Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairperson Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai on Tuesday termed November 6, 1947, as a “black day” in the history of Kashmir. In a statement, Sehrai said that it was on this day when lakhs of Muslims were massacred in Jammu region by the communal forces patronized by the rulers. “It was on this day when lakhs of […]
Jammu: A 65-year-old undertrial Pakistani prisoner, arrested for crossing the border illegally, died during treatment at a hospital here, police said Tuesday. Doulat Din, a resident of Sialkot, was arrested in 2013 for illegally crossing the International Border into Jammu and lodged in Amphalla jail, they said. They added that the prisoner fell sick on October […]
Srinagar: Terming the slaughtering of lacs of Muslims by Dogra and Hindu fascist forces in 1947 as the worst human tragedy, octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday said that all the areas of the Jammu region witnessed the ugliest and most “brutal human carnage” and all streets and fields of the region were flooded […]
Baramulla: At least twenty-one people were attacked and injured by stray dogs in northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Reports said that a pack of stray dogs appeared in Kantbagh area today morning and attacked scores of people. In the incident, twenty-one persons were injured. All the injured were taken to District Hospital Baramulla for treatment, they […]
Srinagar: Junaid Azim Mattoo was on Tuesday elected the Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation. Mattoo was a Mayoral candidate of Sajad Lone’s People’s Conference which was supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party. He defeated Congress’s Bashir Hajam. They said that Junaid won 40 votes while Congress’s Hajam bagged 26 votes. 4 votes declared invalid. Hailing […]
Srinagar: The historic 86-km-long Mughal road remained closed for the 6th day on Tuesday due to accumulation of snow and slippery conditions while the Srinagar-Jammu highway was through with some restrictions. Traffic could not be allowed on the Mughal road, linking Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region as snow clearance operation […]
Srinagar: Two Kashmiri college students have been arrested in connection with the Maqsudan police station hand grenade blast case, reports said. Shahid Qayoom (22) and Fazil Bashir (23), students of an engineering college in Jalandhar, have been arrested, they said. DGP Suresh Arora said in a press release that four persons were involved in carrying […]
Srinagar: At least twelve newborn babies died of unknown causes in an emergency Hospital in northern Panshir province of Afghanistan, the local officials said. Media reports said the newborns, which were in critical condition and on antibiotic therapy, passed away at the hospital’s neonatal intensive-care unit due to apparent sepsis a serious complication of an […]
Srinagar: Government forces Tuesday launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Kuta Sthri village of northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports said that a joint team of Army and special operations group (SOG) of J&K police cordoned off the village in Sumlar area of the district early Tuesday morning. Soon after, they said, the forces started a […]
Srinagar: Two Hizb militants have been killed in an overnight gunfight with government forces in southern Kashmir’s Shopian village. The slain militants have been identified as Amir Amin of Awneera and Idrees Ahmad of Safnagri. Idrees, a former soldier, joined the militant ranks this year on April 15 when he was on official leave at […]
