Kashmir
Respect the institution of an MLA: Omar Abdullah to Govt...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Beerwah: National Conference Working President and MLA Beerwah, Omar Abdullah on Tuesday asked PDP BJP government to respect the institution of an MLA and help facilitate the development works in their respective areas. In a day long interaction with district administrative officers, Omar Abdullah highlighted the various issues confronting the area and gave a patient hearing to the grievances of the locals who were also present in the meeting. He was accompanied by senior NC leader and Chief Spokesperson...
Miscreants who lynched Dy SP outside Jamia Masjid were there...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:On 22-06-2017, DYSP Mohammad Ayoub Pandith from Security Wing of J&K Police along with others was detailed for Access Control Duty at Jamia Masjid, Srinagar on the eve of Shab-i-Qadar. The officer while performing his duties was caught by an unruly mob near Jamia Masjid and Lynched. On this case FIR No: 51/2017 under section 302, 148, 149, 341, 392 RPC and 13 Unlawful (P) Act was registered in Police Station, Nowhatta and investigations were set into motion.
The incident...
Book “Shias of Kashmir” released at Srinagar...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:An impressive function to release book “The Shia’s of Jammu & Kashmir’ by Justice (Rtd) Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain held on Saturday 22nd July at Auditorium hall of Information Department Srinagar by renowned dignitaries. A well-known journalist Saeed Naqvi, who was chief guest on the occasion, emphasized on recording the significant events of past which have shaped our present. He mesmerized the audience with his powerful rendition of a number of Mir Anees’s quartrains. Hojatul...
Kashmir Would Become like Syria and Afghanistan if US Interv...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Responding to Farooq Abdullah’s remarks, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that the situation in Kashmir Valley would be same as Syria and Afghanistan if America starts intervening. “China, America should mind their own business, we all know what is the situation of the countries wherever they intervened be it Afghanistan, Syria or Iraq,” Mehbooba said adding that only bilateral talks between India and Pakistan can solve the Kashmir issue. “As...
JK CM thanks Kashmiris for showing ‘Kashmiriyat’ after Y...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti Saturday thanked people of Kashmir for standing united to protest against the attack in Anantnag that left seven Amarnath pilgrims dead and many others injured.
“I thank the people of Kashmir for expressing their anguish over the attack on Amarntah pilgrims. Protests against the attack reflected that the Kashmiriyat is still alive,” Mehbooba said while talking to the reporters after holding meeting with Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.
7 Yatra pilgrims killed in Kashmir attack,Lashkar,Hurriyat a...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Gunmen spray bullets on passenger bus bringing Hindu pilgrims from a cave shrine, killing seven and wounding 14 others. At least seven Hindu pilgrims, most of them women, have been killed in a gun battle that erupted in Indian-administrated Kashmir after suspected rebel fighters attacked a police vehicle, officials said. The bus carrying more than 50 pilgrims came under attack on Monday evening as they were returning from a cave shrine in the Himalayas, police said. Fourteen others were...
Mutilating bodies of militants inhumane, should be stopped:M...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Prominent Scholar and Chairman of Ummat e Islami (UeI), Mirwaiz Qazi Ahmed Yasir Monday said that mutilating the bodies of militants is ‘inhumane act’ and should be stopped.
The UeI spokesman in a statement issued here quoted the chairman as saying that Indian forces on one side claim to be disciplined; however their actions counter that very narrative.
“Charring the bodies of militants or anyone for that case is no disciplined or humane action. It should be stopped for...
Burhan Wani’s 1st anniversary: Curfew like restriction...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday imposed very strict restrictions in parts of Kashmir to foil protests on the first death anniversary of former militant commander, Burhan Wani.
Burhan was killed on July 8, 2016 in south Kashmir’s Kokernag area triggering a massive uprising.
All the areas in old Srinagar have been sealed and people have been caged in their homes. Officials said that restrictions under section 144 CrPC are in place however locals told here that strict curfew is in place.
All...
Kashmir nation thanks Imam Khamenei for supporting Kashmir R...
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Srinagar: Welcoming Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Imam Syed Ali Khamenei’s statement, chairman Huriyat Conference, Syed Ali Geelani termed as timely and pragmatic. In a statement to Wilayat Times, Veteran Hurriyat Leader Syed Ali Geelani thanked Iran’s supreme religious leader and expressed his satisfaction for supporting the people of Jammu and Kashmir in their struggle for freedom. Geelani in his appeal to international community, institutions and influential personalities urged...
Lashkar warns Elements waiving ISIS and other Takfeeri Flags...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar: Lashkar-e-Taiba, the front ranking militant group fighting forces in Kashmir, Wednesday condemned those waving ISIS (Daesh) flags in Kashmir, alleging that these acts by ‘undercover Indian agents’ were nothing but a plot to sabotage the Kashmir’s freedom struggle. Describing waving of Daesh flags nothing but a plot to sabotage the Kashmir’s struggle, Mehmood Shah, the Lashkar chief spokesman said in a statement to news groups in Srinagar that waving of ISIS flags...