Adil Akhzer

Authorities have restored internet service in the Valley recently after shutting it down for six months. But only whitelisted sites can be accessed. Social media and peer-to-peer applications are still banned.

J&K Drug Controller Latika Khajuria said even though PGIMER’s report had found presence of Diethylene Glycol in the syrup, they are still waiting for the final report from Regional Drugs Testing Lab.

Addressing a press meet in Srinagar, J&K DGP Dilbag Singh said the militants were identified as Tral residents Jahangir Wani and Raja Maqbool, and Sadat Thokar from Anantnag.

The Kashmir Press Club has demanded Home Minister Amit Shah and the Union Territory administration to take note of the "appalling conditions under which the press in Kashmir is working since August 5 last year".

KCCI’s senior vice-president Naasir Hamid Khan said banks have started publishing details of businessmen in the newspapers after their loans are turning into NPAs and this has put the businessmen under stress.

“You being the probable MLA candidate of National Conference are a potential threat to peace and tranquility, as you belong to the party whose manifesto is to agitate against the abrogation of Article 370, 35-A,” stated the detention document.

IGP (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said journalists would be required to appear before police when called.

The decision came two days after senior NC leader Mubarak Gul and former CM Omar Abdullah’s political advisor Tanveer Sadiq were released from the MLA hostel on Saturday.

Naseer Ahmad Ganie, who works for the Outlook magazine and Haroon Nabi, who works for local news gathering agency CNS, were called for questioning on Saturday.

Police said Band told them during questioning that he is related to three-time legislator and former PDP leader Mohammad Khalil Band, who switched to National Conference last year.

An application was also recently filed in the court for “for preponing the date of hearing was filed with the plea that directions were required to be issued with a view to ensure proper medical attention to the petitioner”.

The J&K’s Home Department on January 24 had ordered the restoration of broadband and 2G mobile services in the Valley with some restrictions.

While security officials said that another “terrorist” was injured in the shootout, the family member of the injured man said he was a “civilian”.

Three former chief ministers of J&K — Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and his father Farooq Abdullah — remain under detention. The authorities had slapped the Public Safety Act against Farooq Abdullah.

A CRPF spokesperson said the attack occurred at Pratap Park around 12.45 pm. “A grenade was lobbed upon the deployed troops of C/171 Bn CRPF @021245 hours, wherein 2 civilians and 2 personnel of CRPF sustained minor splinter injuries,” said the spokesperson.

Homeless At Home An Express Series Part 1: On January 20, 1990, the first big batch of Pandits had to pack their belongings and leave after a night of public threats by militants — the exodus surging between March and May that year and continuing in a steady stream for the next few years.

“He (militant) was affiliated with Jaish and was a top commander (in the Valley),” J&K Police Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) South Kashmir Range Atul Goel told The Indian Express. He said the slain militant was active in South Kashmir for the last one-and-a-half years.

When The Indian Express started reaching out to officials for comments on the claims of the residents, the drivers too started receiving calls from Army personnel, enquiring who among them had spoken to the media.

A cordon-and-search operation was going on in the area till the time of going to press. “The encounter started in the afternoon,” a police official said.