Kargil shivers at -8.3 C, Kupwara -3.3, Srinagar -2.6 The night temperature in most places of Valley stayed below the freezing point on Wednesday while the weather department has predicted rain and snow on December 10 and 11. “There are chances of moderate snowfall in the higher reaches of Kashmir on the intervening night of December 10 and 11. We are also expecting a spell of rainfall in the plain areas of the Valley,” a weather department official said. He said moderate snowfall is expected to continue in some areas…
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Children aged 4, 11, 12: Old enough for police to get pellets, bullets!
“I want to go home. I want to be with my friends,” says Zuhra, unmindful of the pellets, fired by police, which have pierced her body. Asked how she got injured, Zuhra blames “firecrackers by police uncle.” Four-year-old Zuhra Majeed, undergoing treatment at SMHS Hospital here, has been insisting on meeting her friends. She wants to show them her video that has gone viral on social networking sites. “I want to go home. I want to be with my friends,” says Zuhra, unmindful of the pellets, fired by police, which…
Read MoreGeelani, Malik, Mirwaiz call for shutdown on Feb 9, 11
Kashmir’s top separatist leadership on Tuesday called for a complete shutdown on February 9 and February 11 on the anniversaries of Muhammad Afzal Guru and Muhammad Maqbool Bhat respectively. The Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani called for complete and state-wide shutdown on 9th and 11th February and appealed people to hold special prayers on these days as a tribute to Afzal Guru and MaqboolBhat who were executed on these days respectively. While reiterating his demand for the return of the mortal remains of Bhat and Guru who were…
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