| | 2 BSF jawans, 5 civilians injured in border firing | | | | JAMMU, Sep 23: At least five civilians and two jawans of the Border Security Force (BSF) were injured overnight after Pakistan Rangers targeted Indian Border out Posts and villages in Jammu, Samba and Poonch districts.
Official reports said that Pakistani troops engaged in heavy firing and mortar shelling over twenty villages and Border out Posts (BoPs) overnight. More than 20,000 people have fled their homes in Arnia and RS Pura sectors and t... |  | |
| | | Tral shuts over civilian killings in grenade attack for second day | | | | ANANTNAG, Sep 23: A complete shutdown was observed in Tral township of south Kashmir over the killing of civilians in a grenade blast for the second direct day on Thursday.
At least two civilians including a Sikh girl were killed and thirty others injured some of them critically after the unidentified persons hurled a grenade in the motorcade of the public works minister Nayeem Akhter near Bus stand Tral. Minister had gone to the town to inaug... | | |
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| | Families migrate after border shelling | | | | ARNIA (JAMMU), Sep 23 (Agencies): Night after night, Anita Kumar and her family huddled together under a bed in one corner of a room, surrounded by the deadly sounds of gunfire.
After heavy cross-border shelling over several days, the family finally decided to leave their home along the India-Pakistan border yesterday.
"We chose to stay here, despite the intermittent attacks. But on Thursday night, the situation got worse, two shells hit our h... | | |
| | ‘Present situation not conducive for meaningful negotiations’ | | Only tripartite talks can produce results: Geelani | | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 23: Syed Ali Shah Geelani, chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) , today said he is not averse to dialogue but believes that only tripartite talks can prove conclusive and result oriented.
He was addressing the executive council meeting of his faction, a statement said. “We assign top priority to prestige and dignity of nation and we have enough talent to plead our case,” Geelani said.
He observed that practicable and workable situat... | | |
| | | Let’s free Kashmir from guns, drugs for peace: DGP | | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 23: Director General of police (DGP) Dr S P Vaid today appealed the people to help in making free Kashmir from guns, grenades and drugs.
“Let us free Kashmir from guns, grenade, drugs and bring peace, prosperity and smiles to the people, particularly to the youth,” Vaid said at the concluding function of South Sports Festival at Mattan Anantnag.
While addressing the youth directly said as young men and women have dreams, Jammu an... | | |
| | | Jawahar tunnel to remain open for transportation of fruit | | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 23: Jawahar tunnel will now remain open round the clock for transportation of fruit.
An official spokesman said the directions to this effect were given by horticulture minister Syed Basharat Bukhari. He directed for making the tunnel operational round the clock during fruit season to ensure smooth, safe and timely transportation of horticulture industry produce to outside the state.
The minister was chairing a meeting here toda... | | |
| | | LoC violations are to play down Kashmir atrocities: Pak | | | | SIALKOT, Sep 23 (Agencies): Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday said that India’s ceasefire violation along the Line of Control are aimed at distracting the world from the atrocities it is committing in Occupied Kashmir.
Six had died while 26 were injured in the Indian firing which Ahsan termed as an act of cowardice. The minister paid a visit to Sialkot’s CMH to sympathise with the people injured in cross-border Indian firing.
Prime Min... | | |
| | | Aaganwadi workers call off strike | | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 23: Protesting Aanganwadi workers and helpers who had been on indefinite strike at Press Enclave Saturday called off their strike after Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir assured them to resolve their issues within a week.
The development came after the protesting females blocked busy Residency Road for half an hour this afternoon to build a pressure on the government to address their issues.
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| | AYUSH OPD at DH Anantnag failing | | | | ANANTNAG, SEP 23: Authorities three years ago started a separate out patients department (OPD) for AYUSH at district hospital Anantnag to provide alternative to the patients visiting the hospital for treatment.
However the AYUSH doctors posted in the hospital continue to see the patients in general OPD and prescribe allopathic medicine.
In General OPD where only MBBS doctors are supposed to be on duty, two to three AYUSH doctors are seen exam... | | |
| | Summoning of Khan by NIA | | Traders call for Kashmir bandh on Sep 25 | | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 23: Valley based trade unions including KTMF and KEA today called for ‘Kashmir Bandh’ on September 25 to protest summoning of trade leader Mohammad Yasin Khan by National Investigation Agency (NIA) for questioning to New Delhi.
NIA had on Friday summoned the chairman KEA Mohammad Yasin Khan at its headquarters in New Delhi on September 25 in connection with alleged terror ‘funding case’.
Addressing joint press conference at a loc... | | |
| | | 4.5 magnitude quake jolts Kashmir | | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 23: A quake, measuring 4.5 on Richter scale, hit Kashmir valley, including summer capital this morning, though no casualties were reported. The tremors, which were felt at around 0544, lasted for few seconds.
People rushed out of their homes in panic. According to United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicentre of the earthquake was Sumbal in north Kashmir district of Baramulla, at a depth of 150 km in the Earth’s crust.
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| | | Mehbooba regrets negative portrayal of Kashmir | | Appeals media to look at stories of hospitality, warmth of place | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 23: Regretting the negative portrayal of Kashmir by some television channels, chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti today appealed the media to portray the place with all its facets including aesthetic, spiritual and adventurous.
Addressing a function after launching a film on the spiritual and hospitable aspects of life in Kashmir, the chief minister said tourism to Kashmir is not about its physical beauty alone but the exploration of a... | | |
| | | Corruption a scourge, support me in its eradication: Mehbooba | | | | JAMMU, Sep 23: Terming corruption as a scourge which eats up the vitals of the society, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today asked the officers to support her in the initiative of providing a responsive and responsible administration to the people of the State.
Chairing a meeting of Deputy Commissioners of Jammu province here, the Chief Minister sought the support of officers in field to ensure a clean, prompt and result oriented governance to ... | | |
| | | Shabir Shah admits to receiving terror financing from Pak: ED tells court | | | | NEW DELHI, Sept 23 (Agencies): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday told a Delhi court that Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Shabir Shah has admitted to receiving funds from Pakistan's terror outfits to spread terror in Jammu and Kashmir and others parts of India.
His close aide, Mohammad Aslam Wani also admitted to his complicity in the crime, the ED said.
The Enforcement Directorate filed the charge sheet in a Delhi Court against ... | | |
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