Govt readying for civic body polls
Srinagar: After Government of India’s representative made two consecutive visits to the Valley, the state government Wednesday claimed that the situation is taking a turn for the good and is conducive for holding civic body polls. Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh said that the situation in the state is conducive for the polls […]
Shiv Sena messes it up in Lalchowk
Srinagar: Police on Wednesday detained nine activists of right wing Shiv Sena after they tried to hoist a tricolour on the Clock Tower in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk. The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Shiv Sena has sent a team to Srinagar to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk following which security was beefed […]
Bhat squares up against JRL on Sharma
Srinagar: Former Hurriyat chairman Prof Abdul Gani Bhat’s alleged meeting with the centre’s new Kashmir point man Dineshwar Sharma has taken Kashmir by surprise. However, the maverick professor remains unfazed. He doesn’t either deny or confirm the meeting but makes it clear that the doors of his home were open to anybody and that he […]
Admin goes tough, demolishes structures at Qamarwari
Srinagar: The district administration on Wednesday acted tough against various house and shop owners at Qamarwari as around 22 shops and 6 residential houses were razed to ground. The operation was carried out by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) along with district administration and police, witnesses said. The demolition drive was carried out to pave […]
Three notorious drug peddlers arrested
Kupwara: Police on Wednesday claimed to have achieved another big success by arresting there notorious drug peddlers from different locations of the district and recovered four kgs of Charas from their possession. The arrested drug peddlers were identified as Shabir Ahmad Mir, son of Mohmad Sadiq Mir, resident of Dardpora Kralpora, Waqar Ahmad Zargar, son […]
Govt fails to reconstruct schools torched during 2016 unrest
Srinagar: Despite the passage of more than one year, the school education department is yet to start reconstruction and renovation of the school buildings torched by arsonists during the 2016 summer agitation. As per the official figures, around 32 school buildings were partially and completely damaged after being put to flames by unidentified arsonists people […]
PDP is a creation of agencies, says Hurriyat (G)
Srinagar: Separatist Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Wednesday said that the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is a creation of Indian agencies. Lashing at PDP, Hurriyat (G) said that this party is the creation of agencies and its rhetoric for battle of ideas stand exposed as they have left no […]
Malfunctioning elevators in LD hospital ‘shut’ after 4 PM
Srinagar: Kashmir’s only maternity hospital Govt Lalla Ded hospital has been struggling with erring elevators from last few months and now the hospital administration has made it a point that the elevators are shut after 4 in the evening. The elevators are situated at a spot that receives a rush of emergency patients, who are […]
Police names Hizb militant Saddam Padder in army man’s murder
Srinagar: Police Wednesday claimed to have cracked the murder case of Irfan Dar who was working with 175 Territorial Army. Dar was killed on November 24 last month after he was kidnapped from his home in Shopian in South Kashmir where he had gone to spend his holidays. The investigation conducted so far has revealed […]
Five injured in Hajin after Army allegedly goes ‘berserk’
Hajin: At least five people were injured after forces used pellets and tear-smoke shells to disperse stone-throwers while army soldiers went on rampage in different localities of Hajin town of Bandipora district. Reports said that Army soldiers from 13 Rashtriya Rifles were on a patrol when a couple of youth pelted stones on them. According […]