Srinagar, Oct 17: It was around 12 in the night when the government forces knocked at the gate of Rayees Habibullah Hanga’s house at Syed Ali Akbar area of Fateh Kadal in Srinagar. The family said when they could not open the gate, the government forces trespassed and barged into their house. “I and my […]
Archives for October 18, 2018
Shutdown in Kashmir against Fateh Kadal killings
Srinagar, Oct 18 (KNS): Following the call given by Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, a complete shutdown was observed across the Valley on Thursday. JRL in a joint statement issued to KNS had appealed people to observe a protest shutdown on Thursday against what they […]
Troops killed one more youth in Pulwama; thousands participate in funeral
Srinagar, October 18:One more youth was killed by troops in a brief gunfight in Pulwama, district. thousands of people joined his funeral. The youth as killed by the personnel of 50-Rashtriya Rifles of Indian army and Special Operation Group during a cordon and search operation at Dougam Kakapora area of the district.
Flames, anger and one last wish
Srinagar: The clock had struck 5.30 Wednesday morning and masjids were reverberating with the call for pre-dawn prayers. Those who had left their homes, responding to the prayer call, saw the entire Fateh Kadal area in old Srinagar cordoned off, though a few locals had noticed the forces’ movement during midnight. Two houses were zeroed […]
Bangroo’s wish before joining militancy: ‘Don’t wail over my death’
Srinagar: Before leaving his home to join militancy, the slain militant commander Mehraj-ud-Din Bangroo had categorically told his family not to wail over his death, his uncle told Greater Kashmir Wednesday, hours after the rebel was killed in a gunfight in Fateh Kadal area of Downtown. Shell-shocked by the death of his nephew, Bangroo’s uncle—popularly […]
