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 […]
18 passengers injured in us accident at Handwara Village
Eighteen passengers were injured, three of them critically, after a bus they were traveling on turned turtle in Chontipora village of Mawer area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday, police said. The accident occurred today morning when the bus was on its way to Handwara from Mawer. Station House Officer (SHO) Qalamabad […]
Gunfight rages in Handwara
A gunfight erupted between militants and forces in Handwara area of Kupwara district in northern part of Kashmir. Special Operations Group (SOG) Handwara and Army’s 6 RR cordoned off Hingnikoot Ramhal area of Handwara after “specific input” about the presence of militants, sources said. They said that militants hiding in the area opened fire on […]
No kashmir dialogue amid violence, says SC
A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said, “Talks with whom? No talk can take place unless the violence stops.” The Supreme Court on Monday said that no meaningful discussion is possible in Jammu and Kashmir unless violence stops. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice […]
