UK parliament report accuses India of using “excessive force against Kashmiris and refusing to allow independent observes”

UK parliament report accuses India of using “excessive force against Kashmiris and refusing to allow independent observes”

Srinagar: The All-Party Parliamentary Kashmir Group (APPKG) in the UK Parliament has condemned Indian government for using “excessive force against Kashmiris and refusing to allow independent observes” from Britain to enter into Jammu and Kashmir to monitor the true scale of “human rights tragedy”. Labour MP Chris Leslie, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Kashmir Group, […]

US defence secretary calls for ceasefire in Yemen

US defence secretary calls for ceasefire in Yemen

Washington: US defence secretary James Mattis, has called for ceasefire in Yemen while attending an event on Tuesday. “We have go to move toward a peace effort here, and we can’t say we are going to do it some time in the future,” Mattis said while speaking at the United States Institute of Peace. “We […]

Government forces launch CASO in south Kashmir

Government forces launch CASO in south Kashmir

Srinagar: Government forces on Wednesday launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian, official sources said. They said troops of Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF launched a joint search operation at village Lousdenu in Shopian following a tip off about the […]

Mehbooba seeks Rajnath’s intervention to trace missing Kashmiri student

Mehbooba seeks Rajnath’s intervention to trace missing Kashmiri student

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has sought the intervention of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to trace a Kashmir student who is reportedly missing, after a group of students assaulted him early this month in the campus of Sharda University. Taking to micro blogging site twitter, the president of the Peoples […]

Tral shuts against killing of 2 JeM militants in Pulwama  

Tral shuts against killing of 2 JeM militants in Pulwama  

Srinagar: Normal life was crippled in Tral and adjoining areas on Wednesday due to a strike to protest against killing of two Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants in an encounter with Government forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Restrictions have also been imposed in sensitive areas in Tral in Pulwama as a precautionary measure to prevent protest against […]

South Kashmir: Thousands participate in ‘multiple’ funeral prayers of slain militant in Tral

South Kashmir: Thousands participate in ‘multiple’ funeral prayers of slain militant in Tral

Srinagar: Thousands of people Wednesday converged to Handoora village of Tral to participate in the funeral prayers of slain militant killed in a gunfight with the government forces in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district yesterday. Showkat Ahmad Khan of Handoora village of Tral and Usman Haider of Pakistan were killed in a gunfight […]

India criticises Pakistan for raising Kashmir issue at UN, says it misuses any forum for ‘narrow political gains’

India criticises Pakistan for raising Kashmir issue at UN, says it misuses any forum for ‘narrow political gains’

o Srinagar: India has criticized Pakistan for raising Kashmir issue at a UN General Assembly session, saying it has become Islamabad’s habit to misuse any forum for “narrow political gains” and asserting that the right to self-determination cannot be abused to undermine a nation’s territorial integrity. First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN […]