Non-local beggars swarm Kashmir

‘They won’t let you go without fetching money’: Locals  SRINAGAR, APR 12 (PTK):  Dog menace apart, people in city are facing yet another nuisance in the form of non-local beggars who have taken positions at various important points in the city, especially in commercial hub, Lal Chowk. Last year the Jammu and Kashmir government has banned…

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Kashmiri students assaulted in Maharashtra

Priya Gupta  New Delhi/Yavatmal/Chandigarh, Feb 22 (PTK): Four Kashmiri students in Maharahstra have been assaulted while a Kashmiri teacher in a private university in Punjab said he was asked to quit on Thursday even as the Supreme Court said it may take up Friday a PIL seeking security for students from the Valley in wake of…

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5,000 social media accounts under scanner: Reports

SRINAGAR, FEB 15 (PTK): The Indian security agencies have launched a major crackdown against the sympathisers of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and its militant Adil Ahmad Dar, who was behind the attack on the forces in Pulwama area of Sotuh Kashmir on Thursday. At least 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in the…

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Sopore woman accuse CRPF men of rape, exploitation

Wahid Bhat SRINAGAR, SEP 07 (PTK):   A woman (name withheld) from Sopore area of Baramulla district in North Kashmir has accuses some CRPF personnel of Rape and exploitation. The victim husband (name withheld) told PTK that a local CRPF man has forcefully entered their house in his absence two years ago, sprayed her with a…

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