Year: 2018

Devinder Singh a sikh leader slapped with PSA for ‘Mirpur-Kotli chalo’ call

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A Sikh leader, held last year for his alleged role in the some transaction case but released later on bail, has been detained under Public Safety Act (PSA) for making “provocative speeches”, the police said today. An advocate by profession, Devinder Singh Behl had been arrested last year too by NIA sleuths, was detained for making “provocative speeches in public meeting” at Nowshera area of Rajouri district on Sunday. “We have detained Behl under Public Safety Act (PSA) for his attempts to instigate people in Nowshera by making provocative statements…

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Let’s work for a peaceful summer: Mehbooba Mufti to Police

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti asked government forces yet again on Tuesday to strictly adhere to Standard Operating Procedure (COP) during gun battles with militants and directed top police officers to put in their best efforts for ensuring a peaceful summer ahead. The CM during a high level security review meeting at her Gupkar residence in the summer capital also directed top police officers to ensure “maximum restraint” while dealing with street protests. The beleaguered CM cut short her visit to New Delhi and rushed back to Srinagar Monday evening following…

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Bhadarwah, Kishtwar observes shutdown aganist Shopian Killings

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Normal life was affected Tuesday in Bhadarwah and Kishtwar as the twin towns of Chenab valley observed a shutdown called by Anjuman Islamia Bhadarwah and Imam of Jamia Masjid Kishtawar to express resentment over the killing of civilians during the recent bloody encounters and clashes in Shopian district. Shops, other business establishments and some private schools remained closed, but government schools, offices and banks remained open. President Anjuman Islamia Bhadarwah, Pervaiz Ahmed Sheikh said the strike call was issued to lodge protest against the killing of innocent civilians in Kashmir.…

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Afridi, Gambhir in Twitter spat over Kashmir Issue

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Pakistani international cricketer Shahid Afridi’s tweet on the “worrisome situation” in “Indian-occupied Kashmir” earned him a caustic riposte from Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday. The Pakistani cricketer tweeted on Tuesday, “Appalling and worrisome situation ongoing in the Indian Occupied Kashmir. Innocents being shot down by oppressive regime to clamp voice of self-determination & independence. Wonder where is the @UN & other int bodies & why aren’t they making efforts to stop this bloodshed?” Gambhir responded, “Media called me for reaction on @SAfridiOfficial tweet on OUR Kashmir & @UN. Afridi is only…

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Restrictions continue after extension of resistance called shutdown across Kashmir Valley

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Restrictions continued in parts of Srinagar and some other places in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday after separatists extended their protest shutdown against the killings of four civilians in Shopian district on Sunday. Restrictions will remain in force in seven police station areas of the city and other sensitive areas in south Kashmir to maintain law and order, the police said. Heavy contingents of police and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been deployed. Shops, public transport, businesses and educational institutions remained closed in the Valley for the…

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#FakeNews – Tourism stakeholders lodge FIR against TOI

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Taking cognizance of news report in Times of India (GoI) about attacks on tourists, local travel and hotel associations Tuesday jointly filed an FIR with the Police Station Kothibagh against the newspaper’s Srinagar correspondent Saleem Pandit. In the FIR number 26/2018 U/S 502 (2) RPC, the tourism stakeholders said no tourist was hurt by any incident of stone pelting. Talking to Kashmir Post, President Travel Agents Association of Kashmir Ashfaq Siddiq Dug said they filed the FIR against Pandit for false and factually incorrect reports. He said due to fake…

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Article 370 not a temporary provision: Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court Tuesday said that Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir is not a temporary provision. The apex court said that in its earlier verdict of 2017 in the SARFESI case, it has been already held that Article 370 was “not a temporary provision”. “The issue concerned is covered by the judgement of this court in the 2017 SARFAESI matter, where we have held that despite the headnote of Article 370, it is not a temporary provision,” a bench of justices A…

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Suspected Militants killed civilian and injured three of his relatives in Hajin

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Militants kidnapped a civilian and injured three of his relatives in Hajin Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Suspected militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba barged into the house of one Farooq Ahmad Parray at Hajin on Monday night and opened fire on inmates, a police spokesman said. “The terrorists used knives to cause grievous injuries to wife, daughter and brother of Farooq,” he said. The militants also kidnapped Muntazir Ahmad Parrey, son-in-law of the house owner from there, the spokesman said. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday…

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Tourist sector gets a jolt due to sudden spike in violence

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A sudden spike in the level of violence in Kashmir on Sunday has cast a shadow on the tourism industry, which was hoping for increased footfall of holidaymakers. As the region witnessed a sudden bout of protests and a record high death toll on Sunday, it has caused scare among tourists who came face to face with the turbulent situation. Several tourists, who had planned to holiday for several days, cancelled their stay in the region and rushed home. The deterioration of the law and order situation after Sunday’s multiple…

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Indian, Pakistani troops exchange heavy fire on LoC

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Indian and Pakistan soldiers traded heavy fire across the Line of Control (LoC) on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said. The Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked heavy shelling and firing at Indian positions in Khari Karmara area of Poonch, a police officer said. “Pakistan shelling and firing started at 1 p.m. and continued for nearly half an hour. Indian positions retaliated effectively and strongly,” the police officer said. On March 18, five members of a family were killed and two others injured when a mortar fired by…

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