Srinagar: Two policeman were killed in a militant attack in Baghat Barzulla area of Srinagar city on Friday. Reports said, militants fired upon policeman at Baghat chowk on Friday afternoon resulting in critical injuries to two policeman. Both were rushed to hospital for treatment where they succumbed to their injuries. Both the slain policeman have […]
Srinagar: Senior political leader and former MLC Syed Mohammad Rafiq Shah has criticized the Government over visit of European Union envoys to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, Syed Mohammad Rafiq Shah said that the Government should restore statehood and special status of Jammu and Kashmir which was abrogated by Centre […]
Srinagar: Media has a key role to play in the development process and bringing peace in the region by depicting the real picture in front of its audience but sadly Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory particularly Kashmir region has been a victim of media’s ‘hateful journalism’. The misinterpretation of facts and portrayal of situation presented […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday demanded an impartial probe into the alleged attempt of abduction and molestation of a minor girl by Army personnel in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, claiming the family was being pressurised to withdraw the FIR. “Locals in Bandipora have alleged that 3 army men tried to abduct […]
Srinagar: Prominent Social Activist, Dr. Rizwan Rumi, on Monday expressed his condolences for the loss of lives in a road accident at Raggi Nallah in Batote area in Doda district of Jammu Region and wished a speedy recovery for the people injured in the accident. Five persons were killed and a minor girl was traced […]
Srinagar: Locals from south Kashmir Monday accused para-military troopers of forcibly trying to occupy land that they use for grazing animals. Locals from Bran village of Shangus Tehsil of Southern Anantnag district assembled here in Press Enclave Srinagar and staged a protest against what they said ‘land grabbing’. The protesters as per a local news […]
Srinagar: The “systematic violations of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir” that started from the abrogation of Article 370 on 4 August 2019, has “continued till date,” notes a report by the Forum For Human Rights in Jammu & Kashmir. The Forum consists of noted names in the sphere of academic and human rights, like […]
Srinagar, Feb 13: PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday claimed that she was placed under house arrest ahead of her visit to the family of Athar Mushtaq, one of the three alleged militants killed in an encounter in Parimpora locality here in December last year. “Placed under house […]
Washington: National Press Club leaders on Monday urged the Government of India to release Aasif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist who has been detained for two and a half years. Asif, a reporter for the Kashmir Narrator, was arrested in August 2018 on an unwarranted charge of harbouring militants, although all he had done was interview […]
Dr. Rizwan Rumi Regional Head JK, LINE OF CONTROL PEACE MISSION Srinagar: The indiscriminate firing and shellings by Pakistani and Indian security forces poses a huge threat to the lives and properties of civilians living along both sides of the border. It frequently causes “redundant injury or unnecessary suffering”. Many residents living in border areas […]