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Hashimpura massacre: Delhi HC convicts all 16 PAC officials for their involvement in massacre after 31 years

Hashimpura massacre: Delhi HC convicts all 16 PAC officials for their involvement in massacre after 31 years

New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday convicted 16 Provincial Armed Constabulary officials in the Hashimpura murders case, which took place on May 22, 1987, near Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. It was alleged that PAC personnel picked up about 50 members of a minority community out of a crowd of 500 who had gathered outside […]

Acquittal of Asia Bibi sparks protests by right wing parties in Pakistan

Acquittal of Asia Bibi sparks protests by right wing parties in Pakistan

Islamabad: The acquittal of Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, convicted of blasphemy, by the Supreme Court has led to protests by religious right wing in different cities of Pakistan with hardliners denouncing it. The Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party workers besides certain other religio-political parties had asked its workers to assemble at already marked spots on […]

Govt to set up centers to stop illegal entry of dressed-chicken imports

Govt to set up centers to stop illegal entry of dressed-chicken imports

SRINAGAR: To check the entry of dressed chicken in the state, Animal Husbandry department has decided to setup two dedicated checking centers at Lakhanpur and Lower Munda. The direction to setup these check-posts was passed by Principal Secretary Animal, Sheep, Fisheries and Transport Department Dr Asgar Samoon during a meeting of officers and representatives of […]

Govt forces launch cordon and search operation in southern Kashmir’s Shopian village

Govt forces launch cordon and search operation in southern Kashmir’s Shopian village

Srinagar: Government forces on Wednesday launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Shopian village of southern Kashmir. Reports said that forces laid a siege around Losedenow village this afternoon and started a search operation. Sources said that the CASO was launched after inputs about the presence of militants in the village. The search operation […]

Government forces launch CASO in south Kashmir

Government forces launch CASO in south Kashmir

Srinagar: Government forces on Wednesday launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian, official sources said. They said troops of Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF launched a joint search operation at village Lousdenu in Shopian following a tip off about the […]

Mehbooba seeks Rajnath’s intervention to trace missing Kashmiri student

Mehbooba seeks Rajnath’s intervention to trace missing Kashmiri student

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has sought the intervention of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to trace a Kashmir student who is reportedly missing, after a group of students assaulted him early this month in the campus of Sharda University. Taking to micro blogging site twitter, the president of the Peoples […]