Srinagar News
According to the sources, suspected militants opened fired at policeman Mohammad Hafiz Chad at Hamdaniya Colony in Srinagar’s Bemina neighbourhood. He was shot at from close range and suffered bullet injuries in abdomen and an arm.
“There is a strange fixed match being played. When you ask the government, they say the decision is to be taken by the EC. When you talk to the EC, it says they have to consult the Centre to make a decision.”
A senior official said NIT has rusticated the student for a year but protesting students want more stringent punishment and his arrest.
The protests subsided after top officials of the institute assured action against the student and wrote to the police to initiate legal action against him.
Speaking to reporters Friday, AJKPC president Anil Sharma said all “pro-democracy people” in both Kashmir and Jammu regions “want peace and development, which is possible only through constitutional means”.
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Until now, the Himalayan cave shrine, situated at an altitude of more than 3,800 metres and visited by tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims every year during the summer months of June to August, was accessible only by foot.
The officials said the devices were introduced after a Special NIA Court, Jammu, passed an order directing the police to affix a GPS tracker anklet on a terror accused—the importance of which was highlighted by the prosecution department of the police.
These attempts, coming after a calm spring and summer on the Line of Control, indicate militants are desperate to sneak into Kashmir from across the border before winter sets in, officials said.
Abdullah’s comments on J&K’s UT status, during a party convention in Kupwara, came as the administration geared up for its ‘UT Foundation Day’ celebrations on October 31.
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) said its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was once again not allowed to leave his residence to lead the Friday prayers as the mosque remained shut.
The people of Kashmir have always stood behind the people of Palestine,” Iltija said.
The operation attempt against the infiltrating militants has been suspended due to inclement weather and will resume once it clears up, the Army said.
The departments allocated to the chairman and executive councillors will be equally shared between the two parties. “Both the INC and the NC pledge to provide a strong and sustainable Council that works for the betterment and development of the people of Kargil,” Congress leader Nasir Munshi added.
Referring to the motto of the University of Kashmir which means ‘let us move from darkness to light’, the President said that the more youth move towards the light of education and towards the light of peace, the more our country will progress.
Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. The slain ultras were identified as Basit Amin Bhat of Frisal and Saqib Ahmad Lone of Hawoora, Kulgam. Acting on a specific input regarding the presence of terrorists in the Kujjar area […]
Pointing out that the apprehended persons hailed from Punjab, police officials said the seized narcotics was allegedly being smuggled on an Innova from the Line of Control in North Kashmir.
Based on an intelligence input to the J&K police, a joint party of police and Army launched a search operation in the Kumkadi area along the LoCl in Machil sector.
The 7-day-long Kokernag encounter had left 4 security personnel and 2 LeT militants dead.
DSP Adil Mushtaq had been in police custody for three days before his arrest. Police said that a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by SP South, was constituted in view of the larger ramifications of the case.
The remarks are being viewed by the Opposition as the Centre’s stand of not conducting elections in Jammu and Kashmir anytime soon.
Security forces have deployed drones for surveillance and are using heavy weapons, including mortar shells, to flush out the militants.
The police believe two to three terrorists are trapped in the forest area as the forces maintained a tight cordon.
Hyderi, who has worked as a journalist with local newspapers in J&K, was arrested after police registered a case against him following court orders late Thursday night.
Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir also cautioned the Centre on lifting the additional import duties, saying it will lead to “economic distress… (in) J&K and Himachal fruit Industry.