Village Head Killed In Kashmir

Village Head Killed In Targeted Attack By Terrorists In J&K's Baramulla

A Sarpanch or village head was shot dead by terrorists in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. Shabir Ahmad Mir, the sarpanch associated with the BJP, is the third Panchayat member killed in last one week.

Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu reached out to the family of the Kashmiri Pandit, who was killed by TRF terrorists in south Kashmir, and handed over of a cheque of Rs 10 lakh to it on Thursday.

Condemning the killing of Ajay Pandita, Congress sarpanch in Jammu and Kashmir, party President Ghulam Ahmad Mir said that had Pandita been provided with security cover, such an incident would not have occurred.

The Jammu and Kashmir BJP on Monday condemned the killing of a Kashmiri Sarpanch, saying it was a desperate attempt by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists to fail the ongoing peace process in the Union Territory.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said violence will never win in Kashmir, as he condoled the death of a sarpanch who was shot dead in Anantnag district this evening.

Terrorists killed a village head and a horticulture department officer during a "back-to-village" programme in south Kashmir's Anantnag on Tuesday, an incident which may deal a blow to the government's much-acclaimed public outreach initiative in some terrorism-hit areas.

For the last four years, Sheeraz has been bringing up her two daughters all by herself after her husband Mohammad Sultan, a village head in south Kashmir's Shopian district, was killed by terrorists in 2014. She says the situation is just not conducive for the upcoming local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

For the family of Brij Kishore Yadav, the grief at the soldier's death in the pre-dawn Jaish-e- Mohammad attack on a Border Security Force camp in Kashmir is gradually turning to anger. BK Yadav was hoping to head back home to his village in Bihar for a vacation next month. That trip got advanced under very tragic circumstances.

A young, unarmed army officer was kidnapped by terrorists from a family wedding last night and killed in Jammu and Kashmir. Ummer Fayaz, a 22-year-old Lieutenant of the Rajputana Rifles, had joined the army five months ago. His body was found early this morning in Shopian, around 30 km from his village, with bullets in his head and abdomen.

Head Constable Prem Sagar, 50, of the Border Security Force (BSF) spoke to his wife Gyanwati Devi on phone early on Monday morning and asked about her health and whether her blood pressure was under check. Hours later the soldier's family in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria learned that he had been killed and mutilated by Pakistani soldiers. Hun...

A former sarpanch was found dead in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir today. Police suspect he was shot by militants. The bullet-ridden body Fayaz Ahmad Dar was found this morning in an orchard at the district's Chewa Kalan area, a police officer said.

Days before Burhan Wani, the poster boy of Kashmir's new-age militancy, was killed in South Kashmir, in a remote village of Lolab in North Kashmir, a family was hounded by a crowd of over 5,000 people over rumors that the head of the family, Doda Khan, was an army informer and helped troops to kill a militant during an encounter. I visited Doda Kha...

Fear has gripped a South Kashmir hamlet in Pulwama district after a village head was shot dead by suspected militants. What is more shocking that 43 year old Mohammad Yousuf Bhat is believed to be the victim of perceptions about his religious beliefs.

A day before the polling, fear looms large in parts of south Kashmir's Anantnag constituency. Dozens of panchayat members have announced their resignation following the killing of a Sarpanch, or village head, and his son in Tral area of south Kashmir on Monday night.

Village Head Killed In Targeted Attack By Terrorists In J&K's Baramulla

A Sarpanch or village head was shot dead by terrorists in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. Shabir Ahmad Mir, the sarpanch associated with the BJP, is the third Panchayat member killed in last one week.

Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu reached out to the family of the Kashmiri Pandit, who was killed by TRF terrorists in south Kashmir, and handed over of a cheque of Rs 10 lakh to it on Thursday.

Condemning the killing of Ajay Pandita, Congress sarpanch in Jammu and Kashmir, party President Ghulam Ahmad Mir said that had Pandita been provided with security cover, such an incident would not have occurred.

The Jammu and Kashmir BJP on Monday condemned the killing of a Kashmiri Sarpanch, saying it was a desperate attempt by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists to fail the ongoing peace process in the Union Territory.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said violence will never win in Kashmir, as he condoled the death of a sarpanch who was shot dead in Anantnag district this evening.

Terrorists killed a village head and a horticulture department officer during a "back-to-village" programme in south Kashmir's Anantnag on Tuesday, an incident which may deal a blow to the government's much-acclaimed public outreach initiative in some terrorism-hit areas.

For the last four years, Sheeraz has been bringing up her two daughters all by herself after her husband Mohammad Sultan, a village head in south Kashmir's Shopian district, was killed by terrorists in 2014. She says the situation is just not conducive for the upcoming local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

For the family of Brij Kishore Yadav, the grief at the soldier's death in the pre-dawn Jaish-e- Mohammad attack on a Border Security Force camp in Kashmir is gradually turning to anger. BK Yadav was hoping to head back home to his village in Bihar for a vacation next month. That trip got advanced under very tragic circumstances.

A young, unarmed army officer was kidnapped by terrorists from a family wedding last night and killed in Jammu and Kashmir. Ummer Fayaz, a 22-year-old Lieutenant of the Rajputana Rifles, had joined the army five months ago. His body was found early this morning in Shopian, around 30 km from his village, with bullets in his head and abdomen.

Head Constable Prem Sagar, 50, of the Border Security Force (BSF) spoke to his wife Gyanwati Devi on phone early on Monday morning and asked about her health and whether her blood pressure was under check. Hours later the soldier's family in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria learned that he had been killed and mutilated by Pakistani soldiers. Hun...

A former sarpanch was found dead in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir today. Police suspect he was shot by militants. The bullet-ridden body Fayaz Ahmad Dar was found this morning in an orchard at the district's Chewa Kalan area, a police officer said.

Days before Burhan Wani, the poster boy of Kashmir's new-age militancy, was killed in South Kashmir, in a remote village of Lolab in North Kashmir, a family was hounded by a crowd of over 5,000 people over rumors that the head of the family, Doda Khan, was an army informer and helped troops to kill a militant during an encounter. I visited Doda Kha...

Fear has gripped a South Kashmir hamlet in Pulwama district after a village head was shot dead by suspected militants. What is more shocking that 43 year old Mohammad Yousuf Bhat is believed to be the victim of perceptions about his religious beliefs.

A day before the polling, fear looms large in parts of south Kashmir's Anantnag constituency. Dozens of panchayat members have announced their resignation following the killing of a Sarpanch, or village head, and his son in Tral area of south Kashmir on Monday night.