PDP, BJP partners in crime, people no longer trust us: Tasaduq Mufti
jammu:-Denouncing his own party for “non-fulfilling of commitments”, Jammu and Kashmir tourism minister and brother of chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, Tasaduq Mufti has said “we (PDP) have ended up being partners in a crime (with BJP) that an entire generation of Kashmiris might have to pay with their blood”. In a freewheeling interview with The […]
UNSC must prevent Syria spiralling out of control: UN chief
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to the five permanent members of the Security Council to break the current deadlock on reported use of chemical weapons in Syria and prevent the situation spiralling out of control in the war-torn country. “I have also been closely following developments in the Security Council and regret that […]
Used to call BJP MLA ‘bhaiya’ until he raped me last year: Unnao victim
Unnao: Families of the 17-year-old Unnao rape victim and the accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar were neighbours in Makhi village and the girl and her sibilings used to address Sengar as “bhaiya” (elder brother), The Indian Express report said. Families of the rape victim and Kuldeep Singh Sengar once enjoyed “cordial relations” until June […]
At most they will kill us all, but we have home here, we will return: Asifa’s father
Jammu: From somewhere over the hills of Sanasar, a broken father’s voice fleets in through the receiver. “She did not know the difference between left and right. Did she think in terms of Hindu and Musalman?” he asks The Indian Express reporter. The brutal rape and murder of his eight-year-old daughter Asifa has become the stalk for political […]
Kathua, rape- murder victim’s family abandon home amid rising communal tension in Kathua
Srinagar: The family members of the Kathua rape and murder victim, have abandoned their home in Rasana village out of fear after a strike call was issued by the Jammu Bar Association to protest against the investigation into the case by Jammu and Kashmir police’s crime branch, media reports said on Thursday. According to a […]
Retail inflation slows to 4.28 per cent in March
New Delhi: Retail inflation slowed to 4.28 per cent in March, the third consecutive month of decline, mainly on account of easing food prices including vegetables, government data showed on Thursday. The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key data factored in by the RBI to arrive at interest rate, was 4.44 per cent […]
Kathua case: Meerut student went to J&K to rape 8-yr-old, says chargesheet
New Delhi: In a shocking incident, an eight-year-old girl, Asifa, who had gone to graze her horses in the nearby forests to her home on January 10, was reportedly gangraped repeatedly inside a village temple premises, kept sedated for hours and then raped again before being killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua by six men. One […]
Div Com visits Hazratbal shrine, takes stock of Me’raj arrangements
SRINAGAR, APRIL 12: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan along with Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Syed Abid Rasheed Shah today visited Hazratbal shrine here to take stock of arrangements put in place for the auspicious occasion of Shab-e-Me’raj. Senior officers of PDD, PHE, SMC, Transport, Health and other line departments accompanied the Divisional Commissioner. On the […]
Two months after death cancer patient gets emergency MRI appointment
Srinagar: Grief revisited the family of Lal Jan in north Kashmir weeks after her death due to cancer. Last week a phone call from SKIMS Soura informed them that the patient is listed for emergency MRI scan on Saturday. The 44-year-old Lal Jan of Mawar in Kupwara district died at SKIMS Soura on February 13, […]
Kashmir shuts to mourn Kulgam civilian killings
Srinagar,: The people of Kashmir on Thursday observed a complete shutdown against the killing of four civilians at the hands of government forces on Wednesday at Khudwani Kulgam. To maintain law and order the authorities places strict restriction in parts of Srinagar city including at the Old City. The Mobile internet was also snapped in […]
