SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Wednesday ordered “immediate action” against a police officer involved in “undesirable behaviour” with journalists during a Muharram procession in the city. Police on Tuesday lathicharged and thrashed a group of journalists covering a Muharram procession here, evoking criticism from various quarters. “DGP J&K […]
KUPWARA — A 58-year-old man was injured after he was attacked by a bear in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday morning. An official told that the man identified as Bashir Ahmad Mir son of Mohammad Ramzan Mir, a resident of Dodipora village in Handwara, was injured when he was attacked by the bear in […]
JAMMU — With the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, imports from the country have been disrupted leading to a rise in the rates of dry fruits in Jammu. According to Jyoti Gupta, the President of the Dry Fruits Retailer Association in Jammu, imports from Afghanistan have been affected for the last 15-20 days. “It is very […]
SRINAGAR — The J&K High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Union Territory administration on a petition by PDP youth leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, seeking quashing of FIR and subsequent framing of charges against him by a special court under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Indian Penal Code (IPC). Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul […]
SRINAGAR — The Kashmir Press Club has condemned the assault on the media persons by the police, who were covering a Muharram procession in Srinagar on tuesday. The club demands that the police authorities take action against the concerned policemen involved in the incident and sensitise their rank and file to respect the media freedom. […]
SRINAGAR — Several politicians and political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have condemned the police lathicharge on journalists during a Muharram procession in Srinagar. As the media personnel, mostly photo and video journalists, were discharging their professional duties, police swung into action and lathicharged them, the scribes said, as per news agency PTI. They said […]
KULGAM — Suspected militants on Tuesday shot dead a BJP worker in Brazloo area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. An official told that the BJP worker namely Javaid Ahmad Dar son of Abdullah Dar resident of Brazloo was shot dead outside his residence. “Javaid was the constituency in charge of BJP for Kulgam,” he said, […]
SRINAGAR — Two Kashmiri professors are still stranded in strife torn Kabul and the Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday that he has taken up the issue of their safe return with the External Affairs Ministry. “Spoke to MoS Foreign Affairs, Shri V Muraleedharan Ji for immediate evacuation of professors from […]
SRINAGAR — Scores of media persons were on Tuesday allegedly thrashed by the policemen when they were performing their processional duties at Jehangir Chowk in Srinagar. Waseem Andrabi, a photojournalist, working with Hindustan Times, told that the media men were covering Muharram procession at Jahangir Chowk today. However, he said that the policemen from Shergari […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities on Tuesday imposed restrictions in and around commercial hub Lal Chowk to foil the Muharram procession. Official sources told that in view of Muharram procession that was scheduled to be taken out from Abi Guzar today, restrictions were imposed in Maisuma, Abiguzar, Trc, Dalgate, Budshah bridge, Gowkadal and Kralkhud areas. Notably, Muharram […]