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  • Separatist leader Geelani says Kashmiris are close to freedom

    Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Friday criticised central government saying it has started ‘farce of engagement’ to divert attention from the reality on the ground. “They will come again to ask what do we want. They know the answer to that question. We want freedom,” Geelani said. In[Read More…]

  • Militants ambush Army convoy in Kashmir, 3 soldiers injured

    Early Wednesday morning, militants ambushed an army convoy in North Kashmir’s Handwara injuring three soldiers. According to the latest reports coming in, army has cordoned off the area and have launched a search operation to tracer the militants. The attacks, as informed by the locals took place on the Baramulla –[Read More…]

  • Kashmir is Pakistan’s “jugular vein” says Pakistan Army Chief

    Describing Kashmir as Pakistan’s “jugular vein”, Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday said, Islamabad will continue to support the people of the valley on the “diplomatic and ethical” fronts. ” He also added, “The solution of the problem lies in the implementation of United Nations resolutions in this regard. Pakistan[Read More…]

  • Pakistan violates ceasefire in Kashmir

    According to latest updates, Pakistan’s troops have violated ceasefire along the Line of Control in Shahpur sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. The troops fired mortar shells along the border and no injuries or casualties have been reported so far. A News 18 report says that[Read More…]

  • Rajnath calls Hurriyat leaders inhuman; toughens stand on Kashmir

    Addressing the media on Monday, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, “Kashmir is and will always be an integral part of India.” Singh was leading the all-party delegation that was snubbed by the Hurriyat Separatists on Sunday, when the former tried reaching out to them over the violence in Kashmir. Hardening[Read More…]

  • Photojournalists allegedly manhandled by police in Kashmir

    A body of photojournalists has alleged that some of its members were manhandled by policemen in Srinagar. The photojournalists said that they showed the police curfew passes, but policemen declined to acknowledge them. They alleged that over a dozen photojournalists were assaulted while they were discharging professional duties in the[Read More…]

  • Rajnath led all-party team to visit Jammu and Kashmir on Sept 4

    An all-party delegation led by Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Srinagar on September 4 in the wake of the recent unrest in Kashmir Valley. Rajnath Singh went to meet BJP president Amit Shah, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Minister of State in the PMO Jitendra Singh and discussed with[Read More…]

  • Valley witnesses freedom from curfew after 52 days of lockdown

    After 52 days of complete lockdown, curfew was lifted on Monday from major parts of Kasmir, except Pulwama. The valley had witnessed violence and shut-down since the killing of Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani last month and over 70 people have died and over 11,000 have been injured in violent clashes[Read More…]

  • PAVA to be the new pellet guns in Kashmir?

    After much protests and agitation against the usage of pellet guns in Kshmir, an alternative to the “non-lethal” weapon has been zeroed in. A panel constituted by the home ministry to find an alternative to pellet guns for crowd control has decided to use PAV guns, a chilli-based ammunition, which[Read More…]

  • Angry Mehbooba Mufti walks out of press conference as Rajnath pacifies her

    Addressing a joint session with home minister Rajnath Singh, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti lost her cool and abruptly ended a press conference. When journalists asked questions about her role in dealing with the current unrest, she suddenly got up, saying “thank you”, after replying to a question even as[Read More…]

  • Fresh death spurs tension in the Valley, as Rajnath lands for talks

    Union minister Rajnath Singh reached Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, his second trip this month, to hold talks on the unrest in the Valley. However, the government maintains that its first priority is to end the violence. As part of Singh’s two-day visit, he will interact with civil society groups,[Read More…]

  • After 12 years, BSF returns to haunt Kashmir

    The troubled valley of Kashmir witnessed the return of Border Security Force (BSF) after a gap of 12 years. After the curfew and raging protests crippled life for more than 45 days since the encounter of Hizbul Mujaheedin commander Burhan Wani, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday deployed Border[Read More…]

  • Burhan Wani’s father says his son was a mujahid, not a terrorist; backs jihad

    Muzaffar Wani, father of slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an interview to Hindustan Times says that Burhan would have died even if he had not joined militancy and prefers to call his son mujahid. He said, “Uska raasta theek tha. Jehad is fine. He was a mujahid, not[Read More…]

  • Loss of life in Kashmir distresses us, says PM Modi

    Expressing deep concern over the prevailing situation in Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that those who lost their lives during the unrest are “part of us, our nation”. “Whether the lives lost are of our youth, security personnel or police, it distresses us,” Modi told a delegation[Read More…]

  • Kashmir unrest: 1.3 million pellet guns used in 32 days

    It’s been more than a month since Kashmir reamains paralysed by a wave of protests erupted in the wake of killing of Burhan Wani, the Hizbul Mujaheedin commander. Hundreds have been injured and according to an official data, 66 people have died in clashes between security forces and protestors. The[Read More…]

  • PoK an integral part of India: PM Modi

    Prime Minister Modi, announced in the all-party meeting on Friday that Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir is a part of Jammu and Kashmir. He also added that “there can’t be any compromise on national security but we have to win confidence of people” while chairing the meeting. Former PM Manmohan Singh assured “full-cooperation” by Congress party.[Read More…]

  • Kashmir CRPF top-cop compares pellet guns to “wife beating”

    Central Reserve Police Force DG Durga Prasad, who finds himself embroiled in a lot of controversies after the usage of pellet guns in Kashmir has again courted controversy by a scathingly misogynist remark. On being interviewed by a Dainik Bhaskar correspondent about the use of pellet guns on protestors in Kashmir,[Read More…]

  • Supreme Court to hear petition for governor’s rule in Kashmir

    The Supreme Court on Friday has agreed to hear a public interest litigation filed by Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party seeking imposition of governor’s rule in the state. The petition has been filed under a provision of the Jammu & Kashmir Constitution. The bench headed by chief justice T S Thakur has agreed[Read More…]

  • No more pellet-scarred lives in Kashmir

    In an update to Kashmir unrest, central government has decided to review the usage of pellet guns in Kashmir. Addressing the Lok Sabha on Thursday, home minister Rajnath Singh said that an expert committee will be constituted which will recommend alternatives to pellet guns in Kashmir. The much criticised weapon,[Read More…]

  • Civil society demands recognition of political rights of Kashmiris

    New Delhi: Civil society raised its voice to break the silence on Kashmir and bring the voices of the Kashmiris in the limelight. In a press conference-cum-public meeting held in New Delhi on Tuesday by Campaign against Fascist Attack on University (CAFAU), noted journalists, filmmakers and academics unanimously demanded that[Read More…]

  • Press freedom in peril in Kashmir as government clamps down on media

    As the tension in Kashmir shows no sign of abating, mobile and internet services continued to remain suspended for the eighth day on Sunday while trains were also off the  tracks in the valley as a precautionary measure. What is more worrisome is that the state government seized newspapers and[Read More…]

  • Major media crackdown in Kashmir, government raids printing press, detains employees

    In a blatant attempt to gag the media in Kashmir, authorities allegedly raided some media offices and detained a few of their employees while seizing printed copies, reported PTI. In what is seen as almost ‘emergency like censorship’ the police conducted midnight raids at printing presses of major Urdu and[Read More…]

  • Eye surgeons rushed in to help pellet victims in Kashmir

    The Ministry of Health on Wednesday sent a high-level team of eye surgeons to Jammu and Kashmir where over 100 youth are in danger of losing their eyesight after suffering from pellet injuries during protests over the encounter of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani. A three-member team of eye specialists from[Read More…]

  • Umar Khalid does it again, compares Burhan with Che Guevara

    Umar Khalid, the sedition accused in JNU case has once again courted controversy by comparing, the slain Hizbul Mujahideeen terrorist Burhan Wani to Che Guevara. In a facebook post, he showed his support to Burhan and condemned the killing by the “Indian state.” Quoting Che’s famous words, Khalid writes, “I[Read More…]

  • Rajnath Singh assures Mehbooba Mufti of central aid

    The death toll following the Srinagar protests is now 21. Union home minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday, assuring central assistance to the state government if needed. Mehbooba chaired a high-level meet on Sunday evening to take stock of the situation. Mehbooba[Read More…]