SRINAGAR: The family of Mohammad Afzal Guru, on Thursday said that if India’s Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was really remorseful about the handling of Guru’s execution, he should return his mortal remains to family. “If Shinde is so remorseful on the handling of Afzal Guru’s execution by his department, then the government of India […]
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, Thursday called for peaceful protest demonstration after the Friday prayers against the mass death sentence to Morsi supporters including the general guide of Muslim Brotherhood Muhammad Badie by an Egyptian court. In a statement, Geelani said “This incident is not related to a particular country, sect or […]
SRINAGAR: All J&K Pensioners Welfare Association (AJKPWA) on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration at Pres Enclave here against the government over non-payment of their third installment of the arrears under 6th pay commission due from April last year. Speaking on the occasion, AJKPWA’s Provincial president, Raja Mohammad Amin said that the withholding of the arrears […]
Srinagar: Terming the Pathribal case as an “illustration of impunity” in Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) on Tuesday said that the case “sends a clear message that there can be no justice by India in the state.” “Pathribal case serves as an illustration of the Indian states record in Jammu […]
Srinagar: Under directions from the Jammu and Kashmir High court, the state government has issued a notice to Army on unauthorized occupation of more than 175 acres of land in ecologically fragile environs of Gulmarg tourist resort. The government has also issued notice to Director Agriculture Department Kashmir and all the lessees whose lease has […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road was briefly blocked Tuesday following a landslide triggered by incessant rains in Uri sector of Baramulla district, police said. A massive landslide hit the road near Laghama in Uri, 101 kms from here, blocking traffic, a police spokesman said. He said police immediately swung into action to clear the road which […]
SRINAGAR: The higher-ups should be held responsible for actions of their subordinates to end ‘oppressive policing’, an American expert said Monday. “Best remedy against oppressive policing is to hold those at the helm of affairs responsible for the acts committed by their subordinates,” said Dr Robert D Hanser, coordinator of Criminal Justice programme at University […]
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani has filed a Rs 50 crore defamation suit against an Indian newspaper for “deliberately carrying a false news story against him with a bad intention to cause harm to his esteem, dignity and reputation in general public.” Geelani, through his counsel, issued a legal notice to ‘The […]
Srinagar: At least 12 Kashmiri students were injured Friday after clashes broke out in a Rajasthan university before India and Pakistan cricket match in the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh. At around 11:45 am, some local students started hurling abuses at Kashmiri students studying in the Meewar University located at Gangrar, Chittorgarh. “Situation turned hostile […]
Srinagar: At a time when Jammu and Kashmir High Court has taken exception to slackness in compliance of its directions, the government has erred in its order to Deputy Commissioners by referring to polythene directions in PIL which is actually aimed to prevent conversion of agriculture land in the state. “It has been reported by […]