NEW DELHI — Actor Naseeruddin Shah has said those calling for a genocide of Muslims are in effect calling for a full-scale civil war. In an interview to The Wire seeking his opinion on the genocide calls, Shah told Karan Thapar: “I wonder if these people know what they are talking about. What they are […]
SRINAGAR — J&K Peoples Conference has termed the findings of the SIT on Hyderpora Killings as a fig leaf to legitimise violence by the state. The party said that this is just one of the thousands of probes since last three decades, which has revealed nothing apart from justifying murder. “There are no surprises in […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Lone while reacting to the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) report on Hyderpora encounter said it was on expected lines and that it was one more addition to hundreds of ‘ornamental probes.’ Sajad Lone in a tweet said, “Hyderpora probe on expected lines. One more addition to hundreds of ornamental […]
SRINAGAR — Former minister and Apni Party president, Syed Altaf Bukhari on Wednesday rejected the clean chit given by police Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Hyderpora incident. Bukhari said that they don’t accept the probe conducted by police, saying that the killers should be brought to book. “Who is police to give clean chit in […]
LUCKNOW — Probe has been ordered after well-known poet Akbar Allahabadi has been mentioned as ‘Akbar Prayagraji after the name of Allahabad was changed to Prayagraj by the Yogi Adityanath government, three years ago, IANS reported. The name of the poet as Akbar Prayagraji appeared on the website of the Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Service […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference Tuesday appealed the international community to take cognisance of what it termed the systemic demographic change being foisted upon Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir, by settling outsiders in the region including through a new policy of sale of land and natural resources to them. This comes a day after […]
SRINAGAR — The family members of slain building owner Altaf Ahmed Bhat and Dr Mudasir Gul Wednesday rejected the SIT probe of police stating that “it seems a fairy tale” adding that Altaf was tortured and killed while as Dr Gul’s family urged police to show them CCTV footage where slain doctor is ferrying foreign […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]