By Press Desk on May 16, 2019
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Srinagar: Three militants have been killed and an army soldier was injured in an encounter with goverment forces at Handew area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thrusday. The encounter broke out after a joint team of army’s 44 RR, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon and search operations this afternoon at Handew village. A […]
By Press Desk on May 16, 2019
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Srinagar: Three militants, an army personnel and a civilian have been killed during a gunfight that ensued in predawn hours in south Kashmir’s Pulwama village on Thursday. Three army soldiers and a civilian were injured. The injured soldiers were shifted to army hospital. The gunfight started after a joint team of government forces including army’s […]
By Press Desk on May 15, 2019
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Srinagar: A 23-year-old youth, injured in government forces action on Monday (May 13) in Chanabal area of Pattan in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, succumbed to his wounds at SKIMS Soura here, officials said on Wednesday. They said that Arshad Ahmad Dar (23) son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar of Chanabal Pattan breathed his last at SKIMS […]
By Press Desk on May 15, 2019
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Srinagar: Protests against the alleged rape of a minor girl in Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district continued for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding justice. Various educational institutions across the Valley remained closed today as precautionary measure. The class work at several colleges and higher secondary schools in Srinagar, Bandipora, Anantnag, Baramulla, […]
By Press Desk on May 15, 2019
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Srinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani Wednesday hailed the goodwill gesture by India and Pakistan to release prisoners from their respective jails and called for use of such measures as a permanent feature of relations between the two countries. Thirteen Pakistani nationals, including four fishermen, were repatriated to Pakistan on Tuesday through the […]
By Press Desk on May 15, 2019
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Srinagar: Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday took suo moto cognisance of the alleged rape case of a minor girl in Sumbal area of Bandipora. The Chief Justice Gitta Mittal also directed IGP Kashmir to submit a status report by Friday. A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s […]
By Press Desk on May 15, 2019
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The Taliban’s chief negotiator has claimed that the United States is on the verge of defeat and will quit Afghanistan soon, the Voice of America (VOA) broadcasting service reported on Tuesday. The semi-official US news outlet reported that Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai made the assertions in an April 28 speech to an “internal gathering” in […]
By Ahmad Khan on May 14, 2019
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Srinagar: Secretary, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), Hilal Dewani, who was attached by the government pending an inquiry, is freely operating from his office. “He is working as usual,” sources told The Kashmir Press. “Despite orders he has not been removed from his post. He continues to function from the office as secretary SMC”. Sources said […]
By Press Desk on May 14, 2019
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Srinagar: Protests continued in Kashmir valley on Tuesday over the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in Bandipora district of the state, officials said. The state police has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the rape case and one person has been arrested. Even as authorities closed several educational institutions in the valley, students […]
By Press Desk on May 14, 2019
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Ganderbal: Another horrific report of rape case has come to fore in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday. Reports said that on Tuesday the Jammu and Kashmir police arrested a youth for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in Ganderbal. The incident, according to reports, came to fore on Tuesday after Ganderbal police arrested Asif Ahmad Wani […]