Security forces kill top JeM commander Qari Yasir in shootout

Srinagar: Security forces in Kashmir today killed terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) top commander, Qari Yasir, in an shootout in the wee hours of morning in north Kashmir’s Lolab area.

Yasir was gunned down by security forces at a village in Kupwara district, police said.

Yasir had been the JeM chief in Kashmir for the last three years, Abdul Ghani Mir, Inspector General of Police, told Firstpost.

PIL in Apex Court against holding of Panchayat

New Delhi: Welfare  Party of India today filed a PIL in the Apex court against holding of Panchayat elections in the holy month of Ramzan through its national secretary Dr. Tasleem Rahmani. In its petition WPI said that new time frame by Honble Supreme Court of India i.e. 11th July to 25th July coincide with the holy month of Ramazan which is sacred month for Muslims all over the world.