SRINAGAR — The mainstream political leaders including former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir state have expressed condolences over the demise of senior Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Geelani breathed his last at around 10:30 pm on Wednesday at his residence in Hyderpora area in Srinagar. He was buried in wee hours in local […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities imposed a security clampdown in Kashmir late Wednesday after the death of separatist icon Syed Ali Geelani at the age of 92. Troops put up barbed wire and barricades on roads leading to Geelani’s house in the main city of Srinagar after the family announced the death. Announcements were made from loudspeakers […]
SRINAGAR — Senior most Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was on Thrusday buried in wee hours in local graveyard in Hyderpora area of Srinagar district. A top police officer told that the burial of Geelani was completed by 4:45 Am on Thrusday in presence of his relatives and neighbours in Hyderpora graveyard. The 92- […]
SRINAGAR — Veteran separatist leader and former Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani breathed his last at his Srinagar residence on Wednesday evening, sources said. Sources told that Geelani, 92, developed serious complications on Wednesday afternoon and breathed his last in this evening. “He had chest congestion and breathing problems. He passed away at […]
SRINAGAR — Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema Jammu Kashmir Wednesday said that it held a meeting of its key members at the historic Mirwaiz Manzil in Srinagar. According to a statement the meeting was chaired by leading religious scholar and patron of Anjuman Tabligh-ul-Islam, Moulana Shaukat Hussain Keing. The meeting was convened regarding the closure of historic Central […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday said that the administration led by him was mulling to re-open all colleges and universities in Kashmir after vaccinating students above 18-years of age. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function at SKICC on the banks of famous Dal Lake here, LG Sinha […]
NEW DELHI — The prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cooking gas cylinders across all categories including subsidised gas on Wednesday were hiked by Rs 25 per cylinder — the third straight increase in rates in less than two months. Subsidised as well as non-subsidised LPG now costs Rs 884.50 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi, […]
SRINAGAR — A vehicle of Jammu and Kashmir Apni party district secretary for Srinagar was torched late last night by some unknown persons in Chinkral Mohalla area of Habba Kadal in Srinagar, officials said. Official sources told that unknown persons last night set ablaze a Scorpio vehicle bearing registration number DL12CA-1466 in Chinkral Mohalla area […]
GANDERBAL — Security forces on Wednesday claimed to have recovered a cache of ammunition during search in forest area of Sarda-Bagh in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. A police official told that Special Operation Group (SOG) and CRPF 118 Bn launched a search operation in Sarda-Bagh forests and recovered cache of ammunition from a hideout He […]
NEW DELHI — Al-Qaeda on Tuesday called for the “liberation” of Kashmir and other Islamic lands from the “clutches of the enemies of Islam” in a message congratulating the Taliban for its victory in Afghanistan. A detailed statement issued by al-Qaeda hours after the Taliban declared Afghanistan had gained “full independence” following the drawdown of […]