Bashir Ahmad Bhat

Shopian case: Recording of witnesses' statement deferred

The inquiry officer, probing into the killing of five persons allegedly by CRPF in Shopian earlier this month, on Friday extended the recording of statements of witnesses by one week.

J&K teacher suspended for making students massage his legs

Bashir Ahmad Bhat, posted as a government primary school teacher in Kasnaad area Khiram, was suspended yesterday after the photograph went viral on social networking site Facebook, triggering widespread criticism.