Highway blockade: Fruit traders announce indefinite strike from April 29
Mutton dealers also stage protest, say trucks carrying livestock stopped by police
Srinagar: Fruits and vegetables are likely to get dearer in Kashmir valley as dealers at the Fruit Mandi Parimpora are planning to go for an indefinite strike from Monday April 29 to protest against the routine stopping of fruit and vegetables-laden vehicles on the Jammu Srinagar Highway near Udhampur. Meanwhile, mutton dealers have also alleged […]
JRL sponsored strike calls disrupts normal life in Kashmir
Srinagar: Normal life in Kashmir was affected Tuesday due to a strike called by separatists against the alleged ill-treatment meted out to jailed JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik. Shops, business establishments, schools, colleges and other educational institutions remained closed due to the strike while public transport remained off the roads in most parts of the […]
Paramilitary troopers to get more mine-protected vehicles in JK
New Delhi: The government will soon procure mine-protected vehicles for the movement of paramilitary troops in the Naxalism-hit areas and Jammu and Kashmir and remotely operated vehicles to help anti-terror commando force NSG in encounter sites, officials said Tuesday. Expenditure sanction for Rs 613.96 crore has been issued to paramilitary forces such as CRPF and […]
LS Polls in Anantnag: Security arrangements face acid test today
Srinagar: The polling for the volatile and restive south Kashmir Lok Sabha constituency begins today with Anantnag district going to polls on Tuesday. The election to this south Kashmir LS seat will be held in three phases as Anantnag district will go to polls today, while voting in Kulgam district will be on April 29 […]
Alarm: 11 youth reported missing across South Kashmir during April
Shopian/Pulwama: As south Kashmir is all set to brace up for a date with democracy, youth across the restive region continue to take to arms with 11 youth reported missing this month alone. Reports suggest that the missing youth from Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam districts have joined the militant ranks with home coming calls from […]
Yasin Malik ill treated during confinement: JRL
Calls for shutdown today
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) called for a valley wide protest shutdown today against the ‘ill-treatment’ meted-out to the ailing and incarcerated JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik by NIA at Delhi. “NIA highhandedness has in fact forced senior resistance leader Muhammad […]
Highway blockade: SC seeks replies from Centre, state over restrictions
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday sought responses from the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir on a plea seeking quashing of an order which restricts civilian traffic two days a week on the national highway (NH) stretch from Udhampur to Baramulla for movement of security forces. The state government issued an order on April 3 […]
