Mohammad Sultan Bhat

Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani today called for a shutdown on December 8 to protest against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will hold his first election campaign rally in the Valley.

Stage is set for second phase of elections in 18 seats in Jammu and Kashmir and 20 spread across seven Maoist-hit tribal districts of Jharkhand today which will seal the fate of several high-profile candidates including two former chief ministers, seven state ministers and a former separatist.

Five-year-old Fiza, a physically challenged child has no idea that her father, who feeds her every evening, has died. She, along with four siblings and her mother, have been left behind by Mohammad Sultan Bhat, a sarpanch (village head), who was shot dead by suspected militants outside his home in Jammu and Kashmir. A sixth child is on the way, but...

Suspected militants attacked a sarpanch or village head in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday night.

Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani today called for a shutdown on December 8 to protest against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will hold his first election campaign rally in the Valley.

Stage is set for second phase of elections in 18 seats in Jammu and Kashmir and 20 spread across seven Maoist-hit tribal districts of Jharkhand today which will seal the fate of several high-profile candidates including two former chief ministers, seven state ministers and a former separatist.

Five-year-old Fiza, a physically challenged child has no idea that her father, who feeds her every evening, has died. She, along with four siblings and her mother, have been left behind by Mohammad Sultan Bhat, a sarpanch (village head), who was shot dead by suspected militants outside his home in Jammu and Kashmir. A sixth child is on the way, but...

Suspected militants attacked a sarpanch or village head in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday night.