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Srinagar, July 31 , 2018: In yet another move against the political detainees, Governor Rule has removed a legal provision that prohibited the shifting and lodging of Kashmiri state subject residents detained under draconian law, Public Safety Act, in jails outside Jammu and Kashmir.
The State Administrative Council (SAC) headed by Governor NN Vohra has cleared the proposal to delete the provision in the black law PSA to make way for sending the Kashmiri political detainees to prisons in India far away from their families.

Srinagar, July 29: A 40-year-old activist of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Bashir Ahmad Malik from Uranhall village of Bijbehara Tehsil  whose father is suffering from cancer, has been booked under draconian Public Safety Act (PSA) and shifted to Kathua jail in Jammu.
The detained Bashir Ahmad Malik is working a small time contractor, was arrested by the police three months back on charges of holding peaceful protest demonstrations.

Srinagar, July 29 ,2018: The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) has staged a sit-in at the Press Enclave in Srinagar to demand whereabouts of their beloved ones who went missing in custody of the Indian forces. The family of disappeared person Muqadam Bano, an aged woman from Zamboor Pattan, said that her husband

Srinagar: A minor was killed after being hit by a vehicle in old city on Monday.Police has identified the boy as 3-year-old Wasif Qayoom who was walking along with his uncle when a school bus hit him near Shiraz Chowk. The child hailing from Nowgam area of Srinagar died on the spot. The driver according to police has been arrested./thekashmirpress.com 
 

JULY 30, 2018 Srinagar : Indian agency National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Monday carried out a search at the residence of DeM chairperson Asiya Andrabi at Iqbal Colony Soura in Srinagar.

JULY 29, 2018 Srinagar: Indian Forces on Sunday launched a cordon and search operation in Tiken village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that the Joint team of Indian army, CRPF, and Special Operation Group Pulwama launched a joint search operation after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area. They added that a large number of troops have been deployed in the area and door to door search operation has started in the area.
A search operation was underway till the filing of this report.

Srinagar, : Feb 8 2018: Tribal coordination committee (TCC) J&K unit Thursday said that despite clear evidence, the culprits responsible for the rape of and murder of a minor  8-year old girl Asifa , eight year girl was abducted in 10 January 2018  are being shielded  with the full support of the BJP and the RSS particularly from Hera Nagar so-called legislator.  The committee said the Hindut BJP and t

February 1, 2018New Delhi: The India's National Investigation Agency (NIA ) on Thursday told a Delhi court that a freelance photo-journalist, arrested last year for alleged stone-pelting and other cases in Kashmir Valley opposed the bail application of Kamran Yusuf before Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sherawat, claiming the allegations levelled against him were “serious”.