Shiv Sena team detained before hoisting Tricolour at Lal Chowk, released

Six activists of the Shiv Sena were detained here on Wednesday as police thwarted their bid to hoist the Tricolour at Lal Chowk, an official said. The Shiv Sena activists arrived at Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower) in two vehicles and were taken in preventive custody as soon as they alighted, a police official said. The detained activists were taken to the Kothibagh police station where they were released after completing legal formalities, the official said. The Jammu unit of the Shiv Sena had sent a special team to hoist the…

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Uneasy calm in Kashmir on 129 Day, 12th Class student Arrested, Released

Shutdown continues on 129 day across Kashmir Protests in Gojwara against minor’s detention Markets witness increase in traffic, pedestrian movement Even as Kashmir continued to observe shutdown on the 129th consecutive day on Tuesday, protests were staged in old city’s Gojwara area against the detention of a minor boy. Reports said that passenger vehicles plied in good numbers in the city for the first time in more than four months since the unrest began in Kashmir on July 8 after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. Reports said that while most…

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