Shifting Kathua trial to Pathankot will boost morale of state police: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the Supreme Court decision to shift the trial of the Kathua gangrape and murder case to Pathankot would boost the morale of the state police, which had left “no stone unturned” to ensure that the eight-year-old’s family gets justice. The apex court today directed that […]
Unseasonal snowfall in higher reaches of JK
Doda (JK), May 7 (PTI) The high-altitude areas of Chenab valley in Jammu and Kashmir experienced unseasonal snowfall today, engulfing the region in wintry conditions and leaving hundreds of nomadic families, with their livestock, stranded. The snowfall started in the higher reaches of Chenab region, especially in the surroundings of Gandoh and Bhadarwah valley, this […]
SC transfers Kathua gangrape case to Pathankot
New Delhi, May 7: The Supreme Court today vacated the stay on trial of the Kathua gangrape and murder case and transferred it outside Jammu and Kashmir to Pathankot in Punjab. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed that the trial should be held in-camera, be fast-tracked and conducted on a day-to-day basis […]
Separatists ask people to continue shutdown tomorrow
Srinagar: Joint separatist leadership today announced that strike across Kashmir will continue on Tuesday also against the “bloodbath in Shopian district on Sunday.” The leadership comprising of comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik strongly condemned the government’s decision of foiling the protest marches of lawyers, traders, and employees towards the […]
Darbar Move: Secretariat opens in Srinagar
Srinagar, May 7: Civil Secretariat, the seat of the Jammu and Kashmir government, today opened here after functioning in winter capital for six months as part of the nearly 150-year-old practice known in the state as ‘Darbar Move’. Besides the Civil Secretariat, the other move offices, including Raj Bhawan, police headquarters and several commissions opened […]
Thousands participate in funeral prayers of Sadam Padder, Bilal
Mirwaiz arrested, Geelani remain under house arrest, Malik in jail
Srinagar, May (7): Tens of thousands of people on Monday participated in the funeral prayers of Sadam Hussain Padder, who was Burhan Wani’s close associate and Bilal Ahmad Mohand in their respective villages in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Reports reaching GNS said that the slain Hizb commanders Saddam Hussain Paddar of Heff, Shopian and Bilal […]
BSF trooper shoots himself dead in a camp near Srinagar airport
Srinagar, May (7): A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in a camp at Humhama adjacent to Srinagar Airport on Sunday night. “Awdish Singh (35), a driver constable of 182 bn BSF last night shoots himself at BSF headquarters camp near Srinagar Airport at Humhama while […]
AMU exams to commence from May 12
Aligarh (UP), May 7: The annual examinations of the Aligarh Muslim University will now commence from May 12, according to Vice Chancellor Prof Tariq Mansoor. The examinations were earlier scheduled to begin from May 7, but were postponed following the ongoing students protest on the campus. Prof Mansoor told PTI that the University has taken […]
Normal life comes to standstill in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 7: Normal life came to a standstill in Kashmir today on a call for shutdown by separatists to protest the deaths of five civilians near an encounter site in Shopian district yesterday. Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), an amalgam of separatist groups, spearheaded by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin […]
