BHADERWAH: A moderate intensity tremor shook Bhaderwah valley and adjoining areas of Doda-Kishtwar belt of Jammu and Kashmir in the wee hours Thursday, triggering panic among the people after a week of lull.
The tremor measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck the Doda-Kishtwar belt at around 2.38 AM, MeT officials said.
The epicentre of the quake was in Bhaderwah, they said. There was no immediate report of any casualty or injury.
However, due to fear, most of the people remained...
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Mujtaba Wani
SRINAGAR: Followers of the self-styled dervish, arrested in Kashmir on charges of raping minor girls, have staged a protest to demand his release.
Over a hundred men wearing skull caps and women clad in the Burqa gathered at the Press Colony in Srinagar chanting religious slogans like "Deenas Bahaara, Syed Gulzaara (Prosperity for Islam is Syed Gulzar)".
The protesters said allegations against their 'innocent priest' were baseless and...
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SRINAGAR: Concerned over continued use of pellets, pepper and chilly gas against peaceful processionists in the Kashmir valley, the moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) has decided to approach High Court for total ban on their use, sources said today.
Meanwhile, the condition of a teenage, who received pellet wound on his chest and back on May 21 was still critical in S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS).
Additional general secretary of ruling National Conference (NC) Sheikh Mustafa...
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SRINAGAR: Security forces killed a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant in a gunfight in the heart of Jammu and Kashmir capital Srinagar Thursday morning, police said.
"Hilal Molvi of LeT was killed in an encounter with police in Narparistan (Fatah Kadal) area of old Srinagar city," Syed Ashiq Bukhari, senior superintendent of police (SSP), Srinagar was quoted by IANS as saying.
Three police officials -- one sub inspector and two constables were injured in the gunfight, he said.
The shootout...
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Ishfaq Tantry
SRINAGAR:The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today granted the authorities two more weeks to file their response to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on the use of pepper gas on civilian protesters in Kashmir.
Earlier on April 17, the court had granted the authorities three weeks to file their response to the PIL.
As the matter came up before a bench comprising Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey today, NH Shah, the...
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JAMMU: A 23-year-old was raped last evening when she was alone at home in village Bhour Kullian of Gadi Garh area, police sources here today said.
The victim narrated the incident to her family members following which they lodged a complaint with the police.
"Acting on a complaint, raids were conducted and the accused identified as Rajinder Kumar alias Munna was arrested," a police official said.
He said a case has been registered and investigations are in progress.
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Azhar Qadri
SRINAGAR: The ‘fake’ dervish, who was arrested on charge of raping four minor girls, was preaching mysticism for the past nearly one decade in different parts of Kashmir region and had gathered a network of followers.
Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Shamsabad area of Budgam district, was arrested by the police on Tuesday on charge of raping four of his ‘disciples’ - all minor girls.
Bhat’s youngest victim was a 14-year-old girl from...
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"There is no difference between Mirwaiz and Syed Ali Shah Geelani for us," a senior official said.
Shishir Gupta and Toufiq Rashid
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: Hurriyat leader Umar Farooq's statement last Friday that "Kashmir would have naturally gone to Pakistan given its religious-political affinities" has strengthened the home ministry's belief that the Mirwaiz was no different...
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Rakib Altaf
SRINAGAR: Kashmir’s famed cuisine Wazwan, a multi-course meal traditionally served to groups of four, is slowly adopting the buffet system.
Introduced over 600 years ago by Muslim missionaries who came to the valley from Central Asia, the usual Wazwan feast begins with passing the Tasht and Naari (copper jug and basin) for washing hands.
Then, laden with meat, Traamis or large copper dishes with intricate carvings are...
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