Helicopter Crash in Srinagar, 1 killed
SRINAGAR: A Hindu pilgrim was killed and five others hurt when a helicopter carrying worshippers to a Himalayan shrine in Indian occupied Kashmir crashed on Thursday, officials said.
The helicopter came down three kilometers (two miles) short of the Amarnath cave, situated 3,800 metres (12,800 feet) above sea level. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.
“A woman devotee was killed and five others, including the pilot, were injured in the crash,” Madan Mantoo, an official associated with the two-month long pilgrimage told AFP.
Two of the seriously injured were hospitalised, he said.
The majority of Amarnath pilgrims trek up to the shrine but rich devotees often use a privately-operated helicopter service.
Helicopter Crash in Srinagar, 1 killed was first posted on July 9, 2009 at 1:19 pm.
Violent Protests in Held Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Protesters in held Kashmir set fire to a police van and stoned other security vehicles Wednesday after the body of a missing young man was recovered in the regional capital Srinagar.
Residents said that Asrar Mushtaq, had disappeared while in police custody. Police denied having detained the 20-year-old, who went missing last week.
After his body was found, angry protesters poured onto the streets of Srinagar and attacked vehicles belonging to the security forces. Police used tear gas to try to disperse the crowds.
Violent Protests in Held Kashmir was first posted on July 8, 2009 at 6:38 pm.
World press Indian for withdrawal of troops
ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Sunday urged the international community to pressurize India to withdraw troops from occupied valley.
According to a Kashmir-based news agency, he said incidents like Shopian would continue to occur as long as Indian troops were present in the occupied territory.
He also asked world to impress upon India to stop using Kashmiri women as a weapon to suppress the ongoing liberation movement.
Mirwaiz was addressing a function organised in Srinagar, today, to commemorate the 45th founding day anniversary of the Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee, which was observed as the Women’s Protection Day.
The function was also addressed among others by prominent Kashmiri lawyer, Nazir Ahmed Ronga. The speakers asked India to withdraw its forces from the occupied territory.
Thousands of people assembled at Eidgah in Shopian, today, to press for the demand of punishment to the culprits of rape and murder of two women.
Complete shutdown continued in the town and also in Islamabad, Sopore and Baramulla against stepped up human rights violations by the occupation troops.
Meanwhile, Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader Syed Ali Gilani who is undergoing treatment in Soura Medical Institute Srinagar has been sent on judicial remand till July 10.
The High Court had formally issued orders for his release on Saturday, however, the occupation authorities detained the leader in an already registered fake case.
World press Indian for withdrawal of troops was first posted on July 5, 2009 at 8:57 pm.
