Archives for July 2018

Srinagar, July 13 (KG): Complete shutdown is being observed, today, to mark the martyrdom anniversary of the 22 Kashmiris who were shot dead by the Dogra Maharaja Forces in Srinagar on this day in 1931. Call for the shutdown has been given by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL). All shops and business establishments are closed […]

Srinagar, July 12: Thousands of people, today, attended the funeral prayers of 20-year-old youth at Trehgam in Kupwara district. The youth, Khalid Ghafar (20), son of Abdul Ghafar Malik was killed while another person suffered injuries after army opened fire on a group of protesters at Trehgam village on Wednesday evening. Media reports said thousands […]

Srinagar, July 10: Thousands of people on Tuesday took part in the last rites of class 11th student Ubaid Manzoor who died of critical injuries sustained after BSF opened fire on a group of youth fifteen days ago in Nadihal village of Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

(KG) – A youth who was critically injured during clashes with the government forces in Shopian succumbed on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Tamsheel Ahmad Khan of Vehil area of the district.

Srinagar, July 10: Two militants were killed while 20 civilian protesters and two soldiers were injured on Tuesday in a gunfight in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. The father of one of the local militants died of cardiac arrest after rumours that his son was trapped in the house surrounded by the forces.

Srinagar, July 10: The father of a local militant suffered cardiac arrest after hearing through the grapevine that his son was engaged in a gunfight with government forces in Kundalan village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Reports said that Mohammad Ishaq Naikoo, father of Zeenat Naikoo who had joined militant ranks some two months back, […]

Srinagar, July 10: At least four youth were injured during clashes with the government forces in Kundalan village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. Reports said that youth took to streets and hurled rocks at the forces deployed in the village following a gunfight. The forces responded by firing live ammunition, pellets and tear […]

Anantnag: As sloganeering and stone pelting reverberated in Havoora village of Kulgam district on Saturday following alleged vandalism by army, Ali Muhammad Mokdam locked his family, wife and three daughters, inside his house. As the family keenly listened to whatever was happening outside, the slogans of defiance soon fell silent as army guns roared. The […]