Srinagar: Two non-local civilians, one of them a carpenter and another a street hawker, were killed in two separate attacks carried out by unidentified gunmen in Srinagar and Pulwama districts, late Saturday evening. The slain civilians have been identified as Arbind Kumar Sah, son of Devendra Kumar, a resident of Bihar, and Sagheer Ahmad, a […]
Srinagar: Forty-five days after Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani died, the J&K government on Saturday terminated the services of his grandson Anees-ul-Islam, Research Officer in Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre here. The government also terminated services of a teacher from Doda. The orders have been issued by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in terms of […]
Srinagar: The Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday condemned the “forcible closure” of the historic Jamia Masjid here by authorities, disallowing thousands of people to offer congregational Friday prayers. The managing body of Jamia Masjid had on Friday claimed that authorities did not allow congregational prayers there by deploying security personnel in […]
Srinagar: CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Friday said that Jammu and Kashmir’s unemployment rate of 21.6 per cent and inflation rate of 7.39 per cent belie the BJP government’s claims of growth and development in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. According to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and […]
Data scientist who left Valley in 1990s says he warned LG of anger against Pandits over ‘dishonest’ property claims SRINAGAR: The recent deadly attack on Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs in Kashmir has made everyone wonder why they were killed at a time when there is no communal rift in the valley. Satish Mandir, a Kashmiri […]
New Delhi: Voicing concern over the recent killing of civilians, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said “everyone is feeling unsafe”, and asked the administration to give the people a sense of security cutting across religions. Pointing out that militant attacks this year had claimed the lives of 28 civilians cutting across religious lines, […]
Srinagar: NIA has arrested four militant associates during searches at 16 locations in Jammu and Kashmir following registration of a case to unearth a conspiracy hatched by various militant groups to carry out attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and other major cities, including New Delhi, an official said on Wednesday. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) […]
I have never felt as helpless in my life: Sanjay Tickoo SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has taken multiple steps for the protection of minorities days after a number of killings by gunmen in broad daylight. But when it was time to take action and prevent such incidents from happening, it chose not to. […]
Srinagar: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said that a storm has engulfed the entire India where communities are being divided and if the same won’t stop forthwith, the country won’t exist anymore. Talking to reporters after visiting the Guruduwara at Baghat in Barzulla here to condole the killing of slain school principal Supinder […]
Jammu: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti claimed on Tuesday that the Jammu and Kashmir administration had prior information about attacks on minority community members but ignored the inputs to provide security to Union ministers, who came here to amplify the BJP’s “fake narrative and propaganda” about normalcy in the Union Territory. At least seven people have […]