Cordon and search operation in Pulwama village
Pulwama: Government forces on Saturday started a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Naira village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The search operation was started following a tip off about the presence of militants in the area, sources said. Search operation was going on when the last reports were filed. More details awaited. […]
Bumper increase: After salary hike govt sanctions more sops for legislators
Srinagar: The unemployment rate in the state notwithstanding, the government has increased the travel allowances of its legislators by Rs 50,000 and housing loan by Rs 10, lakh. The government has also increased the motor car advance by Rs 5 lakh and also made 100 percent increase in the sitting fee in the legislative assembly. […]
Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW) celebrated with religious zeal
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Is SKIMS tweaking facts on H1N1 deaths?
Srinagar: With three more deaths being reported due to N1H1 infection, the tertiary care hospital Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical sciences has been caught on the wrong foot again. The hospital has witnesses 11 deaths this season so far. The much hype created about the state-of-art facilities available at SKIMS to deal with H1N1 cases […]
BJP puts brakes on ‘prisoners release’
Srinagar: The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday opposed any move related to the release of political prisoners in Kashmir, stating that those in jails are ‘anti-nationals’ and not political leaders. “The issue related to the release of political prisoners is misnomer. There are no political leaders in prisons. Those who are in jails […]
Amnesty for stone pelters: PDP says move will steer state out of crisis
Srinagar: The ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party on Friday termed the chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s decision to withdraw the cases of stone pelting youth a reflection of government’s invincible determination to get the state out of crises and bring in the long lasting peace. The PDP in a statement issued here said the withdrawal of cases […]
Tihar Jail staff suspended for ‘thrashing’ Kashmiri prisoners
Srinagar: Authorities Friday suspended all Tihar prison staff, allegedly involved in thrashing of inmates on November 21. The development comes following uproar over the beating of 18 prisoners by Tamil Nadu Special Force, a media report said. According to the report, the jail authorities sent a detailed report to the Union Home Ministry (MHA) on […]
Sarpanch’s killing: 7 young kids, a young widow wait for justice
Anantnag: For 35 year old Shabeena Banoo bringing her 7 children without the support and help of her husband has been an uphill task. Shabeena’s husband Sajad Ahmad Malik alias Bita, a former Sarpanch of Halqa Batagund of Verinag was killed by army men in a ‘gunfight’ which the family refuted saying that he was […]
Three, including 2 policemen killed in road mishaps
Srinagar: Three persons, including two policemen, were killed and seven others injured in two road accidents in Kupwara and Awantipora, police said. Police said that a car bearing registration number JK09A-7899 driven by Mudasir Tariq Mir son of Tariq Ahmad Mir resident of Tanghdar skidded off the road and fell in a Nallah near Ziyarat […]
Youth flees with assault rifle of slain militant
Pulwama: A local youth from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district has reportedly taken possession of an assault rifle of one of the slain militants killed in Central Kashmir encounter on Thursday. Four militants were killed yesterday in a fierce gun battle in Budgam district. Sources said that after the culmination of gunfight at Futlipora village in […]