Kakapora Encounter aftermath: Shutdown observed for 3rd consecutive Day
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Uri: SBI customers protest over its closure ahead of Eid
State Bank of India (SBI) customers in Uri town on Saturday protested against its closure on a gazetted holiday ahead of the Eid. The protesters were demanding the immediate reopening of the bank branch in the town. “As the Eid is ahead, it is very unfortunate that the bank is closed. We have to withdraw […]
Protests erupt in Shopian village after forces allegedly vandalized property twice in 10 hours
Residents of Kamdulan village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district held protests and blocked main Shopian-Anantnag road via Kader at Kamdulan on Saturday against alleged highhandedness of Rashtriya Rifles of Nagisheran camp The protesters alleged that forces vandalised property and thrashed locals in the village on Friday at around 2 pm and then again at night around 11:30 pm. Protests were going on when […]
Cop Lynching: SP north Srinagar transferred
Following the lynching of Deputy SP Muhammad Ayoub Pandith, Superintendent of Police for North Srinagar, Sajad Khaliq Bhat, has been transferred, ANI reported on Saturday. DSP Ayoub died after people attacked him outside the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Thursday night. He was reportedly clicking pictures of people coming out of the mosque. The incident […]
Saudi foils attack on Makkah Grand Mosque, five arrested
Six foreign pilgrims were hurt on Friday in Saudi Arabia when a suicide bomber targeting the holiest site of Makkah blew himself up, Arab News quoting the Interior Ministry reported. The incident happened around the Grand Mosque, where hundreds of thousands of worshippers gathered for early afternoon prayers on the last Friday of this year’s […]
People Stage Protest against shortage of drinking Water in Anantnag
People from village Donipawa, Anantnag on Saturday held protests against the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department for failing to provide them drinking water. Scores of people from Donipawa and Brakpora assembled on Anantnag- Achabal road near Donipawa and held protests. The protesters blocked the busy road for nearly one hour leading to a long and messy […]
Unruly mob beats DSP to death as police probes Mirwaiz’s role
A violent mob beat to death a Deputy Superintendent rank police officer outside the Jamia mosque in Nowhatta area of Srinagar prompting the police to arrest two youth and probing the role of Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq’s, men in the killing. According to police sources DSP , Mohammad Ayub Pandit, was beaten to […]
Shocked over killing of DySP: NC
National Conference on Friday expressed shock and anguish over the “dastardly and barbaric killing of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mohammad Ayub Pandith at Jamia Masjid Nowhatta last night Expressing solidarity with his family and colleagues, former Chief Minister and NC working president, Omar Abdullah, while strongly condemning the “heinous and barbaric killing,’’ has demanded […]
Lynching angers social media users, sharp reactions galore
A senior police officer of Deputy S P rank, Muhammad Ayub Pandith was lynched to death by an unruly mob just outside the main entrance of Kashmir’s Grand Mosque in Nowhatta on Thursday night. The incident happened when the rest of the Muslim world was observing the night of blessings, Laila tul Qadar with religious […]
Lynching of DSP unfortunate: Mirwaiz
The Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Saturday said that the incident of the lynching of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mohamamd Ayub Pandith, was “ unfortunate.’’ “The incident that happened in Nowhatta outside the historic Jamia masjid which has always been a centre of spiritual and moral upliftment, is most unfortunate. I am deeply […]
