New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The triumphant Jammu and Kashmir Ranji Trophy team will celebrate its historic maiden title triumph with a victory march through Jammu city on Sunday afternoon, said sources in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) on Saturday.Last week, the Paras Dogra-led Jammu and Kashmir secured a historic first-ever Ranji Trophy title by overcoming heavyweights Karnataka on the basis of a first innings lead at the KSCA Rajnagar Stadium in Hubbali.Jammu and Kashmir played…
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Srinagar, March 6 (IANS) After the situation throughout the Kashmir Valley remained peaceful on Friday, authorities said that normalcy has returned and all restrictions would be lifted from Saturday. Friday’s congregational prayers were held peacefully in all districts of the Valley, including Srinagar city.After the situation was reviewed at a high level security review meeting on Friday evening, top sources told IANS that restrictions will be lifted from the Valley on Saturday.”High speed inte…
Srinagar, March 6 (IANS) Authorities have relaxed restrictions at several places in Srinagar city and elsewhere in the Valley and life limped back to normal quickly in these areas, officials said. Tensions have appreciably come down in the entire Valley even though the authorities decided to continue restrictions in the Valley on Friday as well and possible large gatherings of people for congregational Friday prayers, officials added on Thursday.Top sources said that while the average citizen is…
Srinagar, March 5 (IANS) The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said it has arrested an alleged overseas job fraudster from Faridabad in Haryana.In a statement, the Crime Branch Kashmir said a team of the Special Crime Wing (SCW) arrested the accused, who had allegedly been evading law enforcement for months after duping youths from Srinagar with false promises of overseas employment, particularly in Armenia.“A special team of the Special Crime Wing, Crime Branch Kashmir, app…
Srinagar, March 5 (IANS) Restrictions continued across Kashmir on Thursday, even as the overall situation has improved and tensions are gradually coming down.The situation had become tense in the wake of the protests over the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the US-Israel strikes in Iran.Authorities said restrictions will remain in place throughout the Valley for the day, and no protests or gatherings of people will be allowed to maintain law and order.Contingents of police and the CRPF were d…
Srinagar, March 4 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district said on Wednesday that they have registered an FIR against MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi and former mayor, Junaid Azim Mattu, for ‘circulating misleading content online’.Police said here, “Acting on credible inputs regarding the circulation of false, fabricated, and misleading content across Digital and Social media platforms with the intent to create fear, disturb public order, and incite unlawful activities, Srinagar P…
Srinagar, March 3 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor, Manoj Sinha, on Tuesday chaired a high-level security review meeting at the police control room (PCR) in Srinagar city.Officials said the Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha, chaired a high-level meeting of senior police and civil administration officials at the Police Control Room in Batmaloo area of Srinagar city to review the law and order situation.The Lieutenant Governor directed the officers to remain on “heightened alert” and take all necessar…
Srinagar, March 3 (IANS) J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has chaired a high-level security review meeting here to assess the situation in the aftermath of the developments in Iran, officials said on Tuesday.Sinha chaired a high-level security review meeting at Lok Bhavan on Monday evening to assess the prevailing security scenario in the Union Territory.”The meeting was attended by Northern Command chief, Lt. Gen. Pratik Sharma, J&K Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat, Srinagar-headquar…
Srinagar, March 3 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district said on Tuesday that it has registered an FIR taking cognisance of deliberate false and fabricated information intended to mislead people.Srinagar Police has taken serious cognisance of the deliberate circulation of false, fabricated and misleading information by certain News Channels, Media outlets, and individuals across electronic and social Media platforms.These elements are systematically attempting to spread distorted…
Srinagar, March 3 (IANS) Authorities imposed restrictions on Tuesday for the second consecutive day across the Kashmir Valley to maintain law and order in the aftermath of the developments in Iran.Police said these restrictions are purely preventive in nature to ensure that anti-national elements and miscreants are prevented from exploiting the public sentiment.All public and vehicular movement is being disallowed in Srinagar city as heavy deployments of police and the CRPF on road intersections…