Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq & APHC members showering petals on the graves of civilians killed on May 08 1991 by security forces. Express Photo by Javeed Shah
Srinagar-based lawyers have defended their decision of not providing defence counsel to all accused in the infamous Srinagar sex scandal and revealed that hearing of this matter would resume in a Full Bench of Jammu & Kashmir High Court on May 12th.
In the second major road accident in eight days, at least 35 passengers died and six others were injured in Kishtwar district when a bus they were traveling in fell into Chinab river near Barara village on Thursday morning.
The conversion of cultivable land into army camps and residential and commercial complexes is going unchecked in the Valley in general and in north Kashmir in particular, posing a serious threat to food security, officials have warned.
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"Leaders and political parties selling imaginary scenarios to people are only making fools of themselves" -Ghulam Nabi Azad, J&K CM