According to the District Magistrate Srinagar, restrictions under Section 144 of CrPC will remain in force under the jurisdictions of Police Stations Nowhatta, M R Gunj, Rainawari, Khanyar and Safakadal in district Srinagar on July 25 today as “a precautionary measure to avoid any untoward incident”. Pertinently, resistance leaders have called for shutdown today against […]
In view of the volatile situation in the Valley, Railway services will remain suspended throughout Kashmir on Tuesday, official sources said. The decision has been taken in the wake of the shutdown called by the pro-freedom leaders against the the arrest of Hurriyat members by NIA. Guest
All the Examinations scheduled for 25-07-2017 today at Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora have been postponed, according to a press statement issued here. New dates will be notified separately, the statement added. Guest
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Muneer Khan on Monday said Police will question Kashmir’s chief cleric and Hurriyat (M) chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq “if the need arises”. He said this while addressing a press conference in Srinagar in connection with the lynching of DySP Ayub Pandit. Khan said that 20 accused have been […]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested seven Kashmiri separatists on charges of receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor ‘terror’ activities and stone-pelting protests in the Kashmir Valley. The agency, in a statement said that the arrested persons will be produced before special judge, NIA, Patalia House in New Delhi on Tuesday. The NIA […]
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Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Range said that the Army has apologized for beating up eight policemen in Ganderbal last week. “The Army has apologized and ordered a court of inquiry,” IGP said. He said development came after the Director General of Police (DGP) lodged a strong protest against the Saturday evening incident when the […]
The seven separatists arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in militant related funding case yesterday, will be produced before a Delhi court today. “We had registered a terror funding case related to J&K on May 30 this year under various sections of IPC and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Thereafter we conducted wide-ranging searches in […]
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Monday called for a complete shutdown on Tuesday against the ‘arbitrary and illegal arrest’ of Hurriyat leaders including Altaf Ahmed Shah, Shahid-ul-Islam, Ayaz Akbar, Mehraj-ud-din Kalwal and Peer Saifullah by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on fabricated charges. According to the statement issued here, the JRL including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz […]
The Apex Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking re-investigation and prosecution of persons, including separatist leaders Yasin Malik and Bitta Karate, in connection with the alleged killing of over 700 Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley during 1989-90. A bench comprising of Chief Justice of India (CJI) J.S. Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud […]