SRINAGAR: For the second time in the past thirty years, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to re-open the shut cinema halls and establish new multiplexes. This has been stated by the Jammu and Kashmir Government in its new Film Policy 2021, which has been released after filmstar Aamir Khan held several interactions with […]
SRINAGAR: Imran Ahmad Ganie, better known as Shahid Imran, the editor-in-chief of media outlet Kashmir Crown, was arrested on Friday and lodged behind bars after he managed to stay free on anticipatory bail in a case of fraud and extortion that surfaced a week ago. Superintendent of Police Sopore Sudhanshu Verma told Kashmir Reader that […]
SRINAGAR: The father and sister of a Srinagar boy who died in hospital in August 2010 after being picked up by police, on Wednesday held a peaceful protest at Srinagar’s Press Enclave to demand that a charge sheet be filed against the police personnel accused of torturing him so badly that he died. The family […]
Alliance passes resolution for restoration of Articles 370, 35A SRINAGAR: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday came out with a surprisingly angry and challenging tone against New Delhi, saying that the Narendra Modi government at the centre is demeaning and disrespecting the people of JK. This was said by PAGD spokesperson M […]
Duo killed by 10 cops in civvies at playground SRINAGAR: In broad daylight, in presence of dozens of people, two wanted militants were killed by the Jammu and Kashmir Police at Marajpor area in Srinagar on Monday late afternoon. The duo has been identified as commanders of Lashkar-e-Toiba, Abbas Sheikh, and TRF’s Saqib Manzoor. Inspector […]
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government’s intervention to reduce the raging man-animal conflict in the region has failed in its aims, despite the funds required having been put in place. In the past decade, about 200 people have died and nearly 2,000 people been injured in human-animal conflict across Jammu and Kashmir. Government figures reveal […]
SRINAGAR: Police on Saturday arrested a person accused of extorting money under the cover of being a journalist, nearly two weeks after a complaint was lodged against him, his organization ‘Kashmir Crown’, and its editor-in-chief Imran Ahmad Ganai, popularly known as Shahid Imran in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The arrested accused has been identified as […]
SRINAGAR: Amid partial restrictions, the Ashura procession on the 10th day of Muharram was peacefully taken out on Thursday in many parts of Kashmir. Eyewitnesses told Kashmir Reader that a procession was taken out from Bota Kadal which culminated at Zadibal in Srinagar. From many other places processions were taken out which also culminated at […]
SRINAGAR: A group of journalists were chased and assaulted with batons by police in full public glare to prevent them from covering the Muharram procession in the nerve centre of Srinagar on Tuesday. The police action resulted in injuries and damage to equipment of journalists when they were merely doing their professional duties. Videos and […]
Srinagar: Police on Tuesday fired tear gas shells and mounted a lathi charge to disperse the Muharram procession in city centre Lal Chowk and Dalgate on the eighth day of the holy month of Muharram. At Lal Chowk, police also beat up journalists who were covering the procession. The camera of a photojournalist, Sajad Hussain, […]