Shamli (UP) — A 22-year-old Muslim youth was lynched by a mob on Thursday evening, while he was returning home from the work. The deceaed has been identified as Samir Chaudhary from Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, Maktoob Media reported. Speaking to Maktoob, Samir’s Cousin, Pravej claimed the assailants lynched him for his “Muslim identity”. “While […]
BEIJING — China on Wednesday announced USD 31 million as aid to Afghanistan, its first after the Taliban seized power in Kabul, as it backed the Afghan militant group’s interim government, saying it is a necessary step to restore order and end anarchy . Taking part in the first meeting of Foreign Ministers of the […]
SRINAGAR — Human rights bodies including FIDH, FORUM-ASIA, and OMCT have condemned the “serious human rights violations committed by Indian government authorities” in Kashmir following the death of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on 1 September 2021. The three organizations also condemn the imposition of restrictions that are inconsistent with the country’s international human […]
JAMMU — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who is on a two-day visit to Jammu, addressed party workers at a programme on Friday. He described his visit to be like a homecoming as his family had a long relationship with the state. The former Congress president said that, the BJP-RSS combine were trying to break the […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi Police has launched a search operation to nab two suspects Harpreet and Harmeet in the murder case of former Jammu and Kashmir MLC Trilochan Singh Wazir. Delhi police local team and the crime branch special cell are investigating the case. Many teams have been formed to unravel it. While two […]
SRINAGAR — Police have arrested 16 gamblers during a raid in Parimpora area of Srinagar and recovered Rs 5.76 lakh stake money from them. A police official told that raid was carried based on specific information and besides stake money, gambling cards were also recovered. Those arrested include Ashiq Hussain Of Saida Kadal Srinagar, Ali […]
BUDGAM — Budgam Police on Friday arrested three timber smugglers and seized six logs of illicit timber alongwith three horses. A police spokesman in a statment said that acting upon a specific information, a naka was established at Chakarmarg Hardpanzoo. Police party of Police post Hardpanzoo intercepted three persons carrying illicit timber logs laden on […]
BARABANKI (UP) — The All India Majlis-e-Itthehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi, has been booked for allegedly trying to spoil communal harmony through a ‘provocative speech in Barabanki district. Owaisi alleged in his speech that the administration had earlier this year “martyred” a century-old mosque. He also used indecent language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]
SRINAGAR — Five days after Ladakh administration ordered the issuing of Resident Certificates to residents of the Union Territory, the J&K Panchayat Conference—a body of elected panchayat members—has demanded the restoration of the Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) system prevalent in Jammu and Kashmir before the Centre diluted Article 370 of the Constitution. “When the Resident […]
KULGAM — Body of a 19-year-old Bachelor of Arts (B.A) student was found under suspicious conditions in Buchroo village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam on Friday morning, officials said. An official told that a youth identified as Abdul Bari Mir (19) Son of Ajaz Ahmad Mir, a resident of Buchroo was found dead under mysterious conditions […]