M A Tantray bags award

Srinagar: All India Radio Srinagar correspondent, Mushtaq Ahmed Tantray has been given annual Akashwani award for the year 2010 for his reporting.  Tantray who has worked in most of the media units of Information and Broadcasting Ministry during the last two decades has won the award for his More

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Shah, others held in Pampore

Srinagar: Police on Friday arrested Democratic Freedom Party president, Shabir Ahmad Shah along with his other colleagues at Pampore in Pulwama district while he was on way to Kulgam in South Kashmir.  Condemning the arrest, a spokesman of the Party said, “Shah is apparently free from jail for More

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TeH condemns shifting of Saif-ud-Din to Kot Bhalwal jail

Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu Kashmir has strongly condemned the shifting of its incarcerated Tehsil president for Handwara, Saif-ud-Din Mir to Kot Bhalwal Jail, Jammu.  “Mir was recently arrested from his ancestral village Unisoo and lodged in Handwara Police station. Thereafter, he was More

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Untoo accuses police of harassing his family

SHRC SEEKS REPORT

Srinagar: The State Human Rights Commission has sought reports from DGP and IGP Kashmir Zone on a complaint by Chairman International Forum for Justice and Human Rights Forum J&K, Ahsan Untoo, about harassment of his family allegedly by police. In his complaint to the SHRC, Untoo has alleged More

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Peer Nizam-ud-Din passes away

Islamabad (Anantnag): Noted political activist, Peer Nizam-ud-Din (80) of Kadapora, Islamabad (Anantnag) passed away here on Friday.  A religious scholar, Peer was associated with Plebiscite Front in his youth and remained actively involved in social work in his area. He was laid to rest at More

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JKMM condemns Geelani’s house arrest

Srinagar: Strongly condemning the continued house arrest of Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the Jammu Kashmir Mass Movement chief, Farida Behanji on Friday alleged that New Delhi had turned the Geelani’s residential house into a virtual jail.  “If government does More

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AAC pays tributes to Shaheed-i-Millat

Srinagar: Awami Action Committee has paid glowing tributes to its founder chief, Shaheed-i-Millat Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq and martyrs of Hawal on their 23rd martyrdom anniversary being observed on Shiwal 25, 1410 H as per the Islamic calendar.  The Committee has appealed to Imams and More

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IIPS meet today

Srinagar, Sep 23: International Institute for Population Sciences is organizing media conference on Northern Regional Dissemination of GATS-India Survey at SKICC here on Saturday.  Its statement said Northern fact sheet covering indicators and issues pertaining to J&K, Himachal Pradesh, More

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Nayeem Khan rearrested

Srinagar, Sep 23: Sleuths of Counter Insurgency Kashmir (CIK) re-arrested the Chairman of National Front Nayeem Ahmad Khan on Friday, his counsel Rafiq Ahmad Joo said.   He said the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rajiv Gupta, quashed his detention this afternoon and ordered for his release More

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Militant gives slip to forces

GHULAM MUHAMMAD

Sopore, Sep 23: A militant believed to be a close associate   of deceased divisional commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba, Abdullah Unni, Friday managed to give a slip to Police and Army at Reben village in Rafiabad, around eight kilometers from Sopore town here in north Kashmir, sources said. < More

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Lok Adalat in Baramulla on Sep 20

Baramulla, Sep 23: According to Chairman, District Legal Services Authority Baramulla, a Lok Adalat is being organized on September, 20 2011 at Court Complex Baramulla in which various nature of cases would be taken-up for on-the-spot settlement.  The interested parties who want to settle their More

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