NEW DELHI — Days after being dropped from the BJP’s national executive, the top decision-making body of the party, Varun Gandhi has said that an attempt is being made to turn the violence in the Lakhimpur Kheri district into a “Hindu vs Sikh battle”. In a tweet Sunday, Gandhi said, “An attempt to turn #LakhimpurKheri […]
SRINAGAR — General Officer Commanding of Army’s 15 Corps, Lt General DP Pandey on Sunday said those involved in recent civilian killings in Kashmir want to trigger a communal divide in the Valley and people would expose these elements. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the GOC […]
SRINAGAR — An eviction notice received by the Gujjar Bakerwal community in the Rakh Brah area of Anantnag’s Shangus Tehsil has created a panic among the locals as the authorities have asked them to vacate the land in the next 15 days for a demolition drive by the Revenue Department. A total of almost 700 […]
SRINAGAR — Charges have been framed by special designated NIA court againt Asiya Andrabi and two of her close associates Nahida Nasreen and Sufi Fehmida, News 18 reported. According to the report, special designated judge Javed Alam chargesheeted nine persons, including Andrabi, Nasreen and Fehmida associated with Dukhtaran-e-Millat under an FIR registered in Anantnag. They […]
SRINAGAR — Body of a 35-year-old man was recovered at Harnabal Padshahi bagh in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Sunday. Reports reaching GNS said that body was spotted by some passersby and they immediately informed concerned police station which took the body into custody. The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Maqbool Khan (35) son […]
ANANTNAG — A woman was murdered after being allegedly assaulted by her uncle in the Aishmuqam area of Anantnag in South Kashmir. An official told The Kashmiriyat that a man assaulted his niece identified as Shameema Bano (34), wife of Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, a resident of Nagbal area in Aishmuqam’s Hapatnad area, resulting in critical injuries to […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s renowned nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan passed away Sunday after his health deteriorated. Dr AQ Khan is considered the father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme and is revered at home as a hero for building the Muslim world’s first atomic bomb. Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan’s health started deteriorating Saturday night, after which […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has summoned 40 teachers on Sunday in connection with civilian target killings here, the investigation of which the agency has formally taken over from the local police. Top officials of the IB, including Tapan Deka, the head of counter terrorism wing in the agency are camping in Srinagar […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday raided multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir in two different cases already registered by the probing agency. Reliable sources told that sleuths of NIA along with CRPF raided the house of Nayeem Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Aaripora Zewan who is working as driver in Hassan Road […]
SRINAGAR — Supreme Court Judge, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat today inaugurated the Fourth Round Table Conference on ‘Implementation of Juvenile System’ in the Union Territories of J&K & Ladakh here at SKICC. The conference was organized by Juvenile Justice Committee, Supreme Court of India, Juvenile Justice Committee High Court of J&K and Ladakh in collaboration […]