Tragic Incident: Three Brothers lose their lives as House Collapses in Kishtwar, Police

Tragic Incident: Three Brothers lose their lives as House Collapses in Kishtwar, Police

Three brothers were killed when their house collapsed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Friday, police said. The house collapsed at night in the mountainous hamlet of Puller in Nagseni tehsil, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khalil Poswal told PTI. Three brothers — identified as Rajesh, Sajan and Papu — were killed in the incident, police said. The other members of the family are safe, police added.

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Mirwaiz continues ‘illegal and arbitrary detention’, Prevented in leading 196th consecutive Friday Prayer

Mirwaiz continues 'illegal and arbitrary detention', Prevented in leading 196th consecutive Friday Prayer

Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has expressed strong resentment against the continuous “illegal and arbitrary detention” of its head Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq who has been under house arrest for nearly four years. In a statement, the Auqaf said that today is the 196th consecutive Friday when Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir was neither allowed to perform the important duty of Friday prayer nor carry out his religious duties, which is extremely sad and condemnable. Due to his continued detention, the centuries-old pulpit and mihraab of the historic Central Jama Masjid Srinagar…

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Deteriorating road conditions pose challenges for commuters in Downtown

Deteriorating road conditions pose challenges for commuters in Downtown

Commuters have expressed resentment against dilapidated condition of roads in Downtown saying this leads to traffic jams. They said after completion of drainage and other projects, many roads in Downtown and its adjacent areas have been left in dilapidated condition. We received complaints from Downtown areas including Khanyar, Bohri Kadal, Munwarabad, Khayam, Nowpora, Gojwara, Nowhatta, Maharaj Bazar, Baba Demb, and adjacent areas about the bad condition of roads. The commuters traveling through these areas said it is taking a toll on them. They said unless macadamisation is done on a priority…

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NIA Appeals for Death Penalty for JKLF Chief Yasin Malik, Files Petition in Delhi High Court

NIA Appeals for Death Penalty for JKLF Chief Yasin Malik, Files Petition in Delhi High Court

The National Investigation Agency moved to Delhi High Court on Friday seeking death penalty, capital punishment for Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik. Last year, the Trial Court awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik in a terror funding case. In its appeal, NIA stated that India lost its most valued soldiers due to the crime committed by such terrorists and that their ‘act of war’ gave the entire nation unrepairable grief. NIA further added that the accused, over the years, has been leading terrorist activities in Kashmir along…

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