Srinagar: The District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) Baramulla, a government agency for protection of child rights, will file a complaint and impose a fine up to Rs 2 lakh or imprisonment up to six months, or both, against persons who have revealed or will reveal the identity of the 3-year-old boy whose grandfather was killed […]
SRINAGAR: The District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) Baramulla, a government agency for protection of child rights, will file a complaint and impose a fine up to Rs 2 lakh or imprisonment up to six months, or both, against persons who have revealed or will reveal the identity of the 3-year-old boy whose grandfather was killed during an […]
Srinagar: “I just want his murderer to be killed by bullets in the same way,” wailed Iram Jan, the daughter of Bashir Ahmad Khan, at her home in HMT area of Srinagar. Bashir Khan, said to be a kind and religious person, had shifted to HMT from downtown Srinagar some years ago. Now he lies […]
Srinagar: The most prominent face of Kashmir’s separatist movement, Syed Ali Geelani, on Monday resigned from the All Parties Hurriyat Conference nearly two decades after he formed it. The 90-year-old ailing leader, in an audio message, said that he has decided to call it a day as chairman of the Hurriyat Conference in view of […]
Srinagar: Sunday morning brought with it anxiety to people in Kashmir as two separate government orders circulating on social media indicated that something abnormal was afoot. One order asked for stocking up of LPG cylinders for two months in Kashmir valley, while the other asked for vacating of school buildings for the security forces in […]
Srinagar: The anti-insurgency grid has been able to wipe out the top militant leadership in the Valley, a goal that was achieved after many years. In less than six months this year, in massive anti-militancy operations, above 110 militants have been killed, with few fatalities to government forces. Several of these militants have been slain […]
Senior IAS officer from Bihar gets domicile as Jammu resident Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has begun to issue domiciles certificates under the new definition of domicile announced after abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35A, which gave rights of owning land and immovable property to only permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. As […]
SRINAGAR: The Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) has been accused of “negligence, oversight, and denial” in handling a 48-year-old patient who died of Covid-19 on Wednesday. Mohsin Riyaz Bhat, nephew of the patient, told Kashmir Reader that his aunt had many underlying conditions but was still not being looked after by the medical staff. […]
Srinagar: The cancellation of the annual Hajj pilgrimage this year due to Covid-19 has dealt another blow to the Jammu and Kashmir economy, which has been bleeding relentlessly for nearly a year now, and has also dashed the hopes of many who were expecting to make the holy pilgrimage this year. Sheikh Feroz, head of […]
Srinagar: The Kashmir administration immediately needs to revisit its policy of opening city markets on rotational basis as it is not serving the purpose of preventing Covid spread, Srinagar traders say on the basis of what they have observed. It has been two weeks since markets in Srinagar were allowed to open, after remaining shut […]