Jigar Ded has a woeful tale to narrate for survival from her houseboat
By: Tariq Shah Srinagar Known as Jigar Ded within the Dal lake and on its rim among the locals, she has a woeful tale to narrate as her survival is becoming a challenge to her with no tourists around. “I have been waiting for tourists for more than 1 ½ year now. I have exhausted […]
North Korea warns South’s navy over search for dead official
SEOUL: North Korea on Sunday warned the South Korean navy to stop crossing into its territorial waters as ships search for the body of a Seoul official shot dead at sea by Pyongyang’s soldiers. State media said the North will begin its own search for the body and warned that the South’s naval operations threatened […]
Pakistani wives of former militants detained for trying to meet LG Manoj Sinha
Police detained some Pakistani women, who had married to former Kashmiri militants, at Srinagar’s Gupkar after they tried to meet the Lieutenant Governor (LG), Manoj Sinha, on Monday morning, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Trust (KNT). About eleven Pakistani women had gone to the LG House to meet the LG Mr. Sinha, however, […]
13-yr-old girl’s body fished out after 103 days in south Kashmir
The body of a 13-year-old girl who drowned on 16 June this year, was fished out on Monday morning from river Jhelum at Jaffer Pora Marhama area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reported that the decomposed body of Nighat Jan, daughter of Ghulam Hassan Dar from Jafarpora […]
India’s COVID-19 tally surpasses 6 million cases, claims govt data
India’s COVID-19 tally galloped past 60 lakh on Monday with 82,170 new cases, while the recoveries have surged to 50.17 lakh with 74,893 more people having recuperate, the Health Ministry said, reported Press Trust of India (PTI). The death toll from the pathogen climbed to 95,542 with 1,039 more deaths. There are 9,62,640 active cases […]
Three questioned for their role as Army informants in Shopian killings: Report
Three persons, who are said to have been working as informers for the Army, on Saturday deposed before the Army’s Court of Inquiry, set up to probe the 18 July “gunfight” at Amshipora, Shopian, in which three labourers from Rajouri were killed and declared militants. Top sources in the administration told The Sunday Express that […]
SPEED UP PROBE
Parents of the victims who were killed at the fake encounter at Shopain have not only demanded exemplary punishment to the culprits responsible for the murder of their dear ones but have also asked the authorities to complete the probe and fix the responsibility. Police recently said that they have received the DNA samples report […]
As maverick Kashmiri lawyer is shot dead in his home, family say they have no faith in investigation
Mohammad Yaseen Qadri was at home on the evening of September 24 when two visitors arrived, asking for his son, Babar Qadri. An advocate, 40-year-old Babar Qadri often had clients visiting his home in Hawal, a locality in Srinagar’s old town. There were chairs in the lawn where visiting clients could wait. “As our helper […]
Explosion at Anantnag gunfight site: Injured youth succumbs at SMHS
Anantnag: A youth who was among four persons injured due to an explosion at a gunfight site at Sirhama in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday has succumbed to his injuries. The persons were injured after an unexploded device went off at the gunfight site when they were clearing the debris of the house razed […]
Two LeT militants killed, soldier wounded in Pulwama gunfight
Two Laskhar-i-Toiba militants were killed and an Army soldier injured on Sunday in a gunfight in Samboora area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. Official sources told news agency GNS that two militants have been killed in an ongoing operation. However, the identity of the slain militants is yet to be ascertained. […]
