Kashmiri Pandit seeks govt help to retrieve 108 kanal ancestral land in Kulgam

Srinagar: A Kashmiri Pandit from south Kashmir’s Kulgam district Friday sought help from the police and civil administration in retrieving his ancestral land measuring 108 kanal which he alleged was illegally occupied by a local family. Dushant Pandit alleged that his ancestral land was grabbed by a family in Kulgam and the same is now […]

DC Srinagar rules out possibility of fresh lockdown in Srinagar 

Srinagar: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Aijaz Assad Tuesday ruled out the probability of fresh lockdown in Srinagar saying the administration cannot punish the entire city for a few areas violating State Executive Committee (SEC) guidelines. He also said that legal action will be taken against those who do not follow the guidelines vis-à-vis social or […]

Militants flee, leaving behind arms, after brief encounter with forces in Srinagar

Many injured in stone-pelting clashes

Srinagar: Militants fired at a security forces’ party in Noorbagh locality here on Saturday but there was no loss of life, police said. A brief encounter broke out between militants and a joint team of police and paramilitary CRPF at Noorbagh area in the old city here late Saturday afternoon. However the militants, believed to […]

Stop killings or face people’s wrath: Advisor Khan warns militants

Srinagar: Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Ahmad Khan Monday cautioned militants against targeting policemen saying if they (militants) won’t stop killing innocents, they would soon face the wrath of the people of Kashmir. Talking to the reporters on the sidelines of a function at Sheri-Kashmir International Convocation Centre (SKICC) here, Khan said “people of […]

Anganwari workers, helpers stage protest, seek ‘reversal’ of disengagement order 

Srinagar: Anganwari workers and helpers today hit streets to protest against the government decision of disengaging 918 helpers, workers and supervisors in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) of the Social Welfare department. Shouting slogans “we want justice, don’t snatch our livelihoods” dozens of the ICDS workers and helpers assembled at Press Enclave this afternoon […]

Without changing stance over statehood, Article 370; NC ready to contest elections: Farooq Abdullah

Party slams media for "falsely attributing" comments on Taliban to party president

Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said his party is committed to the struggle for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood and special status but will contest elections whenever they are held in the union territory. He was speaking to reporters after paying his respects at NC founder and his father Sheikh […]

Fire damages mosque, residential house, few shops at Khanyar

Srinagar: A mosque which also houses a religious seminary, few adjacent shops and a residential house were gutted in an incident of fire at Akilmir area of Khanyar in old city this morning. Witnesses told ‘Kashmir Images’ that fire broke out from a mosque which also houses a religious seminary and ‘Baitulmal’ for the locality. […]

Denying Geelani’s family right to participate in his last rites against humanity: Mehbooba

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said denying the family of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani the right to participate in his last rites was against humanity and had saddened the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The 91-year-old was buried in a graveyard located in a mosque near his residence. “We had our […]

Industrialists of Rangreth Estate seek ‘reversal’ of water tariff hike

Srinagar: The unit-holders at Rangreth Industrial Estate on the city outskirts Thursday appealed to the government to revisit its decision of increasing water tariff, saying the decision has fallen like a virtual bombshell on small scale industry in the Union Territory. Addressing a press conference here, vice-president of the Industrial Estate Rangreth, Syed Mustafa Masoodi […]