Traders, transporters protesting shifting of Batamaloo Bus Stand cane charged
Srinagar At least twenty people including traders and transporters were injured after police cane-charged a protest demonstration held at Batamaloo on Thursday against the shifting of General Bus Stand to Parimpora. The protesters had gathered for a sit-in at the erstwhile Batamaloo GBS, however, as soon as they started their march towards the main Batamaloo […]
Non-availability of ambulance driver leads to death of Kangan resident, locals allege
Srinagar Non-availability of Ambulance driver has led to the death of a young man and sparked protests in Kangan area of Ganderbal district. Shouting slogans against the hospital authorities, the protesters demanded action against the erring driver and concerned persons on the duty. According to witnesses 22-year-old Mohammad Rafiq Bhat son of Abdul Rashid Bhat […]
Curbs lifted from residence of Mirwaiz Umar
Srinagar Government on Thursday lifted the curbs from the residence of Hurriyat Conference (m) chairperson, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. On Wednesday government had put in curbs around the Mirwaiz residence and kept Umar Farooq, Kashmir’s head priest under house detention. Pertinently, Umar was released four days ago from a 55-day long house detention. On Monday, in […]
KTMF,KEA back strike call given by separatists
The trader bodies in Kashmir valley, including Kashmir Traders Manufacturers Federation (KTMF) and Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA), have backed the separatists strike call on August 29 against alleged attempts being made to abrogate Article 35-A. “We are ready to face bullets in order to protect the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. It will be […]
After assurances of action against army, slain youth being laid to rest
Srinagar Soon after the district administration assured the protesting civilians that an FIR under section 302 CrPc would be filed against army for killing a civilian, Shahid Ahmad Mir, in a fake encounter, the locals of Tarathpora in Handwara on Thursday offered the funeral prayers of the slain and have agreed to bury him. Local […]
SC says privacy is fundamental right breaking news
According to latest reports supreme court has said that right to privacy is a fundamental right.The judgement is being pronounced. More details are awaited.
Massive protests erupt in Handwara against fake encounter
Massive protests have erupted in Tarathpora and adjacent villages after locals claimed that army killed young boy of village in a fake encounter yesterday. According to locals one youth of thier village identified as shabir son of Bashir Ahmad Mir went missing and same boy was allegedly killed by army in fake enounter in nearby […]
If we enter India, it will be chaos: China
China on Tuesday said there will be “utter chaos” if its troops entered India on the pretext that Indian border infrastructure posed a threat to Beijing. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said India’s logic that Chinese road building in Doklam on the border posed a threat to New Delhi was “ridiculous and vicious”. It said China […]
Need for society to reform: Owaisi on triple talaq
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said there was need for society to reform and that the AIMPLB would meet in Bhopal early next month to take a view on the apex court judgment on triple talaq. Reacting to the Supreme Court majority judgement striking down the practice of instant talaq, he said, “Judicial pronouncements […]
Petitioner challenging Article 35-A claims “anecdotal evidence”of being resident of JK.
Srinagar The petitioner behind the second challenge to Article 35A of the Constitution, which accords special rights and privileges to residents of Jammu and Kashmir, says she has “anecdotal evidence” to suggest her family is originally from Kashmir, and that they had left it 200 years ago, Indian Express reported. Charu Wali Khanna, a lawyer and former […]
