Troops violated powers under AFSPA in July 18 Shopian operation: Army
The soldiers have violated powers under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the July 18 Shopian ‘fake encounter’, the army has found as per prima facie’ evidence. Army finds prima facie’ evidence that troops violated powers under AFSPA in Shopian ‘fake encounter’ that killed three men in July, news agency PTI reported while […]
Kashmiri’s being killed unabated: APHC (M)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC M) expressed shock and grief at another gruesome killing in Kashmir. A day after the killing of the 24 year old youth from Sopore in police custody, a 45 year old woman from Batmallo ,Kauser Sofi was killed on the spot by the bullets of forces . As seen in […]
Panic in north Kashmir villages on LoC as India-Pakistan armies target each other
Srinagar: Panic gripped villagers along the Line of Control (LoC) after the armies of India and Pakistan on Friday targeted each other with mortars in Gurez sector of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Observer quoting unnamed officials reported that the Pakistan army initiated an unprovoked Ceasefire Violation (CFV) along […]
Cocaine worth crores recovered in north Kashmir, four held: Police
Srinagar: Police on Friday recovered cocaine weighing about 6 kilograms on the disclosure of four persons arrested by it in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, officials said. The drugs are said to be worth crores of rupees. A local news gathering agency Global News Service reported that police arrested four suspected persons at old Town […]
Back to Ladakh
Media reports from Leh said that in the past few weeks there has been some migration of villagers from the Chuchul area of Ladakh. Dozens of families have migrated from many forward villages including from Chuchul as they feel that it could be war anytime and such fears are only growing among the common people […]
Army Chief meets Lt Governor
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 17: General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff, met Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan here today. He was accompanied by Lt. General YK Joshi, Army Commander, Northern Command and Lt. General BS Raju, GOC, Chinar Corps. The Lt Governor and the Army Chief discussed several important issues related […]
62 travelers among 1467 new covid-19 cases in J&K, total 59711
Jammu and Kashmir reported 1467 novel coronavirus cases including 62 travelers in last 24 hours, taking the total count to 59711. Official sources told GNS that 785 cases were from Jammu and 682 from Kashmir Valley. This is for a fortnight that more than thousand cases were reported in J&K. Giving the district wise details, […]
Decentralization to be essence of future planning: Chief Secretary
Planning to have Panchayat, Block and District level plans as building blocks SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 17: In a marathon preparatory budget meeting cum workshop conducted by the Finance department the Chief Secretary of J&K, BVR Subrahmanyam today directed the district administration to make Panchayats and local bodies the units of their respective plan formulation as per […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 4,55,391 stranded JK residents; 3,22,708 via Lakhanpur, 1,32,683 through special trains
JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 17: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 4,55,391 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
ED files charge sheet against Shabir Shah’s wife in alleged militancy financing case
The Enforcement Directorate has made incarcerated senior Hurriyat leader Shabir Shah’s wife Dr. Bilquis Shah an accused in a 2005 case of money laundering for alleged militant financing against him and alleged hawala dealer Mohammad Aslam Wani, reported Press Trust of India. The probe agency named her as an accused in its supplementary charge sheet filed in […]