Malik terms Guru’s sacrifice ‘permanent chapter of resistance history’
Says struggle will continue till India returns mortal remains of Afzal, Maqbool
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik on Saturday paid tributes to Muhammad Afzal Guru on his sixth anniversary. Malik as per a statement issued here said that “gallows, life imprisonments, curfews, arrests, intimidations and threats will never succeed in breaking the will of Kashmiris and their urge for freedom.” He terming […]
PDP leader visits Afzal Guroo’s family in Sopore
Offers prayers for departed soul
Sopore: Amid restrictions, Peoples Democratic Party leader Engineer Nazir Ahmed Itoo visited the family of slain Muhammad AfzalGuroo at DobgahSopore on Saturday. Itoo according to party sources visited the family on the directions of party president Mehbooba Mufti. Sources said that PDP delegation led by Nazir Ahmed Itoo visited Sopore and expressed sympathies with the […]
JKDFP remembers Guru on his sixth anniversary
Organizes day-long program at his home
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) on Saturday organized a day-long program at Tarzoo, Sopore, ancestral home of Mohammad Afzal Guru, to remember him, on his sixth anniversary. Afzal was hanged to death in Tihar jail, Delhi on February 9, 2013 after ‘a conspiracy was hatched against him’. Senior workers and office bearers […]
Did Maqbool, Guru’s hanging help New Delhi’s weak stand, asks Er Rasheed
Langate: Amid restrictions, AwamiItehaad Party (AIP) delegation led by its president, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Saturday visited residence of Afzal Guru at Seer Jageer and paid homage to Guru on his sixth anniversary. Paying tributes to Afzal Guru and Mohammad MaqboolBhat on their anniversaries, ErRasheed while speaking on the occasion said, “Both the hangings […]
Kashmiri Umrah pilgrim dies in Delhi, Omar seeks Union Minister’s help
New Delhi: A female Umrah Pilgrim from south Kashmir’s Shopian district died at Delhi last evening, after she along with the other pilgrims were stranded at Delhi airport from last three days. According to reports, the pilgrims including the deceased lady were kept waiting at T3 IGI for 12 hours before they were sent to […]
Post snowfall administration failed miserably: PDP
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed the state authorities over the non- serious approach adopted in tackling the snowfall aftermath in Kashmir, stating that scores of areas continue to remain inaccessible and belie government’s claims of putting life in Valley back on track. In a statement issued here, PDP General Secretary GhulamNabi Lone Hanjura […]
Divisional status of Ladakh will boost development: BJP
Jammu: Senior BJP leader and MLC CheringDorjay Saturday welcomed the creation of a separate administrative and revenue division for Ladakh, saying the step “would boost the development of the region which faced discrimination for decades together”. He said the people of Ladakh are celebrating the new division as a gift from Prime Minister NarendraModi on […]
Leopard creates panic in Drugmulla, takes shelter in school
Srinagar: Panic has gripped Drugmulla area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district after a leopard took shelter in washroom of a school on Saturday morning. Locals said that the leopard was spotted near B Ed College adjacent to ‘My New School’ on Saturday morning. The villagers rushed towards it following which the leopard took shelter in […]
Abducted Kulgam man killed by militants: Police to SHRC
Srinagar: The report submitted by the police before the State Human Rights Commission regarding the abduction and murder of a civilian of Kulgam district stating that Sheeraz Ahmed Bhat was abducted, tortured and fired upon by militants resulting in his death. The police in its report also revealed that Jaish e-Muhammad (JeM) militants with the […]
Snowfall aftermath: All routes cleared in Bijbehara says Prez MC
Anantnag: Authorities in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district said that all the routes in the town have been cleared of the snow. President Municipal Committee Bijbehara, Shaheena Parveen claimed that snow from all routes of Bijbehara town has been cleared. “I was personally monitoring the whole situation from the last 3 days and […]
