Over 11 years after three bombs went off in crowded Delhi markets ahead of Diwali killing 67 people, a court here on Thursday let off three Kashmiris accused in the case for lack of evidence. The court pulled up Delhi Police for failure to prove any links of the accused with the 2005 serial blasts. The court, while letting off all the three accused, convicted one of them for a minor crime of having links with the Lashkar-e-Taiba. The serial blasts had gone off in crowded market places of Sarojini…
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Top NC leader dares Indian army chief, says Kashmir people have love for insurgents
National Conference Thursday said that the Indian Army Chief’s latest remarks wherein he said that people creating hurdles during anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir will be dealt as anti-nationals amply proves that India has no sympathies with the common people of Kashmir. “The Army Chief Bipin Rawat’s statement is the moral victory for the militants and for those who support and follow them. Army Chief forgot that there are aspirations and sentiments and people want resolution to Kashmir issue,” National Conference leader Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamal told news agency…
Read MoreTaking cue from Army Chief, Govt issues fresh advisory on encounters
Admin asks people not to move towards or assemble near gunfight sites Section 144 will be strictly enforced at encounter sites: IGP Authorities Thursday issued fresh advisory on encounters in Kashmir and asked people to stay away from encounter sites to avoid collateral damages during anti-militancy operations. An official spokesman said district administrations of Srinagar, Budgam and Shopian have advised people not to move towards or assemble near the places where encounters take place between forces and militants to avoid loss and injuries to precious human lives. “Further, prohibitory restrictions…
Read MoreArmy Chief’s warning will increase hostility in Kashmir: Mainstream & Separatists
Mainstream politicians as well as separatists in Kashmir have criticized army chief General Bipin Rawat’s statement warning local youth against creating hurdles during anti militancy operations even as the government came to his defence. Both the camps said that such a statement would fuel a spurt in militancy in the state. The opposition National Conference expressed disappointment and dismay over the “belligerent remarks” of the army chief and said such posturing would compound the situation and increase the hostility in the Valley. “Youth rushing towards encounter sites and incidents of…
Read MoreSoft Drinks, Pizza’s put children at liver disease risk
Parents, take note! Kids who regularly consume foods with high fructose such as pizzas, sodas, sweetened beverages and biscuits may be at the risk of liver disease, a new study has warned. Dietary fructose intake may increase serum uric acid concentrations, researchers said. Both uric acid concentration and fructose consumption may be increased in individuals with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Researchers found that both dietary fructose consumption and serum uric acid concentrations are independently associated with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). NAFLD, the accumulation of extra fat in liver cells in…
Read MoreHC Quashes PSA detention of class 10 student, 2 others
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed detention of a class 10 student who was booked under the controversial Public Safety Act for allegedly resorting to stone pelting in north Kashmir’s Hajan area in September last year. A bench of Justice Ali Muhammad Magrey quashed detention of Tariq Ahmad Lone of Vijipara Hajin after hearing Lone’s counsel Nasir Qadri as well as State counsel Q R Shamus. The court ordered release of Lone from preventive custody forthwith. Observing that no other material or documents as referred to in the…
Read MoreResistance March to Kulgam foiled
With the deployment of the police and the CRPF personnel in large numbers in sensitive areas, separatists’ proposed march to Kulgam was foiled while clashes between protesters and the police erupted in some areas of south Kashmir today. The clashes took place at several places in the Pulwama area where the youths attempted to take out the march to Kulgam. The police lobbed teargas shells to chase away the protesters indulging in stone-throwing. Restrictions were imposed in Kulgam district to prevent the separatists’ march for paying tributes to the two…
Read MoreWinter capital simmers as Saffron brigade turns on the heat with anti Kashmir rhetoric
Amid growing threat to Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis for leaving Jammu, the plains of winter capital seem to be heading for a 2008-like agitation with saffron groups starting “motivational exercises” and “anti-Kashmir street meetings”. The alarm bells were set ringing with vitriolic tweets of hardcore saffron ideology, Hari Om. Om was instrumental in arousing passions in Jammu in 2008 when Kashmir was witnessing an uprising against the controversial transfer of State land to Amarnath shrine board leading to the two-month blockade of Kashmir by the Hindutva groups in Jammu. “Don’t…
Read MoreResistance scale down shutdowns in Valley to one day
Separatist leaders, who were steering the last year’s summer unrest and continued to issue protest calendars, today announced significant relaxation and called for a one-day shutdown in the next fortnightly calendar which begins tomorrow and ends on February 28. The separatist leaders, Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, who have been jointly issuing protest calendars, have called for a shutdown on February 24. The calendar also details protests and demonstrations from February 16 to 28. The separatists have also called for peaceful protests throughout the Kashmir valley…
Read MoreArmy Chief warns of tough action against Stone Pelters & those displaying Pak, ISIS flags in Kashmir
Stone-pelters will be treated as jihadis’ aides: Army chief Says forces in J&K facing higher casualties due to local help for ultras Acknowledging that the hostile conduct of locals was causing higher casualties in the Kashmir valley, Army Chief Bipin Rawat today warned those attacking security forces during anti-militancy operations of “tough action.” The stern message from Rawat came a day after three soldiers faced heavy stone-throwing at Parray Mohalla of Bandipora in north Kashmir when they were about to launch an operation against the militants holed up there. Alerted…
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