Year: 2018

NC MLA Akbar Lone raises ‘Pro-Pakistan’ slogan in J&K assembly

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Jammu and Kashmir assembly today witnessed chaotic scenes after National Conference MLA from Sonawari, Akbar Lone, raised pro-Pakistan slogans in the house. Later, Lone said that he was “provoked” to raise the slogans after BJP MLAs started raising anti-Pakistan slogans in the assembly. “Yes, I said it. It is my personal view, I said it in the house and I don’t think anyone should have a problem with it,” Lone was quoted saying on ANI. BJP MLAs were raising slogans against Pakistan to protest the ongoing terrorist attack on the…

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Will FIR against army major be quashed? SC to hear plea in Shopian firing case on Monday

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The plea filed by Army Major Aditya Kumar’s father Lieutenant Colonel Karamveer Singh says that his son has been “wrongly and arbitrarily” named in the FIR. The Supreme Court will on February 12 hear the plea filed by Army Major Aditya Kumar’s father Lieutenant Colonel Karamveer Singh seeking to quash of the FIR against his son. Major Aditya Kumar is one of the armymen who has been named in the FIR in connection with the firing in Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir. Lieutenant Colonel Singh has said that his son,…

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Three army jawans injured in shelling along LoC in Poonch sector

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Three Army jawans were injured in intermittent firing and shelling by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, officials said on Friday. The Army officials said intermittent firing was under way when reports last came in. The Pakistan Army continued firing and shelling overnight along the LoC in the Krishnagati sector of Poonch district, the officials said. In the firing and shelling, three jawans suffered minor splinter injuries, they said. On Thursday, a 45-year-old woman was killed in shelling by the Pakistani troops along the LoC…

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Ice Hockey tourney in Leh vies for Guinness World record

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Attempting a Guinness World record for playing ice hockey at the highest altitude, a two-day tournament was organised at Chibra Kargyam village of Durbuk block of Leh district. As many as six teams, including five international teams from Canada, Germany, Russia, the USA and India, participated in the tournament, which was held from February 5 to 7. The tournament was jointly organised by Ladakh Winter Sports Club (LWSC), Hockey Foundation and Lalok Winter Sports Association. Ladakh Winter Sport Club president P Wangchuk Noney said, “With an aim to set a…

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Review prison security, deploy CRPF in jails: Centre to J&K Govt

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The Union Home Ministry also asked the state government to ensure that no such incident takes place in future and deploy CRPF in prison security. Taking serious note of the escape of a jailed Pakistani terrorist, the centre today asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to fully review security measures in place in jails and transportation of inmates. The Union Home Ministry also asked the state government to ensure that no such incident takes place in future and deploy CRPF in prison security. “The home ministry has taken serious note…

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Peace in Kashmir would benefit all parties

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A report submitted to the Indian Parliament last month blamed Pakistan for a large spike in the number of violations of the Kashmir cease-fire agreement the two countries signed back in 2003. India alleged that the Pakistani Army had indulged in firing and/or shelling on at least 860 instances in 2017, almost three times the number in the preceding year. The shelling has become so intense in recent weeks that more than 36,000 residents of villages close to the border have been moved to safety. Besides cross-border violence, last year…

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Militants attack army camp in Sunjwan, Four killed, Scores injured, Encounter On

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A group of militants attacked the Sunjwan Army camp in Jammu city in the early hours today, leaving two army officers and two children dead and four army men injured, officials said. The militants entered from the rear side of Sunjwan Army camp where family quarters are located, DGP S P Vaid said. Sources said that a Junior Commissioner Officer (JCO), a non-commissioned officer (NCO) and two children were killed and four army men injured in the ongoing attack. The militants, who are believed to be around three, have been…

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Kashmir Valley witnesses shutdown on Afzal Guru death anniversary

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Complete shutdown was observed across Kashmir on Friday as people remembered Muhammad Afzal Guru, who was sent to gallows secretly in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on February 9, 2013. The government imposed strict curbs in downtown here, without making any announcement, even as congregational Friday prayers were yet again barred at the historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar. Almost all the pro-freedom leaders were either placed under house arrest or lodged in various prisons across the Valley. While Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani continues to remain caged in his Hydeprora…

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Tehsildar suspended for deputing patwari to unfurl flag on Republic Day

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A tehsildar, posted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, has been placed under suspension for deputing a patwari in his place for unfurling the national flag on Republic Day, officials today said. Muzaffar Ahmad Malik was placed under suspension by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan yesterday, they said. According to the suspension order, Malik was supposed to unfurl the national flag at his tehsil headquarter Dooru on Republic Day. The tehsildar had, however, assigned this task to a patwari which “is unbecoming of an officer to show such type…

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Attempts being made to divide Jammu on communal lines: Devinder Singh Rana

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Lashing out at the ruling BJP for its “silence” on the horrific murder of eight-year-old Asifa Bano, senior National Conference leader Devinder Singh Rana on Thursday said there are attempts to divide the people of Jammu on religious lines. During the question hour in the Assembly, the NC legislator said attempts are being made to break the secular character and traditions of Dogras of Jammu. “Efforts are being made to communalise the situation in Jammu. A divide is being created in the name of religion and caste here. There are…

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