SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference has called upon the authorities to return the body of Amir Ahmad Magray, a resident of Gool- the third civilian killed in Hyderpora ‘staged gunfight’ without delay. In a statement issued here, APHC asked the authorities to desist from the ‘criminal’ practice of ceasing bodies and denying their families […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has demanded the body of Amir Ahmad Magrey one of the four men killed in alleged Hyderpora gunfight. Taking to her Twitter handle, the former BJP ally hit out at the ruling central government, “Aamir Magrey also killed in Hyderpora encounter is yet to be given a decent burial […]
SRINAGAR — A complete shutdown is being observed in Kashmir on Friday to protest the killing of civilians during an alleged encounter in Hydepora area of Kashmir capital Srinagar Reports said that in various parts of Kashmir shops and business establishments remained closed while public transport was seen thin on the roads. The separatist leadership […]
SRINAGAR — CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Friday urged the government to return body of Amir Ahmad Magray, a resident of Gool in Ramban, the third civilian killed in Hyderpora, ‘without any further delay’. “It has been proven beyond any doubt that Magray is a civilian. His father Abdul Latief Magray is a state […]
SRINAGAR — Freezing cold conditions continued in Kashmir Valley with all places recording minimum temperature below normal for this time of the year on Friday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded minus 1.4°C against 2.1°C on the previous night. On Wednesday (November 17) Srinagar recorded minus 1.5°C which was the coldest […]
JAMMU — Denying that he had knowledge of resignations of some state Congress leaders close to him, former chief minister Gulam Nabi Azad said he will do what the people of Jammu and Kashmir want him to do for the betterment of the Union territory. Spelling trouble for the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, four […]
SRINAGAR — Emotional scenes were witnessed at the house of the two civilians in Srinagar after their bodies were handed over to the families for the proper burial. The bodies of Muhammad Altaf Bhat and Mudasir Gul were returned to the families around 1 am amid forces presence. A resident of Barzulla, Muhammad Altaf Bhat, […]
SRINAGAR — The bodies of the civilians killed in Hyderpora encounter will likely be handed over to their families tonight as legal formalities for their exhumation has completed Sources confirmed that police and administrative officials concerned in Handwara are exhuming the bodies from the graves in Waderbala where police had buried them. Sources said “The […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has appealed to Hurriyat Conference to defer the strike call given against the civilian killings of Hyderpora encounter on November 19 Friday as it coincides with birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Ji. In a statement, APSCC Chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina said that the Committee is equally concerned […]
SRINAGAR — Senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday called for a judicial probe into the civilian killings during an encounter Hyderpora area of Srinagar on Monday evening. Talking to reporters at Kathua, Azad said that a judicial probe should be carried out to investigate the entire incident. “It is the case of police […]