Happenings

October 20, 2018 No Responses

Congress wins Anantnag, Leh, BJP makes its mark in Kashmir

Results of 17 seats from Bandipora in north Kashmir BJP: 3 Cong: 12 Independent: 2 Results of 13 seats from Uri in North Kashmir’s Baramulla BJP: 0 Congress: 6 Independent: 7 All the 13 wards of Kupwara municipality in north...

October 17, 2018 No Responses

Gunfight in Fateh Kadal, Three Rebels, Policeman killed; Internet suspended, educational institutions closed

Gunfight broke out between militants and the government forces in Fateh Kadal area of Downtown Srinagar early Wednesday. Reports said a joint team of the state police and the CRPF cordoned off Fateh Kadal after “specific information” about presence of...

October 16, 2018 No Responses

Polling under way for last phase of municipal polls in J&K, Srinagar recorded 2.3%, Ganderbal 7.9% polls till 12

Partial shutdown across Kashmir Valley, Clashes in Soura Polling was under way for the fourth and last phase of municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir to seal the fate of 156 candidates in fray in Srinagar and Ganderbal districts. They...

October 13, 2018 No Responses

Poll Boycott Continues for IIIrd Phase aswell: Zero votes casted at 17 polling booths in Kashmir

No voter has turned up at the seventeen of the polling booth set up at different areas of this capital city. Not a single vote has been cast at the 17 polling booths, which includes five at Caset School Karannagar,...

October 11, 2018 No Responses

Manan Wani, AMU Scholar who turned militant killed in Kupwara gunfight

Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including PhD scholar-turned-terrorist Manan Bashir Wani, were killed Thursday during an encounter with security forces at Handwara in frontier district of north Kashmir, officials said. Police, however, said the identities of ...

October 10, 2018 No Responses

Poll Boycott trend continues for 2nd Phase; Dull voting across Kashmir Valley, brisk in Jammu

The second phase of urban bodies’ elections in Jammu and Kashmir, being held on Wednesday, covers 384 wards and has 1,094 candidates in the fray. Separatists have given a call for a shutdown in the areas going to the polls....

October 6, 2018 No Responses

Twenty killed, scores injured as minibus plunges into gorge in Ramban

Twenty people are feared killed and several injured, some of them seriously after a minibus which was allegedly overloaded plunged into a deep gorge in Ramban district on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Saturday morning, police said. Ramban’s senior s...

October 5, 2018 No Responses

Two NC workers shot dead, another injured in Habba Kadal

Two National Conference (NC) workers were shot dead and another injured after unknown gunmen fired at them in Habba Kadal area of Srinagar on Friday. SSP Srinagar Imtiyaz Ismail confirmed the deaths of two NC workers in the firing incident....

September 27, 2018 No Responses

Civilian shot dead during CASO in Srinagar, 3 Rebels, Soldier killed in gunfight, JRL calls for friday shutdown

Three militants, including a Lashkar-e-Toiba commander, a civilian and a soldier were killed in two separate gunfights and a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. A civilian was killed after forces launched a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) in ...

September 26, 2018 No Responses

1500 candidates file papers for first phase municipal polls

Despite threats from terrorists, about 1,500 candidates in Jammu and Kashmir have filed their nominations for the first phase of urban local body elections scheduled for October 8. The elections are to be held in four phases. Nominations for the...