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Srinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) At least 100 guerrillas were waiting to infiltrate into the Kashmir Valley from across the Line of Control (LoC), the army Monday said quoting information gleaned by intelligence agencies. A statement issued by the public relations office of the army here said: ‘Elimination of a large number of guerrillas in the hinterland this year has created [...]
Srinagar, Dec 17 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday ruled out any government subsidy for reopening of cinemas in the Valley. Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of a function in Kashmir University where on-the-spot employment orders were given to over 1,000 youth in different private companies, he said: ‘Cinemas have always been a private enterprise. [...]
Srinagar, Dec 17 (IANS) More than 1,000 youths Saturday got on-the-spot employment offers from private companies in and outside the state, said Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. At a function in the Kashmir University, employment letters were given to 1,059 youth. The chief minister said the economy of the country started growing about 20 years ago but the [...]
Jammu, Dec 17 (IANS) It is for the Congress high command to decide on the issue of rotational chief minister in Jammu and Kashmir which is governed by the National Conference (NC)-Congress coalition, state Congress chief Saif-ud-din Soz said Saturday. ‘I cannot say anything on this. It is for the high command to decide on this issue,’ Soz said at [...]
Srinagar, Dec 17 (IANS) The free fall of mercury continued across the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh Saturday with cities and towns in both regions recording some of their lowest temperatures till now. Srinagar recorded minus 4.3 degrees, the lowest in the city this season so far. ‘Leh was the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir with the minimum temperature there [...]
Srinagar, Dec 16 (IANS) Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, was Friday attacked with stones by some assailants in north Kashmir’s Sopore town, police sources said here. Mirwaiz Umer had gone to Sopore to address a Friday congregation there. When after the congregation at Khankah area, he refused to lead a procession towards the town’s main thoroughfare, [...]
its a matter of deep concern about incidents that have taken place on both sides of the border between Kerala and Tamilnadu. Some attacks on persons belonging to the other state have taken place. There are reports of houses being attacked in the bordering areas. Shops have been attacked in some cities in Tamilnadu. All these are unfortunate given the [...]
Srinagar, Dec 15 (IANS) Shops in some old city areas of Srinagar remained shut Thursday in protest against the murder of a local shopkeeper who was beaten by hooligans here Dec 3 when he refused to heed a separatists’ call for a shutdown. Shops in Nowhatta area, where the deceased, the 25-year-old Tariq Ahmad Bhat, had a shop, as well [...]
Jammu, Dec 15 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, usually known for his soft words for the separatists, Thursday lashed out at them, accusing them of indulging in ‘hooliganism, highhandedness and muscle power’. His strong words followed the death of a shopkeeper in Nowhatta after he was severely beaten up by stone-pelters for refusing to shutter down his [...]
Srinagar, December 14 (IANS) High tension gripped the old city areas of Srinagar Wednesday evening as the news spread about the death of a local young man beaten by some stone-pelters. Tariq Ahmad Bhat, 25, was beaten by stone-pelters in the Gojwara neighbourhood of the old city on December 3, 2011, when he refused to shut down his shop in [...]
Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday asserted that her party government, in coalition with Congress, had delivered much better in all the fields, though it only had 16 legislators in the 87-member assembly. On a tour of the mountainous border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu region, Mufti sought the [...]
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The government Tuesday put the onus on President Pratibha Patil for a final decision on parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s hanging as the nation remembered the victims of the audacious strike ten years ago. Political parties and families of the victims demanded expeditious execution of Guru, the surviving conspirator sentenced to death by the court. [...]
Srinagar, Dec 13 (IANS) Security forces Tuesday arrested a separatist guerrilla and his Pakistani wife in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district after the couple’s recent infiltration into the Valley across the line of control (LOC), police here said. ‘Police in Pattan town along with the troops of counter-insurgency 29 Rashtriya Rifles today (Tuesday) arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen militant and his wife [...]
Srinagar, Dec 13 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police Tuesday formally charged 20 persons for setting ablaze public property worth crores of rupees in the north Kashmir town of Tangmarg during last year’s summer unrest. A police statement issued here Tuesday evening said, ‘Baramulla police today presented a charge sheet against 20 persons in the competent court of law for setting [...]
Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) Bhartiya Janta Party legislators Tuesday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his failure to prevent terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and also for raking up an ‘unnecessary controversy’ over the revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act from the state. ‘Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is a complete failure on all fronts. [...]
Srinagar, Dec 12 (IANS) Separatist guerrilla outfit Jamait-ul-Mujahideen (JUM) Monday owned responsibility for Sunday’s attack on Jammu and Kashmir Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar in summer capital Srinagar. In a statement faxed to the offices of a national news agency and a local news agency, JUM spokesman Jameel Ahmad said the attack on Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sagar was carried [...]
Jammu, Dec 12 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday asked for a thorough investigation into the militant attack on Law Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar at his home in Srinagar a day earlier that killed his bodyguard. ‘The chief minister wants a comprehensive report and how it happened and what were the loopholes,’ said a senior official quoting [...]
Srinagar, Dec 12 (IANS) Security was beefed up in Srinagar Monday, a day after a Jammu and Kashmir minister escaped a bid on his life — an incident he described as ‘a cowardly act of terrorism’. Police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were deployed in big numbers at major markets, traffic intersections and around sensitive installations. Though [...]
Srinagar, Dec 11 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar Sunday escaped a bid on his life when separatist guerrillas attacked him in Srinagar. One of the minister’s security guards was killed in the attack. ‘At about 8 p.m. today (Sunday), some unidentified militants attacked Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Sagar at [...]
Srinagar, Dec 11 (IANS) A Jammu and Kashmir Police constable was killed and two other people were injured when separatist guerrillas attacked the escort vehicle of Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar here Sunday evening, police said. A senior police officer said the attack came outside Sagar’s ancestral home in the old city’s Nawa Bazaar area. ‘Three people [...]
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