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• 3 militants killed, army man injured in Bijbehara gunfight

  Bijbehara: Three local militants, one of them a commander of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), were killed Wednesday in a fierce gunfight between with government forces, here in Bijbehara town of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. An army man was also injured during the gunfight, who was evacuated to a hospital and is said to be stable. Defense […]

  • 17 Oct, 2019 07:59 PM
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• DGP hails cops, forces for ‘clean’ operation

  SRINAGAR: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Wednesday visited Anantnag to commend the policemen and government forces for “clean and successful” Bijebehara operation. Three militants were killed in the gunfight. While interacting with the police personnel and government forces who were part of the operation, he said there was a need to continue fight […]

  • 17 Oct, 2019 07:58 PM
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• Gunmen kill 2 non-locals in south Kashmir

  Anantnag, October 16: Two non-locals were killed by unidentified gunmen in two separate incidents in south Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian districts. A non-local labourer was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Kakapora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district Wednesday. The slain, a worker at a local brick kiln, has been identified as 22-year-old Sethi Kumar […]

  • 17 Oct, 2019 07:57 PM
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• Day 73: Markets shut, transport off roads

  Srinagar: Normal life continued to be suspended in Kashmir for 73rd straight day as markets and public transport remained off the roads. The disruption has caused massive economic losses to businesses in the Valley and also academic loss to students. Educational institutions comprising schools, colleges and universities are virtually shut since August 5 when the […]

  • 17 Oct, 2019 07:57 PM
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• SC pulls up J&K for not filing restriction orders

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to place before it the administrative orders imposing communication and other restrictions in the state following the abrogation of provisions of Article 370. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana questioned Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the administration, as to […]

  • 17 Oct, 2019 07:56 PM
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• ‘Why it has not fi led reply to plea challenging Mubeen Shah’s detention’

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the J&K government as to why it has not filed a reply on a plea by the wife of a Malaysia-based NRI businessman, Mubeen Ahmad Shah, challenging his detention following abrogation of provisions of Article 370. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana observed that the […]

  • 17 Oct, 2019 07:56 PM
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• Farooq’s Sister, daughter among women protestors released from central jail

  Srinagar: Women protestors, including National Conference President Farooq Abdullah’s sister and daughter, who were arrested on Tuesday after they took out a protest march, were released on bail by a court here on Wednesday evening, officials said. Abdullah’s sister Suraiya, his daughter Safiya and 11 other women furnished a personal bond of Rs 10,000 and […]

  • 17 Oct, 2019 07:56 PM
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• Tax rumours spoil MIS procurement in Budgam

  Srinagar: Panic has gripped farmers in central Kashmir’s Budgam district after rumours spread about taxes on apple boxes sold to National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), under the government’s Market Intervention Scheme (MIS). As a result many farmers have stopped sales of their produce under the scheme. Several farmers, who spoke to […]

  • 17 Oct, 2019 07:55 PM
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• HC tells govt to provide legal aid to PSA detainees

  Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Wednesday directed state government to provide legal aid to detainees booked under Public Safety Act. The direction came as a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by senior advocate Syed Tassadque Hussain sought striking down of Public Safety Act, 1978, while describing it an “illegal act” as “amendments made to […]

  • 17 Oct, 2019 07:55 PM
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• Kashmir engineering college still operating from makeshift campus

  Srinagar: The Higher Education Department has been unable to shift its first engineering college to permanent campus, two years after the institute was established. Officials maintain the process was halted due to lockdown in Kashmir, which began with the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5. The college is one of two institutes in J&K […]

  • 17 Oct, 2019 07:54 PM
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