Kashmir seethes amid curfew, shutdown

Cops Among 40 Injured; Police Ransack KU Quarters; CRPF Enter Houses In Several Areas; 3 Youth Receive Pellet Injuries In Eyes

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Mar 7: At least 40 persons including six cops were injured in clashes that erupted at numerous places across the valley on Thursday. Curfew remained clamped in several areas as the valley witnessed another spontaneous shutdown against the killing of a Baramulla youth.Though no separatist More

GOVT TO CLAMP CURFEW TODAY

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Mar 7: In view of the prevailing situation in Kashmir the government has decided to clamp curfew in Srinagar and other parts of the valley on Friday, while the admit cards for examinations would be treated as curfew passes.Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Baseer Ahmad Khan told Greater More

No hartal today: MMM

Srinagar, Mar 7: Muttahida Majlis-e-Mushawrat (MMM) on Thursday said there would be no strike on Friday.Reiterating its programme for Friday, MMM in a statement today said there would be no strike on March 8. “However, the Imams (prayer leaders) and Khateebs (preachers) will at Friday prayers More

Geelani returns, put under house arrest

Says Govt Has Crossed All Limits Of Oppression

ABID BASHIR

Srinagar, Mar 7: Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani Thursday said curfews and restrictions won’t daunt the resolve of people in their fight against ‘repression.’ He said New Delhi and J&K Government have crossed all limits of ‘cruelty in the valley by resorting to killings, frequents More

5 new HC judges to take oath today

Appointees Include Magray,Thakur, Kotwal, Bhat, Rabstan

D A RASHID

Srinagar, Mar 7: The newly appointed five judges of Jammu and Kashmir High Court are being administered oath of office by Chief Justice of JK, MM Kumar, in High Court Complex Jammu at 5 PM Friday.From lawyers’ quota, Additional Advocate General Ali Muhammad Magray, senior High Court lawyer Dheeraj More

Coalition wins 4 seats, PDP 1

Naeem, Parray, Showkat, Majid Elected On Valley Seats

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL POLLS

ABHINAV VERMA

Jammu, Mar 7: National Conference–Congress coalition bagged four while opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clinched one seat out of the five Legislative Council (LC) seats that went to polls today.Out of four seats from Kashmir, three were bagged by ruling coalition candidates - Showkat More

Akhtar was a ‘rebel’ in government

Srinagar, Mar 7: Naeem Akhtar, as he is commonly known in social and media circles, was an unusual bureaucrat and a “rebel”, seen most of the times on the other side of the fence during his 37 year long service career.Naeem joined the government as an Information Officer at the age of 20 and took More

Six former bureaucrats in Upper House

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Mar 7: With the entry of Naeem Akhtar in the Legislative Council, at least six former bureaucrats have managed to secure berths in the Upper House over the past few years.Three former Chief Secretaries of J&K, BR Kundal, Vijay Bakaya and Sheikh Ghulam Rasool are among already the More

Army begins probe into Tahir’s killing

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Mar 7: The Army Thursday began Court of Inquiry (CoI) into the killing of a youth in Baramulla district of north Kashmir and asked Jammu and Kashmir police to identify civilian witnesses in the case.The Court of Inquiry, headed by a Brigadier, was constituted to probe the circumstances More

Justice Bhat to head PSA Advisory Board

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 7: Government Thursday appointed former High Court Judge Justice (Rtd) BL Bhat as Chairman Advisory Board of J&K Public Safety Act.The orders were issued by Principal Secretary Home Department today. “In exercise of powers conferred by the section 14 of J&K Public Safety Act More

Waza condemns killing

Srinagar, Mar 7: Jammu Kashmir Peoples League chairman Mukhtar Ahmad Waza has strongly condemned the killing  of Tahir Rasool Sofi in firing by army at Baramulla on Tuesday.  “Killings of innocent More

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