‘Hardcore criminal’ booked under PSA

Jammu: A “hardcore criminal” was on Thursday arrested and slapped with the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said. Vipan Kumar Gupta alias Jony was nabbed by a special police team during a raid, a police officer said. He was involved in a number of criminal activities and drug […]

SPO shot at in Pulwama village, hospitalized

Srinagar: A special police officer (SPO) was injured seriously after fired upon by suspected militants at Kareemabad area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday late night. Official sources said that the gunmen barged inside the residential house of the SPO Bilal Ahmad Ganie son of Mohammad Maqbool and fired upon him at Karimabad village […]

Mirwaiz’s continuous detention is trampling of his rights: Hurriyat (M) 

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) on Wednesday denounced the continuous house detention of its amalgam chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, thereby barring him from social, religious and political obligations terming it ‘highly undemocratic, authoritarian and dictatorial’. According to a statement issued here, the amalgam said that the step is an eye-opener as to how the rights of […]

Arrest spree to make ‘bogus operation’ success is condemnable: JKLF  

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on Wednesday said that the spree of arrests, nocturnal raids, manipulations and other undemocratic acts for making a ‘bogus operation’ termed as municipal elections a success is ridiculous and condemnable. A JKLF spokesman in a statement issued here also condemned the arrest of its Zonal president Noor Muhammad Kalwal, […]

665 selection grade constables promoted in Jammu

Jammu: Police authorities have promoted 665 selection grade constables (SGCts) to the rank of head constables in Jammu region, officials said Wednesday. Extending greetings on the beginning of the festival of Navratri to all ranks of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, IGP, Jammu Zone, S D Singh, issued formal promotion order in respect of 665 […]

Governor’s remarks have cast a shadow on the election process: NC

‘Mayor for Srinagar city has already been selected’

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Tuesday said that the Governor Satyapal Malik’s recent remark favoring a particular individual for the post of Mayor of Srinagar is shocking and puts a big question mark on the impartiality of the governor’s office. In a statement issued here, senior leader and MLA Eidgah Mubarak Gul, Women’s […]

Elections have no value in Kashmir, says Sehrai

Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai Tuesday said that holding of elections be it Panchayat, Municipal or parliamentary have no value in Kashmir instead the only way out is accepting the basic problem and addressing it head on. Sehrai in a statement issued here said that “Right of self-determination is the most democratic and simple […]

One dead, another injured in Anantnag mishap

Anantnag: A youth died while another sustained injuries on Tuesday after they met with an accident at Nandpora area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Locals said that a scooty bearing registration number JK03F-9604 collided with a sumo at Nandapora, Anantnag, resulting in injuries to two persons. Both the injured persons were shifted to District Hospital […]

Ongoing ULB polls have lost credibility, says Congress

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and MLC Gulam Nabi Monga on Tuesday expressed surprise over the statement made by Governor Satya Pal Malik, saying that ongoing ULB elections has lost the credibility, as that BJP-RSS has already decided as to who would be the Mayor in Srinagar. Monga was reacting […]