Day-4: Curfew, curbs continue

DEATH TOLL 3; 20 HURT IN FRESH CLASHES; PROTESTS ON

SHABIR IBN YUSUF/ALTAF BABA

Srinagar/Baramulla, Feb 12: Curfew continued for fourth consecutive day across the valley on Tuesday while around 20 persons, including four cops, were injured in clashes between police and protesters in different parts of Kashmir. Three persons have been killed and scores injured during the fresh More

Patients suffer as ambulances, medicines not available

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, Feb 12: Eight-year old Tawheed of Kawdara suffers from measles but couldn’t get medical help due to strict curfew in Srinagar. He was forced to stay at home for the past 4 days.His mother said, “I was not able to get medical assistance for my son who was suffering due to the disease More

Relaxation in city areas, Budgam, Handwara

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Feb 12: The authorities Tuesday late afternoon relaxed curfew from some areas of civil lines in Srinagar, Budgam in central Kashmir and Handwara in north Kashmir. Sources said decision about curfew relaxation in other parts of the valley will be taken Wednesday morning after assessment of More

Students stage protest at Aligarh, Hyderabad

‘Want Peace Not Pain’

AGENCIES

Hyderabad, Feb 12: Kashmiri students from various varsities in Hyderabad assembled at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) to protest against the execution of Parliament attack convict Muhammad Afzal Guru.Some thirty Kashmiri students mainly from Hyderabad Central University, Osmania More

Kashmiri boys arrested in Dehradun

Srinagar, Feb 12: More than a dozen Kashmiri students studying in Dehradun were arrested by police Tuesday morning, sources said.They said the students were arrested when they were going to offer funeral prayers in absentia for Muhammad Afzal Guru.“The arrests have created panic among the More

Police register case against CRPF in Watergam firing

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Feb 12: Police has registered a case against Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for opening fire on pedestrians in Watergam area of Baramulla district of north Kashmir and subsequent killing of a youth and injury to four others.The case has been registered against 92 Battalion of CRPF More

‘SOP not followed’

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Feb 12: The preliminary investigation into the killing of 16 year old 9th standard student at Watergam in Rafiabad area of district Baramulla on February 10 has revealed that the SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) was not followed by the CRPF personnel as they fired at the people in the More

Family can visit Afzal’s grave: Centre

‘It Will Be One-Off Visit For Wife, Son And Some Close Relatives’

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Feb 12: The Union Home Ministry has decided to allow the family of Afzal Guru to visit his grave for prayers in the Tihar jail premises where he was buried after being executed.The move comes a day after Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde hinted at the possibility of allowing Guru More

Family rejects offer, want body back

MUDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Feb 12: Family of Muhammad Afzal Guru, who was executed at Tihar Jail, Tuesday said their only demand to Government of India was to return his body. The family rejected the reports that they would visit Tihar jail to offer Fateaha at Afzal’s grave.“We came to know from the media that More

Wife receives last letter

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Feb 12: The last letter written by Muhammad Afzal Guru to his wife before his execution at Tihar Jail was delivered to her Tuesday.The Chief Postmaster General, General Post Office, J&K, John Samuels told Greater Kashmir that a letter booked from Parliament Street Post Office New More

Centre likely to revoke Yasin Malik’s passport

‘Security Agencies Verifying Mirwaiz’s Meeting With Saeed’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Feb 12: JKLF chief Yasin Malik’s passport is likely to be revoked by the government after he shared the stage with Jamaat-ud-Daawah chief Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan while protesting against Afzal Guru’s execution.Security agencies will interrogate the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front More

MHA to decide his fate: Khurshid

New Delhi, Feb 12: Amid BJP’s demand that Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik’s passport be revoked for sharing dais with Hafiz Saeed, considered the 26/11 attack mastermind, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said the home ministry will take appropriate steps on the matter.“The More

Execution reinforced feeling of injustice: Mehbooba

Srinagar, Feb 12: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the execution of Afzal Guru and the manner of dealing with the fallout in Kashmir has resulted in reinforcement of the sense of denial of justice among the people here.In a statement Mehbooba said there is a long standing grouse among the More

European Union denounces Afzal’s execution

AGENCIES

Brussels, Feb 12: Denouncing the execution hanging of Afzal Guru, European Union Tuesday reiterated the bloc’s firm opposition to the death penalty irrespective of the seriousness of the crimes committed by the convicted prisoners.“While recognizing that terrible murders were committed at the heart More

Funeral prayers in absentia for Guru

Srinagar, Feb 12: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani Tuesday said thousands of people across the Valley offered funeral prayers in absentia for Muhammad Afzal Guru who was hanged at Tihar More

• Afzal was hanged to please vote bank: DFP
• 24 houses gutted in massive fire
• Traffic from Srinagar to Jammu today

Muslims treated as second class citizens: SP

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mumbai, Feb 12: Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi has slammed the government alleging that Muslims in the country are being treated as secondary citizens. He also questioned the government’s intentions More

• Man chops off girl's nose in Bihar
• Smartphone users get alert of fraud Android app