The Jammu-Srinagar highway is closed for safety reasons after landslides triggered by incessant rains on Wednesday, said an official. “Continuous rain in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district triggered landslides and shooting stones at some places on the highway,” the traffic department official said as per a report in HT. Notably,[Read More…]
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Crackdown on people threatening govt officials
Attack in Nowhatta, 11 security personnel injured
Soon after PM Modi’s speech in the valley, a grenade blast by militants killed one police jawan was killed in Nowhatta area of Srinagar. The policeman has been identified as Shamim Ahmad from Gurez Bandipora. This attack injured 4 CRPF personnel and 7 police jawans, who were rushed to the SMHS[Read More…]
Kashmiri youth may choose between tourism and terrorism: PM Modi
PM Modi on his visit to Kashmir on Sunday while addressing a rally in Udhampur after inaugurating the Chenani-Nashri tunnel said that while some people in the valley are busy throwing stones, some are trying to change the future of the state by cutting the same stone and making a tunnel[Read More…]
Independent MLA holds protest in Srinagar
On Sunday, Independent legislator Sheikh Abdul Rashid along with his supporters of Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) held a sit-in here to push Centre government to take active steps to resolve the Kashmir conflict. Protesters gathered near Press Enclave, shouting slogans against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is visiting the state[Read More…]
BJP demands prosecution of stone pelters
Saffronisation has seriously endangered freedom of speech: Nandita Haksar
Nandita Haksar has been fiercely voicing her opinions, setting precedence in human rights and humanitarian law. Her journey in the evolution of human rights activism in the country started from her student days at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), back in the 1970s. Today Haksar is worried about a new kind[Read More…]
Kashmir unrest: Extra forces deployed after clash
The government has got extra forces into action in the sensitive areas of Kashmir Valley. Normalcy of the valley was disrupted as over sixty people were injured and 3 persons were killed in clash stone-pelters trying to disrupt an anti-militancy operation in Budgam. A strike has been called by separatists[Read More…]
Three youths killed as protests hit the Valley
The valley in Budgam district has been obstructed by the police from Tuesday as militants were suspected to have been hiding. This operation killed three and 25 others were injured. The militant was also killed in the gunbattle. 43 CRPF jawans were also injured as protesters started stone pelting. J&K[Read More…]
J&K: Encounter underway in Budgam, 2 militants trapped
Present alternatives to pellet guns in J&K in two weeks: SC to Center
Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday gave the Centre two weeks to present alternatives to using pellet guns to disperse agitating mobs. The SC’s direction came on hearing a plea filed by the Kashmir High Court Bar Association (KHBA) which was seeking the direction of the court on what it says[Read More…]
J&K: Massive fire break out at Chinar Bagh
J&K govt asks houseboats to not pollute Dal lake
Separatist leader Nayeem Khan detained at Srinagar airport
On Wednesday, the Separatist leader Nayeem Khan was detained at the Srinagar airport while on his way to New Delhi. He was held by the police at the airport when he was on his way to board a flight to New Delhi. He was apparently on his way to take[Read More…]
Abdullah, others file nominations for by-poll
J-K: Encounter underway in Pulwama district
After yesterday’s incident, an encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, according to police. According to reports, the militant has fled from the spot. This comes two days after a clash between the ultras and security forces in north Kashmir’s Kupwara[Read More…]
J&K: Encounter underway in Kupwara
Separatists’ strike affects Kashmir’s daily life
NIA releases two Uri attack suspects
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday released two Pakistani schoolboys, who were arrested in connection with Uri terror attack after no incriminating evidence was found against them. The NIA filed a closure report in the case stating that the two, Faisal Hussain Awan and Ahsan Khursheed, were not involved[Read More…]
J&K militants push into cop’s home, warns family
J&K: Arms loaded truck barred from cross-LoC trade
The police removed arms including a Chinese pistol, two magazines with 14 rounds, four AK magazines with 120 rounds and two Chinese grenades from the truck bearing registration number JK03B 1586 on Thursday evening. The truck was returning from Chikoti in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after it had dropped a consignment of[Read More…]
Kashmiri sportsman held in US on molestaion charges
J&K: BSF jawan commits suicide
Venkaiah Naidu criticises Chidambaram’s remark on centre’s Kashmir policy
Shocked by former Finance minister P Chidambaram’s remark on centre’s Kashmir policy, Union Minster M Venkaiah Naidu said that his comments were irresponsible. He calls his remark borderline anti-national on Saturday, reported ANI. He slammed the former CM of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah, Naidu accusing him of having changed[Read More…]
