Gunmen attack Bandipora family, 2 women among three members injured, one abducted
Hajin : Unknown gunmen shot at and critically injured mother-daughter duo and a man in Hajin town in this north Kashmir district around 10p.m. on Monday. Reports said that the gunmen barged inside the house of Farooq Ahamd Parray in Parr Mohalla of Hajin and fired indiscriminately besides attacking inmates with knives, resulting in injuries […]
Valley mourns Shopian killings
Srinagar: A complete shutdown was observed across the Valley on Monday while the authorities imposed restrictions in Srinagar parts and Kulgam town to thwart any possible protests against the Shopian and Anantnag carnage. Over a dozen people including 13 militants, four civilians and three soldiers were killed in southern districts during the encounters that raged […]
Fresh protests leave 20 injured
Srinagar: At least twenty protesters were injured in fresh clashes in Shopian, Kulgam, Anantnag and Ganderbal districts on Monday. Reports and witnesses said that youth angered over Sunday’s killings engaged in various incidents of stone pelting on the forces deployed across various areas. The forces responded with fired pellets and tear gas to disperse the […]
Protests rock KU over Shopian killings
Srinagar: Amidst a complete shutdown across the Kashmir Valley, students in Kashmir University on Monday offered funeral prayers in absentia for the militants and civilians killed during the three gunfights in Anantnag and Shopian district on Sunday. Eye witnesses said the students of Zakura hostel, M.A hostel and M.A.K hostel came out on the roads […]
India launching ‘brutal crackdown’ in Kashmir, says Pak PM
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has accused India of launching a “brutal crackdown” in Kashmir after militant groups suffered a major ‘setback’ following killing of 13 militants in counter-insurgency operations. Abbasi’s statement late last night came after Indian security forces on Sunday gunned down 13 militants in three counter-insurgency operations that also claimed […]
Traders, students and pol parties protest Shopian killings
Srinagar: To protest against the Shopian carnage, the Valley transporters, students and politicians took to streets on Monday, demanding from the government to take cognizance of the situation prevalent here and stop the killings forthwith. At least 13 militants, four civilians and three Army troopers were killed in separate encounters that raged between forces and […]
JRL calls for shutdown today, Shopian Chalo on Wednesday
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership on Monday called for a complete shutdown on Tuesday and called for a Shopian Chalo march on Wednesday, a statement issued here said. JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik in a joint statement said that the protest shutdown over the mayhem in Shopian will continue […]
Are government forces trying to ‘regain’ south Kashmir?
Shopian: Ten of the 13 militants killed over the weekend in a major offensive by the state police were from Shopian, an indication that security personnel have tightened their hold on the south Kashmir militant bastion over the last five months, officials said. Most of the 10 from Shopian, once considered the ground zero of […]
After losing son in an encounter, elderly man suffers heart attack
Dragad: 70 year old Ghulam Mohammad Thoker could not bear the news about his son’s death during an encounter at Sugran Dragad village in Shopian on Sunday. Thoker, though bed ridden was not informed about his son’s death, but as he kept enquiring about him the family had to break the news to him. “The […]
Requests by parents, cops failed to get Rauf Khanday to surrender
Dialgam: It was a six-hour denouement that ended in a hail of bullets — and a young man, barely out of his teens, dead inside a house surrounded by security personnel while his parents who had tried to talk him into surrendering waited nearby for news of the inevitable. Rauf Khanday, believed to be a […]