JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Tuesday said the targeted killing of innocent civilians by militants in the valley is a conspiracy of Pakistan to disturb peace in the Union Territory. He said Pakistan is the biggest enemy of Kashmiri Muslims and Islam. Condemning the killing of a salesman, Mohammad Ibrahim […]
JAMMU — Four suspected persons were detained along with four gelatin sticks and some quantity of phosphorus sulphate from a forest area in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The suspects, including two brothers, were picked up by the troops of Rashtriya Rifles from Dhara top, four km from Bhaderwah town, […]
SRINAGAR — Within 24 hours after a policeman was killed in the Batamaloo area of Srinagar, a civilian working as a salesman at a shop owned by a Kashmiri Pandit was killed by suspected militants nearly six kilometers away in Bohri Kadal area of the capital city Srinagar when he boarded a private vehicle. The […]
SRINAGAR — The paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Tuesday said it will send five more companies to Jammu and Kashmir following a spate of targeted civilian killings in the union territory. The CRPF said it had earlier sent 25 companies to Jammu and Kashmir. “The CRPF is sending five additional companies to J&K […]
SRINAGAR — Acting upon the complaints of locals about the alleged encroachment and illegal construction of forest land in the Kralsangri area of Nishat in Srinagar by a known hotelier, police has booked the owners and started investigations. Official sources told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) the owners of a known hotel […]
SRINAGAR — A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday between the University of Kashmir and the Srinagar headquartered 15 corps of the army to provide different courses to soldiers serving in Kashmir. The MoU, the first of its kind, was signed by Talat Ahmad, vice chancellor of University of Kashmir and Lt. General, […]
JAMMU — Several prominent persons, including former ministers affiliated with different political parties Monday pledged to safeguard the interests of Jammu province amid demands for restoration of statehood to J&K. A seminar on ‘Understanding Jammu: Challenges and way ahead’ was organised by Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan (DSS) founded by former minister Lal Singh, and was attended […]
SRINAGAR — Militants on Monday evening shot dead a salesman in Bohri Kadal locality of downtown Srinagar, police said. “Today at about 2010hrs Srinagar Police received information about a terror crime incident at Borikadal area of Srinagar. Senior police officers reached at the terror crime spot,” said a police spokesman, in a statement. “Preliminary investigation […]
SRINAGAR — District administration on Monday ordered imposition of “corona curfew” in five wards of Srinagar. As per an order by deputy commissioner Srinagar Mohammad Aijaz which comes into effect immediately, the administrative wards include 11 (Lal Bazar), 32 (Hyderpora), 31 (Chanapora), 27 (Bemina Hamdania Colony) and 24 (Bemina Housing Colony). The areas in Lal […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister and president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday that considering the silence in Kashmir as a sign of peace is flawed. Talking to reporters in Srinagar, Mehbooba Mufti said, “The people in Jammu and Kashmir have been muzzled and considering forceful silence here as peace is […]