Pellet injuries to students in Srinagar
Srinagar Police resorted to heavy tear-smoke shelling and finally used pellet guns to disperse students in Srinagar especially at S.P. College and M.P. Higher Secondary School. Reports said that a student of M.P. Higher Secondary School Srinagar identified as Faizan Noor was hit by pellets in his left eye and was shifted to SMHS […]
J&K Police directs telecom companies to shut their services in Valley
Srinagar: J&K police has directed all the telecom companies operating in Kashmir Valley to shut their services as more and more videos were surfacing on the social media triggering more unrest and clashes on the streets. Earlier J&K police Chief S.P. Vaid told media that they will try to block all those pages […]
Batamaloo shuts for 3rd consecutive day
Srinagar: Batamallo and its adjacent areas remained paralyzed for third running day on Monday in protest against killing of Sajjad Ahmad who was shot dead by BSF. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has already said civilian killings were unacceptable to her government and has asked police and paramilitary forces to exercise maximum restraint. On the […]
Omar questions the wisdom of Government on student clashes
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has questioned the wisdom of the government to keep open all the educational institutions in the Valley despite knowing the fact that there was likelihood student eruption because of high number of injuries to the college students at Pulwama on Saturday. Omar has said situation was deeply worrying […]
Farooq claims army commits murders in Kashmir
Srinagar: Dr Farooq Abdullah in a television programme NDTV dialogues said that army was commiting murders and killing people in Kashmir and want a cover for their activity under AFSPA. Defiant Farooq refused to correct himself even after the anchor of the programme and one of the former Army commanders Atta Hussanian tried to […]
Student, police clash continues in Srinagar
Srinagar: Small groups of students including girl students clashed this afternoon with police and paramilitary forces at number of places including Regal Chowk, Lal Chowk and within the premises of S.P. Higher Secondary School. Police used heavy baton charge and tear-smoke shells and almost pounded the places where the students were trying to assemble. […]
Air India plans stricter framework to tackle unruly fliers
Air India plans to provide more autonomy to its managers at airports under a stricter framework being prepared to deal with unruly fliers. Since the incident of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad assaulting an Air India staffer last month, the national carrier as well as the government have been exploring ways to bolster the existing […]
Turkey referendum: First results show Erdogan camp set to win
Egypt: With more than 50% of ballots counted, the “Yes” vote was on 58% and “No” on about 42% but the results may not be representative of the entire country. Erdogan supporters say replacing the parliamentary system with an executive presidency would modernise the country. But opponents fear it could lead to greater authoritarianism. A […]
Batamaloo killing: Police files murder case against BSF
Srinagar: Police on Sunday registered a murder case against Border Security Force (BSF) personnel for killing a youth at Batamaloo area of Srinagar City. A police officer told news agency GNS that a case under FIR no 53/2017 under section 302 RPC has been registered against the BSF men involved in the killing of Sajad […]
youth injured during clashes at Shopian.
Srinagar: Three youth sustained injuries, one of them critically on Sunday after government forces resorted to firing in a Shopian village during cordon and search operation. Sources said that army laid siege of Heff village in Shopian district after inputs about the presence of militants. Soon after the siege was laid, locals, mostly youth started […]
