CPI(M) slams Bipin Rawat over Human Shield row
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday slammed the Army Chief Bipin Rawat over the Kashmir human shield row. The CPI (M) in its mouthpiece ‘People Democracy’ said the remarks made in an interview by the Army Chief of Staff General Bipin Rawat about dealing with civilian protestors in Kashmir exemplifies all that is […]
Baby dies after ‘rapists’ throw her from rickshaw
In the latest case of sexual violence in the capital of India, a nine-month-old baby died when she was thrown out of a moving autorickshaw by men accused of gang-raping her mother, police said Tuesday. Police had registered a case of murder and gang rape after the alleged attack on May 29 in Gurgaon, on […]
Leh-Srinagar highway closed due to landslides
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NIT Srinagar website hacked, messages for Kashmir’s freedom posted
The official website of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar was taken over by hackers on Monday by posting messages of freedom of Kashmir, a media report said. All Pak Cyber Skullz Members, the group which claimed to hack the website posted messages calling for the freedom of Kashmir. “We shall fight till the […]
Two injured in accident in Awantipora
Two people were injured when a popular tree was uprooted by the windstorm and fell on a vehicle bearing registration number JK01W/5846 in Awantipora today morning. According to the reports, Srinagar-Jammu highway was blocked at Awantipora near Jammu and Kashmir bank branch, when a windstorm uprooted a popular tree that hit a Santro car. The […]
RSS leader urged Muslims to give up meat during Ramadan, triggers protest
RSS leader Indresh Kumar has urged Muslims to give up ‘ghost’ saying, it was a disease, media reports said. Speaking at an event in, Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi RSS leader said that, “Prophet and his family never consumed meat. They used to say meat is a disease and milk is a cure”. […]
Editorial: Drinking water schemes
One wonders as to what happens to the tall promises the politicians and the senior officials of the government make to the people at large. The promises that are made to the people especially those who form the lower strata of the society vis-a-vis their economic status are least fulfilled. Take the case of Najafabad, […]
Moderates, hardliners and now ‘destructive’ Kashmiri separatists
Amid the ‘talks and permanent resolution din’, Union Minister and BJP leader, M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday ruled out any possible talks with Kashmiri separatist leaders. The Union leader also took on the separatists by calling them “destructive and obstructive” and alleged that the leaders receive funds from Pakistan to stoke unrest in the valley. […]
Hotline ‘cools’ tempers at LoC as India, Pak DGMOs talk
A week after the guns started roaring again on the Line of Control (LoC) in the state, the director generals of military operations of India and Pakistan discussed the situation during a conversation they held over the hotline. Talking over the hotline, the DGMO of the Indian Army conveyed to his Pakistani counterpart India’s commitment […]
Two PDD employees electrocuted
Two employees of Power Development Department (PDD) received electric shocks while repairing a power line in Sopore town on Monday. The employees identified as Ali Mohammad son of Mohammad Ramzan resident of Nowpora Jageer and Nazir Ahmad son of Abdul Aziz resident of Ladoora, Baramulla, however, survived the attack. Ali Mohammad has been shifted to […]