some areas in Srinagar as separatists had announced post Friday protests in the Valley. “Restrictions under Section 144 have been imposed […]
All Party Committee on GST meeting today
To set the ball rolling for consultations on extending Goods and Services Tax (GST) to the state, an All Party Committee set up by the government is meeting Saturday afternoon here. Finance Minister of the state Dr Haseeb Drabu’s office has sent letters to the members of the committee, an official disclosed. Headed by PDP […]
Pakistani troops resorted to shelling in Uri: Army
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No funds to clear outstanding rent of schools
The Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to release the rent against the schools operating from the rented accommodations throughout Kashmir. Given the delay by government, the rent liability has piled up for past more than three years and the land owners, according to officials threaten lock down of the schools and seize the school […]
