Mirwaiz released from house arrest
Srinagar: Authorities on Wednesday lifted the restrictions on the movement of the Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umer Farooq. The government forces were withdrawn from the Nigeen residence of Mirwaiz today, sources said. Mirwaiz is scheduled to address the religious gathering at Naqashband Sahib at Khawaja Bazar today after zuhar (afternoon) prayers. Thousands of […]
Srinagar records coldest night of the season
Srinagar: Intense cold tightened its nose over Jammu and Kashmir as night temperatures dipped further in the valley and frontier region of Ladakh, forcing people to search for heavy woollens to cover their bodies to ward off bone-chilling cold. Leh continues to be the coldest place in the state as the minimum temperature there dipped to […]
ATM machine stolen
Srinagar: Unknown persons decamped with an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) along with cash from south Kashmir’s Shopian town last night, police said on Wednesday. “Unknown persons pulled out and later took away the ATM of the JK Bank from sub district hospital shopian, a police official said. He added that we are checking how much cash […]
Cordon and search operation in Shopian village
Srinagar: Government forces on Wednesday launched a Cordon and search operation in Najar Mohalla of Hermain village in South kashmir’s Shopian district. Official sources said that 62 RR ,and SOG Shopian launched search operation after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Sources said that large number of forces have been deployed […]
Prayer leaders being ‘profiled’ as police smells their role in ‘radicalization of youth’
Srinagar: Amid growing radicalization of youth, the Jammu and Kashmir police have started profiling of the Imams (mosque preachers) in areas, which had become the center of protests during last year’s violence. The police profiling has sent a wave of fear among the Imams, who as per sources have been asked to reveal their […]
Shopian shuts for different cause
Shopian: Shopian district in volatile south Kashmir observed a complete shutdown for a different cause on Tuesday. No organization had given a call for hartal today but people of the district were on the roads to protest against the poor supply of electricity. The protesters alleged that PDP-BJP alliance government has a grudge against the […]
Kashmiri Play makes it to the 8th Theatre Olympics
Srinagar: A Kashmiri Theatre Play has made it to the Theatre Olympics, the biggest theatre celebrations globally to be held in Feb 2018. In a communication from 8th Theatre Olympic organizers to Theatre for Kashmir—a local group headed by Kashmiri Theatre worker Arshad Mushtaq was informed about the same. “The committee of acclaimed theatre experts […]
Rs 106 cr spent on development works during current fiscal: Farooq Andrabi
Anantnag: The government has spent Rs 106 crore, out of a total approved outlay of Rs 205 crore, on various development works in district Anantnag registering an expenditure of 80%. Minister of State for Hajj & Auqaf, Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi, informed this while chairing an officers meeting here at Verinag to review the progress […]
Three LeT militants, soldier killed in two encounters
Srinagar: Three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed in an encounter in Magam area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday. Meanwhile, two troopers were injured in another encounter in Zurhama area in Kupwara district. One of them later succumbed to his injuries. A senior police officer said that a joint team of army, SOG […]
LeT says no ‘freedom fighter’ will follow suit now
Srinagar: Militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) on Tuesday said that after the return of a youth Majid Khan to his home at his mother’s request, Indian forces are “compelling” the family members of other militants to follow the suit. In a statement issued here, LeT chief Mehmood Shah also declared that “from now on, no freedom […]