SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association Srinagar on Tuesday condemned the broad day killing of Dr Mudasir Gull and prominent trader Altaf Ahmad in an encounter in Hyderpora area of Srinagar yesterday evening. In a statement, Bar said that it is deeply concerned on the pre-determined pattern of killing of civilians […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir belies the projected claims of peace and development by GoI on the abrogation of the Articles 370, 35-A. This, he said, while addressing the provincial committee (Kashmir) meeting at party headquarters Nawa e Subha, Srinagar. “We […]
MUMBAI — Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s Nainital home was vandalised and set on fire today, days after his new book on Ayodhya sparked a controversy by comparing a “robust version” of Hindutva to the jihadist Islam of terror groups such as the ISIS and Boko Haram in his book. Khurshid shared the visuals on Facebook […]
SRINAGAR — A driver of a Scorpio vehicle has died while seven others were injured in a road accident on Srinagar-Jammu national highway inside Chenani-Nashri tunnel on Tuesday, officials said. Official sources told that a Scorpio vehicle bearing registration No JK15-2403 which was on its way from Jammu to Srinagar driven by Manzoor Ahmed Mir […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri singer and musician Qaisar Nizami has been nominated for the Grammy Awards for his song ‘Nazninay’ (O Beauty), India West reported. The nominations of the 64th Grammy Awards will be formally announced on 23 November, while the award ceremony itself will take place on 31 January 2022, The Quint reported. The first round […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Tuesday demanded judicial probe into the killings of civilians in Hyderpora encounter. In a statement, JKPCC Spokesperson sought time bound judicial probe into the killings of Altaf Ahmad and Mudasir Gul in Hyderpora encounter. “The circumstances in which these killings happened need to be […]
POONCH — A policeman was killed and five others were injured, four of them critically, when a police vehicle, part of SSP Poonch’s escort, skidded off the road and fell into a river in Surankote area of this mountainous district on Tuesday. Official sources told GNS that the SSP and his escort were returning from […]
SHEIKH NADEEM ANANTNAG — Army’s 19 Rashtriya Rifles on Tuesday distributed ration and food kits among fire victims at Pahloo village in Shangus area of Anantnag district in South Kashmir. On Monday, a residential house of Nisar Ahmad Mir, son of Late Dilawar Mir was gutted in Pahloo village. The fire caused the entire ration […]
LONDON — Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai said she is ‘lucky’ that husband Asser Malik understands her values, during an interview on Sunday (November 14). Malala recently wed Pakistan Cricket Board member Malik having previously told Vogue Magazine in July that she was unsure if she would ever get married. The 24-year-old, […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference Tuesday strongly condemned the ‘gruesome killing of civilians during a gunfight at Hyderpora’. As per the family sources Mohd Altaf Bhat of hyderpora was killed by government forces while being used as a human shield and had no affiliation with any group as claimed by the authorities, a statement […]