Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan on Thursday exchanged fire along the Line of Control in Qasba Kirni sector of this frontier district of Jammu division. Army officials said that Pakistan army used mortars shelling and small arms in the sector at 10 A.M. “The army responded strongly,” they added. The shelling created a […]
Srinagar: Suhail Naqshbandi has resigned from Greater Kashmir newspaper as an editorial cartoonist after he faced severe censorship of ‘one kind or the other’. “I have called it a day with Greater Kashmir as their editorial cartoonist. For a long time now, I was facing censorship of one kind or the other, the levels of […]
Caracas: A woman was shot dead and more than two dozen people were injured during May Day clashes between opposition supporters and Venezuela’s armed forces in Caracas on Wednesday, with opposition leader Juan Guaido attempting to rally demonstrators against President Nicolas Maduro. Jurubith Rausseo, 27, died at a clinic after being hit by a “bullet in […]
Shopian: Days ahead of the last phase of three-phase Lok Sabha polls in Shopian and Pulwama district, purported Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit posters have appeared in several villages of the twin districts threatening to ‘kill those who cast vote’. The posters have been posted at several places on walls and electric polls threatening people of dire […]
Pulwama: As the last leg of Parliamentary seat Anantnag polls reach closer, the Government forces have intensified their crackdown against the youth in the twin district of Pulwama and Shopian in South Kashmir. Reports said that at least thirty youth have been detained during nocturnal raids in Tahab locality of South Kashmir’s Pulwama District late on […]
Rajouri: A teenage girl was on Wednesday evening found hanging inside her house in Tata Pani village of Rajouri. The deceased girl has been identified as Saumita, 16, daughter of Mohinder Singh, a resident of Tatta Pani village. Reports said that she was found dead under mysterious circumstances and her body was recovered from inside […]
Srinagar: A police constable was injured critically after fired upon by militants at Khanyar area of Srinagar district on Wednesday late evening. Official sources said that the gunmen believed to be militants barged inside the home of the policeman namely Mohammad Iliyas and fired upon him at Kaw Mohalla Khanyar. In the incident, Iliyas, suffered serious […]
Srinagar: Aasif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist arrested on “anti-state charges” in August 2018, a freelance reporter missing in Tanzania, a newspaper editor facing censorship in South Sudan and two journalists detained in Nicaragua are all among those on this month’s list of the 10 Most Urgent threats to press freedom. The list — released monthly […]
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) Chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai strongly condemned and expressed concern over the nocturnal raids and detention of over three dozen youth by government forces in South Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian districts ahead of parliamentary elections. Slamming New Delhi, Sehrai said, they are responsible for pushing Kashmir youth to the wall. “The forces have […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday warned that the state’s relationship with the Delhi will be jeopardized if Article 370 of the Constitution is revoked. “BJP has failed on all fronts be it addressing growing unemployment, farmers distress, or inflation. They have nothing good […]
