SRINAGAR — Human rights bodies including FIDH, FORUM-ASIA, and OMCT have condemned the “serious human rights violations committed by Indian government authorities” in Kashmir following the death of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on 1 September 2021. The three organizations also condemn the imposition of restrictions that are inconsistent with the country’s international human […]
JAMMU — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who is on a two-day visit to Jammu, addressed party workers at a programme on Friday. He described his visit to be like a homecoming as his family had a long relationship with the state. The former Congress president said that, the BJP-RSS combine were trying to break the […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi Police has launched a search operation to nab two suspects Harpreet and Harmeet in the murder case of former Jammu and Kashmir MLC Trilochan Singh Wazir. Delhi police local team and the crime branch special cell are investigating the case. Many teams have been formed to unravel it. While two […]
SRINAGAR — Police have arrested 16 gamblers during a raid in Parimpora area of Srinagar and recovered Rs 5.76 lakh stake money from them. A police official told that raid was carried based on specific information and besides stake money, gambling cards were also recovered. Those arrested include Ashiq Hussain Of Saida Kadal Srinagar, Ali […]
BUDGAM — Budgam Police on Friday arrested three timber smugglers and seized six logs of illicit timber alongwith three horses. A police spokesman in a statment said that acting upon a specific information, a naka was established at Chakarmarg Hardpanzoo. Police party of Police post Hardpanzoo intercepted three persons carrying illicit timber logs laden on […]
SRINAGAR — Five days after Ladakh administration ordered the issuing of Resident Certificates to residents of the Union Territory, the J&K Panchayat Conference—a body of elected panchayat members—has demanded the restoration of the Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) system prevalent in Jammu and Kashmir before the Centre diluted Article 370 of the Constitution. “When the Resident […]
KULGAM — Body of a 19-year-old Bachelor of Arts (B.A) student was found under suspicious conditions in Buchroo village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam on Friday morning, officials said. An official told that a youth identified as Abdul Bari Mir (19) Son of Ajaz Ahmad Mir, a resident of Buchroo was found dead under mysterious conditions […]
SRINAGAR — The Journalist bodies of Kashmir have vehemently condemned the police raid against four journalists – Hilal Mir, Shah Abbas, Azhar Qadri and Showkat Motta. A joint statement issued by seven scribe bodies of Kashmir said that the raids by police and paramilitary forces carried out at the respective residences of these journalists is […]
SRINAGAR — In the wake of Taliban capturing power in Afghanistan, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah’s meeting with top functionaries of the central government and the Union Territory administration came two days after the Taliban announced its interim government in Afghanistan. The home minister […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Thursday asked journalists not to “interfere unnecessarily in investigation of case by spreading false narrative” even as he said four scribes being questioned by police would be arrested “after collection of solid evidences.” “During investigation of FIR 82/2020 Police Station Kothibagh, credible evidence was found […]