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Pakistani prisoner attacked in India jail dies

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 11:50
A Pakistani prisoner who was savagely beaten in an Indian jail in an apparent tit-for-tat assault died on Thursday, prompting Islamabad to demand an international probe into the "heinous" crime. Doctors treating Sanaullah Ranjay at a government hospital in Chandigarh said the 52-year-old died of multiple organ failure after suffering severe head injuries in last week's attack at a prison in the northern city of Jammu.

India PM says border dispute with China 'can be solved'

Agence France-PresseApril 27, 2013 05:00
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday he believes a border dispute over an alleged incursion by Chinese soldiers can be resolved, the Press Trust of India reported. "It is a localised problem, we do believe it can be solved," Singh was quoted as saying by the news agency after Chinese soldiers were alleged to have intruded across the disputed border in the Ladakh region earlier this month.

Militants kill four Indian police in Kashmir ambush

Agence France-PresseApril 26, 2013 09:46
Kashmiri militants killed four Indian police Friday in an ambush on a patrol near the town of Sopore in Indian-administered Kashmir, a senior officer said. The four had just descended from their vehicle to conduct a routine patrol in the village of Hygam when they came under attack from gunmen, Superintendent Imtiyaz Hussain told AFP. "Four of our policemen got killed in the ambush by militants," he said. A hunt for the attackers was now under way, the officer added.

Mother of senior Kashmiri journalist passes away

April 12, 2013 10:18
Mother of Captain Manzoor, Senior Kashmiri journalist and worker of Tehrik e Azaadi passed away in Hajji Lower Pora after battling with cancer.According to sources, she passed away the other day while senior leaders of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Tufail Butt and leader of Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement Zafar Akbar Butt along with workers participated in the funeral prayer of the deceased and laid to rest.APHC Tufail Butt and other senior workers have expressed serious sorrows and prayed for the eternal soul of the deceased.

Suspected militants kill political worker in Indian-controlled Kashmir

April 11, 2013 08:18
Suspected militants killed a political worker and rural body head (Sarpanch) of pro-Indian party -- National Conference -- in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Tuesday. The killing took place Monday night at village Kulpora- Liddermudh in district Pulwama, around 53 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. "A Sarpanch Ghulman Mohammed Lone was shot dead by suspected militants in the premises of his residential house last night," said a senior police official posted in Pulwama.

Majeed urges parties to keep Kashmir atop manifestos

April 11, 2013 06:00
AJK Prime Minister Ch Abdul Majeed claimed that he was confident that all the elected members of both houses of the AJK: the Legislative Assembly and the AJK Council, held valid and genuine educational certificates. "Despite this we are ready anytime to get educational certificates of Azad Jammu and Kashmir parliamentarians verified from competent authority", Majeed said while responding to questions from journalists during his sudden visit to the Kashmir Press Club here. He was accompanied by senior officials of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir government including officials of th

AJK: Majeed committed to provide modern facilities to AJK people

April 9, 2013 04:46
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir AJK Prime Minister Ch. Abdul Majeed has said that people of Azad Kashmir would be provided modern facilities. He was addressing a special meeting of cabinet development committee in Islamabad on Friday. The Prime Minister directed the concerned department to ensure provision of modern facilities to the people of remote areas including of Neelum Valley‚ and Forward Kahuta. He said that apart from 969 megawatt Neelum Jhelum hydropower project a number of other small Hydel Power projects are underway to overcome the power crisis in the country.

Dutch man confesses to killing British woman

April 7, 2013 13:45
A Dutch man has confessed to stabbing to death a young British woman holidaying in Indian Kashmir while under the influence of drugs, police said on Sunday. Richard De-Wit, 43, told police that he had murdered Sarah Groves, who had been staying on the "New Beauty" houseboat at Dal Lake in the Indian Kashmir city of Srinagar for two months. "He has confessed that he committed the murder under the influence of some drug. We have sent his blood sample for testing to ascertain the facts," deputy inspector general of police Afadul Mujtaba told AFP.

British woman stabbed to death on Kashmir houseboat

April 6, 2013 16:14
A young British woman holidaying in Indian Kashmir was found dead in a pool of blood on a houseboat Saturday, police said after arresting a Dutch man on suspicion of her murder. The 43-year-old Dutch national was taken into custody as he tried to flee the scenic Kashmir valley in the foothills of the Himalayas, police superintendent Tahir Sajjad told AFP. "We walked into a pool of blood in her room," Sajjad said. "We found a sharp-edged knife close to her body. The young lady had multiple stab wounds."

Amnesty asked to send petition to un rather than Omar Abdullah

April 6, 2013 15:31
Pro-freedom leaders in occupied Kashmiir have said that the creation of Amnesty International’s India chapter is a deliberate attempt to weaken the international dynamics of the Kashmir dispute. commenting on the “Pick Up Your Pen” campaign launched by the Amnesty to collect over 50,000 signatures on Facebook and submit the petition to the puppet, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement from his restricted house said, questioned the legality of Omar Abdullah as Chief Minister, KMS reported. He said, “Holding the elections under
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