Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that one Hizb militant who was injured in Babagund village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district has been admitted in SMHS hospital where he is presently being operated upon. A police officer identified the militant as Showkat Ahmad Dar son of Nazir Ahmad Dar of Muran, Pulwama who was injured in […]
Srinagar: Pakistan’s Minister for Human Rights Shireen M Mazari has reiterated her country’s stand towards the ongoing freedom struggle in Jammu and Kashmir and accused India of committing “human rights violations in the disputed state”, Pakistani daily The News reported. Mazari said this in a meeting with a delegation of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) […]
Srinaga: The militant killed in an encounter with government forces at Babagund in Pulwama has been identified as Shabir Ahmad Dar alias Maali of Samboora. Official sources said that a joint team of army, SOG and CRPF had laid an ambush following a tip off about the presence of Zahoor Ahmad Thoker and other militants. Initially […]
Srinagar: Idara Tahqeeqat-e-Islami patron Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah on Friday expelled Qazi Yasir Ahmad from the post of Mirwaiz south Kashmir and also removed him from president ship of Idara-e-Tahqeeqat-e-Islami. In a video message Abdullah said that the decision has been made keeping in view the aspirations of people. Abdullah is also the maternal grandfather of […]
Srinagar: The Kashmir valley is observing a shutdown on Friday on the shutdown call of joint resistance leadership (JRL) against the killing of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Mannan Wani and his associate in a gunfight on Thursday. All shops, business establishments, schools and colleges remained shut in response to the shutdown called by JRL. Wani […]
Srinagar: The death of Manan Bashir Wani, top Hizbul Mujahideen commander of north Kashmir, might be a big achievement for the government forces, but for his family his “martyrdom” means an end to ten months of alleged persecution at the hands of government forces. “I would have never asked him to surrender. He had chosen […]
A social media user, Omair Bhat, wrote the following passage while describing the scene in the aftermath of the killing of scholar turned militant commander Manan Wani at his native place in Tiki Pora, Sogam, Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Thousands of people ( men, women , children, across all age groups ) […]
Srinagar: Mannan Bashir Wani, an AMU research scholar from northern Kashmir’ Kupwara district is slain. Mannan is son of Bashir Ahmad Wani. He was pursuing his PhD in applied geology at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Last year in January, a photograph of Mannan appeared on social media in which he was seen holding an under […]
Srinagar: Aligarh Muslim University scholar turned militant Mannan Wani was on Thursday killed in a gunfight will government forces in Shatgund village of Handwara in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara. Another militant has also been slain in the gunfight. Sources confirmed the killing of Mannan, however the identity of another militant was not ascertained. Who was Mannan […]
Srinagar: Two local militants have been killed in the ongoing gunfight between government forces in Shatgund village of Handwara in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Sources said that two militant bodies have been recovered from the gunfight site, however, the identity of the duo has not been ascertained yet. They said that the exchange of fire […]
