Srinagar, July 28: Here are top headlines of past week from Kashmir and beyond.
Amarnath Yatra crosses mark of 3.77 Lakh pilgrims in 25 days
Over 3.77 lakh people performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra since it started this year on July 3 as another batch of 1,635 devotees left Jammu for the Valley on Monday.
Officials of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) said the ‘Chhari Sthapana’ ceremony was held at the Shri Amareshwar Temple inside the Dashnami Akhara Building in Srinagar yesterday.
Doctors will be transferred after every four years: Sakina Itoo
Delegation of MLAs calls on Lieutenant Governor, demands fair probe into killing of youth in Jammu
A delegation of MLAs today called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to demand a fair probe into the tragic killing of youth Parvaiz Ahmed in police firing at Nikki Tawi, Jammu.
The delegation comprised MLA Kangan Mian Mehar Ali, MLA Budhal Javed Iqbal Choudhary, and MLA Mahore Er. Khursheed Ahmed.
Need unified political approach for restoration of J-K’s statehood: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad has called for a unified political approach for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood.
Azad also expressed concern over the state of development in Jammu and Kashmir, saying while central projects were progressing, state-level initiatives were “completely halted”.
Yemen’s Houthis say to target ‘all foreign ships’ linked to Israel
Yemen’s Houthi armed group said in a statement that it will begin targeting “all foreign ships linked to Israel… regardless of their destination,” citing retaliation for what it called Israel’s “blockade and starvation” campaign against Gaza.
“This escalation includes targeting all ships belonging to any company that deals with Israeli ports, regardless of their nationality and wherever they may be, within our forces’ reach,” Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in the statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.
The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born
A mother pressed a final kiss to what remained of her 5-month-old daughter and wept. Esraa Abu Halib’s baby now weighed less than when she was born.
On a sunny street in shattered Gaza, the bundle containing Zainab Abu Halib represented the latest death from starvation after 21 months of war and Israeli restrictions on aid.
