Indian Sikh’s turban ripped outside UK parliament in ‘racist’ attack
London: An Indian Sikh man’s turban was ripped by a white man in an apparent racist attack outside the UK parliament, according to a media report. Ravneet Singh, 37, from Punjab in India, said he was waiting to enter the Portcullis House, part of the British Parliamentary Estate, to meet Sikh Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh […]
Army man injured after militants attack search party in Hajin
Srinagar: An army man was injured after militants opened fire on a search party in Hajin area in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday, reports said. Reports said that 31 RR of Indian army, Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a cordon and search operation in Paribal area of Hajin early today […]
Indo-Pak armies exchange fire along LoC
Srinagar: India and Pakistan armies on Thursday exchanged heavy fire along the Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Uri Sector. The Pakistani troops opened unprovoked firing at Indian posts in the Hajipeer area of the Uri sector in Baramulla district this morning, the official said. He said Indian soldiers are retaliating the aggression from […]
Gunfire continues to rattle border residents
Srinagar: Pakistani troops on Wednesday violated the ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector, prompting retaliatory fire from the Indian Army in which a Pakistani soldier has reportedly been killed, an official said. The Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian posts in Tangdhar sector in Kupwara district this […]
Pak chopper spotted near LoC in Poonch
New Delhi: A Pakistani military helicopter on Wednesday came within 300 metres of the Line of Control (LoC) in the Pakistan-Administered territory near Poonch sector in Jammu division, official sources said. There was no firing or hostile action by any side during the incident which occurred between 9.45 am and 10 am, they said According […]
‘Police aggression’ forcing youth to join militant ranks, alleges JRL
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Wednesday held the state police responsible for forcing the youth to join militant ranks. The JRL said that torture, humiliation and aggression adopted by the police is compelling the youth to join militants. The leaders also termed a CID report published in the media as ‘ridiculous and absurd’. “CID […]
Left alone: Abandoned patients left to survive in hospitals
Srinagar: The absence of rehabilitation homes in the state, particularly the Kashmir Valley is creating issues for patients who have been abandoned and have been left to survive in various hospitals. The case in point can be the Institute of Neurosciences, Badamwari where a number of patients,who were initially admitted for the treatment, have been […]
Residents of Tarathpora Tehsil aghast over unscheduled power cuts
Kupwara: Inhabitants of Tarthpora Tehsil in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district are up in arms against the Power Development Department (PDD), for pushing them to reel under darkness from past few months. The residents of almost 30 villages including Kalmoona, Patchkoot, Tarathpora, Daril and others said that they are facing ‘unprecedented’ power cuts, causing tremendous hardships […]
Casual labourer injured, shifted to SKIMS
Baramulla: A casual labourer of forest department was critically injured while performing his dutiesafter he fell down in a forest compartment and rolled down into a deep gorge. The labourer identified as Lateef Ahmad Lone, son of Mohammad Subhan Lone of Sheeri Mirher in Narwav Baramulla has sustaining multiple fractures and head injuries on Tuesday […]
No law requires seeking permission for holding public events, says SHRC
Srinagar: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) in its order on banning of last year’s event on Kunan Poshpora by the police has observed that, “there is no law which obliges a person to seek prior permission to hold a meeting in a private place within the four corners of a hall or a hotel […]