Srinagar: Authorities on Wednesday imposed restrictions in Srinagar parts and in several southern areas to foil the Joint Resistance Leader’s (JRL) proposed Shopian march, while a complete shutdown was observed across the Valley against the civilian killings in Shopian and shifting of inmates from the Valley. JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq […]
Srinagar: The government has decided to suspend the class work in all the schools and degree colleges for two days. The decision has been taken as a precautionary measure to avoid law and order situation in Valley, officials said. “The class work will remain suspended on Thursday and Friday in all schools and colleges across […]
New Delhi: Seventeen protesters died of pellet gun injuries in Kashmir during the past two years, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir also said that two security persons were killed by protesters in the Valley in 2016. As many as 13 protesters were killed […]
New Delhi: The Union government on Wednesday said that the Army opened fire in Ganovpora area in Shopian district in January in ‘self-defense’. Three civilians were killed on January 27 this year after army opened fire on civilians in Ganovpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Replying a question in the Rajya Sabha on First […]
New Delhi: There were 4,799 stone-pelting incidents and 872 militancy incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in past three years, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said 730 incidents of stone pelting were reported in 2015. In 2016, he said, 2,808 such incidents were reported, […]
New Delhi: The number of attacks on journalists plunged from 41 in 2016 to 15 last year, dropping by more than half, the Rajya Sabha was informed Wednesday. As many as 67 people were arrested for 62 incidents of attacks on journalists in different parts of the country in the last two years, Hansraj Gangaram […]
Jammu: The armies of India and Pakistan on Wednesday traded fire in the Sunderbani sector on the Line of Control (LoC). Pakistani troops today shelled mortars in Sunderbani sector along the LoC in Rajouri drawing retaliation from the Indian Army, a defence spokesman said. Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics […]
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army has claimed that it shot down an Indian “spy drone” in Chirikot sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir after it entered its airspace. The Pakistan military in a statement overnight also said its troops retrieved the wreckage. “Pakistan Army troops shot down an Indian spy drone while it […]
New Delhi: There were 777 incidents of infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir in which 94 militants were killed by security forces in past two years, the government said on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said in the Rajya Sabha that there were 16 incidents of infiltration into Punjab in which seven […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) has expressed grief over the demise of Ali Mohammad Shah, elder brother of Manzoor Anjum, Chief Editor-Daily ‘Uqaab’. The editor’s body prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul and extended heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family. “We stand with the family in this hour of grief and pray for […]