Month: December 2020

The Jammu Kashmir Police claimed to have made a major breakthrough in the murder case of renowened Human Rights lawyer, Syed Babar Qadri and said the order to assassinate the lawyer came from the Central Jail of Srinagar. Earlier, the Jammu Kashmir Police had arrested three persons in the case, who as per the Police, said that the order for his assassination September 24 came from 'central jail, Srinagar.' The Investigation by Jammu Kashmir Police's Special team has found that two individuals named Muneer Aziz War alias Qari, son of one Abdul Aziz War of Hutmulla area in Kupwara and Tawseef Ahmed Shah son of Ghulam Mohammad Shah of Parimpora area in Srinagar passed orders from inside the central jail to the three to murder Babar Qadri. The two individuals, who have been taken int...

Two youth have gone missing from uptown are of Natipora in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district, the family members of the duo have said. Two missing youth have been identified as Irfan Ahmad Sofi Son of Nazir Ahmad Sofi and Bilal Manzoor Bhat Son of Manzoor Ahmad Bhat both residents of Natipora Srinagar, Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) reported. Irfan is a driver and Bilal is a shopkeeper by profession, both are neighbors. Family members of both the missing youth told news agency KDC that on 14th December, when militants shot dead a Personal Security Officer (PSO) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Haji Parvaiz, on the same evening their sons went missing from their homes sparking fears of them having joined militant ranks. We have registered missing reports in Police post-Chanapo...

The elections for the seventh phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu Kashmir are currently underway. Polling for 31 DDC seats, 13 in the Kashmir division and 18 in the Jammu division began on Wednesday at 7 am. As per official figures, More than six lakh voters will decide the fate of 298 candidates including 72 women contesting in the seventh phase of the DDC elections in Jammu Kashmir. Nearly 6.87 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise at 1,852 polling stations. Besides the DDC elections, polling is also being held for panch and sarpach posts in the Union Territory. As per the figures given by the office of State Election Commissioner, in Kashmir Division, Pulwama has recorded voting percentage of 9.37%, Baramulla 49.50%, Kulgam 1...

A middle-aged socio-political worker was injured after he was shot at outside his house in Draj village of Kotranka in Rajouri district, late last night. The injured has been identified as 36-year-old Ranjit Singh son of Prem Singh, a resident of Draj village of Kotranka in Rajouri district. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that at around 12 AM last night, unknown gunmen fired at Singh, outside his house. "He sustained a bullet wound," the official said. The injured was evacuated to the hospital by his family members and neighbours. "From CHC Kandi, he was referred to GMC Rajouri and is under treatment", officials said. They said that a case under relevant sections of the law have been registered in the matter and investigation is going on

The administration in Jammu Kashmir has identified 200 kanals of land in Budgam district to set up Kashmir’s first Sainik colony, The Print reported. The report quoted a senior official saying that the land will be primarily used to set up housing facilities for retired armed forces personnel and their families belonging to Jammu Kashmir, also accommodating the widows and families of deceased personnel of the armed forces. "The 25 acre grazing land and its transfer to the relevant authorities will take place after completion of all the bureaucratic processes, central and Jammu Kashmir," the report read. The Government Forces had been long seeking the establishment of the colony for the Force personnel. The 25 acre land, including revenue papers had been forwarded to the concer...