A low-intensity earthquake measuring 4.1 on Richter Scale shook parts of Jammu and Kashmir in the wee hours today.
Jammu and Kashmir Police have started a “census” in Srinagar and the state government claims to be unaware of the move, which many are terming political and racial profiling.
Besides enjoying the meadows of Gulmarg, gushing streams of Pahalgam and houseboats lining boulevard, tourists visiting Kashmir this year will get an opportunity to revitalise their souls.
Chief minister Omar Abdullah today questioned the wisdom of continuing with the 140 year old tradition of the Dogra monarchy of shifting capitals in the state, saying “it is wastage of money and an escapist move”. Peerzada Ashiq reports.
The spring calm was shattered in Srinagar on Friday when suspected militants alighted in old city and shot dead a police officer from a close range.
Drawing a parallel with insurgency in Maoist-infested areas, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has said his state should be given a choice on revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act from some areas.
The Jammu and Kashmir high court has reserved its order on an Army petition seeking option of trying in general court martial the nine Army personnel, including a Colonel and two Majors, accused in the Macchil fake encounter killing of three youth in 2010.
A year after Kashmir's successful panchayat polls, the state witnessed its first confrontation between agitating panchs and sarpanchs with the local authorities in south Kashmir's Anantnag district when the grassroots representatives were not allowed to hold a conference on panchayat empowerment.
The Jammu and Kashmir police have accused 83-year-old hardline Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani of hurling stones, attempting to murder a cop and inciting mobs in north Kashmir's Baramulla district during a rally earlier this month.
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, an avid cricket fan, on Friday said he was "amazed" by the storm generated by nomination of batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha.
Starting a campaign for students’ politics in Kashmir varsities, Peoples Conference (PC) chairman Sajad Lone on Saturday questioned the rationale behind allowing Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to do campus politics in the state while banning students’ politics.
The Supreme Court (SC) direction on Tuesday in the Pathribal fake encounter case, in which five civilians were allegedly killed by the army in south Kashmir 12 years ago, has raised a glimmer of hope among the victim families but they are guarded in claiming victory “until the personnel involved are not punished”.
With the arrest of two persons police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a racket, which used to obtain loans from banks on fake documents in Anantnag district.
The Pathribal fake encounter case is inching towards justice, albeit slowly. This was the cautious reaction of the families of the men killed 12 years ago — allegedly by the army — to the SC direction on encounter killing cases.