Naveed Iqbal

Sitting under a bridge, just short of Manwal near Udhampur, on way to Kargil, the Bakerwal woman says looking at any of her daughter’s possessions would leave a lump in her throat.

Kathua rape case: Around 90 km away, up a dirt track in Udhampur, the victim’s biological father is busy attending to what’s left of his family. His wife is away, collecting firewood. Her eyes well up as she returns to where the horses were grazing.

The SHO was rushed to Srinagar’s Police hospital with a skull fracture and an eye injury. He was then treated at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences as his injury was reported to be critical.

On Wednesday, the fourth day since Rouf Khanday was killed in the Dialgam encounter, his mother is a portrait of composure. He was one of two militants in the house of Mohammad Asadullah Khan in Dialgam village on Saturday evening.

Fareeda is the wife of special police officer (SPO) Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh, who was shot inside their home at Katsoo in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district on March 29.

Of the 34, 33 had pellet injuries, ‘mostly in the eye’, while one was brought with a bullet injury, medical superintendent Salim Tak told The Indian Express.

Eight children were killed due to pellet shotguns, seven were killed due to injuries by tear smoke shelling and one child reportedly died due to asphyxiation caused by Pelargonic Acid Vanillylamide (PAVA) shell, which are chilly-based munitions.

Dineshwar Sharma’s mandate in Kashmir was “to initiate and carry forward a dialogue with elected representatives, various organisations and concerned individuals in the state of Jammu and Kashmir”.

Mehbooba Mufti added that the diversity of Jammu & Kashmir is unmatched and while “we are placed like a crown on the map of India, the crown has lost its shine in the last few years”.

J&K has 3,600 water-bodies and wetlands and environmental experts suggest most are shrinking or hit by encroachment.

In January, the NIA filed a 13,000-page charge sheet, naming Kamran as one of 12 accused for alleged terror funding and stone-pelting in the valley, alongside Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salauddin.

The Department of Education will also release an educational calendar, currently in the making, reducing the number of holidays for schools and colleges across the state.

While that search is still on, Raabta has connected several friends, neighbours and a student with his teacher over the last two months. In February, Ashima Kaul put out a message looking for her friend and neighbour from Baramulla, Abbas.

Sri Sri was was speaking at an event, ‘Paigam-e-Mohabbat’, on the invitation of J&K Coordination Committee (JKCC), seeking to find “a lasting solution to the age-old Kashmir conflict”. He was barely seven minutes into his speech when people began to leave. Thereafter, the event was abruptly ended by the organisers.

On Monday, two more bodies, of a militant and a civilian, were recovered from near the encounter site, taking the toll in the shootout to six. The civilian’s body was found in his car, a few hundred metres from the site.

At the school serving as the relief camp, where more than 1,500 people stayed cramped, the villagers were afraid of going back.

It is believed Jat has since joined HM since LeT has not named a commander since the death of its former commanders Abu Qasim, Abu Dujana and Abu Ismail.

State Education Minister Syed Altaf Bukhari said, “A hundred centres were designated for students to view the event.”

The seniormost IPS officer in J&K was removed from the post on Thursday, two days after the Pakistani prisoner’s escape and amid a major reshuffle of top police officials.