SRINAGAR — Young people from Dalgate and Sonwara areas of Srinagar city Monday staged a peaceful protest demanding closure of all liquor shops on the tourist hub Boulevard Road and Sonwar. The protesting youth were carrying placards seeking an end to drugs and wine shops in Kashmir. The placards read: ‘We Won’t Allow Outsiders To […]
Author: KIMS Kashmir
Assembly elections must not be held without restoration of Statehood: PAGD
SRINAGAR — The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has expressed disappointment at the outcome of the All Party Meeting and has decided to reach out to other political parties in J&K with a view to take a common position on restoration of Statehood ahead of assembly elections. The PAGD met on sunday evening under […]
Locals spot a leopard near Srinagar Airport Colony
SRINAGAR — Locals have spotted a leopard in their Colony near Srinagar Airport and are requesting authorities to take measures to capture it before it causes harm to anyone. A group of locals from Highland Enclave Gogoo near Srinagar Airport told news agency Kashmir News Trust that since last week, a leopard is emerging in […]
Man hospitalized after consuming poisonous substance in Budgam village
BUDGAM — A 25-year-old man was hospitalized after he consumed some poisonous substance at his home at Basantwooder area of Khansahib in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday. A police official that a 25-year-old man name (withheld), a resident of Basantwooder area of Khansahib has consumed some poisonous substance at his home. He was immediately […]
Ending age-old bi-annual Durbar Move will hurt economy of Jammu: Traders
SRINAGAR — Traders in Jammu and Kashmir have expressed their resentment over the UT administration’s decision to end the 149-year- old practice of bi-annual Durbar Move saying it would hurt Jammu’s economy and also, increase the void between the two regions, the New Indian Express reported. Surinder Mahajan, president of Raghunath Bazar Businessmen’s Association, said: […]
2 arrested for stealing cars in Delhi and selling them in Kashmir
NEW DELHI — Two men were arrested from central Delhi in connection with stealing cars here and selling them in Kashmir, police said on Sunday. The accused have been identified as Showket Ahmad Malla (25), a resident of Baramulla district in Jammu ad Kashmir, and Mohammad Juber (22), a resident of Shamli district in Uttar […]
17-year-old Muslim girl allegedly abducted by Vijay Kumar in Kathua
SRINAGAR — Twenty-Five Days after, the 17-year-old daughter of Mohammed Afzal of Bilawar area of Kathua was allegedly abducted by Vijay Kumar, the family has demanded the whereabouts of their daughter. “The SHO told me that my daughter had issued a video in which she had said that she accepted Hinduism by her own choice […]
Woman among 2 persons injured in attack by wild bear in Banihal
BANIHAL — A woman was among two people injured in attack by wild animals in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, officials said. The first incident took place in Chapnari Guddar area of Banihal when Wazeera Begum returning to her house was attacked by a wild bear, they said. She is being treated at […]
Islamic institute vandalized with Islamophobic graffiti in France
PARIS — The premises of Al Ghazali Institute of the Grand Mosque of Paris was defaced with Islamophobic and racist inscriptions on Sunday. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin condemned the act as “unacceptable degradation” and assured to find the perpetrators of these acts. The incident took place at the institute’s campus in the southern city of […]
PAGD Leaders Meet in Srinagar, First Time After PM’s All-party Meeting on J&K
SRINAGAR — A meeting of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) was held here on Sunday, the first such meet after Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s all-party meeting on Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi on June 24. The meeting of the leaders of the alliance, which seeks the restoration of the special status of […]