Police solves ‘murder case’, arrests accused
Baramulla: Police in a swift action solved the mysterious murder of a woman whose dead body was recovered from an orchard at Juhama area of Baramulla in North Kashmir on Friday.A senior police official said that police solved the murder mystery after arresting a man with the help of CCTV footage obtained from District hospital […]
Five CRPF men injured in mishap
Srinagar: At least five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men including an officer were injured Saturday in a road accident near Humhama Srinagar.Reports said that the accident took place when a CRPF Gypsy vehicle belonging to the of 117 Battalion collided with a tipper in Humhama at around 6 a.m in the morning leaving all […]
Landslides block Jammu-Srinagar highway
Srinagar: Srinagar-Jammu highway was blocked for traffic after landslides hit the road on Saturday.“Only one-way movement of heavy-motor vehicles is being allowed on the highway from Jammu to Kashmir today. However, light-motor vehicles are allowed to ply from both sides.” a traffic official said.He said that landslides hit the 300-km highway at Battery Chashma, blocking […]
SBM employees protest to demand regularization
Baramulla: Scores of contractual employees working under Saakshar Bharat Mission (SBM) on Saturday staged protest in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district to press the government over their demands of regularization.The SBM employees assembled at Kirapa Park and chanted slogans against the government. They were demanding the incumbent regime to fulfill their demands.They said that the government […]
Malik calls for poll boycott
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik Saturday said that the election, be it for assembly or parliament, Panchayat or municipal councils is only meant to strengthen ‘Indian occupation in Kashmir’ and as such should be boycotted by one and all.According to the statement issued here, Malik while addressing the gathering […]
Er Rasheed ridicules NC’s charges against Tasaduq’s induction
Srinagar: The Langate lawmaker, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Saturday ridiculed National Conference’s (NC) charges against Tasaduq Mufti’s elevation in the state cabinet by calling it ‘nepotism and imposition of dynasty rule’.Er Rasheed as per the statement issued here has said that Mufti dynasty is not the only one thrusting dynasty politics over Kashmiris.Interacting with […]
Protests in Keller against alleged army high-handedness
Shopian: Protests erupted in Keller area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district after army allegedly thrashed students at Government Higher Secondary School Keller.Witnesses said that a patrolling party of Army was stoned near Higher Secondary School Keller following which they barged into the premises of the institute and thrashed some students ‘ruthlessly’ and took identity cards […]
Public meet held near LoC to address issues of Rajouri locals
Jammu: Authorities in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir convened a public meeting near the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector to address issues faced by locals, in the wake of repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan.Over 300 people from six panchayats participated in the public meeting at border village Meenka yesterday and presented their […]
Year on, CDPO Qazigund forces widow to make rounds of Govt offices
Anantnag: From last one year, the widow hailing from South Kashmir’s Kulgam district has been forced to move from pillar to post to seek ‘unwanted documents’ to get appointed as the helper, a vacant post in Anganwadi.A senior government official in Qazigund area of Kulgam district has been giving different tasks to the widow, asking […]
Court sentences man to death for rape, murder of six year old girl
Srinagar: A local court in Srinagar Saturday sentenced a convict to death for the rape and murder of a six year-old girl in 2005. Second Additional Sessions Judge Srinagar, Tahir Khurshid Raina, awarded the death penalty to convict Farooq Ahmad Pinzoo of Mehjoor Nagar for raping and murdering a six year old girl. Pinzoo was […]