SRINAGAR — Tassaduq Hussain Mufti, the brother of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate here for questioning in a money laundering case, officials said. Tassaduq, who was the tourism minister in his sister’s cabinet, had his statement recorded under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering […]
SRINAGAR — On a day the J&K Lt. Governor ordered a magisterial probe into the Hyderpora operation in which four persons were killed, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said the “police is open to correction if anything has gone wrong”. Earlier in the day, Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha ordered a time-bound magisterial probe […]
KUPWARA — Kupwara police on Thursday handed over three youth from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district after apprehending them while ‘on way to cross Line of Control’. Addressing a presser SSP Kupwara Yougal Manhas, said “following a specific information, police apprehended the trio, all in their teenage from a hideout in Kupwara.” The police officer said […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice-president and the former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said bodies of civilians killed in Hyderpora encounter should be exhumed in Handwara and handed over to their families for last rites. He, however, said he was hopeful that the inquiry ordered by the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha would establish the […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference on Thursday staged massive protests in Srinagar over the killing of civilians in Hyderpora and demanded that their bodies should be immediately handed over to their families for burial. Led by senior party leaders, PC workers staged protest here to protest against the civilian killings in “gunfight” in Hyderpora area of […]
ANANTNAG — Lawyers in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district staged a sit-in in the premises of District Court demanding return of bodies killed in Hyderpora Srinagar encounter. At least four persons were killed in Hyderpora Srinagar encounter. Police said that the slain were militants and their associates, however, families of three persons are contesting the police […]
SRINAGAR — Expressing gratitude to LG Manoj Sinha for ordering magisterial inquiry into the Hyderpora encounter, Abdul Majeed Bhat, the brother of slain building owner Altaf Ahmed, who was one among four persons killed in the gunfight, Thursday said they were hopeful that probe would be taken to logical end but their “ultimate demand is […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Thursday said that they are not concerned about the elections, but want to safeguard the lives of the people, saying that they “won’t allow Kashmir to turn into a graveyard.” Addressing media persons after holding meeting in Srinagar, PAGD spokesman, Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami said that they […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has called for a shutdown in Kashmir on Friday against the civilian killings in Srinagar. In a statement APHC while terming the Srinagar gunfight as staged said that the tragedy that has struck the families of innocent civilians killed is so tormenting that its pain has stunned the […]
SRINAGAR — Government on Thursday ordered magisterial inquiry by additional district magistrate into controversial “gunfight” at Hyderpora in which four persons were killed on Monday. “A magisterial inquiry by officer of ADM rank has been ordered in Hyderpora encounter,” Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said in a tweet .“Govt will take suitable action as soon as […]