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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir was on Monday raised in the House of Lords by a Pakistani-origin peer, who called on the UK government to intervene to bring perpetrators of human rights abuses in the region to justice, reports said. Pakistani-origin peer Lord Nazir […]