{KHALID GUL} Shopian, May 4: Three houses were set ablaze in Turkiwangam village of Shopian district by army and police on Wednesday night even though a gunfight between the forces and militants, which could have been a justification for the fire, was fleeting and the militants managed to escape, local residents said. The gutted houses […]
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Family awaits justice for son killed 15 yrs ago in fake encounter
Srinagar, May 03: Syedabad Soiteng in Srinagar outskirts yesterday commemorated the 15th death anniversary of Javaid Ahmad Magrey, a class 12 student, who was killed by army on May 1, 2003, in a fake encounter. The family and locals reiterated their determination to fight for justice.
10 mediamen killed, scores injured since 1988: Report
{Journalists working in difficult situation in Kashmir} Srinagar, May 03: Indian controlled Kashmir is one of the most dangerous places of the world where people associated with the press and media are performing their professional duties in the most difficult circumstances and situation. According to the a report on the occasion of the World Press […]
197 civilians killed in Kashmir since July 2016: Report
Islamabad, May 02: Indian troops have killed 197 people during protests till date in the ongoing protests uprising that started after the killing of rebel leader, Burhan Muzaffar Wani, on the 8th July 2016. According to a report, the Indian troops during anti-protesters, uprising used bullets and pellets during the period injuring 21,600 people. The […]
#Kathua rape and murder: J&K HC, Govt contradicts Bar Council of India Findings
(by Muzamil Jaleel) New Delhi April 28: Did the lawyers of Kathua Bar Association prevent the Crime Branch team from filing the charge sheet in the case of gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old Bakerwal girl in Kathua or not? While a report filed by the Bar Council of India (BCI) before the Supreme Court […]
US HR report raises concern over staged encounters, pellets, rape in Kashmir
Washington, April 22: The US State Department in its Annual Human Rights Report for the year 2017 has said that the civilians were reportedly killed in a staged encounter and later accused of being foreign militants. The report mentioned the suspension of life sentences by the Armed Forces Tribunal of five army personnel involved in […]
New York Times grills Modi’s conduct on Aasifa attack
New York, April 17: New York Times, American newspaper with worldwide influence and readership, in its editorial came down hard on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s callous response to the horrifying rape and murder of the 8-year-old Kashmiri girl, Aasifa, and the dangers faced by women and minorities at the hands of nationalist and communal […]
Kathua victim’s mother: ‘The girl who loved horses, meadows… now in a lonely grave’
Sitting under a bridge, just short of Manwal near Udhampur, on way to Kargil, the Bakerwal woman says looking at any of her daughter’s possessions would leave a lump in her throat. Naveed Iqbal | Kishanpur, (Udhampur) April 15: Just days before she went missing from near her home in January, the eight-year-old girl gangraped […]
Kathua chargesheet: In J-K child gangrape, rituals, a chilling invite and a police cover-up
New Delhi, April 11(Muzamil Jaleel):Kathua chargesheet: In J-K child gangrape, rituals, a chilling invite and a police cover-up On Monday, lawyers tried to stop filing of chargesheet. THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD was gangraped thrice inside the Devasthan or prayer hall, after the mastermind had “performed rituals”. One of the rapists was called from Meerut to “satisfy his […]
At SMHS, a wife clutches onto bullet-hit spouse
Srinagar, April 12(Zehri Nissa): In nearly twenty-five years of their marriage they have not for a single moment drifted away from one another. Their commitment to the marriage has been complete in spite of not having a child and yet the cruel hand of destiny may wrench them away from each other, forever. On Wednesday […]
