Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference chairman and Bharatiya Janata party ally Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday condemned the killing of a school teacher in police custody and said that this is what the sanctity of human life has been reduced to in Kashmir. Condemn in strongest terms the death in police custody in Srinagar. This […]
Srinagar: National Security Adviser of India Ajit Doval Tuesday said that India will never forget the Pulwama attack and ‘action will be taken against the perpetrators and those who support them.’ National Security Advisor Ajit Doval at the 80th CRPF Anniversary Parade in Gurugram: I want to pay tributes to the brave 40 CRPF jawans who […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday said that the brutal killing of Jama’at activists and school principal Rizwan Ahmad once again exposes helplessness, vulnerability and insecurity to the lives of Kashmiri’s as impunity of the authorities keeps rising. Mirwaiz tweeted: “Distraught at the brutal custodial killing of young Rizwan Ahmed of Awantipora. […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said that innocent men are being hauled up from their homes for interrogation and they return home only in coffins. She lashed out at the government of India for its “repressive approach” that she said, leaves young educated men vulnerable who are forced to take up arms. […]
Srinagar: Clashes broke out between government forces and civilian protesters in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district following death of a Jama’at e Islami activists in police custody. According to eye witnesses people from nearby villages and localities marched towards the house of Rizwan Ahmad Pandith. Youth clashed with government forces deployed in the area […]
Srinagar: The family of Rizwan Assad Pandith, 28, has termed his death under police custody as a “cold blooded murder”. The family also said that Rizwan, a resident of south Kashmir’s Awantipora area, was a school principal, was running his own tutorial, and had just started his life afresh. “Rizwan was booked under false charges […]
Srinagar: Following the killing of a Jama’at activist and school principal in Police custody, spontaneous shutdown is being observed in parts of Downtown Srinagar, Maisuma and parts of Awantipora in south Kashmir. Reports said that as the news about the killing of slain, identified as Rizwan, spread, shopkeepers downed their shutters in protest in Maisuma and […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National conference has decided to field Hasnain Masoodi from Anantnag parliamentary constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. NC insiders said that the name of Masoodi was finalised in a meeting at the party headquarters Nawa- e -Subha, Srinagar. Yesterday, the party said in a statement that the parliamentary board decided to […]
Srinagar: The police said that Rizwan Pandit was being investigated in a “terror” related case and died under custody “In pursuance of terror case investigation, one suspect Rizwan Pandit R/o Awantipore was in police custody. The said person died in police custody,” police said “In this matter while following the procedure laid down in section […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday termed the killing of a south kashmir resident in Police custody as “unacceptable development” and said that the incident must be investigated in a transparent, time bound manner. Omar tweeted: “I had hoped custodial deaths were a thing of our dark past. This is an […]
