Traffic police seeks help of School principals, issues advisory for students riding two wheelers
Srinagar: Traffic police on Saturday issued an advisory to all the educational institutions asking them not to allow School children to drive Scooties, Motor cycles without crash helmet, without driving licenses and other valid documents. “It has been noticed that students of different educational institutions within the limits of City Srinagar uses Scooties, Motor cycles […]
JRL calls for shutdown on March 24 against ban on JeI, JKLF
Srinagar: Joint Resistance leadership has called for a state wide shutdown on Sunday against the government’s order of banning Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front and Jamat e Islami. The spokesman said that shutdown should be observed on March 24 against ‘oppressive measures by the Government’. JRL comprises on Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and […]
Ameer Jama’at e Islami booked under Public Safety Act
Srinagar: Government on Saturday slapped Public Safety Act on Jama’at-e-Islami chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz and has been shifted to high security prison in Jammu. Family of JeI chief confirmed that he has been booked under PSA by the authorities. He was lodged in Srinagar’s Central Jail and will now be shifted to Kathua jail in […]
Tral family refutes Delhi police claims, say ‘Sajad was arrested month back, is innocent’
BASHARAT RASHID Pulwama: The family of Sajad Ahmad Khan in Hundoora Tral, has refuted claims made by Delhi police that their son was arrested on Thursday near Lal Quila Delhi. “He was already in police custody for more than a month,” they said. The father Ghulam Nabi Khan said that it is impossible that, Sajad, […]
Massive participation in funeral prayers of slain Shopian militants, associates offer gun salute
By Mudassir Maqbool Shopian: Thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers of slain Shopian militants, killed in a gunfight with government forces at Gadapora Shopian on Friday. Locals claimed that at Harmain and Arhama, thousands gathered to take part in last rites of slain militants, while raising pro-freedom and pro-militant slogans. They claimed that […]
Fire at ARTO Bandipora damages official records, computers
Srinagar: Mysterious fire has damaged official records and some computers at Asistant Road Transport Office (ARTO) office Bandipora on Saturday. Officials said that the fire erupted at the third story of the ARTO office building in Block C of Mini Secretariat near Madar. The cause of fire is being ascertained, officials said. Police is investigating […]
Landslides kills two in Thatri
Jammu: Two persons were killed after they were hit by a land slide on Thatri Kilotran road near Piyakul on Saturday. The truch bearing registration number JK02AC 5185 was crushed by a landslide leading to the death of the two. Deceased have been identified as Shah Zad Ahmed R/O Chiralla and Mohd Arif R/O Kishtwar.
10-Day Old Militant Among Two Killed In Shopian
Mudasir Maqbool Shopian: One of the two militants killed at Ratnipora village of Shopian had joined militant ranks only ten days back, officials said. They identified the militants as Showkat Ahmad, a former SPO from Harmain village and Suhail Ahmad Shah from Arhama Shopian. Suhail had gone missing on March 12 and joined militant ranks. […]
‘Bone-chilling’ details of torture of school principal shocking: Hurriyat Conference (M)
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) expressing shock over the “bone-chilling details of torture and assault inflicted upon the young school principal of Awantipora Rizwan Pandit, “resulting in his custodial death.” The amalgam said that such “inhuman killings are intolerable in Kashmir.” A spokesman of the Hurriyat Conference also expressed deep sorrow at the death of 11-year-old […]
