Adil Ahmad murdered by forces: Mirwaiz
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday termed the killing of Adil Ahmad Yadoo a resident of Noorbagh during clashes as “a murder”. Taking to social networking site twitter Mirwaiz wrote “How a murder was committed by the forces today and then brazenly denied! Is there no sense of humanity left in […]
Three photojournalists injured in Srinagar clashes
Srinagar: Three photojournalists were injured while discharging their professional duties in Srinagar on Saturday. Reports said soon after government forces took body of slain youth Adil Ahmad Yatoo in their custody at SMHS hospital premises, clashes erupted in which photojournalists sustained injuries. The injured photojournalists include Farooq Javed Khan of EPA, Javed Dar of Xinhua […]
Chattabal gunfight: Police version
Srinagar: Police on Saturday issued the following statement on the Chattabal gunfight. “Perusing credible leads, Srinagar police along with CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Chatabal area in the jurisdiction of Police Station Safakadal, Srinagar. While the searches were intensified, the hiding terrorists fired upon the joint search party. The fire was retaliated, […]
GHSS Satoora Tral lack lecturers, students suffer, authorities assure action
tral : The Government Higher Secondary School, Satoora, in Aripal area of Tral at this south Kashmir district, faces shortage of lecturers due to which students are suffering badly in the institute, which is around 11 kms far from sub division headquarter. Sources said that, two lecturers, one from Chemistry department while as another from […]
Three militants and a civilian killed at Chattabal
Police has said that all three hold up militants were killed at Chattabal while a civilian was killed during protests when the security vehicle allegedly run over him. Earlier when the gunfight started, assistant commander of CRPF was injured and taken to hospital for treatment. Police said that they were searching the area before lifting […]
Clashes near Chattabal encounter site
Clashes have erupted in many localities around Chattabal on Saturday after a gunfight erupted between militants and security forces. Earlier when security forces were laying seige of Gasi Muhala of Chattabal with inputs about the presence of militants, one CRPF officer was injured in the gunfight and was taken to army hospital said the police. […]
Police arrest Yasin Malik and house arrest Mirwaiz
As JRL was scheduled to hold a press conference today, police has arrested Yasin Malik and have put Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house detention. JRL leaders recently held a meeting at Hyderpora residence of Geelani in which they said that people of J&K cannot watch silently while the government forces were killing innocent people in […]
Superstorms death toll rises to 150 in India
AGRA: A series of powerful super storms that tore through India this week have killed around 150 people, as officials warned Friday the death toll could rise with more extreme weather expected. A deadly dust storm claimed 125 lives in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Punjab, while an electric storm, in which lightning struck an […]
Death penalty cold-blooded killing: Nirbhaya rapists ask SC to spare life
New Delhi: Four of the men who gangraped and tortured a paramedic student from Delhi on a moving bus in December 16, 2012, leaving the nation in shock and rage, asked the Supreme Court to spare them the death sentence as it was “cold-blooded killing in the name of Justice.” As the court reserved its verdict, […]
Harry Potter star Emma Watson backs Kathua rape victim’s lawyer
NewDelhi, May 05:-“Harry Potter” star Emma Watson on Friday tweeted in support of Indian lawyer Deepika Singh Rajwat, who is fighting the case of a minor girl whose rape and murder in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir sent shockwaves globally. Watson on Friday shared an article about “How the Kathua rape case lawyer is […]
