Mother dead, father ‘missing’, year-old baby girl longing for parental love
Pulwama: With father likely to have joined the militant ranks and mother already dead, a year-old baby girl has been left on mercy of Almighty and her relatives in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Aiysha, a year-old daughter of Imran Ahmad Bhat of Arihal village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district doesn’t know anything about her parents. […]
Four youth, including son of a cop go missing in Southern districts
Pulwama/ Shopian: At least four youth hailing from the twin districts of South Kashmir have gone missing since last month. The three youth from Pulwama district and one from Shopian district of southern Kashmir are missing from last many days and there are no traces of them, said their relatives. Shakir Ahmad Wagay, son of […]
Potholed Chitragam-Drawini road stretch leaves villagers fuming
Shopian: The potholed roads especially Chitragam-Drawini in South Kashmir’s Shopian district has left the residents of several villagers fuming as the Roads and Building (R&B) department has utterly failed to repair the road stretch. Inhabitants of Chitragam, Bandpawa, Thokerpora, GundDarvesh, Drawini and its adjacent areas are up in arms against R&B department for failing to […]
Thousands participate in slain Saqib’s funeral
Pulwama: Thousands of people on Saturday participated in the last rites of one of the slain militant, SaqibShafi Dar who was killed along with his associate in an encounter in Khanmoh area of Pampore in Srinagar outskirts. SaqibShafi Dar, son of Mohammad Shafi Dar of Arihal village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district was killed along […]
Family questions media over comparing their IPS, militant sons
Say ‘atrocities of forces compelled Shams to pick up arms’
Shopian: The educated youth like Dr. Shams-ul-HaqMengnoo choose armed struggle only due to the atrocities of forces, said slain militant’s relatives at Sugan where thousands of mourners continue to throng his residence. Shams-ul-Mengnoo, a resident of Sugan village of Shopian district who was pursuing Bachelors Degree in Unani Medicine and Surgery from a Government College […]
Amid CASO, clashes erupt in Pulwama village
Pulwama: Clashes erupted between youth and forces during a Cordon And Search Operation (CASO) in Arihal village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday evening. Sources said soon after forces laid cordon in the area, youth took to streets and started pelting stones on government forces, which was retaliated by firing of tear smoke and […]
Clashes erupt during CASO in Pulwama village
Pulwama: Clashes erupt during cordon and search operation in Arihal village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday evening. Soon after forces laid cordon in the area, youth took to streets and started pelting stones on government forces which is being retailated by smoking tear smoke and sound shells, eye witnesses said. Earlier forces launched […]
Six militants killed in twin encounters laid to rest
Shopian/Pulwama: The six militants killed in two separate encounters in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district and Shirmal village of Shopian district in South Kashmir were laid to rest Wednesday after multiple funeral prayers for the slain with thousands of people participating in the funeral prayers. Witnesses said that the people assembled in Dragad, Shirmal, Chillipora and […]
Militant recruitment in these villages witnessed after two decades
Twin back to back encounters left all three militants dead
Pulwama/Shopian: The three villages in twin districts of South Kashmir witnessed no militant recruitment from past two decades. However, after a lapse of nearly 25 years, one each from LassiporaPulwama, Chiddipora and Shirmal villages of Shopian joined the militant ranks. The youth from the villages who had joined militant ranks were killed in separate encounters […]