Kashmiri students attacked in Maharashtra Nagpur, Feb 21: In the latest incident of assault on Kashmiri students after the Pulwama militant attack, students from the northern state studying in a college in Yavatmal were attacked and threatened by members of the Yuva Sena, the youth wing of Shiv Sena, police said Thursday. The attack happened […]
Bareilly, Feb 21: The Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) here has taken action against three Kashmiri girls for allegedly posting adverse remarks against the Indian Army on social media, a senior official said Thursday. After the deadly Pulwama attack on February 14, these girls allegedly made some adverse and objectionable comments on a Whatsapp group […]
Kolkata, Feb 21: Five persons have been arrested for assaulting a Kashmiri shawl trader in West Bengal’s Nadia district, police said on Thursday. Jawed Ahmed Khan, 27, was assaulted by a mob in Taherpur area on February 18, a police officer said. He said Khan’s safety was being ensured. Khan, a resident of Soibugh area […]
New Delhi, Feb 21: The Railway Protection Force has increased a company of its personnel in Kashmir following the militant attack in Pulwama to ensure the safety of train passengers and to protect railway property, a senior official of the force said Thursday. Forty nine CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on February 14 […]
New Delhi, Feb 21: Kashmir remained an unresolved issue only because former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru tackled it in the wrong way, leading to Pakistan indulging in militant acts, BJP President Amit Shah said here Thursday asking the Congress not to politicise the issue. “Kashmir remained a problem only because of Jawaharlal Nehru. Sardar Patel […]
Dehradun, Feb 20: Seven Kashmiri students have been suspended by Roorkee-based Quantum Global University for their alleged anti-national posts on social media, a university official said. The action was taken after around 450 students gathered on the campus demanding their expulsion for allegedly posting ‘anti-national’ slogans on Facebook and Instagram, Registrar of the University RK […]
New Delhi, Feb 20: Amid rising tension with Pakistan in the wake of Pulwama attack, Veteran Congress leader Karan Singh Wednesday cautioned that it seemed the country was moving towards “yet another conflagration” which could have “incalculable consequence”. Singh also rued that there has unfortunately been a “strong anti-Kashmiri backlash” around the country in the […]
New Delhi, Feb 19: The Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the ‘vicious attacks’ on the social media directed against several media persons who have commented on the harassment faced by Kashmiri students and others, following the dastardly killings of CRPF personnel in Pulwama. ”Not only were the personal details […]
Shillong, Feb 19: Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy here on Tuesday supported a call for boycott of “everything Kashmiri” following the attack at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of 49 CRPF troopers on Thursday. Quoting an appeal from a retired Army Colonel, Roy tweeted: “Don’t visit Kashmir, don’t go to Amarnath for […]
Dehradun, Feb 19: Clarifying on their statements of not granting admission to students from Kashmir, two city-based colleges Tuesday said they were under pressure and no decision of such sort has been taken by their management. “We had to do it under pressure from a mob of around 400-500 which was protesting at the gates […]