‘Visible changes on ground in last seven months’ Terming J&K police as “the most professional force” in India, Chief Minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Tuesday asked police to exercise maximum restraint while dealing with law and order situation. “Despite facing difficult situation, JKP has always remained in the forefront to maintain peace and order to safeguard the lives and fundamental rights of the people,” Mufti said while addressing the 12th BRTC passing out parade held at PTS Manigam here. About 385 recruits passed out from the police training school Manigam today…
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Shutdown in Kashmir Valley over ‘Pattan killing’ today
A complete shutdown is being observed on Wednesday across the Kashmir Valley against the killing of three youths at Pattan in Baramulla District. The shutdown is being called by Geelani group of Hurriyat conference and will be supported by all other separatist leaders. All shops, schools and government offices have been closed and public transport are effected due to the shutdown. The authorities have deployed police and CRPF jawans at vital places to maintain law and order and stop any type of protest. On Wednesday, the bodies of three youths were…
Read MoreWill oppose move to revoke beef ban: BJP
NC plans to seek amendment to the law banning bovine slaughter in the state Amid differences between the two coalition partners — PDP and BJP— on beef ban verdict of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, the saffron party has toughened its stand on the issue and asserted that it would not allow passage of any Bill in the Assembly which aims at revoking the ban. “Our stand is clear on the issue. We are of the strong opinion that the decision taken by the High Court to ban beef…
Read MoreKilled youngsters belonged to Hizb: Syed Salahuddin
The Hizbul Mujahideen has confirmed that the three youngsters whose bullet-riddled bodies found in the Baramullah district on Monday belonged to the outlawed militant outfit. It also accused police of killing them while they were in custody. “Amir Reshi, Ashiq Ahmad and Naveed were activists of Hizbul Mujahideen and had joined the outfit recently,” said outfit’s PoK-based head Syed Salahuddin told its members. The bodies were found at an orchard in Pattan, 30 kilometres from Srinagar. They are also believed to bear signs of torture. The discovery lead top clashes…
Read MoreGeelani, Malik call for state- wide shutdown on Wednesday
Terming the death of three youths in Pattan area of Barramulla district as ‘cold blooded murder’, chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani has called for complete state-wide shutdown on Wednesday (September-16). Meanwhile, in a separate press release, JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik has also called for a shutdown tomorrow against the “cold-blooded murder” of three youths in Pattan area and one in Tengmarg area in Baramulah district. Malik appealed for a complete shutdown in the valley to condemn the deaths of four youth, whose bodies were found at two…
Read MoreKashmir Safer for Banks than UP: HDFC Chief
‘Africa has worse infra but draws huge tourists’ Stating that Kashmir is safer banking destination than Uttar Pradesh, the managing director of HDFC bank, Dr Aditya Puri Monday said bankers don’t face kidnapping cases in valley like in UP. Dr Puri was speaking while interacting with a group of traders, hoteliers and other players after re-launching the bank’s MS Mall branch in Srinagar which was affected by floods. He said the digital banking has the changed the whole concept of banking. “We launched it keeping the urban spaces in mind,”…
Read MoreHurriyat (M) Condemns Mysterious Killing of 3 Youth in Pattan, Demands Investigation
Expressing shock over the Pattan incident in which three bullet ridden bodies of young boys with torture marks was found in mysterious circumstances in an apple orchard at Seeru Dangarpora in North Kashmir’s Pattan town, the Hurrriyat (M) strongly condemned the killings and said that the gruesome incident raises suspicion and needs to be investigated and the culprits brought to book. The Hurriyat (M) expressed solidarity and sympathy with all the three bereaved families. According to a statement issued to KNS, meanwhile paying tributes to slain militant Irshad Ahmad Ganaie…
Read MoreLadakh Tourism Festival from Sep 20
JK Tourism Department is going to organize Ladakh Festival from 20th to 27th September 2015 at Leh. The 8 day event will showcase the rich tourism heritage of Ladakh region. Secretary Tourism, Farooq Ahmad Shah reviewed the arrangements being made for the Ladakh Festival in a meeting, he chaired here. He said the inaugural function will be held on 20th and it will conclude on the World Tourism Day i.e 27th September. Apart from showcasing the tourism products of Ladakh region, the festival will also witness Handicrafts exhibition, Thangka Exhibition,…
Read More‘Unholy’ coalition of PDP, BJP is alliance of surrender: Panun Kashmir
Panun Kashmir, an organisation of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, today said the “unholy” coalition between the “separatist” PDP and nationalist BJP is an “alliance of surrender”. “The unholy alliance between the separatist PDP and nationalist BJP is an alliance of surrender and is responsible for the present emboldening of anti-national elements in Jammu and Kashmir”, Chairman of Panun Kashmir Ajay Chrungoo said here. He was speaking at a Balidaan divas function in which rich tributes were paid to the martyrs who laid down their lives for maintaining the security and integrity…
Read MoreYouth Didn’t Eve-Tease Any Participant at ‘Kashmir Marathon’: Hurriyat (G)
Hurriyat Conference (G) Monday out rightly rejected the accusation levelled by the PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and the police that the youth misbehaved and passed lewd comments over the girl participants. Hurriyat Conference (G) said, “whatever happened at the marathon race is the inner voice of the people of Kashmir and the PDP president tried to change discourse of the event by speaking blatant lie.” In a statement to KNS, the Hurriyat (G) spokesperson said, “the organization of the marathon race by the Big 92.7 FM was not any simple…
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