Article 35A: Protest held in Tral

SRINAGAR, (PTK): People in Tral township of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district Sunday protested against the attempts being made to abrogate Article 35-A, which grants special privileges to residents of Jammu and Kashmir. People on early Sunday morning staged a protest at main town here. Carrying placards and banners, the protesters were chanting slogans against scrapping…

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Article 35-A: Complete shutdown across Kashmir valley

SRINAGAR, (PTK): Life in Kashmir today came to a standstill due to a complete shutdown called by separatist against the legal challenge in the Supreme Court on the validity of Article 35-A, which bars people from outside Jammu and Kashmir from acquiring any immovable property in the state. The situation across the valley is peaceful with no untoward incident reported from anywhere…

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Ramban: Man killed, another injured in army firing

SRINAGAR, (PTK): A man was killed and another injured in army firing in Kohli area of Gool tehsil in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. According to reports that locals heard gunshots at 11 pm last night. However, army has told the police that they noticed suspicious movement at around 3:45 am today, following which they…

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Article 35A: Amarnath Yatra temporarily suspended

SRINAGAR, (PYK): Authorities on Sunday decided to temporarily suspend the ongoing Amarnath Yatra from Jammu to the cave shrine in the Kashmir Valley for two days due to a separatist-called protest shutdown. The complete protest shutdown in the Valley was called to support Article 35A that gives special powers to the state legislature. According to…

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Kashmir’s oldest mosque robbed, money recovered: Police

SRINAGAR, (PTK): Police on Saturday attested the three juveniles for stealing cash from Hazrat Mir Amir Kabir Masjid Shey in Ladakh and rupees 2, 51,630 were recovered from their procession. Police said that during the intervening night of July 31, and August 1, 2018, some unknown thieves had entered into the premises of Hazrat Mir…

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