Police teargas students inside IUST campus
Massive protests erupted inside the IUST campus at Awantipora on Wednesday. Reports said that students were protesting against the continued detention of thier colleague. Students came out of the campus and tried to block the Srinagar jammu highway. Police used force and chased away students back to IUST campus. students alleged that police lobbed teargas […]
Pakistani national sent back
BSF has handed over a sialkote village tailor to Pakistani rangers on tuesday evening after he was arrested in RS pora sector while he crossed to this side inadvertently. Police has identified him as Ali Raja from a village near sialkote and said that he was given some new clothes and sweets by BSF while […]
civilian injured vehicles damaged in fresh border firing
Pakistani troops opened fire in Poonch sector and Rajouri on Wednesday morning triggering panic as one civilian was injured so far. Reports said that artillery fire and shells landed in residential areas and damaged lot of property including vehicles in Balakote sector of Poonch. Reports said that mankote sector of Rajouri is also witnessing heavy […]
Throat slit body recovered at shopian identified.
Shopian Police on Wednesday recovered a throat-slit body under mysterious conditions near Lar Maadan Stadium at Wathoo area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. A police officer while confirming the incident has said that they have launched investigations to ascertain the cause of his death. The officer identified the deceased as Aijaz Ahmad Lone,resident of Gatipora, […]
Five injured in army firing over braid chopping incident
Police said that on Wednesday morning an alleged braid chopper entered into a house at sofipora in Wulerhama area of Anantnag district and a woman became victim (name withheld ) triggering protests in the area. Reports said that when people caught hold of alleged braid chopper army vehicle came to the rescue of him.people pelted […]
Armymen mistaken as braid choppers trashed in Ganderbal
Three army personnel travelling in a private vehicle were trashed by mob at Akhal in Kangan of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal District. Reportedly Army men who were led by a local resident to attend a marriage ceremony at Wangat were stopped by locals and asked for identity. Surfacing the men in private vehicle ,mob mistaken them […]
All handed over to police were innocent says police chief
Director general of state police S P Vaid told media on tuesday that they can not book innocent people for braid chopping incidents in kashmir valley. He said that all the suspects were released as there was no evidence against them. Appealing people and society at large to cooperate he said that without witnesses and […]
Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan elected to UN Human Rights Council
United Nations, Oct 17 (IANS) Three of India’s neighbours, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan, have been elected to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for a three year period from 2018. Nepal, which was elected for the first time since the UN’s policy-making body was formed in 2006, secured 166 votes, the highest in the Asia-Pacific […]
Taj Mahal was made by blood and sweat of Bharat Mata’s sons: Yogi
October 17, 2017 The Taj Mahal was made by the blood and sweat of “Bharat Mata’s sons” and its protection was the responsibility of the Uttar Pradesh government, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday. Announcing that he would be visiting Agra next week to review tourism schemes, the chief minister said the Taj […]
Nearly 300 Rohingya villages torched in Myanmar: HRW
Nay Pyi Taw, Oct 17 : The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday said nearly 300 Rohingya villages have been torched in Myanmar since the current spate of violence began in late August. The rights group used satellite images to identify 288 partially or completely burned villages in Rakhine state, where tens of thousands of […]
