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 […]
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 […]
Unpaid laborers stopped Flyover construction work
Srinagar, : The laborers working for construction of Kashmir Valley’s one of the acclaimed project, Jahangir Chowk-Barzulla Flyover has been stopped in backdrop of the nonpayment from the last four months. The Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) is an executing agency of the project which had outsourced the construction work of the project […]
Basant Rath seizes PDP leaders car, sends him home in his own vehicle
SRINAGAR: State’s traffic manager Basant Rath has seized the vehicle of a former lawmaker and district president for violating a traffic law, sources said. He was driven to his home in the officer’s vehicle. Official sources said Rath has intercepted the vehicle of a former PDP Lawmaker who was travelling in his official car. During […]
JRL calls for peaceful protests after Friday prayers
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) led by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik on Thursday called for peace full Kashmir-wide protests after Friday congregational prayers against killing of civilians, indiscriminate use of pellet and vandalising of properties and impressed all sections of society including Aema Masajid, teachers, lawyers, intellectuals, civil […]
Civilian’s responsible for their deaths: DGP
Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir Police chief, SP Vaid on Thursday blamed civilians for their deaths as “they have no business to be at encounter sites.” DGP was replying to live question from people on official Jammu and Kashmir police official twitter handle. DGP was posed with hard questions on civilian killings. “No marriage of a […]
Army Jawan killed in fresh CFV at Poonch
Jammu: An Army jawan was on Thursday killed in fresh ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, a defence spokesman said. Naik Thorat Kiran Popatrao (31) was grievously injured in the exchange of firing in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district on Wednesday evening and later […]
Safina Baig appointed PDP’s women wing president
Srinagar— Safina Baig, the wife of Baramulla Lok Sabha member Muzaffar Hussain Baig, was today appointed as the president of the women’s wing of ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “Mehbooba Mufti, President J&K People’s Democratic Party (JKPDP) has nominated Safina Baig as president women’s wing of the party,” a spokesman for the ruling party said […]
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 […]
