SRINAGAR: Police on Sunday detained a group of JKLF leaders when they were on their way to Kunan-Poshpora villages of Kupwara district to attend a protest rally scheduled to be held on the 23rd anniversary of the alleged mass rape of at least 30 women by Indian soldiers. According to a JKLF spokesman, senior leaders […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday said 24,631 Special Police Officers (SPOs) are at present working in the state. In a written reply to the joint question of MLCs Bashir Ahmed Magrey, Syed Asgar Ali and Rani Gargi Bleoria in the Legislative Council, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said 24,631 SPOs are presently working […]
Islamabad: An official Pakistani document has blamed “flawed and myopic foreign policy choices” related to India, Afghanistan and Kashmir, prolonged military rule and poor governance for internal security threats currently faced by the country, according to a media report Sunday. The draft of the National Internal Security Policy (NISP) 2013-2018, being fine-tuned by Interior Minister […]
SRINAGAR: Asserting that people of Kashmir will not keep silent on the closure of Pathribal fake encounter case, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Saturday said that it will “continue to protest till the killers are brought to justice.” A statement issued by the JKLF spokesman said that its supreme council, which meet Saturday at […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (HCBA) Saturday said the hanging of Afzal Guru without affording him the chance of a fair trial exposed India’s judicial system as well as Kashmir’s pro-India camp. In a statement, the Bar general secretary, Mohammad Ashraf Bhat said that a meeting of the lawyers body chaired by […]
SRINAGAR: On the eve of 23rd anniversary of infamous Kunan-Poshpora mass rape by army, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, Saturday reiterated his demand for investigation into the incident by an independent agency. “Though some Kashmiri women have filed a PIL in the local court to reopen and reinvestigate the case, but we should […]
JAMMU: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that allegation about one of his Cabinet ministers that he possessed a bungalow in Dubai has proved “totally baseless”. Allegation levelled against Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather that he possessed a bungalow in Dubai “has been proved as totally wrong when investigated by the Vigilance Organization,” Abdullah […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday detained dozens of government employees who tried to take out a protest march in support of their demands including regularization of daily-wage and casual workers. Hundreds of employees of Public Health Engineering Department assembled near Press Colony here and tried to march towards Divisional Commissioner’s office, but were […]
JAMMU: Prof Talat Ahmad has been granted another term of three years as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kashmir, an official handout said Saturday. It said J&K Governor NN Vohra, who is also the Chancellor of the University of Kashmir, has in consultation with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah (who is Pro-Chancellor of the University) appointed […]
Srinagar: Army apprehends increased infiltration attempts by militants in Kashmir in view of the “depleting” militant leadership and upcoming elections but is prepared to meet any challenge, including possible influx of Taliban fighters from Afghanistan. “There will be attempts to infiltrate by militants due to elimination of the leadership (of militants) but I am prepared,” […]