Yasin Malik’s family says he is unwell in jail

Says if anything bad happened to him, govt would be responsible
Srinagar: Family of jailed separatist leader Mohammad Yasin Malik Friday expressed worry over his well-being and said the government would be responsible if anything bad happened to him. A Delhi court last week sent Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Malik, arrested in a case related to funding of separatists and terror groups in Jammu […]
Father allegedly slits 4 year old son’s throat, arrested
Srinagar: A man has been arrested in south Kashmir’s Kokernag area for allegedly trying to slit his 4 year old son’s throat, police said Friday. A minor boy identified as Usman Gowhar was rushed to District hospital Anantnag in critical condition after his throat was slit allegedly by his father, a police official said. He […]
PM Modi concerned about holding IPL not elections in JK: Omar

Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking credit for holding IPL tournament in the country while Lok Sabha elections were on claiming the BJP government at the Centre was the first not to hold assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on time since 1996. “Why is […]
JeM Chief Masood Azhar’s assets freezed, ban imposed on his travel

Islamabad: Pakistan has issued an official order to freeze the assets of and impose a travel ban on JeM chief Masood Azhar after the UN declared him a “global terrorist”. Pakistan-based Azhar is also banned from selling or purchasing arms and ammunition. The UN sanctions committee on the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda on Wednesday announced […]
India trying to get Pakistan ‘black listed’ at FATF: Pak FO
Islamabad: India has been ‘politicising’ the proceedings at the FATF against Pakistan, the Foreign Office claimed Friday, a day after the Indian government said it seeks downgrading of Pakistan on the global watch dog’s terrorism financing list. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that India will ask the global money laundering and terror finance watchdog to […]
Youth who left home to join Hizbul held, arms recovered
Srinagar: A man who had gone missing from Ganderbal district allegedly to join militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen was arrested on Friday from Kupwara district, police said. “On a credible input, police, along with security forces, intercepted Shafat Yousuf Malik at a check-point near Chowgal in Handwara of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district and took him into […]
Complaints against PM Modi: One election commissioner dissented on two decisions by ECI: Sources
New Delhi: One of the two election commissioners had dissented in the decision of the ‘full Election Commission’ to give clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the two speeches made in Maharashtra last month, highly-placed sources aware of the development said Friday. In the last three days, the Commission gave its decision on […]
Duo arrested for stabbing barber
Jammu: Two suspected criminals were arrested Friday for stabbing a barber after a brawl over some issue in Reasi district, police said. The arrested duo — Deepak Kumar alias Kali (an auto driver) and Varun Kumar alias Kaka — stabbed the barber Balbir Singh in his shop with a sharp-edged weapon at around 10:30 am […]
Azhar listing: India down plays absence of Pulwama reference in UN notification

New Delhi: India Thursday played down absence of reference to Pulwama attack in the UN notification designating Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, asserting that it broadly covered all his terrorist acts. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the UN notification was not supposed to be Azhar’s bio-data, insisting that the Pulwama […]
‘Breakthrough’ struck during Imran Khan’s China trip
Islamabad: The “breakthrough” in designating Masood Azhar as a global terrorist came during Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent visit to China where the two sides agreed to withdraw their opposition to the latest move to blacklist the JeM chief, a media report said here Thursday. The UN’s sanctions committee announced Wednesday the designation of […]