EJAC protests over braid chopping incidents
Srinagar: Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) staged protest demonstration here on Monday. The sit in was led by EJAC president Qayoom Wani. “We appeal government to crack this case as soon as possible and also urge people to not thrash innocents over allegedly being the braid choppers,” Wani said. According to Wani braid chopping is […]
Tral shuts against forces action on civilians
A spontaneous shutdown is being observed in Tral town of South Kashmir’s on Monday against alleged forces action in Wagad village of Tra area. As per sources, shop, business establishments and most schools in the area are closed while as vehicular movement is all thin on the roads. The residents of Wagad village of Tral area had alleged that […]
NC leader’s house attacked with Grenade in Tral, CRPF officer injured
Srinagar: A paramilitary CRPF officer sustained splinter injuries after unknown persons on Sunday lobbed a grenade on the house of a National Conference leader Mohammad Ashraf Bhat. Official sources told GNS that suspected militants the hurled the grenade which exploded with a bang. In the incident a CRPF officer (ASI) Ali Mohd of 180 bn was injured […]
Militant killed in Handwara gunfight
Handwara: A militant has been killed in an encounter with government forces in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara districton Sunday morning. “Acting on a specfic information a joint team of army’s 9 Para a Nd SOG launched a cordon-and-search operation in Hajin area of Kralgund today at around 5:00 am“, a senior police officer told GNS. As […]
Bhaderwah receives snowfall, mercury plunges
Bhaderwah: The higher reaches of Bhaderwah received season’s first snowfall, signaling the early onset of winter on Sunday. With moderate showers, lightening and winds, weather suddenly took a turn in Bhaderwah area of Chenab valley as season’s first snowfall was witnessed in higher reaches including Kailash Kund and Sonbhai with the mercury plunging, giving signs of onset of […]
Braid-chopping: Five ‘miscreants’ held for beating a non-local labourer
Srinagar: Police on Sunday said that it have arrested five persons from Harwan area of Srinagar City for beating a non-local labourer whom people accused of being a braid-chopper. “On 14th October a non-local labourer working at a construction site in SKUAST Shalimar was intercepted by a mob at around 1935 hours”, a senior police officer told […]
Woman held along with charras in Kupwara
Srinagar: Police today said that it have arrested a woman along with over 3 kilograms of charras in Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “A police team acting on a specific information raided at Khodi Surigam village in Lolab and arrested the woman Mubeena Begium w/o Abdul Lateef along with 3.5 kilograms of charras”, a […]
Pro-India parties responsible for chaos and confusion: Geelani
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference on Sunday held a meeting of its executive body (Majlis-e-Shora) at Hyderpora which was presided over by Chairman of the amalgam Syed Ali Geelani. The meeting discussed the prevailing situation including growing incidents of braid-chopping in Valley. The meeting, according to a statement issued to news agency GNS, was attended by the heads or […]
Attacks on mainstream parties’ retaliation to ransacking of militants’ houses: NC
Srinagar: Former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Rajpora constituency and Senior National Conference leader Ghulam Mohiudin Mir on Sunday said that the growing attacks on mainstream parties in parts of south Kashmir, especially Tral and Shopian, by militants was retaliation to ransacking of their houses by government forces. “You have seen that security forces ransacked houses of militants […]