KASHMIR

Sehrai anguished over deteriorating health of incarcerated ‘pro-freedom leadership, activists’

Sehrai anguished over deteriorating health of incarcerated ‘pro-freedom leadership, activists’

Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) chairperson Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai has expressed concern over the “deteriorating health and illegal detention” of pro-freedom leadership and activists. Sehrai expressed anguish over the silence maintained by the International organizations not taking note of this “inhuman, ill-treatment and lawlessness” which prevails since decades now. In a statement Sehrai said that even after […]

Kashmir: Srinagar police arrest five gamblers

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday arrested five gamblers from city centre here. A police spokesperson said that on specific information regarding the presence of some gamblers at Perzoo Park near GPO Srinagar, Police party headed by SHO Police Station Kothibagh Inspector Sajad Ahmad rushed to the spot and apprehended 5 gambler’s. Police revealed […]

Kashmir: Northern Army commander reviews security situation

Kashmir: Northern Army commander reviews security situation

Srinagar: Northern Army Commander Lt General Ranbir Singh on Monday reviewed the security situation in Kashmir. He was accompanied by Commander of Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, Lt Gen A K Bhatt, an army official said. Lt Gen Singh also visited the Army’s 92 Base Hospital at Badamibagh cantonment here to enquire about the well-being of the […]

Kashmiri Diaspora holds protest rally against civilian killings, HR violations in California

Kashmiri Diaspora holds protest rally against civilian killings, HR violations in California

Srinagar: Kashmiri Diaspora on Sunday organized a protest rally against the recent civilian killings in Kulgam and “human rights violations” in Kashmir at California in United States. “The rally started on Santa Monica Boulevard and participants marched towards Santa Monica Pier – which has a large audience, as it is a busy tourist attraction,” the […]

‘Premature’ to say snipers have come into Kashmir: Army chief

‘Premature’ to say snipers have come into Kashmir: Army chief

Srinagar: Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat Monday said the Army was looking into reports of snipers entering the Kashmir Valley to target forces personnel. Three defence personnel were killed in sniper attacks by Jaish-e-Mohammed militants since mid-September, prompting the law enforcement agencies to re-calibrate their strategy to thwart such strikes by the group. Responding to […]

Mirwaiz released after ‘3 weeks’; visits families of slain militants, civilian in Old City

Mirwaiz released after ‘3 weeks’; visits families of slain militants, civilian in Old City

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday visited the families of two slain militants who were killed in a gunfight with government in Fateh Kadal of Srinagar city last week. The Mirwaiz extended sympathies with the families of Mehrajuddin bangroo and Fahad Mushtaq at their residences in Fateh Kadal and Khanyar. تین […]

Father held for raping daughter in north Kashmir’s Kunzar

Father held for raping daughter in north Kashmir’s Kunzar

Srinagar: In a shocking incident, Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday arrested a man from Kunzer area of northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district for allegedly raping his young daughter. Imtiyaz Bhat, son of Abdul Majid Bhat of Kunzer moved a written compliant before the police alleging his father had raped his sister, a police spokesperson said […]

Karvan-e-Aman bus leaves for Pakistan Adminstered Kashmir

Karvan-e-Aman bus leaves for Pakistan Adminstered Kashmir

Srinagar: The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-Adminsitered-Kashmir (PaK) left here on Monday morning to cross over to other side of the Line of Control (LoC), official sources said. They said the bus left Bemina at 0740 hrs with 17 passengers, which included a Kashmir resident who is travelling to PaK […]

Geelani concerned over ‘repressive measures’, detention of ‘pro-freedom’ activists

Geelani concerned over ‘repressive measures’, detention of ‘pro-freedom’ activists

Srinagar: Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani has condemned the “use of excessive force and crackdowns” against civilians and especially in southern Kashmir districts of Shopian, Kulgam, and Pulwama. In a statement, Geelani expressed concern over increased use of “repressive measures” against civilians, students, and continuous detention of pro-freedom activists. Geelani said authorities have waged a […]