Srinagar, March 10: Noisy scenes marred an otherwise well attended function organised by Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar here on Saturday. The function was held at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC), where Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said he had been invited by some well-meaning people to speak at ‘Paigam-e-Mohahat’ (Message of Love) function. He said some ...
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‘Stop when signalled at checkpoints’
The killing of four civilians who were first termed as overground workers by the army and police had raised many questions about the way they (civilians) were killed on the road where the army had set up a Mobile vehicle checking points (MVCP) in the Shopian district. The family members and relatives of youth killed blamed the army for killing ...
Read More »CRPF trooper commits suicide in Srinagar
Srinagar, March 10: A paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper committed suicide on Saturday in Srinagar. This is the third consecutive sucide by security men in three days. Constable Sukhdev of the 79 Battalion of CRPF committed suicide in the high security Sonwar area, police sources said. “The jawan shot and killed himself with his service rifle. An FIR ...
Read More »Schools re-open in J&K, except in south Kashmir
Srinagar, March 10: After their long winter recess, schools re-opened in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, except in south Kashmir areas where they will start functioning on March 12. Smiling children accompanied by parents dotted the city in the morning as scores of school buses moved around picking them up from the bus stops. Traditionally opening of schools after the ...
Read More »India, Pakistan exchange heavy fire on LoC
Jammu, March 10: Heavy shelling and firing started on Saturday between the Indian and Pakistani armies on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district. The Pakistani army resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate targeting of defence and civilian facilities in Mankote area using small arms, automatics and mortars, the Defence Ministry sources said. The shelling and firing started around 7.45 ...
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