BUDGAM: Several villages of Beerwah Tehsil of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday expressed their strong resentment against Power Development Department (PDD) over unscheduled power cuts and said it is affecting their work. Villages of Beerwahincluding Chewdara, Ohangam, Mirpora, Gundipora, Sonpah, Hayat Pora, Otilgam,Wani Huma, Atina and Chak have been worst affected due to the […]
HAJIN: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested two persons involved in publishing provocative posters of militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. During a press conference, SSP Bandipora Rahul Malik said that two persons involved in publishing posters of LeTwere arrested from Hajin and two laptops have also been […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday stayed the proceedings before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) against a ‘minor’ allegedly involved in the gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua. A bench of Justices N V Ramana, Ajay Rastogi and V Ramasubramanian stayed the proceedings after Jammu and Kashmir administration claimed that […]
Kokrajhar: Pitching for peace from the once hotbed of an armed movement for Bodoland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged Kashmiri militants, banned outfits in the North-East and Naxalites to lay down their arms, join the national mainstream and “celebrate life”. Addressing a massive public rally here to celebrate the January 27 tripartite accord […]
Srinagar: National Conference on Friday condemned the slapping of the Public Safety Act (PSA) against party vice president Omar Abdullah, general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar and others, saying the “atrocious” move is yet another blatant illustration of the Centre’s high-handedness. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were on Thursday night […]
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday questioned the basis on which former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were booked under the Public Safety Act and said they deserve to be freed and not incarcerated indefinitely. Taking to Twitter, Priyanka said the two Jammu and Kashmir leaders […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday slammed the government for invoking the Public Safety Act against former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah and said detention without charges is the worst abomination in a democracy. Mufti and Abdullah, besides two political stalwarts from the PDP and its arch-rival […]
New Delhi: The CPI(M) on Friday slammed the government for invoking the Public Safety Act against former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, saying the move belies the Centre’s claims that “everything is normal in J&K”. The party said the prime minister, while replying to the Motion of Thanks to the […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Friday dismissed the petition challenging Public Safety Act (PSA) detention of Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom. The court of Justice Tashi Rabstan while dismissing the plea held that the grounds of detention are precise, pertinent, proximate and relevant. While giving references to Supreme Court verdicts […]
SRINAGAR: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested three persons involved in hurling grenade in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk four days ago. Briefing media persons, Srinagar’s senior superintendent of police Dr Haseeb Mughal said the trio affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad was involved in the Sunday’s attack. “Through our digital record and other sources we have busted their […]