J&K set for elections amid tight security

J&K set for elections amid tight security
Srinagar/Jammu (IANS): Jammu and Kashmir goes to the polls Monday to elect a new assembly amid boycott calls by separatists, with the 10 constituencies in the first of seven-phase elections spread over the Kashmir Valley, the Hindu-majority Jammu region and the mainly Buddhist Ladakh.
With a world keenly watching the [...]

Zaffar Akbar arrestedGK NEWS NETWORK

Zaffar Akbar arrestedGK NEWS NETWORK
Updated at 1800 hours IST
Srinagar, Nov 16: Police on Sunday arrested the chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement and senior Hurriyat (M) leader Zaffar Akbar Bhat from Chanapora in city outskirts here, sources said.
They said the police raided the JKSM office this evening and arrested Bhat from there.
“He had called [...]

Hurriyat (M) condemns restrictions

Hurriyat (M) condemns restrictions
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) senior leader and Anjuman-e-Shaarie Shiyaan Aga Syed Hassan Al-Sufvi Al-Moosvi on Sunday strongly condemned the imposition of undeclared curfew on Thursday and Friday to prevent people from assembling at Historic Jamia Masjid here on the call given by the Coordination Committee.
Terming it as worst ‘contempt and [...]

Moulana Showkat shifted to Kathua Jail

Moulana Showkat shifted to Kathua Jail
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Nov 6: President Jamiat-e-Ahli Hadees Moulana Showkat Ahmad Shah was Thursday shifted to Kathua Jail.
Shah was undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit of the SKIMS, Soura where he was shifted on last Thursday.
Moulana was arrested on the night of October 23 after he addressed an anti-election [...]

Undeclared curfew halts life

Undeclared curfew halts life
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Nov 6: Life in the Kashmir valley came to a grinding halt on Thursday as authorities imposed an undeclared curfew in the Srinagar city to prevent people from assembling at Jamia Masjid in old city here. The Coordination Committee, spearheading the present movement in Kashmir, had asked the people [...]

Section 144 imposed in Kup, Bud, Varmul

Section 144 imposed in Kup, Bud, Varmul
GK NEWS NETWORK
Kupwara, Nov 5: The district magistrates of Kupwara, Budgam and Varmul have imposed restrictions section 144 in their district for two days.
The order shall remain in force on November 6 and 7 and as such five or more persons shall not assemble at any place in the [...]

CRPF to deploy 388 companies

CRPF to deploy 388 companies
NEW DELHI, Nov 4: The CRPF, chief para-military force assisting the military in Jammu and Kashmir, was rushing over 200 additional companies to the State in view of apprehensions of escalated violence during the forthcoming Assembly elections.
“In all, 388 companies would be present in the State during the 7-phase Assembly elections, [...]

Chanapora residents accuse CRPF troopers of torture after blast

Chanapora residents accuse CRPF troopers of torture after blast
12th class student operated for injury at B&J Hospital
ZULFIKAR MAJID
Srinagar, Nov 4: Chanapora residents have rubbished the claim of the CRPF spokesman that suspected militants hurled a grenade on a CRPF camp injuring four troopers on Monday.
The residents alleged that the troopers detonated some explosive device and [...]

Two Hizbul militants arrested
Agencies
Two militants of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit were arrested by the police from Kulgam district, a police spokesman said.
Srinagar, November 4:
Two militants of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit were on Tuesday arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police from Kulgam district, a police spokesman said.
Nissar Hussain Cheechi alias Sikander, a resident of Udhampur district and Mohammad [...]

سفرآزادی مہم ایک سال بعدجُرم قرار پائی

سفرآزادی مہم ایک سال بعدجُرم قرار پائی
وزیراعظم کے پیغام پربھوک ہڑتال ختم کی، اب اسی پرجیل ہوئی
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