Crackdown returns, 42 held in Bemina

7 YR-OLD, 80-YR OLD, IMAM AMONG ARRESTED

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 21: In a throwback to ’90s, police and paramilitary CRPF on Saturday cracked down on a Bemina colony here on the city outskirts and rounded up 42 people including a 7-year old boy, an octogenarian and the local Imam, besides misbehaving with women.The government forces resorted to More

Valley curfewed, lakhs caged

Protests In South, North Kashmir

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 21: Kashmir Valley witnessed another dose of curfew on Saturday even as protests broke out at a number of places against the killing of 62 civilians by police and CRPF troops during the past 72 days of continued unrest.More than a million people of Srinagar were yet again caged after More

SIKHS SMELL FOUL PLAY

Dal Khalsa Cautions Community

Amritsar, Aug 21: Punjab based Dal Khalsa on Saturday described unclaimed threatening letters to Valley Sikhs as a move to pit Sikhs against Muslims. It asked the members of the Sikh community not to fall into the trap of “state sponsored actors.”“I spoke to Geelani Sahib and inquired about his More

Will trace mischievous elements: Omar

Srinagar, Aug 21: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday assured a delegation of Sikhs that the government will trace the mischievous elements involved in writing anonymous letters asking Sikhs to embrace Islam or leave the Kashmir Valley.He gave the assurance when a delegation More

Attempt to malign Kashmir: Mehbooba

Srinagar Aug 21: The PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has regretted the attempts to malign Kashmir society through unfounded theories of threat to minorities.In a statement here she said the reports of unidentified threat letters to Sikh community have caused pain and anger throughout the Valley as these More

Survivors of killing spree get gory flashbacks

They Need Emotional Support: Experts

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Aug 21: Gun shots, blood drenched clothes and cries for help! This is what most of the youth and teenagers who were injured in firing by troopers and cops during the past over two months have been experiencing in nightmares and flashbacks.Experts said the survivors are suffering from More

Crisis hits immunization, DFW running short of vaccines

Doses Not Administered Timely, Medicos Worried

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 21: In the wake of continued crisis in Kashmir, child immunization has received a severe jolt with medicos worried over the safety of children. While it has become difficult for the health workers to administer vaccines to children during curfews, the Family Welfare Department is not More

Kashmir not a simple issue: Azad

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Kolkata, Aug 21: Senior Congress leader and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday said the Kashmir issue may not have an easy solution, but there will be light at the end of the tunnel. “The issue is not as simple as you think,” he told newsmen when asked what steps the Centre was taking More

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