SRINAGAR — Opposition leaders on Thursday condemned the targeted killing of civilians in the Kashmir valley and alleged that the central government has completely failed to provide security to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that terrorism has “neither stopped due to demonetisation” nor after the “abrogation of Article 370” […]
SRINAGAR — Prominent Kashmiri Shia leader, Ruhullah Mehdi on Thursday hinted that the ruling government was ‘turning things uglier in Kashmir to benefit them in UP.” Uttar Pradesh is slated to go for elections in 2022 and analysts and politicians are saying that the party is at the backfoot there and that it might use […]
SRINAGAR — Among the 28 civilians killed so for in Jammu and Kashmir this year till date 08 were from minority communities. Among these 8 slain, one was affiliated with BJP while one was the minor nephew of a Bhartiya Janata Party leader. The data available with news agency Kashmir News Trust reveals that the […]
NEW DELHI — On Thursday, the Bharatiya Janata Party dropped its MPs Varun Gandhi and his mother Maneka Gandhi from the party’s national executive committee, Scroll reported. Varun Gandhi had criticised the killing in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district where eight people, four of them farmers, were killed during a protest against the Centre’s contentious […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — President and Official Spokesperson J&K (UT) Lok Janshakti Party Sahil Bashir Bhat on Thursday condemned the attack on two teachers, who lost their lives in Eidgah area of Srinagar. LJP President Sahil Bashir Bhat, in a statement issued to Kashmir Independent Media Service – KIMS said, “police must track down the Culprits […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said that the spate of civilian killings in Kashmir reflects the utter failure of what she termed “double-engine Modi government.” “I am tired of issuing condemnations to civilian killings now. Every day there is a killing of civilians. Today, two teachers were killed,” the PDP […]
SRINAGAR — PDP President Mehbooba Mufti said that she is disturbed to see the deteriorating situation in Kashmir where a minuscule minority is the latest target. “Disturbing to see the deteriorating situation in Kashmir where a minuscule minority is the latest target. The government of India’s claims of building a Naya Kashmir has actually turned […]
ANANTNAG — Indian Army organised a plantation drive with theme of SAGA 2.0 at Anantnag. The drive aimed to promote environmental awareness amongst locals. The drive included plantation of multiple saplings of different species at various locations to include Kashmir University, South Campus in which college students and teachers participated. Locals appreciated the drive which […]
ANANTNAG — A 54-year-old woman died of electrocution after she received a shock from electric heater in Kokernag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag on Thursday. Official sources told that Asha Begum wife of Mohammad Shafi Dar suffered burn injuries after receiving shock from an electric heater. “She was rushed to a hospital in Kokarnag, where […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam expressed his shock and grief over the spate of innocent killings of civilians in Kashmir and stated that it was unfortunate that members of a particular community are being targeted. While condemning the civilian killings, he said that no religion allows the killing of innocent civilians and that this […]