On JRL’s call, Kashmir shuts against Shopian killings
Srinagar
A complete shutdown is being observed in Kashmir valley on JRL’s call ‘Shopian Chalo’ today against the killing of four civilians by government forces...
Shopian Chalo: Mirwaiz arrested
Srinagar
Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was detained on Wednesday after he defied his house detention and tried to march towards Shopian.
Mirwaiz came out...
Pakistani army claims it shot down Indian drone along LOC
Srinagar
Pakistan’s military says it shot down an Indian “spy drone” after it entered Pakistani airspace in Chirikot sector along the Line of Control (LoC)...
Editor Uqab, Manzoor Unjum Bereaved
SRINAGAR: Ali Mohammad Shah, a retired engineer, passed away last night. He was around 75.
Shah, an elder brother of editor Uqaab, Manzoor Unjum, was...
Minor boy found dead under mysterious circumstances in Samba
Srinagar
Police on Wednesday recovered a body of a 9-year-old boy under mysterious conditions in the border district of Samba in Jammu region.
The boy has...
Kathua rape and murder: Local police tries to destroy evidence, says Crime Branch
Srinagar
There were attempts by the local police to destroy evidence in the probe relating to the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in...
Minor boy dies of electrocution in north Kashmir
Srinagar
In a tragic incident, a 15-year-old boy on Wednesday was electrocuted to death at Malikpora village of Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
The deceased...
Army man shoots himself dead in Langate
Srinagar
An army man on Wednesday shot himself dead with his rifle in Langate area of district Kupwara in north Kashmir.
The deceased has been identified...
Shopian Chalo: Train services suspended in Kashmir
Srinagar
The Srinagar Banihal train services have been suspended for the third consecutive day Wednesday in Kashmir, where two militants and four civilians were killed...
Restrictions imposed, roads closed to foil JRL call ‘Shopian Chalo’
Srinagar
Authorities on Wednesday have sealed all the roads leading to Shopian district of south Kashmir, and have imposed restrictions under Section 144 of the...
Briefing
ODHISA
A Kashmiri student, Suhail Aijaz, 20, pursuing MBBS from AIIMS Medical College in Odhisa since 2016, has gone missing since February 9. The resident...
Dr M I Parray
After an illustrious career spanning over 29 years when Dr Mohammad Ismail Parray, superannuated as Director of the J&K Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI), he...
Moving beyond the “civil society”
Zubair Lone
An economy is usually made up of three distinct, yet overlapping, sectors: the public sector including all levels of government, the private sector...
Interrupting Dreams
J&K PSC, the supreme recruiting organisation, is in a mess. Candidates appearing in one paper are given question papers of another subject. This non-serious...
Discovering A Cushion
After failing in getting their lone breadwinner out of the jail, family members of a ruling party worker started making cushions for survival, reports...
