Dead body recovered in Ganderbal: Police
Srinagar: Police on Friday claimed to have recovered a dead body from Nallah Sindh in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. A spokesman of police said that one male dead body identified as Shabir Ahmad Lone (aged about 28 years) S/o Mohammad Sultan Lone R/o Arch, Ganderbal was fished out from Nallah Sindh. “Reportedly the said person […]
Forces launch cordon, searches in Kupwara village
Srinagar: Government forces on Friday launched a cordon-and-search operation at Juktiyal area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Official sources said that a joint team of army’s 41 RR and SOG cordoned off the Juktiyal forest area which also has villages adjacent to it. Sources said that two militants who escaped from woods of Haihama are […]
14-year-old dies of gunshot wound in Rajouri
Jammu: A 14-year-old boy today died of a gunshot injury caused by an accidental fire from a rifle at his residence in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district tonight, police said. Gagan Ram, son of Raja Ram, was injured after the rifle of a village defence committee (VDC) member accidentally went off, they added. The boy […]
Debt-ridden man fakes his abduction, held
Srinagar: A youth from Handwara who was believed to be abducted last week, was held by police for faking his abduction to avoid paying a debt to his in-laws, police said on Friday. The police said Arshid Ahmed Mir S/O Abdul Rashid Mir R/O Bararipura, had made a distress call to his wife that he […]
Restrictions imposed in Srinagar parts
Srinagar: Fearing protests in wake of the Joint Resistance Leadership’s call, authorities Friday imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city and some other places in the Kashmir Valley. Notably, the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising of by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, has called for peaceful protests after Friday’s congregational […]
Abducted Hajin man’s headless body recovered
Srinagar: Body of man who was abducted Thursday night by suspected militants was recovered today from an orchard in Hajin area, police said on Friday. A police official said that the body of Manzoor Ahmad Bhat (25), son of Abdul Gaffar Bhat, was found headless at an orchard falling in Bonmohalla Hajin. Pertinently, suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants […]
BJP distances itself from call for CBI probe into Kathua rape-and-murder case
Jammu: The BJP Thursday distanced itself from its demand for a CBI probe into the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district and said “efforts to communalise it need to be condemned unequivocally”. The BJP, which passed resolution in its working committee meeting at Suchetgarh (Jammu) conference here last […]
Shopian killings trigger student ‘disorder’ across Valley
Srinagar: The resumption of normal class work in schools and colleges has apparently become a major challenge for the government as campuses across Kashmir erupted in protests on Thursday. The schools were opened after three days of closure ordered by the administration following the civilian and militant killings on last Sunday. As the schools reopened […]
Frenzied scenes witnessed at SMHS
Srinagar: Chaotic scenes were witnessed at Shri Maharana Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital on Thursday when injured students, boys as well as girls were brought in for treatment. Wearing uniforms, several girls were seen lying on stretchers with injury marks on their arms and face, while some were lying unconscious with doctors seen busy in attending […]
India using ‘state terrorism’ to break Kashmiri people’s will, says Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan Thursday accused India of using “state terrorism” to break the will of the Kashmiri people. The Foreign Office’s statement came after Indian security forces on Sunday gunned down 13 militants in three counter-insurgency operations that also claimed the lives of three Army jawans and four civilians in Anantnag and Shopian districts of […]
