Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police said Wednesday that the murder of a Muslim youth at Ther in Kathua district has no communal overtones and the act was an outcome of an old rivalry. “The incident occurred due to the scuffle between two individuals in which one Liyakat Ali got seriously injured who later succumbed to […]
Srinagar: A Muslim youth was “fatally stabbed” Monday afternoon by three people in full public glare at Ther village of Billawar in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Liyakat Ali, 22, a college student and a resident of Ther mohalla in Billawar town of Kathua district. He was […]
The bone-chilling rape-and-murder of an 8-year-old Muslim girl in Kathua in January could be an ominous replay of the same old script: alter demography of Jammu region, yet again By Bilal Handoo The moment lip-chewed and bone-crushed body of an 8-year-old Muslim nomad girl was found in Kathua on 17 January, a trucker silently picked […]
The Supreme Court Friday stayed till 7 May the trial in the Kathua gangrape and murder case, after it was seized with petitions seeking shifting of the trial to Chandigarh and handing over the investigation to the CBI, reports said. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra said […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider the plea of the two accused in Kathua gangrape and murder case that the trial be not transferred out of Jammu, reports said. Considering the complexity of the case, the apex court said its “real concern” was to see that a fair trial is conducted in the Kathua […]
Over 600 teachers and scholars worldwide have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing anguish at the Kathua and Unnao gang rapes and holding his government responsible for the “terrible state of affairs”, reports said. The academics have voiced concern at the Prime Minister’s “prolonged silence” and the “non-specific assurance of justice” […]
Advocate Deepika Singh Rajawat, counsel representing the family of the victim in Kathua rape and murder case, has served a legal notice to Zee Hindi News, seeking an apology from the news channel for broadcasting a “false news report tarnishing her image.” Deepika took strong objection to the program run by Zee Hindi News on […]
At least fourteen protesters were injured with pellets, among whom two were hit in the eye, fired by police at them in south Kashmir’s Shopian district today. A protest was going on against the rape-and-murder of 8-year-old Muslim minor in Kathua in January. Reports said the clashes broke out near Jamia Masjid main town Shopian between […]
Pictures by Zargar Zahoor and Sanna Irshad Mattoo Student protests against rape-and-murder of 8-year-old Muslim minor in Kathua were witnessed today in different parts of the Valley. A number of students and some policemen were injured during clashes which emerged after police tried to thwart protest marches.
Some media houses, which had revealed the identity of the eight-year-old who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, were directed by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday to deposit ₹10 lakh as penalty towards the State’s rape victims compensation funds, reports said. Last week, a Bench of Acting Chief Justice […]