SHRC issues notices to DC, SSP Kulgam
Seeks report on missing Kulgam man
Seeks report on missing Kulgam man Srinagar: State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Monday issued a notice to Senior Superintendent of Police (SP) Kulgam and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, asking them to file detailed compliance report before the commission with regard to the mysterious disappearance of Sheeraz Ahmad Bhat, son of Ghulam Muhammad Bhat who […]
Kartarpur corridor: Valley based Sikhs welcome move
Say it will help in normalizing strained relations
Say it will help in normalizing strained relations Srinagar: All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) on Monday welcomed the opening up of Kartarpur corridor and said that the step would help a lot in normalizing the strained relations between India and Pakistan. In a statement, APSCC Chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina said that people of Kashmir […]
Highly-qualified candidates in fray for J&K panchayat polls
Jammu: Many highly-qualified candidates are contesting the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir panchayat polls in order to bring a change at the grassroots level in the state. Sindhu Bhalla Sharma, who has an MPhil degree in Sanskrit, is contesting for the sarpanch post of her native Anjole village in Kishtwar district. Sharma said she was inspired […]
Coalition culture does not suit J&K: NC Leader
Jammu: A senior National Conference (NC) leader said Monday the coalition culture was not suited to a state like Jammu and Kashmir, claiming that his party was all set to provide a strong government to ensure political stability in the state. “NC derives its strength from the people and the people are determined to have […]
18 killings in 3 days, a planned genocide: Hurriyat (M)
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) on Monday paid tributes to 18 people killed in last three days in Kashmir. Hurriyat (M) termed it as ‘a planned genocide aimed at selective killing of people especially the young lot which deserves highest form of condemnation’. The amalgam spokesman in a statement issued paid tributes to six armed youth […]
Malik remembers Khawaja Sanaullah, Sofi Ghulam Muhammad
Srinagar: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik on Monday recalled the persona of late Khawaja Sanaullah Bhat of ‘Aftab’ and Sofi Ghulam Muhammad of ‘Srinagar Times’ on their anniversaries. Malik in a statement issued here said that the duo was unblemished luminaries of journalistic history. “They were personalities whose social […]
Late Khawaja, Sofi were legends of field of journalism: Geelani
Srinagar: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani on Monday paid tributes to deceased journalists including Late Khawaja Sona ullah Bhat and Late Sofi Ghulam Mohammad on their death anniversaries. In a statement issued here, Geelani said that both the deceased journalists were legends of not only the field of journalism, but were equally […]
Kashmiri Hindus demand corridor to Sarda Temple in PaK
Jammu: A prominent Kashmiri Hindus’ body Monday demanded a corridor to the “world-famous” Sharda Devi Temple in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on the lines of one proposed to Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Narowal district in Pakistan. All Party Migrant Coordination Committee (APMCC) of displaced Kashmiri Hindus raised the demand on the day Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu […]
Soldier injured in sniper fire
Srinagar: An army soldier was injured in a ‘sniper fire’ by Pakistan Rangers in Machil sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday afternoon. Army sources said that Pakistan Rangers in “violation of ceasefire” opened some rounds of sniper fire on an army posts of 17 Jakli in Machil […]
Militant hideout busted, arms and ammunition sized
Srinagar: Security forces busted a militant hideout and seized a cache of arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday, police said. Based on specific information, a search operation was launched by police along with the 5 Rashtriya Rifles of the Army in the forest area of Badurkund in the Gutlibagh area […]
