2200 political prisoners lodged in jails for demanding RSD: Hurriyat (M)
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) on Thursday expressed serious concern over the shifting of prisoners from Jammu and Kashmir to outside jails, saying that at least 2200 political prisoners are lodged in various jails of the State and against them there are no charges other than the one they demand right to self determination. The amalgam […]
Crime Branch arrests two persons from Delhi for fraud
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch arrested two persons from New Delhi, including a foreign woman, for fraudulent transfer of over Rs 94 lakh from Jammu and Kashmir Bank account of a private company, a CB officer said Thursday. A case was lodged regarding the fraudulent transfer of Rs 94.10 lakh from the official […]
Thousands throng Hazratbal on Eid Millad eve
Srinagar: Tens of thousands of devotees from across the Kashmir Valley converged at the historic Hazratbal shrine on the outskirts of city on the eve of Eid-e-Milad-Un-Nabi (SAW) on Wednesday. The devotees including men, women and children thronged the shrine all through the day to have glimpses of the holy relics of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), […]
Militants fighting for bigger democratic right: Er Rasheed
Srinagar: Awami Itehaad Party (AP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Wednesday said that the people of Kashmir including militants are fighting for a bigger democratic right. Reacting to Prime Minister Narindra Modi’s claim that ballet has won over bullet, AIP President said that New Delhi is again repeating the mistake of […]
Patients kept waiting as medicos turn up late in Rafiabad health centre
Baramulla: Amid prevailing wintry chill, many patients were kept waiting outside a health centre at Panzalla area in Rafiabad in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district by doctors who reportedly turned up in the afternoon on Wednesday. Locals of the area said the doctors seldom come on time, forcing patients either to wait or visit Srinagar or […]
Mir Hafizullah killed under a well-throughout plan: Sehrai
Anantnag: People have been armed to wipe out Jama’at and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat activists and leaders, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) chairman Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai said on Wednesday. Sehrai was addressing mourners at the residence of slain TeH leader Hafizullah Mir in Baddoo village of Achabal in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “People have been armed to wipe out Jama’at–e-Islami and […]
Shifting inmates to outside jails ‘cruel act’: Malik
Srinagar: Condemning the recent shifting of dozens of Kashmiri detainees to Haryana jail, Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Libation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik on Wednesday termed the shifting of inmates to outside jails as ‘most cruel, illegal and vengeful act’ of rulers and their Kashmiri supporters. In a statement issued here, Malik said that […]
Pro-freedom leaders protest against slain Mir’s killing
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leaders and workers on Wednesday organized a protest at Abiguzar Srinagar here against the killing of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat district president Mir Hafizullah. The protesting leaders and activists condemned the kiling of Mir and termed it as ‘cowardly act’. “Such barbaric and inhuman acts by the Indian democracy is an ugly […]
Hafizullah was a great soldier of Kashmir movement: Mirwaiz
Srinagar: On the direction of Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, a high-level delegation of amalgam and Awami Action Committee (AAC) led by senior leader Muhammad Shafi Khan visited Badoora, Achabal, Islamabad to express solidarity with the family members of slain Tehreek-e-Hurriyat district president Hafizullah Mir. The delegation strongly condemned the killing of Hafizullah […]
IUST postpones examinations scheduled for today
Srinagar: Islamic University of Science and Technology has postponed examinations scheduled for Thursday, Nov 22. “It is notified for the information of all the concerned that the university examinations scheduled for tomorrow (22-11-2018) have been postponed. New dates shall be notified separately. However, the Practical/Viva examination of the students of B.Sc Nursing (AMCNMT) scheduled for […]
