Srinagar: Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbagh Singh on Saturday said that FIR has been registered into the civilian killings that took place in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on today during the post encounter clashes in Sirnoo village. DGP while talking to a local news agency said that police has registered an FIR into the […]
Srinagar: A 32-year-old cart vendor was abducted by unknown persons from Brath Kallan crossing in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS said that the unknown persons boarding in a car abducted the cart vendor Tariq Ahmad Ganie (32) son of Ghulam Mohammad Ganie of Bomai, Sopore today in the afternoon. […]
Srinagar: Expressing pain and sorrow over the killing of civilians by security forces in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, Communist Party of India (M) senior leader Mohammad Yousuf Targami alleged that for BJP, Kashmir was expendable for its narrow electoral interests. “Today’s horrible incident is a big shock and setback to any effort to restore […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir late Saturday afternoon issued a statement into the Pulwama encounter and the following civilian killings. In the interest of our readers, the police statement is reproduced verbatim: “A search operation was launched jointly by the security forces based on a credible input about the presence of militants in Monghama area of […]
New Delhi: The Congress said Saturday the Supreme Court, which gave the government relief in the Rafale jet case, has not gone into the pricing and technical aspects of the aircraft and it is only a joint parliamentary committee that can probe whether there was any irregularity in the deal. At a press conference, Congress leader […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday termed the Pulwama civilian killings as a massacre. Omar said that the government forces used excessive force and that there is no other reason as to why seven civilians were killed. He said that the only way to describe the killings is to call it […]
Srinagar: Mainstream political parties in Kashmir condemned the killing of civilians allegedly in security forces’ action during an encounter in Pulwama district Saturday, saying Governor Satya Pal Malik-led administration has “failed” to secure lives of the people. Seven civilians died in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district when security forces allegedly opened fire at an unruly crowd that […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday suspended mobile internet services in Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar and southern Kashmir districts including Anantnag, Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam. The suspension comes after seven civilians were killed by government forces in Pulwama district following a gunfight in Kharpora village of Pulwama. Three militants were also killed by government forces in a […]
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership has called for a three days mourning and protests across Kashmir against Pulwama bloodbath. At least seven civilians were killed in Pulwama in post encounter clashes. “From today onwards for three days mourning and complete protest strike will be observed all across Kashmir,” tweets Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
Srinagar: Spontaneous protests erupted at University of Kashmir on Saturday against the civilian and militant killings in Kashmir. Eyewitnesses said that hundreds of students of various department assembled at Allama Iqbal Library lawns and later marched through varsity campus chanting pro-freedom and anti-India slogans. The students, they said, termed the civilian killings in Pulwama as “a […]
