Protests erupt after 8-year-old girl burnt alive after rape in Pakistan’s Punjab
Lahore: An eight-year-old girl was burnt alive after being raped in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a brutal incident which triggered protests in the province. A large number of people of Chichawatni, Sahiwal district, some 200-km from Lahore, held a demonstration and blocked the main GT Road for several hours to lodge their protest against the brutal incident. […]
Khudwani gunfight: Searches called off, no militant bodies recovered
Srinagar : Government forces on Wednesday evening called off the search operation at the gunfight site in Khudwani area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district after no militant bodies were retrieved from the debris of the blasted houses. Earlier, forces said a search operation was launched to retrieve the militant bodies from the site of the […]
NIT students protest against Kulgam civilian killing
Srinagar: The students of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hazratbal, Srinagar on Wednesday staged a protest against the killing of three civilians in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Scores of local students assembled in the premises of the institute and shouted anti-government and pro-freedom slogans, said an eye witness. Earlier, protests were reported from various educational […]
one more civilian killed in Kulgam, death toll reaches 4.
Srinagar, One more person was killed, taking the death toll of civilians to four near the encounter site in Khudwani area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Earlier, three civilians Sharjeel Sheikh (25) of Khudwani, Bilal Ahmad Tantray (16) of Hawoora Mishpora and Faisal Illahi (14) of Melhoora Shopian died while as more than 60 others […]
Kulgam killings: Authorities direct to reduce internet speed in Srinagar, snap in South Kashmir parts
Srinagar: In wake of Kulgam killings, authorities on Wednesday afternoon decided to snap mobile internet services in south Kashmir parts while as they asked the cellular companies to reduce mobile internet speed in district Srinagar as “a precautionary measure”. Official sources told GNS, that police have sent a communication to the cellular companies wherein […]
NC grieved over civilian killings
Srinagar, National Conference (NC) on Wednesday expressed grief over the civilian killings during clashes in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Member of Parliament and NC patron, Dr Farooq Abdullah and NC working president and former chief minister Omar Abdullah expressed solidarity with the bereaved families. On its Twitter handle, the party wrote: “Dr. Farooq Abdullah, @OmarAbdullah […]
Civilian killings: JRL calls for shutdown on Thursday
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Wednesday called for a shutdown and protests on Thursday against the civilian killings in southern Kulgam district. Addressing a presser in Srinagar, the JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Miwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik appealed for a shutdown on Thursday The leadership also appealed people to hold sit-in outside […]
Shab-e-Mehraj holiday on 14th April
Srinagar: The government on Wednesday ordered that the Shab-e-Mehraj holiday which was earlier to be the observer on Friday shall now be observed on Saturday. A government order in this regard said that holiday on account of Shab-e-Mehraj shall be observed on 14th April 2018 (Saturday) instead of 13th April 2018 in the government offices and […]
Kulgam civilian killings: Clashes in Shopian, Pulwama
Pulwama : Clashes erupted in parts of south Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama districts on Wednesday against the killing of three civilians during an ongoing gunfight between government forces and militants in Khudwani area of Kulgam. Youth pelted stones on government forces deployed in southern areas to express their anger at the killings. Forces responded by […]
Kulgam killings: Mirwaiz says its ‘operation wipe out’
Srinagar, Apr 11: Terming “Operation All Out” launched by government forces as “Operation Wipe Out”, Hurriyat(M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday appealed to the United Nations and international community to intervene in Kashmir. Taking to social networking ebsite Twitter, Mirwaiz said: “It’s not “operation all out“ but operation wipe out launched by Indian state […]
