Happenings

August 2, 2019 No Responses

Air Force, Army put on high alert, Troop buildup triggers panic among Kashmiri’s

Govt has put IAF and Army on high alert in Kashmir Centre has also rushed 28,000 troops to the Kashmir valley Omar Abdullah has said this sounds alarming Day after the Centre decided to send an additional 28,000 troop to...

July 31, 2019 No Responses

Hoisting tricolor in all panchayats on Independence Day reason behind troop surge in Kashmir

The Centre is “infusing” troops in Jammu and Kashmir to provide security cover for a move to hoist the Tricolour in every panchayat in the state this Independence Day, government sources said. “The government is infusing troops as many panchayat...

July 30, 2019 No Responses

J&K administration reshuffled

The governor Adminstration has ordered a major reshuffle in civil Adminstration. According to the decission, 1. Ms. Sushma Chauhan, IAS(JK:2009), Deputy Commissioner, Samba, is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Jammu. 2. Mr. Ramesh Kumar, IAS(JK:2...

July 29, 2019 No Responses

Railway Protection Force asks staff to prepare for impending unrest in Kashmir

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) held a security meeting in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on Saturday after the security agencies sent an input regarding the prediction of deteriorating situation in the Kashmir Valley. After the meeting, the...

July 12, 2019 No Responses

Sopore fruit growers, traders protest against highway restrictions

Traders, civil society members and fruit growers on Friday held a protest at Sopore fruit mandi to demand revocation of order restricting the movement of vehicles on Jammu-Srinagar national highway. The protesters were holding placards and banners carrying mes...

June 27, 2019 No Responses

Eleven persons died in a major road accident in Peer Ki Gali area on the historic Mughal road

Eleven persons, including nine girls, died in a major road accident in Peer Ki Gali area on the historic Mughal road in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday. A police official said a tempo traveller on way to Shopian from...

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...