Masarat Alam produced before Srinagar court
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) leader and Muslim League chairman, Masarat Alam Bhat was Tuesday produced before a Srinagar Court in connection with a 2010 case, reports said. Masarat, who is lodged in Kot Balwal jail Jammu was produced before the Court of the Third Sessions Judge, Srinagar. The Court said that the next hearing of […]
CM to take charge of Information Department
Srinagar: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said that she will hold the charge of Information Department, withdrawing the portfolio from Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali. An order, issued today by the government in Srinagar, read: “In pursuance of Rule 5 of the Jammu and Kashmir government Business Rules, I, Mehbooba Mufti, Chief Minister, Jammu and Kashmir, […]
P L Gupta appointed Chief Vigilance Commissioner, Gazanffar Hussain VC
Srinagar: Former Director General of Police Prisons, P L Gupta, was on Tuesday appointed as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and former bureaucrat Gazzanfar Hussain as Vigilance Commissioner. “In exercise of the powers vested in me under Section 4(1) of the Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Commission Act, 201 1 (Act No. 1 of 201 […]
NIA arrests Salahudin’s son in New Delhi
New Delhi: Shahid Yousuf, son of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, who was summoned by the NIA in a case related to money laundering was formally arrested by the agency in New Delhi, reports said on Tuesday. Shahid was summoned by the probe agency to Delhi in connection with the investigation in the alleged funding […]
Man’s beard chopped off in Batamaloo
Srinagar: Unidentified persons chopped off the beard of a man in Batamaloo area of Srinagar Tuesday morning. According to the reports, the beard of Farooq Ahmad Bhat alias Shakoori was chopped off when he was opening his shop at Kashi Mohalla area. Reports said that Bhat was opening his shop when three persons used some […]
NIA summons UJC chief Salahuddin’s son to New Delhi
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) summoned Shahid Yousuf, son of Hizbul Mujahideen founder and chief of United Jihad Council (UJC) Syed Salahuddin, to New Delhi for questioning in a case registered against Hizbul Mujahideen in Delhi in 2011. The summons, served to Shahid through SSP Budgam, has been issued by Ajeet Singh, Superintendent of […]
Forces launch CASO in Khag area of Budgam
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Militants lob grenade on police party in Tral
Pulwama: Unidentified militants fired a rifle grenade on a police vehicle in south Kashmir’s Tral area, reports said. According to the reports, unidentified militants launched a grenade on a Rakshak vehicle in Tral Bus Stand. However, no one was injured in the attack. Meanwhile, Tral police denied the reports of any grenade attack and said that it […]
Editorial: Violence has to stop
Various videos on the social media showing mainstream political workers being targeted and subject to severe questioning by some gunmen and threatening them to disassociate from the political organizations, mainly mainstream-have gone viral. These videos have once again reminded us that the situation is growing worse, especially in South Kashmir and what is being claimed […]
Cabinet welcomes dialogue on JK
SRINAGAR: The State Cabinet that met here today under the Chairpersonship of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti welcomed appointment of Dineshwar Mishra as the Representative of Govt of India to initiate a sustained dialogue with all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir. The Cabinet observed that this was a long pending demand which will pave the way […]