Process of KPs’ return to valley has begun: Ashok Kaul
Srinagar: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashok Kaul Tuesday asserted that Kashmiri Pandits have started returning to the Valley following improvement in situation on the ground. BJP leader said there are no security related issues as far as the return of Kashmiri migrant Pandits is concerned. He said the situation has improved a lot in […]
People want lockdown; self-seekers oppose move: DC Srinagar
Srinagar: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Ajaz Assad Saturday claimed that people want lockdown to be imposed afresh following steep rise in COVID-19 cases here; however some ‘self-seeking’ people oppose the move for their own interests. DC Srinagar, however, said the government would take a decision only after taking all stakeholders on board and seeking expert […]
Youth wanted in attempted murder case surrenders before police
Says unemployed Kashmiri youth being hired for ‘target killings’
Srinagar: A youth who had allegedly carried out an attack with intensions to kill a local contractor in Srinagar last year, surrendered before police at Press Enclave here this afternoon. The youth who identified himself as Majid Khan from Maharaja Bazar, Srinagar, surrendered before the police after confessing his crime before the media at Srinagar’s […]
Search operation called off in Gulab Bagh
Srinagar: Cordon and search operation launched in Gulab Bagh area on the city outskirts last evening was called off today as the militant believed to be trapped in the area had escaped. Official sources told ‘Kashmir Images’ that a joint team of security forces launched search operation in Gulab Bagh area late last evening following […]
11 persons injured in Nawakadal inferno, 3 houses damaged
Srinagar: Eleven people suffered burn injuries while dousing off flames at highly congested Nawakadal area in old city, a day after a 40-years old woman and her minor son were charred to death in a similar incident at Haftchinar area here. Witnesses said fire broke out at the house of one Mehraj-ud-Din Mattu of Tarbal, […]
After SKIMS, tricolor hoisted at EDI building
Srinagar: Tricolor was on Tuesday hoisted at the Entrepreneur Development Institute (EDI) building at Press Enclave, Residency Road, a day after the national flag was hoisted atop the Valley’s premier tertiary-care hospital SKIMS Soura here. Officials at the EDI told ‘Kashmir Images’ that tricolor was hoisted in compliance with the orders of Lieutenant Governor of […]
Mother, son charred to death in Haftchinar blaze, 6 houses gutted
Srinagar: A 40-years-old woman and her six-years-old son were charred to death after fire broke out in their house at Haftchinar area of the city last night. Witnesses told ‘Kashmir Images’ that fire broke out at the house of one Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh, son of Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh at 11pm last night in which his […]
Police foil PDP’s protest
Srinagar: Police on Friday thwarted a protest by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) activists here against the alleged “black laws” enforced in Jammu and Kashmir after August 05, 2019. Dozens of PDP activists, carrying placards which read “Repeal black laws”, “Don’t force people for starvation” amid sloganeering, tried to take out a protest march from party […]
Policeman killed in militant attack on BJP leader’s residence
Attack evokes condemnations from political parties
Srinagar: A policeman was shot dead by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants Thursday morning in an attempted attack on a local BJP leader in the outskirts of Srinagar city, police said. One of the four militants disguised himself as a woman wearing ‘Burqa’ (veil) and approached the main door of the residence of BJP leader Anwar Ahmad […]
Include J&K in Indo-Pak dialogue: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said dialogue between India and Pakistan is ‘fruitless’ unless Jammu and Kashmir is included in it. She said the route to trade and peace between India and Pakistan passes through Jammu and Kashmir and no exercise will prove helpful until Jammu and […]
