Srinagar: An overground worker of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was arrested by the police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said on Wednesday. “Police in Kulgam arrested a terrorist associate of proscribed outfit LeT. He has been identified as Zubair Ahmed Ganai,” a police spokesperson said. As per police records, Ganai has been assisting active LeT […]
CEO fails to convince NC, PDP, Congress
SRINAGAR: The bypolls to panchayats scheduled from March 5 in Jammu and Kashmir has been postponed due to security reasons, J&K Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shailendra Kumar said on Tuesday. According to an order issued by the CEO, the polls have deferred on the advisory of home department citing “credible inputs” of security agencies. He […]
Srinagar: Militant launch pads in Pakistan-administered Kashmir “are full”, but the Pakistan army’s attempts to infiltrate militants under the cover of ceasefire violations are being responded to in a “hard and punishing” manner, Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon said here on Tuesday. Lt Gen Dhllon has been heading the strategic command of the Kashmir-based […]
New Delhi: In the seven months since the abrogation of Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir has grappled with an economic, psychological, and emotional crisis, Iltija Mufti, daughter of incarcerated former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference here, she said that Article 370 was Kashmir’s “emotional connect” with the rest […]
New Delhi: The CPI(M) on Tuesday slammed the government over FIRs being registered against social media users in Jammu and Kashmir.?The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday registered a case against various people for defying government orders on use of social media.?In a tweet, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said, “Government takes selected foreigners on […]
Srinagar: Former Union minister Saifuddin Soz on Tuesday said the Centre should undertake the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir only after the Union Territory elects a legislative assembly to prevent arbitrary distribution of seats. The Congress leader’s remarks came a day after Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora named Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra as his […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday closed down a public-interest litigation (PIL) related to dog menance with a direction to government authorities to curb the menance at all possible levels. The court while closing down the PIL felt that the directions passed by the court in the matter have been more or less complied […]
Jammu: The NIA has chargesheeted two Pakistan-administered -Kashmir (PaK) residents associated with Lashker-e-Taiba who were caught by the Army for allegedly smuggling arms and ammunition into Jammu and Kashmir from the higher reaches of Gulmarg, an official spokesman said on Tuesday. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed the chargesheet at the designated court here on […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday urged the UN to fulfil its commitments with the people of Kashmir and help them achieve the right of self-determination as he met the UN chief Antonio Guterres here.?During his meeting with the UN Secretary-General, Khan highlighted the “dire human rights and humanitarian situation” in Jammu and […]
Union demands regularisation, salary hike and risk allowances
SHOPIAN: On December 13 last year, Ghulam Qadir Mir was electrocuted to death while repairing a high tension line in Kashnabal in Ganderbal. His family was never compensated who say that the department is silent over their ordeal and “apart from customary visits by the higher ups, the promised job for the next of their […]