8-yr old Kulgam boy succumbs

FIRING IN SOURA, BARZULLA, 12 INJURED; CURFEW IN CITY, TOWNS

KHALID GUL/GOWHAR BHAT

Islamabad/Srinagar, Aug 19: An eight-year-old boy, who was shot by CRPF in Laizbal area of South Kashmir’s Islamabad town on Saturday, succumbed to his injuries Thursday morning. With the death of the minor, the number of civilians killed by police and paramilitary CRPF personnel during past 70 days More

Bullet pierced Milad’s brain

KHALID GUL

Kulgam, Aug 19: Parents of 8-year old Milad would have never in their worst dreams thought that they would lose him forever to a CRPF bullet. After battling for life for six days, Milad gave in at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of SK Institute of Medical Sciences Thursday morning.After returning More

Police brutalize Hazratbal residents

Cops Fire On Devotees, Ransack Houses, Abuse SHO

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 19: As if beating devotees inside the Hazratbal shrine was not enough, police Thursday unleashed a reign of terror in the area by firing upon the peaceful protesters and breaking windowpanes of dozens of houses and vehicles. Police also cane charged the protesters, injuring many of them More

Daughter, father, aunt shot; son thrashed

Soura Family Faces CRPF, Police Wrath

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 19: Four members of a family were injured, three of them with bullets, in firing by police and CRPF in Aanchar, Soura, on the city outskirts Thursday morning. The family members and locals say that police and CRPF barged into the locality and damaged property before firing directly at More

After Omar, PC's no to AFSPA revocation

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 19: Day after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ruled out revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Union Home Minister P Chidambaram Thursday echoed similar views on the controversial law saying that it was difficult to scrap the Act.Chidambaram said More

Sonia anguished over Kashmir situation

‘It Is A Call To Our Collective Conscience’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 19: Concerned over the situation in Kashmir, Congress President Sonia Gandhi Thursday said there was need to reach out to the people of the state by addressing their “anger and pain” through dialogue and mutual understanding.Describing the developments as a “call to our collective More

After 60 deaths, Sonia speaks

As Kashmir Bleeds, Feeble Conciliatory Calls Go Unheard

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar, Aug 19: As the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi Thursday stepped in to douse the ominous blaze in Kashmir, there seems no end in sight to the gory cycle of human tragedies unfolding in the valley, as bullets continue to devour people, irrespective of age and gender. Latest victim of the mayhem More

India should read writing on the wall: Pak

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Aug 19: Needling India, Pakistan today said that Kashmiri people were resolved to get their right to self-determination and New Delhi should read the “writing on the wall”.“It is our firm belief that when (the Kashmiri) people are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for their cause More

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