SHRC sends notices to DC, SSP Shopian over pellet injury to 20 month old Hiba
Srinagar: State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chief Justice (Rtd) Bilal Nazki today issued notice to the superintendent of police and the deputy commissioner Shopian to file a detailed compliance report as to how the right eye of 20-month-old Hiba Nisar got ruptured due to pellets. The SHRC notice to the SSP and DC Shopian came […]
Doctors unsure if Kashmir’s youngest pellet victim will regain complete sight
Srinagar, Nov 27 (PTI) Eighteen-month-old Hiba Nisar, the youngest pellet victim in Kashmir, has been discharged from hospital after surgery on her right eye but doctors are not sure if her eyesight will be restored completely. Hiba was playing inside her house in Shopian when clashes broke out between protesters and security forces in the wake […]
BSF seizes abandoned Pakistani boat off Gujarat coast
Bhuj (Guj), (PTI): An abandoned Pakistani boat was seized by the Border Security Force (BSF) near Sir Creek area off the Gujarat coast in the Arabian sea, an official said Tuesday. The fishing boat was found abandoned in the Sir Creek estuary along the Indo-Pakistan border near Kutch off the Gujarat coast Monday night by a […]
Two Army JCOs injured in Poonch land mine blast
Poonch: Two Junior Commissioned officers (JCOs) of army were injured in a land mine blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in Mankote sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Reports said that the JCOs Dhareej Kumar and Rajendhar Singh of 5 Mahar Regiment were injured when they accidentally stepped over a […]
Thousands attend slain AGH militant’s funeral in Tral
Pulwama: Thousands of villagers from several villages of Tral and Rathsuna assembled for the funeral prayers of the slain. Shakir Ahmad Dar, was killed in a gunfight in Tral’s Reshipora village. Meanwhile, reports said that government forces resorted to aerial firing and tear gas shelling to break up protests during a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) in Pinglish […]
UP: Inmates allege death threats from jail staff, STF
Lucknow, (PTI): Some inmates of Raebareli jail in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday alleged getting death threats from senior jail officials and the Special Task Force (STF) officers. The revelation comes a day after six jail officials, including a senior jail superintendent were suspended for failing to check the clandestine entry of liquor and firearms inside the prison. […]
Former SSP Riyaz Bedar joins NC
Srinagar : Former SSP Riyaz Bedar on Tuesday joined National Conference (NC) in presence of party vice president Omar Abdullah and other top NC leaders at party headquarters Nawai-Subuh Srinagar. Reports said Riyaz Bedar was accorded a warm welcome by party’s vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in presence […]
Had I listened to Delhi Sajad Lone would have been CM but did not want to be remembered as a dishonest man, dissolved assembly: Guv J&K Satya Pal Malik
Srinagar: Had I listened to New Delhi Sajjad Lone would have been the chief minister of the state, however, did not do that because I did not want to be remembered as a dishonest man in the annals of history, said the Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik on Tuesday. “I didn’t ring up […]
Militant belonging to Zakir Bhat led AGH killed in Tral gunfight
Srinagar: The militant slain in Tral gunfight with government forces has been identified as Shakir Hassan Dar, sources said on Tuesday Dar is believed to be the deputy chief of Zakir Musa-led Ansar Ghazwat ul Hind. Meanwhile, sources said that four residential houses were damaged in the firefight. Police in a statement said that a cordon […]
Migratory birds throng Gharana wetland in Jammu
Gharana (J-K), Nov 27 (PTI) Hundreds of migratory birds have arrived in Gharana Wetland Conservation Reserve in Jammu and Kashmir, after keeping away last year in large numbers due to heavy firing and shelling along the International Border (IB) here, officials said. Every year with the onset of winter, over 370 bird species, including 310 water […]
