Mirwaiz welcomes Amnesty report on pellet shotguns
Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today welcomed the report by the Amnesty International India calling for an immediate ban on the pellet shotguns in Kashmir valley. “Kashmir welcomes @amnesty report calling for immediate ban on pellet guns,trial of forces in civil courts & rehabilitation & compensation for victims,” Mirwaiz wrote on twitter. Amnesty International India […]
UN rights experts urge India to act after murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh
Three UN Special Rapporteurs have urged the Government of India to act decisively after the killing of Indian journalist and human rights defender Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead on 5 September outside her home in Bangalore. “The Indian authorities should unequivocally condemn the killing of Gauri Lankesh, investigate it, bring all the perpetrators – […]
Driver dead as tractor turns turtle
A man was killed after the tractor he was driving turned turtle at Baygund Tral village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Muzafar Ahmad Bhat son of Ab Rashid Bhat resident of Chandrigam Tral was critically injured after his tractor turned turtle. He was immediately shifted to nearby hospital from where he was referred to Srinagar, […]
Modi, Abe lay foundation of country’s 1st bullet train
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe today jointly laid the foundation of the India’s first bullet train project. The two leaders described the day as historic and a symbol of deepening relationship between the two countries.According to the reports, the train will run at the speed of 350 km/hour, initially between […]
Militant hideout busted in Poonch
Government forces Thursday busted an old militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, recovering a cache of arms and ammunition, reports said. A team of Army and police personnel busted the hideout in Belni forest in Mendhar tehsil of the district, they said. They recovered ammunition including Chinese grenades, AK rifles, ammunition besides bottles, […]
Cordon and search operation in Pulwama Village
Cordon and search operation has been launched by government forces at Mitrigam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Forces launched search operation after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Heavy forces have been deployed in the area. Search operation was going on when the last reports came in. More details awaited. […]
Ban use of pellet guns in Kashmir, demands Amnesty International
Rights watchdog, Amnesty International India on Wednesday said that the Pellet-firing shotguns, which have been responsible for blinding, killing and traumatizing hundreds of people in Kashmir, must be immediately banned. “Pellet-firing shotguns, which have been responsible for blinding, killing and traumatizing hundreds of people in Kashmir, must be immediately banned,” Amnesty International India reiterated during […]
Pellet guns not safe for security forces as well, says Amnesty
Amnesty International India today said that not only civilians but forces personnel were also injured due to pellets. Amnesty International India said that using Right to Information act it had sought responses to a query about a list of persons treated for injuries in government hospitals in six blocks in Kupwara district in 2016. “At […]
Amid growing Rohingya crisis Suu Kyi cancels trip to UN
Myanmar’s de facto leader and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend the upcoming UN General Assembly session in New York as criticism of her handling of the Rohingya crisis grows. A spokesman for the Presidential office said on Wednesday she had called off her trip for two reasons. “One is the […]
Six school kids among nine injured in road mishaps
At least six school children were injured after a van carrying them collided with another vehicle on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway Wednesday. Meanwhile, three people sustained injuries in a road mishap at Kunzer in Tangmarg area, police sources said. They said that a school van carrying students of KV school, Chenani, from Batote collided […]