Ahad Jan terminated

Srinagar, Feb 10: Ahad Jan, the police constable who threw a shoe at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during an I-Day parade on August 15 last year, has been dismissed from service. Jan, who is currently in Jammu, told PBI that the authorities had sent a dismiss order (no. 37 of 2/ 2011 dated 19 More

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Trader, employee shot at

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Feb 10: Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded two persons in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Thursday. Police sources said that unidentified gunmen shot Majid Bashir Khan son of Bashir Ahmed Khan in the leg inside his shop this morning. “He was shifted to sub-district hospital More

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Victims bodies still untraced

ISLAMABAD AVALANCHE

KHALID GUL

Islamabad, (Anantnag) Feb 10: Bodies of three persons, feared dead after being struck by a snow avalanche in Chatergul area of this south Kashmir district earlier this week, continue to be missing with more rescue teams rushing to the spot.Three persons Javed Ahmed Koka son of Abdul Gani Koka More

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UJC condemns ‘atrocities’ on Kashmiris

Castigates HR organisations for maintaining ‘silence’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 10: The United Jehad Council has condemned the silence of international human rights organizations and global powers over the rights violations allegedly committed by armed forces in the Valley.  In a statement, its spokesman, Syed Sadaqat Hussain condemned the killing of Manzoor More

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Hand over Bhat’s mortal remains to Kashmiris: JKLF to GoI

27TH MARTYRDOM ANNIVERSARY OF MAQBOOL BHAT

Srinagar, Feb 10: Several separatist organizations today demanded shifting of the mortal remains of Shaheed Muhammad Maqbool Bhat from Tihar Jail to Kashmir.  Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front again asked the Government of India to hand over the mortal remains of Shaheed Maqbool Bhat to Kashmiris More

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Court asks police to arrest two ex-army men

PANTHA CHOWK DISAPPEARANCE CASE

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Feb 10: A local court here on Thursday directed the police to arrest the two suspected ex-army men into a disappearance case of Muhammad Hussain Ashraf-a 16-year-old boy of Pantha Chowk so that its investigation is completed at an earliest. The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Yashpal More

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Political activists’ detention HR violation: Jama’at

Srinagar: Jama’at-e-Islami J&K has expressed concern over the continued detention of hundreds of Kashmiri political leaders and workers for their participation in the peaceful struggle for peoples’ right of self-determination, terming it a ‘blatant violation’ of the basic human rights.   More

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Mushtaq-ul-Islam held

Srinagar, Feb 10: Police on Thursday arrested the Muslim League Jammu Kashmir chief, Mushtaq-ul-Islam from Batamaloo here.  Mushtaq, according to ML statement, was arrested when he was busy giving interview to a correspondent of New Delhi based news channel, Tehelka at League head office.  More

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CB takes custody of Bhutanese boy

Srinagar, Feb 10: Crime Branch has taken the custody of a Bhutani boy, Sonum after his parents complained in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of India that their son had been allegedly kidnapped and sold to Iqbal Zahgeer of Srinagar.According to an official communiqué, the Interpol in consequence More

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G’bl ReT aspirants seek release of selection list

SHEIKH NAZIR

Ganderbal, Feb 10: The aspirants for the posts of Rehbar-e-Taleem at Malshahi Bagh village here have blamed the Education Department of allegedly delaying their selection list without any reason. According to them, the Department issued a notification on August 22, last year for the engagement More

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