Kashmir

Kashmir freezes, Gulmarg records minus 10.4°C

SRINAGAR — Barring Qazigund, the minimum temperature across Kashmir Valley settled below the freezing point on Wednesday with famous ski-resort of Gulmarg recording a low of minus 10.4°C. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J-K, recorded a low of minus 2.3°C against last night’s 1.4°C. Kashmir is presently […]

Kashmir

SIT report on Hyderpora encounter ‘charade to cover up botched operation’, says Mehbooba Mufti

SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti while reacting to the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) report on Hyderpora encounter said it was ‘charade to cover up botched operation’. The former Chief Minister said the clean chit given by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to security […]

Kashmir

‘Police statement seems to be concocted cover-up story’, says PAGD on Hyderpora encounters SIT report

SRINAGAR — People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday said that today’s press briefing of Jammu and Kashmir police about Hyderpora military operation is only a repetition of the old story. In a statement, PAGD said that it does not even, slightly give any objective picture of this shocking incident. “There is a strong […]

India

‘Arrest Genocide Mongers’: Civil Society, Student Groups Protest Against ‘Dharam Sansad’

NEW DELHI — Protesting against the Hindu right-wing or ‘Dharam Sansad’ held in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar earlier this month, student groups, activists and civil society members collected outside the Uttarakhand Sadan in Delhi on Monday (December 27). Following political outrage and pressure over the event, the police in Uttarakhand booked Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, earlier known as […]

India

NEET PG Counselling: Doctors association calls for complete withdrawal of medical services after police brutality

NEW DELHI — Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) has called for a complete withdrawal from all healthcare services across the country from 8 am on December 29 “in protest against brute force by Delhi Police against doctors.” In a statement, the FAIMA said that resident doctors were protesting peacefully and alleged that female […]