Braid chopping: Committee constituted to probe incidents in G’bl
Ganderbal: Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Ganderbal, Syed Shahnawaz Bukhari Friday convened meeting to take note of the braid chopping incidents in District Ganderbal. He constituted District Level Committee under his Chairmanship with Additional Superintendent of Police Ganderbal, Assistant Commissioner Development, Chief Medical Officer Ganderbal, and District Social Welfare Officer Ganderbal as members to monitor […]
Govt to provide 2.75 marla plots to dislocated urban poor families
Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan Friday convened a meeting to review the rehabilitation plan for dislocated urban poor families. During the meeting, it was revealed that the dislocated urban poor families on both sides of river Jhelum from Dubji Ghat to Cement Bridge, Pandrethan, Athwajan and Tschoent Kul besides those families who […]
Mob attempts to set a mentally deranged person on fire
Sopore: With police failing to act against the unscrupulous elements involved in ‘braid chopping’, the frenzied crowds are enjoying a hey day by targeting innocents and labeling them as ‘braid choppers’. The mob frenzy has become so uncontrollable that vigilante crowds are taking law into their own hands and targeting of innocents by attempting […]
Don’t take law into your own hands, warns IGP
Srinagar: Advising people not to take the law into their own hands, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Munir Khan asked the people to refrain from targetting innocents under the garb of being ‘braid choppers’. He said that the anti-social elements are trying to create law and order situation in Kashmir. “Police department is not only […]
JRL calls for shutdown today
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Friday called for a complete shutdown on Saturday against the rising incidents of brad chopping in Kashmir. In a joint meeting of JRL, comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik held at Hyderpora on Thursday evening, it was decided to call a shutdown and […]
KU postpones all exams
Srinagar: All Kashmir University examinations scheduled to be held on October 21, 2017 (Saturday) are postponed, a KU spokesperson said. He said that fresh dates for the deferred examinations shall be notified separately, later.
Restrictions in old City today
SRINAGAR: According to the District Magistrate Srinagar, restrictions under Section 144 of CrPC will remain in force under the jurisdiction of Police Stations Nowhatta, Khanyar, Rainawari, M R Gunj, Safakadal and partially in Kralkhud and Maisuma, in district Srinagar on October 21 (Saturday) as a precautionary measure to avoid any untoward incident.
Tral legislator’s residence attacked
Srinagar: Suspected militants on Friday hurled grenade on the residential house of a sitting MLA in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sources in the Police department informed that suspected militants hurled a grenade on the house of PDP MLA from Tral assembly constituency, Mushtaq Ahmad Shah. They informed that that no injury […]
4 weeks on, Jamia Masjid lockdown continues
Srinagar: For the fourth straight week today, the administration enforced yet another lockdown of the historic Jamia Masjid here by imposing strict restrictions in Srinagar parts in wake of the protest call given by the pro-freedom camp. The restrictions under section 144 were imposed in Srinagar areas falling under the jurisdiction of seven Police […]
Braid Chopping row: NC-PDP battle it out in the open
Srinagar: A day after a ruling party Legislator, Yasir Reshi accused the opposition National Conference (NC), for being involved in the incidents of braid chopping, NC Legislator Shameema Firdous hit back by saying that the PDP legislator has lost his mental balance. “The PDP leader is mentally ill and he needs treatment. I believe the […]
