FIR filed against two facebook pages for spreading rumours
SRINAGAR: Police on Thursday filed an FIR against two Facebook pages for spreading rumours regarding the death of a student in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
SSP Handwara Ghulam Jeelani Wani told GNS that a case under…
Schools, colleges to re-open in Kashmir tomorrow except Shopian district, few other areas
SRINAGAR: Barring Shopian district and few other areas, the schools and colleges will remain open on Thursday in Kashmir valley.
Officials said the schools and colleges will remain open on Thursday in Srinagar district while as all the…
Asifa Rape and Murder: DNA tests confirm victim held captive in temple
SRINAGAR: Strands of hair found in a temple where 8-year-old Asif Banu was held captive before being strangulated after rape has matched with that of the victim on DNA analysis.
Official sources told Srinagar-based news agency GNS that the…
Kashmir: Where tourists are safe, locals at stake
Bilal Bashir Bhat
SRINAGAR: Despite the grim situation and repeated tensions witnessed on borders, the trouble torn Jammu & Kashmir State was recently declared as the country’s safest tourist spot for visitors. The state has seen no…
Youth ‘tortured’ in Kulgam by army, Family demands action
Kulgam: The relative of a former legislator was admitted in a Srinagar hospital after he was allegedly tortured by Army in a camp at South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.
According to family, Jahangir Ahmed Pala son of Abdul Rehman Pala, a…
Disaster in Waiting: One Fire Tender for hundreds of Villages in Pattan town
Baramulla: Pattan town in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district remain exposed to the fire threat as as there is only a single fire tender with 7 employees including a woman and a driver posted at Fire and Emergency Station Pattan.
In case of…
‘We are fight for our rights: Farooq Abdullah
SRINAGAR: While defending the tweet of cricket icon Shahid Afridi vis-à-vis Kashmir killings, National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said that everybody is condemning these killings. He said: “we are fighting for our rights…
Three members of a family killed in road accident, another injured critically
Suhail Khan
SOPORE: In a shocking incident three members of same family were killed in a road accident on Jammu Srinagar national highway at Awantipora on Wednesday morning, while they were returning home from Jammu city.
Official…
CRPF personnel harass Maqbool Bhat’s family members, damages house in Trehgam
SRINAGAR: Family members of late Maqbool Bhat the founder of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) who was hanged by the Indian Government on February 11, 1984, in Tihar Jail today alleged that security forced deployed in Trehgam,…
Need of practical solution to Kashmir problem: Farooq Abdullah
SRINAGAR: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah today said that the situation in Kashmir is serious.
He said, "We have to sit to solve this issue. We are suffering and continue to suffer. We need to find out the solution of…