Happenings

June 8, 2019 No Responses

RK Chhibber replaces Pervez Ahmad as J&K Bank Chairman, Vigilance sleuths raid bank headquarters

Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday appointed RK Chhibber as the interim chairman and the Director on the Board of Directors of the J&K Bank. Chhibber will replace Pervez Ahmad, who was appointed in 2016 as the chairman of the...

June 1, 2019 No Responses

‘Stone pelters in Kashmir Pack your Bag’: As Amit Shah gets Home Ministry warnings started emerging

BJP leader Tajinder Singh Pal Bagga compared Amit Shah to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and issued a warning to Kashmiri stone pelters. On a day when the charge for Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) was given to Amit Shah, who is...

May 30, 2019 No Responses

Pellet terror returns to hunt Kashmir, scores injured in Shopian, Kulgam

At least ninety persons sustained fire arm injuries, sixty of them from pellets, after they clashed with the government forces in South Kashmir’s Kulgam and Shopian districts One of the injured includes, Yawar Ahmad, who received bullet in his abdomen...

May 24, 2019 No Responses

Restrictions imposed in parts of Srinagar to prevent protests post Musa’s killing, Mobile internet service suspended across Kashmir

Curfew-like restrictions were imposed in parts of Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday to prevent protests against the killing of militant commander Zakir Musa late last night. Reports and witnesses said that the police and paramilitary for...

May 21, 2019 No Responses

To prevent Eidgah march restrictions imposed in Downtown

Authorities have imposed restrictions in Srinagar on Tuesday to prevent a separatist-called commemoration march. The Hurriyat Conference has called for the march to the Martyrs Graveyard in the Old City’s Eidgah area to pay homage to two senior separatist le...

May 16, 2019 No Responses

Gunfight rages in Pulwama, three Rebels, Soldier, Civilian Killed, Curfew imposed in town, Shutdown in Shopian

Three rebels, an army man and a civilian were killed in a fierce gunfight that broke out in Dalipora area of Pulwama town in south Kashmir on Thursday morning. An official said that the gunfight broke out shortly before dawn...

May 13, 2019 No Responses

#JusticeForAiman: Protests erupt in Srinagar, Baramulla, Sopore

Protests erupted in many parts of Srinagar city on Monday over the rape of a minor girl in Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district last week. Reports said that protests erupted in Saida Kadal, Gaw Kadal, Almagari Bazar and...

May 6, 2019 No Responses

Poll Boycott: Pulwama records 1.91% and Shopian 2.64%

Nearly sixteen per cent voter turnout was recorded in two Lak Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir till 3 pm on Monday, officials said. While Leh and Kargil recorded 49.07 and 60.91 percent turnout respectively, the turnout was dismal in...

May 6, 2019 No Responses

Voting on for two LS seats in J&K, Grenade attack on polling station in Pulwama

Polling began on Monday for Ladakh and Anantnag Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir. Enthusiastic voters started pouring out to throng the polling stations in Leh and Kargil districts. In contrast, most of the polling stations wore a deserted...

April 29, 2019 No Responses

Voting begins for phase two polls in Kulgam

Voting began on Monday for the second phase of polls in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag Lok Sabha seat amid high security. Very few voters were seen queuing up outside polling stations as voting began at 7 a.m. Voting is being...