Srinagar: National Conference Vice president Omar Abdullah has ruled out any support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) pulled out of the ruling alliance. Addressing a presser in Srinagar after meeting Governor NN Vohra, Omar said that NC was not approached by anyone, nor would it offer support to […]
Srinagar: In Kashmir, uncertain deaths keep no calendar. No matter, if it is on the day of Eid. In south Kashmir, two families were left in a state of deep shock and mourning on Eid when their sons were shot to death, allegedly by the government forces, in two separate incidents, at two different locations. […]
Srinagar: On June 14, just as the sun was beginning to set, Kashmir’s press enclave witnessed gory scenes. Three men were brutally assassinated by unknown gunmen who indiscriminately fired upon their targets. The most prominent victim was Shujaat Bukhari, a stalwart supporter of Kashmiri Journalism. Standing out always because of his tall physical stature, he […]
Srinagar: Abdullah Danish Shervani, who is accused of using domestic violence against his wife Mehnaaz Siddqui, has said that he had used Twitter to ask Home Minister Rajnath Singh why his wife had been granted a visa despite him having requested the government not to issue her a visa in his name. Shervani, who works as liaison […]
Srinagar: In a shocking incident, two boys aged between 11 and 12 years sodomised two minor boys of age four and six in old city’s Tujgari Mohalla. According to the locals, the two little boys belonging to Sheikh Colony of Tujgari Mohalla had gone to pluck apricots from the nearby Haribat fort when they were way […]
Srinagar: During the summer of 2008, when the popularity of the social media site Orkut was at its peak, 24-year-old Mehnaz Sidiqui, a girl from Pakistan’s economic hub Karachi, ventured into the virtual world and created an Orkut account. As time went by, she was enjoying her visits to the social media more and more. […]
Srinagar: A glance through controversial Sushil Pandit’s Twitter timeline brings out shocking revelations- he harbours ‘anger’ and ‘hate’against Kashmiris, Muslims and Islam. And he does not feel ashamed about it. On his Twitter profile, Pandit introduces himself to the world as a “Kashmiri Hindu” who is allegedly “exiled, in my own country!” In his […]
The chief of army staff General Bipin Rawat Friday said that extension in suspension of operations was a possibility provided that militants don’t initiate an attack. “We suspended operations to make people feel the atmosphere of peace and I believe people are happy,” Rawat told the reporters on sidelines of an event at Army Goodwill School in […]
Simplex Infrastructure, the company constructing the Rambagh- Jehangir Chowk flyover, says that if they were responsible for stopping the work on the flyover unilaterally, why was the Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) not taking legal action against them? When asked if the ERA was shifting the blame onto the company for stopping the work because of […]
Srinagar: The family members of the young girl, who was caught by the police along with Major Leetul Gogoi from a Srinagar hotel, have left their home located in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Major Gogoi is the army officer who became infamous for using a man from Budgam as human shield in the year […]
