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Trio Apprehended After Attack on Policeman in Bemina, Srinagar: DGP

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Trio Apprehended After Attack on Policeman in Bemina, Srinagar: DGP

Police on Sunday said that three persons involved in an attack on a policeman in Bemina area of Srinagar have been arrested, officials said. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, the Director General of Police, Jammu and Kashmir, RR Swain said that the trio have confessed to their involvement in the attack which was carried at the behest of their Pakistan-based handler. A policeman, identified as Mohd Hafeez Chak was fired at by the terrorists in Hamdaniya Colony locality of Bemina, on 9th December. Chak was injured in the attack…

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Kashmir Awaits Supreme Court Verdict: Despair and Uncertainty Prevail

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Kashmir Awaits Supreme Court Verdict: Despair and Uncertainty Prevail

On Monday, the Supreme Court will deliver its judgement on petitions challenging the Article 370’s August 2019 abrogation. As the Supreme Court (SC) is going to announce its judgement on Article 370 case on Monday, there is both hope and dejection among the politicians and common people ahead of this verdict. A constitutional bench of the SC will deliver its judgement on a number of petitions that have challenged the August 2019 abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of J&K state into two Union Territories. The Article 370 had given…

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A Chill in the Digital Air: Kashmiris Face Legal Action for Social Media Posts as Supreme Court Prepares to Rule on Article 370

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A Chill in the Digital Air: Kashmiris Face Legal Action for Social Media Posts as Supreme Court Prepares to Rule on Article 370

A recent police order under the CrPC suggested that the posting of content could potentially trigger a communal frenzy, promote terrorism and separatism, and ‘will be a legal offence’ in J&K The Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a crackdown on netizens and booked scores in Kashmir ahead of the Supreme Court’s verdict on Article 370. A police spokesperson said one person from north Kashmir’s Baramulla faced legal proceedings for his social media posts. “The [legal] action is in response to his uploading hateful videos containing inflammatory and seditious statements on social…

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Shocking Attack: Police Constable Shot at and Injured in Bemina

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Shocking Attack: Police Constable Shot at and Injured in Bemina

Police Constable Injured in Targeted Attack in Srinagar A constable of Jammu and Kashmir Police was on Saturday shot at and injured in a terrorist strike in Bemina locality of Srinagar, officials said. An official said that gunmen opened fire on SgCT Mohammad Hafiz Chad, son of Ghulam Hassan Chad, resident of Mathiya Bund Hamdaniya Colony Bemina. He said that Hafiz was injured in the attack following which he was shifted to nearby SKIMS Bemina. In a post on X, a police spokesman said: “Terrorists fired upon & injured one…

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Resistance group ask people to come out, stage 72-hour sit-in from tomorrow; Army loots residents of Kurhama

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Women rally against civilian killings in Bandipora Army loots residents of Kurhama ‘Six protesters dead but Modi wants to sort out Balochistan’: Omar Abdullah ‘Stop genocide of Kashmiris’: KCCI The joint resistance leadership comprising, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF Chief Muhammad Yasin Malik have asked people to come out on the streets on Wednesday and stage a 72-hour sit-in. In a statement here they said, “People should march towards the office of United Nations Military Observers Group (UNMOG) at Sonawar in Srinagar. Wherever forces stop you…

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