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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
