A military court today suspended the life imprisonment sentence awarded to the five Army personnel who were convicted by a general court martial in the Machhil Fake encounter case, reports said. According to the reports, the armed forces tribunal also granted them bail in the case related to the death of three civilians in Kashmir […]
Police on Tuesday late evening arrested the chairman of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmad Shah from his residence and took him to Humhama guest house. A party spokesperson said police party from Police Station Sadder headed by DSP came to Shah’s Sanat Nagar residence where he is under house arrest and told him to […]
Complimenting the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for initiating a probe against the separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference (NC), Patron and Member Parliament said that NIA must also investigate whether the Indian government ever funded the separatists or not. “While NIA has probed funding of separatist groups and involvement of Pakistan in the […]
Just a day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested seven separatist leaders in Kashmir for being allegedly involved in terror funding cases, a senior BJP leader said that separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq should be investigated for alleged money laundering activities to create “unrest” in the Kashmir Valley. “The […]
Hurriyat Conference (G) Tuesday threatened to call for public protests against the ‘harassment’ by National Investigation Agency (NIA). The amalgam demanded immediate end to what it termed the ‘repressive tactics’ adopted by New Delhi to harass the separatist leadership. Hurriyat (G) spokesman according to the statement issued here said that NIA is being used as […]
Former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Tuesday asked the PDP-BJP government to respect the institution of an MLA and help facilitate the development works in their respective areas. In a day long interaction with district administrative officers, Omar Abdullah highlighted the various issues confronting the area and gave a patient hearing to the grievances of […]
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has hailed the people of Kashmir for defying the strike call given by the separatists against the arrest of seven second rung separatists for their involvement in triggering unrest in Kashmir and funding militants in the Valley. In a statement here BJP spokesman, Khalid Jehangir said, “The people of Kashmir by […]
As many as 53 pilgrims have been killed in 36 ‘terror attacks’ on the annual Amarnath yatra in the last 27 years, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. “From 1990 till date, 36 terrorist attacks have been reported on Amarnath yatris in which 53 were killed and 167 were injured,” Minister of State […]
Amid a standoff with India in the Sikkim sector, Chinese state-run daily ‘Global Times’ has warned India that it can enter Kashmir on Pakistan’s invitation. The move comes after China’s blunt proclamation of safeguarding its security interests at any cost as it said that its sovereignty was “indomitable”. “Time for a second lesson for […]