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HM commander Riyaz Naikoos father detained by police

HM commander Riyaz Naikoos father detained by police

Srinagar: The police has arrested the father of known Hizb ul Mujahideen militant commander, Riyaz Naikoo, during a raid at their residence in south Kashmir. Locals said Assadullah Naikoo, father of HM commander was then removed from his residence at Beighpora Awantipora by the police to the local police station. When contacted, the police said […]

Woman dies after hit by tractor in north Kashmir

Woman dies after hit by tractor in north Kashmir

  Baramulla: A woman was killed in a road mishap in this north Kashmir district, official sources said here on Thursday. They said a tractor hit and critically wounded a 45-year-old woman Rafeeqa Begum at Khaipora, Tangmarg, in Baramulla district on Wednesday evening. The injured was immediately rushed the hospital where she succumbed, they said, […]

Son of policeman abducted in Tral by unknown gunmen

Son of policeman abducted in Tral by unknown gunmen

Srinagar: Unknown gunmen abducted son of a policeman from his home located in Pinglish village of south Kashmir’s Tral area on Wednesday. The locals identfied the cop as Rafiq Ahmad Rather and his son as Asif Rafiq. They said the gunmen forcibly entered the house of Rather and abducted his son. They took him to […]

45-year-old woman dies after hit by a tractor in Tangmarg

45-year-old woman dies after hit by a tractor in Tangmarg

Srinagar: A 45-year-old woman was killed in a road mishap at Khaipora area of Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday evening. A police officer told GNS that the woman Rafeeqa Begum (45) wife of Abdul Rasheed Wani of Mirchipora, Tangmarg was hit by a speeding Tractor in Khaipora, Tangmarg. In the mishap, the woman […]

NHRC notice to Mah govt over arrest of 5 activists

NHRC notice to Mah govt over arrest of 5 activists

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the Maharashtra government over arrest of five activists in connection with with Bhima Koregaon violence, calling for a factual report within four weeks. Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports about the arrest of five activists by the police from different […]

KU stops engagements on Hire &Fire basis with immediate effect

KU stops engagements on Hire &Fire basis with immediate effect

Srinagar: The authorities at University of Kashmir have decided to ban all engagements on hire and fire basis across all the campuses with immediate effect.    Moreover the Departmental Heads, Deans of the faculties and officers of the administration have also been directed not to move any such proposal in this direction.     “Henceforth, all the […]

Lawyers refuse to defend child rapists

Lawyers refuse to defend child rapists

Barwani:The District Bar Association’s lawyers have refused to defend the two men accused of the gang-rape of a seven-year-old girl at Rajpur last week.  The Association’s President PK Mukati confirmed about the decision. Meanwhile, the victim’s mother has sought early conviction and capital punishment for the accused. The girl was sleeping with her elder brother […]