Decomposed body found in septic tank at SMHS hospital

Decomposed body found in septic tank at SMHS hospital

Srinagar:   Authorities at Srinagar’s SMHS hospital on Tuesday said they have found a decomposed body in a septic tank. The officals said that the body that seems three months old (decomposed) was found near the Emergency department. A doctor at the hospital told Rising Kashmir that the body was found this afternoon in an underground […]

India trying to make Kashmir jails a Guantanamo: Mehbooba

India trying to make Kashmir jails a Guantanamo: Mehbooba

Agencies Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Tuesday that the Indian government was trying to convert prisons in Jammu and Kashmir into a Guantanamo bay. Mehbooba Mufti said tweeted: “Prisoners are entitled to fundamental human rights and using brute force to quell protests is a clear violation. “Pertinent […]

Treasures of history

Treasures of history

  There has been no response from the Central Government over the disclosure by Kashmir historian Muhammad Yousug Teng that he knows the place where bronze shield of Kanishka’s period containing deliberations of first Buddhist Conference held in Kashmir were buried. A rich heritage which is not being preserved by the Government and also has […]

Pak, India officials hold technical meeting on Kartarpur corridor

Pak, India officials hold technical meeting on Kartarpur corridor

Agencies Lahore:   Pakistan and India on Tuesday held a technical meeting to discuss the modalities for the corridor linking Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district in Punjab. The technical experts and foreign office officials from both sides participated in the talks held at Zero Point (Kartarpur), according […]

13 year old boy hit by army vehicle in Poonch, dies

13 year old boy hit by army vehicle in Poonch, dies

Poonch:  A 13 year old boy was crushed to death by an army vehicle at Gulpore area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that the minor boy namely Sajad Ahmad son of Mohd Taj of Gulpore was injured critically after being hit by an army vehicle in […]

Grenade attack on NC leaders house in Tral

Grenade attack on NC leaders house in Tral

Srinagar : Militants fired a grenade from an under- barrel grenade launcher (UBGL) at a National Conference (NC) leader’s house in Pulwama’s Tral on Tuesday. Preliminary reports suggest the grenade, aimed at the house of NC leader Ashraf Bhat, exploded outside the residence. At the time of attack, a number of NC leaders and activists […]

UN Security Council condemns Taliban announcement of spring offensive

UN Security Council condemns Taliban announcement of spring offensive

Agencies United Nations : The UN Security Council has condemned the announcement by the Taliban of a spring offensive, saying it will only result in more unnecessary suffering and destruction for the Afghan people. In a press statement on the Taliban Offensive, members of the 15-nation Council said they recognised the Afghan people’s strong desire […]

PC activist who fell from vehicle last week succumbs

PC activist who fell from vehicle last week succumbs

Srinagar : A 37-year old activist of Peoples Conference who was injured critically after he fell from a moving vehicle near Bakhihaker in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district last week succumbed to injuries in a hospital here in Srinagar. Reports said that the man Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Mohammad Mir, a […]

Day curfew lifted in Kishtwar

Day curfew lifted in Kishtwar

Agencies Jammu : Day curfew was lifted from the communally sensitive Kishtwar township of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday after remaining in force for a week following the killing of a senior RSS leader and his security guard, a senior government official said. However, night curfew along with prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC banning assembly […]