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SRINAGAR: Hamlet Sonabrari village in Kokernag with population of more than five hundred souls are living life without electricity from last three years now.
Residents narrated a woeful tale about the life without electricity. They alleged…
Sale of acid remains unchecked in Soura, parts of Srinagar
Wahid Bhat
SRINAGAR: In violation of the Supreme Court orders, the government has failed to regulate the sale of acids in the different parts of Srinagar . Residents of Soura told PTK that the acid is being sold openly in the area as there…
Nocturnal gunfight breaks out in Dooru; clashes ensue at Sirnoo following codon
SRINAGAR: A gunfight broke out between Government forces and militants at Dooru in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday evening.
Official sources told News Agency GNS that a joint team of 19RR, CRRPF and SOG launched a…
Teacher suspended for damaging student’s eye with stick
SRINAGAR: State’s education department on Friday suspended a teacher over corporeal punishment to a student leading to injuries to his eye at a school in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baaramulla district.
“Department of School Education has…
26 years on: Srinagar family still searching for missing son
SRINAGAR: A family from old Srinagar city is still searching for their disappeared son who went missing 26 years ago after being arrested by Indian troopers in 1992.
The 166 battalion of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up…
Illegal encroachment: Wullar Lake in shrinking mode
BANDIPORA: Despite repeated directions from the Jammu Kashmir High Court on removal of all encroachments along the banks of water bodies, authorities in North Kashmir have failed to restore the pristine glory of Wullar Lake which is Asia’s…
Anantnag Social welfare department: A barrier for disability persons
Sameer Kashmiri
ANANTNAG: A social welfare department in Anantnag located inside district commissioner office Anantnag is creating tremendous hardships for differently abled.
The differently abled persons struggle to enter the social…
Eve-teasing in public transport goes neglected in Kashmir
Bilal Bashir Bhat
SRINAGAR: On January 10th the humanity in Kashmir was ashamed soon after the news of 8-yrs-old girl of Kathua’s rape and murder came into light. This shameful display of sexual violence is considered as a politically…
Blinded for life, Pellet victim Insha now sees hope, gets admission in School
SRINAGAR: Insha Mushtaq, a teenager girl from South Kashmir’s Sedhu village, who lost both her eyes after hit by pellets is finally back to schools. Insha got admission in DPS Srinagar Special Education Needs (SEN) department.
Insha,…
Chatisighpora Massacre: 18 years on members of Sikh community still awaits justice
Sameer Kashmiri
ANANTNAG: Although 18 years have passed the massacre but members of Sikh community at Chittisinghpora still allege that the government failed to crack the case in which the unknown persons in army fatigue wrecked havoc by…