Sopore residents protest against water scarcity
Sopore: Scores of residents from Green town bypass Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday staged a protest against the ‘failure’ of Public Health Engineering (PHE) department in providing drinking water to them. The residents including men and women of Green town bypass of Sopore assembled at Sopore-Baramulla bypass road and blocked the traffic […]
Google organises workshop to sensitise Kashmir scribes on bogus data, fake stories
Srinagar: Search giant Google on Monday organised a workshop here on fact checking and verification of online information for journalists in Kashmir, to safeguard them from falling prey to false stories and bogus data. Journalists from across the Valley participated in the workshop and received hands-on training, a statement issued by the Kashmir Press Club […]
Eight families rendered homeless as house gutted in fire
Jammu: Eight families were rendered homeless after a house was gutted in a fire that broke out due to a short circuit in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district Monday, police said. The house was divided into 8 units in which eight families were residing. No casualties have been reported, they said. The fire started due […]
NIA fails to prove anything against incarcerated leaders: Sehraie
Srinagar: Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH), Mohammad Ashraf Sehraie on Monday expressed concern over the deteriorating health and ‘illegal detention’ of pro-freedom leadership and activists. Sehraie in a statement issued here expressed concern and anguish over the silence maintained by the International organizations not taking any serious note of this ‘inhuman, ill-treatment and lawlessness’, which prevails […]
Mirwaiz released, visits families of slain Fateh Kadal militants, civilian
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was on Monday released from three-week-long house detention from his Nigeen residence. Soon after his release, Mirwaiz as per a statement issued here visited the residences of three recently killed youth in downtown Srinagar including MehrajudinBangroo, Rayees Ahmed Sofi of Fateh Kadal and Faid Mushtaq Waza of […]
Political parties condemn killing of SI and PDP worker
Srinagar: Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir Monday condemned the killing of a police officer and a PDP activist by militants in separate incidents in the Valley on Sunday. Imtiyaz Ahmed Mir, a 30-year-old Jammu and Kashmir Police sub-inspector posted in the CID department, was gunned down by terrorists in the militancy-infested Pulwama district of […]
Confrontation has only yielded bloodshed: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Strongly pitching for reconciliation and dialogue, PDP President and former Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said confrontation in the State has only led to more body bags and bloodshed. She said her Party’s consistent stand since its foundation has been dialogue and peaceful engagement to get Jammu and Kashmir out of the crisis. […]
Separatism more out of convenience than conviction: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: Separatism in Jammu and Kashmir is more out of convenience rather than conviction and the children of separatists are enjoying while those of common people are suffering, Union Minister Jitendra Singh has said. The Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said terrorism in the Valley was mercenary in nature and […]
Laroo Kulgam incident: Unknown gunmen abduct house owner
Kulgam: Days after the gunfight and the blast left 10 persons including seven civilians and three militants dead, unknown gunmen on Saturday evening abducted the house owner where the encounter took place in Laroo area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam District last Sunday. Sources said that Sheeraz Ahmed Bhat alias Czak, son of Ghulam Mohammed Bhat […]
Mirwaiz appeals well-off people to help fire affected families
Srinagar: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) and Patron of Darul Khair Mirwaiz Manzil, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday expressed grief over the incidents of fire at Chattabal and Chanapora area of Srinagar in which half dozen residential houses and shops were gutted destroying property worth crores. Expressing solidarity with the affected families, Mirwaiz appealed charitable […]
