SRINAGAR — The Jammu & Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) today said that an FIR has been registered and all the accused Bajrang Dal leaders and workers who thrashed a Kashmiri shawl seller in Kashipur, Uttarakhand, have been arrested. The Association welcomed the swift action taken by the Uttarakhand Police in the matter. National Convenor of […]
SRINAGAR — Political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday expressed concern over the reports of assault on a Kashmiri trader in Uttarakhand, and urged the state administration to take legal action against the perpetrators. National Conference (NC) Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi said coercing any citizen to prove patriotism through compelled speech violates constitutional […]
DEHRADUN — Kashmiri shawl vendor was assaulted by a group allegedly associated with a right-wing group in Uttarakhand’s Kashipur Monday. The incident came to light after a man named Ankur Singh posted a video on his Instagram page showing him beating up Bilal Ganie of Kupwara while asking him to chant “Bharat Mata ki jai”. […]
HALDWANI (UTTARAKHAND) — Curfew was imposed here Thursday after local residents set vehicles on fire and hurled stones, injuring at least 60 people, over the demolition of an illegally built madrasa. Police said most of the around 60 people hospitalised after the violence in the city’s Banbhoolpura area were police personnel and municipal workers involved […]
UTTARKASHI — After 17 days of mega operation, all the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi were safely extricated on the evening of Tuesday, November 28. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was present at the site, where multiple ambulances and medical teams were kept ready for the trapped workers. As soon […]