Asifa will get justice: VK Singh
New Delhi: Union Minister VK Singh on Thursday expressed disappointment over the gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl from a minority nomadic community at Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir and said “we as humans” have failed Asifa. Expressing distress over the tragedy, perhaps the first reaction from a BJP minister, he said we […]
Two cops injured in grenade attack at Pulwama
wo policemen were wounded in a grenade blast in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday, reports said. Quoting sources, GNS news agency reported that the militants lobbed a grenade on police station Pulwama at around 10:40 am. Two policemen sustained minor splinter injuries in the blast, GNS quoted SSP Pulwama Mohd Asalam Chaudhary as having […]
Shutdown restrictions cripple life again in Kashmir
Life is again on halt today as authorities have imposed restrictions in downtown Srinagar and have closed all schools and colleges here.government in past few months has closed schools and colleges at the drop of hat to not allow students to have any space to mourn or protest civilian killings in Kashmir valley. Reports said […]
Late night protests in KU by girls against civilian killings
Reports from university of Kashmir campus said that large number of girls came out of the hostels during night and held protests against the killing of four youth in Kulgham. Reports said that they were raising anti India and pro freedom salogens and were on the ground in campus for hours.spontaneous student protests were witnessed […]
Life disrupted as lawyers call for general strike in Jammu
jammu:-Jammu High Court Bar Association on Wednesday struck work over various issues including demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Kathua rape-cum-murder case and deportation of Rohingya immigrants, leading to disruption of normal life across the region. IMAGE: Carrying tricolor and chanting slogans in support of their demands, JHCBA members led by their […]
Govt asks oil retailers not to increase petrol, diesel prices
Mumbai: The government has asked state-run oil marketing companies not to increase retail prices of petrol and diesel and to absorb a part of losses due to spurt in global crude oil prices, reports said. Shares of oil marketing companies plummeted following reports that the government is asking these firms to absorb price hikes. Both Hindustan […]
Atrocities against minorities, Dalits increasing in country: Manmohan Singh
Chandigarh: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said atrocities against minorities and Dalits were increasing in the country and such incidents, if unchecked, could harm democracy. Delivering the first SB Rangnekar Memorial lecture at the Panjab University, his alma mater, in Chandigarh, Dr Singh also said a “dangerous and false binary” of choosing between freedom […]
Most schools, colleges to remain closed tomorrow Restrictions in Old city
Srinagar, :Authorities on Wednesday decided to suspend the class work in schools and colleges in most parts of the Kashmir. Kashmir University and Islamic University cancelled examinations and also suspended the class work. “In view of concerns expressed by students, all Kashmir University examinations scheduled to be held on April 12 (Thursday) and April 13 […]
Four civilians, Army trooper killed in Kulgam, militants escape
Srinagar, : Four civilians and an Army trooper were Wednesday killed in an encounter that raged between forces and militants in Khudwani area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. However, a top police official wishing not be named said that the militants believed to be two in the number who were trapped in the residential house […]
Urgent need to throw BJP out of power: Shehla Rashid
Srinagar, ined guns against the ruling regime Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying she will campaign against the BJP in next elections, slated to be held in the year 2019. In an interview with Kashmir News Service (KNS), Shehla said that the urgent need is to throw Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) out of power. “I am […]
