PDP urges Governor to release pending wages of PHE daily wagers
Srinagar: Urging the Governor administration to fulfill the long pending demands of PHE daily wagers, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday said that the administration cannot turn blind eye towards the woeful plight of these workers. In a statement issued here, PDP General Secretary GhulamNabi Lone Hanjura said that it is ironic that the regularisation […]
Highway ban a measure of collective punishment: Justice Masoodi
Srinagar: Justice HasnainMasoodi, National Conference (NC) candidate for Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency has termed the highway ban as a measure of collective punishment for the people. In a statement issued here, Justice Masoodi termed the move as anti-people decision which amounts to gross violation of human rights and wrongful restraint on the movement of the people, […]
Forces arrest five youth in Budgam
Budgam,: Government orces arrested five youth during nocturnal raids in Lalgam village of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The raids according to sources were conducted by combined forces in the middle of the night. Locals informed that at least five youth were detained from their houses and bundled into armoured vehicles towards unknown destination. The family […]
People protest after army men allegedly thrash truck driver
Anantnag: Locals protested in South Kashmir’s BatengooAnantnag area on Saturday after soldiers allegedly dragged a young truck driver out of his vehicle and severely thrashed him before fleeing from the spot. Blood oozed out from the nose and mouth of the young victim who was shifted to hospital by locals. A video of this incident […]
LoC flare-up: Couple injured in firing in Rajouri
Jammu: A couple was injured Saturday in Pakistani firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. Sanjeev Kumar, 32, and his wife Rita Kumari, 28, were hit by bullets inside their house during unprovoked firing by Pakistan in the Kalal area of Nowshera sector around 2.30 am, they […]
Former independent MLA from Kathua joins BJP
Jammu: Days ahead of the LokSabha polls, former independent MLA Charanjit Singh Saturday joined the BJP in Kathua district of Jammu division. The 68-year-old Singh, who had won the Kathua assembly seat in 2008, joined the saffron party in the presence of BJP National vice-president and in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir, AvinashRaiKhanna and former minister […]
NIA claims arrests of JeM operative involved in 2017 attack on CRPF camp
New Delhi: The NIA on Saturday arrested an operative of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in connection with the 2017 terror attack on a CRPF camp in South Kashmir, officials here said. Syed HilalAndrabi, 35, of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, was produced before a court which sent him to five days’ police custody, they said. […]
Governor briefed on security situation
SRINAGAR: Governor Satya Pal Malik was briefed on the security situation in Kashmir Valley, post Pulwama, at a high level meeting at Raj Bhavan, Srinagar on Saturday. After reviewing the prevailing security situation and arising challenges, Governor stressed the crucial importance of maintaining a sustained close watch on the ground situation. He emphasised on the […]
Murder accused arrested in Poonch
Jammu: A murder accused, on the run for 18 years, was arrested in Poonch district on Saturday, police said. Mohammad Arshad, a resident of Banola village here, was arrested by a special police team from Mendhar area of the border district, they said. Arshad was evading arrest since 2001 and had various charges against him, […]
Police public meeting held at Yaripora
Srinagar: A police public meeting was held at Police Station Yaripora which was chaired by SP KulgamGurinderpal Singh-IPS accompanied by DySPHqrs and DySPDAR Kulgam, a police spokesman said. People from different walks of life besides village heads, Panch, Sarpanch and civil society members of village Yaripora, Khanpora, Frisal and other villages participated in the meeting. […]