Jammu And Kashmir Mob

A special National Investigation Agency court in Srinagar has granted bail to 17 persons accused of killing a police officer in 2017 outside Jamia Masjid.

A mob on Tuesday disrupted the funeral of a COVID-19 victim and forced his family members to flee with the half-burnt body, prompting intervention by the administration which later ensured the cremation at another place as per protocol.

Abolition of special status of Jammu and Kashmir, mob lynching and alleged "saffronisation", along with the "tukde tukde" episode, took the centre stage this time in the high profile elections to the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU).

A boy in his teens who was injured during protests last month in Jammu and Kashmir died at a Srinagar hospital in the early hours this morning, prompting authorities to reimpose restrictions in certain parts of the city, officials said.

Clarifying statements of not granting admission to students from Jammu and Kashmir, two city-based colleges on Tuesday said they were under pressure and no decision of such sort has been taken by their management.

A curfew was imposed in parts of Jammu city on Friday after massive protests and violence over the terror attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir in which over 40 security personnel were killed. The army has been requested to be on standby to help the maintain calm, officials said. The curfew was imposed as authorities feared a communal backlash, th...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today termed mob killings as a "wrong" and "condemnable" social problem that everybody should unite to rectify. "Such incidents do not suit civilised society. Nobody should support such actions by people, whoever they may be... We are committed to ensuring justice for everybody," he said in an exclusive interview with n...

A soldier has emerged as a key suspect in the killing of a police inspector in mob frenzy over cow slaughter in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Monday. Police sources say they are investigating whether Jeetu Fauji, an army jawan posted in Srinagar, could have fired the shot that killed Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh. A senior officer investigating the...

Criticising their stoic silence over the killing of a soldier by a stone-pelting mob in the valley, Union minister Jitendra Singh Saturday said the mainstream Kashmiri politicians cannot go to the toilet without the Hurriyat Conference's permission.

CRPF vehicles were the target of three grenade attacks in Srinagar on Saturday after a man, run over by its jeep, died late last night, sparking bouts of streets protests in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir capital Srinagar. Four Central Reserve Police Force personnel were among eight people injured in Saturday's three attacks. There were earlier...

A CRPF vehicle targeted by protesters in downtown Srinagar ran over three people in an attempt to get away, triggering a fresh wave of protests and criticism for the government. One of the three has received serious injuries.

At least 30 people have been injured after clashes broke out at Nowshera, in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, over growing demand of district status to the border town. Protesters threw stones at police personnel, who had to use teargas to disperse the mob

The investigation into the death of three civilians killed in army firing in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian in January has been put on hold by the Supreme Court today.

Two students from Jammu and Kashmir were thrashed allegedly by nearly 15 people this evening in Haryana's Mahendragarh. The two boys - Geography students at the Central University of Haryana in Mahendragarh, about 100 km from New Delhi - had gone to the market after offering Friday prayers when they were surrounded and assaulted with sticks.

Two civilians were today killed when Army personnel fired at a stone-pelting mob in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to order an inquiry into the incident.

A special National Investigation Agency court in Srinagar has granted bail to 17 persons accused of killing a police officer in 2017 outside Jamia Masjid.

A mob on Tuesday disrupted the funeral of a COVID-19 victim and forced his family members to flee with the half-burnt body, prompting intervention by the administration which later ensured the cremation at another place as per protocol.

Abolition of special status of Jammu and Kashmir, mob lynching and alleged "saffronisation", along with the "tukde tukde" episode, took the centre stage this time in the high profile elections to the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU).

A boy in his teens who was injured during protests last month in Jammu and Kashmir died at a Srinagar hospital in the early hours this morning, prompting authorities to reimpose restrictions in certain parts of the city, officials said.

Clarifying statements of not granting admission to students from Jammu and Kashmir, two city-based colleges on Tuesday said they were under pressure and no decision of such sort has been taken by their management.

A curfew was imposed in parts of Jammu city on Friday after massive protests and violence over the terror attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir in which over 40 security personnel were killed. The army has been requested to be on standby to help the maintain calm, officials said. The curfew was imposed as authorities feared a communal backlash, th...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today termed mob killings as a "wrong" and "condemnable" social problem that everybody should unite to rectify. "Such incidents do not suit civilised society. Nobody should support such actions by people, whoever they may be... We are committed to ensuring justice for everybody," he said in an exclusive interview with n...

A soldier has emerged as a key suspect in the killing of a police inspector in mob frenzy over cow slaughter in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Monday. Police sources say they are investigating whether Jeetu Fauji, an army jawan posted in Srinagar, could have fired the shot that killed Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh. A senior officer investigating the...

Criticising their stoic silence over the killing of a soldier by a stone-pelting mob in the valley, Union minister Jitendra Singh Saturday said the mainstream Kashmiri politicians cannot go to the toilet without the Hurriyat Conference's permission.

CRPF vehicles were the target of three grenade attacks in Srinagar on Saturday after a man, run over by its jeep, died late last night, sparking bouts of streets protests in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir capital Srinagar. Four Central Reserve Police Force personnel were among eight people injured in Saturday's three attacks. There were earlier...

A CRPF vehicle targeted by protesters in downtown Srinagar ran over three people in an attempt to get away, triggering a fresh wave of protests and criticism for the government. One of the three has received serious injuries.

At least 30 people have been injured after clashes broke out at Nowshera, in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, over growing demand of district status to the border town. Protesters threw stones at police personnel, who had to use teargas to disperse the mob

The investigation into the death of three civilians killed in army firing in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian in January has been put on hold by the Supreme Court today.

Two students from Jammu and Kashmir were thrashed allegedly by nearly 15 people this evening in Haryana's Mahendragarh. The two boys - Geography students at the Central University of Haryana in Mahendragarh, about 100 km from New Delhi - had gone to the market after offering Friday prayers when they were surrounded and assaulted with sticks.

Two civilians were today killed when Army personnel fired at a stone-pelting mob in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to order an inquiry into the incident.