Tag: Kashmir


  • โ€œThis is the place where our prayers get heard,โ€ an elderly woman said amid tears. SRINAGAR โ€” The historic Jamia Masjid was thrown open fo devotees today on the occasion of Friday following Meraj-e-Alam, Anjuman-e-Auqaf, Jamia Masjid said. The congregational Friday prayers at the Kashmirโ€™s historic mosque have been disallowed for 156 Fridays in the…

  • Abdullah was JKCA president from 2001 to 2012 and the scam being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate is about alleged financial misappropriation between 2004 and 2009. NEW DELHI โ€” The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has โ€œprovisionally attachedโ€ immovable properties worth Rs 7.25 crore of Ahsan Ahmad Mirza…

  • Principal Govt Girls Higher Secondary School, Soura shall hold the charge of principal Boys Higher Secondary School Soura in addition to her own duties. SRINAGAR โ€” The School Education Department has suspended principal of a Government Boys Higher Secondary in Srinagar for alleged misconduct. Directorate of School School Education Kashmir has said, “Principal of a…

  • โ€œIt is, accordingly, enjoined upon all Administrative Secretaries to direct HoDs working under their administrative control to immediately switch over to e-office mode of working.โ€ SRINAGAR โ€” Jammu and Kashmir govt today asked all Administrative Secretaries to direct Heads of the Departments (HoDs) working under control to immediately switch over to e-office mode of working,…

  • “If things went on like this, we will continue our protests.” SRINAGAR โ€” The shopkeepers of Court Road on Monday staged a protest against the traffic department, alleging harassment and unnecessary fine to their customers. General Secretary Lal Chowk Shopkeepers Association, Sheikh Tasaduq said, “Whenever we open our shops in the morning, the traffic police…

  • The militant associate was identified as Irfan Ahmad Dar. SRINAGAR โ€” Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a militant associate of Lashkar-i-Taiba outfit in Sanatnagar area of the summer capital Srinagar. A police officer said that a militant associate identified as Irfan Ahmad Dar was arrested along with ten magazines of…

  • The injured cop was identified as Sheikh Firdous.ย  SRINAGAR โ€” A police inspector with the Anti-Corruption Bureau was shot and injured by unidentified gunmen at the Batamaloo area of Srinagar on Monday evening. Official sources said that the gunmen fired in the neck of the Inspector, Sheikh Firdous, when he was returning from the mosque.…

  • The administration is considering reopening the historic Jamia Masjid in the next week. SRINAGAR โ€”ย The Jammu and Kashmir administration is mulling to reopen the historic Jamia Masjid in Old City area of Nowhatta for prayers after 30 weeks. The Masjid remained closed for the mandatory congregational prayers for 30 straight weeks. The congregational Friday prayers…

  • Earlier, Fahad Shah was granted interim bail by a special court of NIA in an Unlawful Act registered at police station Pulwama. SRINAGAR โ€” Jammu and Kashmir police Saturday arrested journalist Fahad Shah in another case hours after a special court granted interim bail to him in an Unlawful Act registered at police station Pulwama.…

  • “The government on one hand is claiming to have taken measures to eradicate drug menace from the society, but at the same time, permission is being granted for opening up of wine shops, which is putting a question mark over the claims.” SRINAGAR โ€” Mutahida Majlis e Ulema (MMU), an umbrella of several religious organizations…