SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has denounced the filing of an FIR against Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s family by the Jammu and Kashmir police with regards to the late leader’s death. In a statement, APHC said the details shared by Geelani’s son to the media stating that the authorities took the body of […]
SRINAGAR — Tourists from Karnataka and Bengaluru who visited Kashmir last week were stuck there due to the unexpected curfew. Phone network and internet was snapped and they had no way to reach out to their families or move from one district to another, following the death of the separatist, Sayed Ali Shah Geelani on […]
SRINAGAR: More than two years after the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, the administration of Ladakh, one of the two UTs, has issued an order to temporarily define who is a resident of the UT for non-gazetted government jobs. According to Ladakh Resident Certificate Order 2021, only […]
SRINAGAR — Taking the security agencies by surprise, foreign militants outnumber local militants in north Kashmir — comprising three districts of Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara — in a changing trend, according to official figures. The sudden spike in numbers has forced the police to restrict the movement of mainstream leaders and elected grassroots representatives because […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi Police have arrested a gang of four economic offenders allegedly involved in an insurance fraud case targetting veteran army officials. The group was cheating the veterans in the name of facilitating release of outstanding insurance of maturities and bonus. The fraudsters were demanding money from their targetted persons. According to […]
SRINAGAR — Three days after the death of senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday registered an FIR against his family for draping his body in Pakistani flag and resorting to anti-India sloganeering. A police official said FIR No 227/ 2021 under section 353 of Indian penal code, 13 Unlawful […]
KABUL — Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed some flights in Afghanistan between Kabul and three major provincial cities on Saturday, the carrier said, after a technical team from Qatar reopened the capital’s airport for aid and domestic services. Flights between Kabul and the western city of Herat, Mazar-i Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Kandahar in the […]
SRINAGAR — Police and security forces detected and defused an Improvised Explosive Device at Bemina area of Srinagar on Saturday. A senior Police told that the device was found on roadside in Hamdania Colony of Bemina. Later, a bomb disposal squad reached the spot and defused the IED without any damage to life or property. […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir valley continued to remain under a strict lockdown for the third consecutive day on Saturday with internet services blocked to prevent any protest over the death of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani. Reports said large contingents of police, paramilitary and army personnel manned the roads which were blocked by barricades and […]
SRINAGAR — In twin cases of 1990’s, incarcerated chairman of banned Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik appeared through video conferencing in the court stating that he would like to cross examine the witnesses himself without taking the assistance from any lawyer. The Special Court in Jammu today started cross examination of witnesses in […]