Blast inside army camp in Poonch, no casualties
Jammu: A blast took place inside an Army camp in Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said. There were no casualties. The explosion occurred inside the 93rd brigade headquarters at Moti Mahal in the border district around 10.45 am. It has nothing to do with cross-border shelling (from Pakistan), said Jammu-based Army spokesperson Lt Col Devender […]
Pilgrim dies on way to Vaishno Devi
Jammu: A 61-year-old pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh died en route the Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Harbir Singh Teotia, a resident of Ghaziabad, fell unconscious near Satya point along the new track while on his way from base camp Katra to cave shrine on Monday evening, […]
Kulgam civilian killings: SKAUST students, Civil Society Sopore stage protest
Sopore: The students of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) of North campus at WadooraSopore on Monday staged a protest against the civilian killings in Kulgam district on Sunday. Scores of students including female students assembled in the premises of varsity and shouted anti-government and pro-freedom slogans. The students held a protest at […]
Kulgam: Amid tears, sobs, 7th civilian laid to rest
Anantnag: Amid tears, sobs, the seventh civilian who succumbed to his injuries on late Sunday night was laid to rest at his native village Hawoora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Earlier on Sunday six civilian died in an explosion near gunfight site in Laroo area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district while as another civilian succumbed […]
JRL’s Lal Chowk march: Authorities decide to bar traffic movement in city centre
Srinagar: Authorities on Monday issued a traffic advisory that they will not be allowing any vehicular movement between Regal Chowk and Amira Kadal on the residency road in Srinagar as Joint Resistance Leadership has asked people to march towards the city center on Tuesday. “In view of security restrictions in Srinagar on 23rd of October, […]
Directionless policies making situation worse in Kashmir, says Congress
Jammu: The Congress’s Jammu and Kashmir unit Monday hit out at the Centre over the killing of soldiers by Pakistani intruders, saying “hollow rhetoric and directionless policies” of the Narendra Modi-led government has deteriorated situation in the state. Three Army personnel were killed and another injured in a gunfight with Pakistani intruders along the Line […]
Stop being mute spectator over Kashmir situation: JRL to Antonio Guterres
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik on Monday claimed to have sent a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, urging him to stop being a mute spectator to the continuing spree of killing of civilians in Kashmir and play his role in […]
PDP demands impartial probe in Kulgam killings
Srinagar: The PDP on Monday demanded an impartial probe into the death of civilians in a blast at an encounter site in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. Condemning the incident, PDP vice president Abdul Rahman Veeri said, “A time-bound investigation is needed in the incident and justice must be accorded to the victims.” Three militants […]
Bijebihara massacre a big question mark on India’s democracy’: Malik
Srinagar: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik on Monday said that “Bijebihara massacre is a big question mark on the Indian democracy. He said that Kashmiris are fighting for their birth right of self-determination and freedom. According to a statement issued here, JKLF delegation comprising district president Mohammad IshaqGanai, Mushtaq […]
Geelani pays tribute to Bijbehara victims
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Monday paid tributes to martyrs of Bijbihara massacre on their 25th anniversary. Geelani in a statement issued here said that “it was on this ill-fated day when people in Bijbihara were protesting against the siege of Dargah Hazratbal Srinagar and Indian forces opened indiscriminate fire on […]
