Kashmir

Govt orders transfers and postings in Police Department, 16 officers transferred

SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Home Department of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday ordered transfers and postings in Police Department. The Department has ordered transfers and postings of 16 Police officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. According to an order, Anayat Ali Choudhary, IPS, awaiting posting upon repatriation from Union territory of Ladakh, […]

Kashmir

J&K HC ends ‘discrimination’ against PoJK refugees settled outside UT

SRINAGAR — In a historic judgement the J&K and Ladakh High Court has ordered an “end to the discrimination” against Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) refugees of 1947 settled outside Jammu and Kashmir. Justice Rahul Bharti in his judgement called the discrimination against PoJK refugees “discretion engineered discrimination on the part of successive governments […]

Kashmir

Mirwaiz placed under house arrest ahead of Friday congregation at Jamia Masjid: Anjuman Auqaf

SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been placed under house arrest ahead of Friday congregation at historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Anjuman Auqaf said on Friday. While strongly denouncing the repeated house arrest of Mirwaiz, especially on Friday’s disabling him from visiting Jamia Masjid to deliver the sermon and participate in the mandatory Friday […]