Amarnath yatris recount tales of horror
Two women, who were injured in the militant attack on the Amarnath yatris, and their attendants, admitted at the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) here recounted the tales of horror that they went through after the attack. On Tuesday, the two injured Amarnath pilgrims, Lalita and Pushpa Gosaiwi, were referred to SKIMS Soura for […]
Security lapses led to Amarnath attack, says Er Rashid
Condemning the attack on Amarnath Yatris, AIP supremo and MLA Langate Er. Rashid, on Tuesday, sought an impartial and time bound probe into the incident.While paying tributes to renowned poet and scholar Ali Mohammad Shahbaz, who was killed by While paying tributes to renowned poet and scholar Ali Mohammad Shahbaz, who was killed by […]
Cabinet condemns attack on Yatris, announces ex-gratia
The State Cabinet which met here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti condemned in unequivocal terms the terrorist attack on Yatris (pilgrims) at Botengo, Anantnag terming it an attack on Kashmiri’s syncretic culture and pluralistic values. While expressing deep sorrow and anguish over the loss of precious lives, the Cabinet expressed its […]
SMC employees Union elections conducted
The Srinagar Municipal Corporation union elections were held today in the premises of its headquarters in Karan Nagar, Srinagar. Three candidates who contested the election for the post of Union President were Muhmmad Maqbool Malik, Shabir Ahmad Sofi and Sajad Ahamd Wani. A total of 838 votes were cast out of 966 till the […]
Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik to lead rallies on Jul 13: JRL
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Tuesday said that as part of the resistance program the online ‘Kashmir Awareness Campaign’ to highlight the Kashmir dispute and the grave human rights situation arising as a consequence of that, was started at midnight yesterday. The JRL including of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik […]
JKSM’s women wing demands probe
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Six family members arrested after attack on Yatris
Hours after the attack on Amarnath yatra pilgrims in South Kashmir, government forces raided a house and arrested six members of a family from Botengoo village of Anantnag district. A police official said that a couple of people have been detained for questioning. According to women members of the family, the raid was conducted when […]
CM oversees rescue ops throughout night at Anantnag
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti visited Srinagar Airport this morning to pay floral tributes to the tourists killed in a militant attack near Botengo, Anantnag last night. Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh also paid floral tributes to the slain tourists. The Chief Minister consoled the bereaved families expressing deep anguish over the tragic death […]
Various organizations condemn attack on pilgrims
Condemnations continue to pour in from different sections of the society over the attack on Amarnath yatri’s on Monday evening in which seven yatris, including five women, were killed and 19 others were injured. Such merciless act sans justification: JeI Social and religious organization, Jama’at-e-Islami, Tuesday, while asking international community to probe the barbaric act […]
Congress terms attack as shameful
State Congress President G. A. Mir strongly condemns “assassination of yatris’’ and described the attack as “dastardly and shameful.’’ Expressing deep sorrow and grief over the deadly attack on a convoy in which seven yatris were killed, Mir has strongly condemned the attack and described it as shocking, dastardly and highly shameful. Mir offered deepest […]
