Restrictions in Srinagar today
Srinagar: The district administration Srinagar Thursday decided to impose restrictions under Section 144 CrPC in seven police stations including Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, Safakadal, M R Gunj, and partial in Maisuma, Kralkhud on Friday as precautionary measures.
After braid chopping, now beard chopping incident in Budgam
Srinagar: After braid chopping, now beard chopping incident reported in BudgamUnidentified persons Friday chopped the beard of a local molvi in central district of Budgam. According to the reports, local priest of a mosque in Pakherpora area in Budgam district was on his way to lead the morning prayers when his beard was chopped off […]
JKLF Chief Yasin Malik arrested in Srinagar
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chief Yasin Malik was arrested from his residence in Srinagar on Friday. A spokesman of the outfit said that a police party raided the Maisuma residence of Malik and took him into custody. The Joint Resistance Leadership of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has called for protests […]
Protests in Pantha Chowk against the braid chopping incident
Protests erupted in outskirts of Srinagar after the braid of a woman was chopped off in the wee hours of Friday. According to the reports, a 40 years old woman’s braid was chopped today at 6:30 am in the morning at Pantha Chowk Srinagar. She has been shifted to hospital in critical condition. Heavy protests are […]
Editorial: Revival plans sans direction
The government has come up with an idea to resurrect the ailing J&K Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation (JKHPMC). For this the government has approved the conversion of government loans and financial assistance released from time to time to the Corporation into a share capital. JKHPMC was incorporated in 1978 under Companies Act 1956 […]
Mystery deepens as ‘braid chopping’ incidents remain unanswered
Srinagar: As the braid chopping incidents continue to emerge as a challenge to the police and the administration, fresh incidents of hair cutting have been reported from across the Valley. In a fresh incident of alleged braid chopping in south Kashmir’s Tral, the alleged choppers cut the hair of a woman in her courtyard. […]
Riyaz Naikoo responsible for cops killing: Police
Srinagar: Police has blamed Hizbul commander Riyaz Naikoo for the killing of a cop, Ashiq Hussain in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Superintendent of Police Awantipora Mohammad Zahid Malik said that Naikoo and his associates were involved in the killing of Hussain in Padgampora village of the district. Hussain was attending a marriage function at Padgampora […]
CRPF trooper injured in accidental fire
Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was injured in an accidental fire on Thursday morning in this summer capital, official sources said. A soldier was injured when his service rifle went off accidentally at a CRPF camp at Kral Khud, Srinagar. The injured was immediately taken to SMHS hospital, where his health […]
Fin Min bats for simplifying loans to small enterprises
SRINAGAR: Finance Minister Dr. Haseeb Drabu Thursday said that entrepreneurs in the state fail not because of bad business model but due to social and domestic compulsions. He urging the banks to simplify the process of giving loans to small enterprises. The Minister was speaking at the opening ceremony of Mudra Protsahan Abhiyaan here at […]
Braid chopping ‘a war weapon’ against womenfolk, says JRL
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Thursday called for TRC Polo View Chalo to protest against the “conspiracies being hatched by the Indian state” to change the demography of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. JRL including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik according to the statement issued here said that the Indian […]