Civilian killed as Indian troops open fire on protesters on June 6, 2017SRINAGAR: Indian police and army shot dead a teenager on Tuesday in protests and clashes in held-Kashmir. Police and witnesses said clashes broke out on Tuesday evening between forces and residents of Ganawpora village, some 60 kilometres from capital Srinagar in south Kashmir. “Just when people were preparing to break the fast, forces launched a […]
Kashmir erupts after Hizbul Mujahideen chief shot dead on May 28, 2017SRINAGAR: Massive anti-India protests and clashes erupted in India-held Kashmir after a top commander from the largest group in the disputed region was killed in a gun battle with government forces on Saturday. A civilian identified as Molvi Aqib Ahmad was also killed as violent clashes broke out in Indian-held Kashmir following the killing of […]
APHC slams India over honouring soldier on May 24, 2017SRINAGAR: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday condemned the Indian government for honouring a soldier who had tied a Kashmiri to the bonnet of a jeep. “The decision to commend and honor the Indian army officer for forcibly tying a Kashmir civilian to his jeep to use him as a […]
Soldiers murder a handiwork of Indian agencies on May 12, 2017SRINAGAR: The United Jihad Council (UJC) on Friday condemned the killing of an Indian Army officer whose bullet-riddled body was recovered earlier this week from Shopian district of Indian-held Kashmir, terming his murder a “handiwork of Indian agencies”. The body of Lt Ummer Fayaz, a resident of Kashmir’s Kulgam district who was on a holiday […]
Indian home secretary in IHK as clashes continue on May 12, 2017SRINAGAR: Indian Home Secretary Rajiv Mahrishi called on Indian-held Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in Srinagar as hundreds of students clashed with government forces across the region on Thursday. The high-profile meeting, first of its kind since the student uprising erupted in the state last month, happened around the same time when Indian police teargassed […]
Indian Army jumps in as IHK students beat up police on May 9, 2017SRINAGAR: A fresh spell of protests left at least six students injured in Indian-held Kashmir on Monday as police clashed with students and army resorted to firing in the air to disperse pro-freedom demonstrations. Protests broke out on the day the government offices and the civil secretariat opened in Srinagar after the annual darbar move, […]
Modi tells IHK to take off air 34 Pakistan and Gulf-based TV channels on May 6, 2017SRINAGAR: Private cable operators in Indian held-Kashmir (IHK) were ordered on Saturday to stop transmission of 34 Pakistani and Gulf-based channels in ‘non permitted’ list of India’s Information and Broadcasting Ministry or face action. Narendra Modi-led government has asked the Jammu and Kashmir government, of which his party BJP is an ally, to suspend licences […]
Thousands of Indian troops launch major operation in IHK on May 5, 2017SRINAGAR: A civilian was killed and two soldiers were injured on Thursday in an exchange of gunfire between suspected militants and Indian Army in held-Kashmir, barely hours after authorities wounded up one of the biggest counter-insurgency operation in the region without much success. Officials said militants fired indiscriminately at a retreating column of the Indian […]
Two banks looted in IHK on May 4, 2017 SRINAGAR: Unidentified gunmen robbed two banks on Wednesday in the Indian-held Kashmir. Three masked gunmen barged into a branch of Elaquai Dehati Bank in Wahibugh village of Pulwama district, some 30 km south of Srinagar city, at around 2pm on Wednesday and looted INR 550,000. The bank officials didn’t put up any resistance and […]
Seven killed as bank van attacked in IHK on May 2, 2017SRINAGAR: Five cops and two guards were killed on Monday as a bank van came under attack on Monday. Officials said a van carrying security personnel and staff of J&K Bank was on the way to district headquarters after depositing cash in a branch when it was attacked. “Militants stopped the van in Pombai village […]