Tag: Kashmir
Is the world becoming increasingly intolerant of free press and media?
Till date, eight journalists, two netizens, and one media assistant have been killed in various incidents in connection with their journalistic work. There are more statistics: 193 journalists are imprisoned while 166 netizens are behind bars, with a total of ten media assistants serving time in prison. The report is[Read More…]
Gunmen loot Rs 4.92 lakh from Kashmir bank
Stop ‘Mann ki Baat’ and start ‘Gun ki Baat’ against Pak: Uddhav Thackeray to PM Modi
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray hit out at PM Narendra Modi asking him to stop ‘Mann Ki Baat’ and start ‘Gun Ki Baat’ to teach a lesson to Pakistan, after Pakistan Army mutilated two Indian soldiers Naib Subedar Paramjit Singh and BSF head constable Prem Sagar. “Kashmir is burning and[Read More…]
The soldier soldiers on because he signed up to die
Two kinds of people die at regular intervals in Kashmir – soldiers and militants. The militants are driven by hatred fed by religion, with no other aim than to destroy, kill, and maim. The soldiers are driven by the duty to their profession of arms – to protect, to nurture,[Read More…]
Normal life disrupted due to separatists’ strike in Kashmir
On Sunday, normal life in Kashmir was affected due to a strike called by separatists to protest the killing of a civilian in firing by security forces after militants attacked an army camp in Kupwara district on Thursday. Marking the strike, most local businesses, and fuel stations remained shut in[Read More…]
Won’t talk to separatists: Centre tells SC on Kashmir unrest
Addressing the Kashmir crisis, the government on Friday told the Apex Court that it was ready to talk to only accepted political parties in Jammu and Kashmir but not with the separatists. It was clearly expressed by Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi that the government will only negotiate or go into[Read More…]
Kashmir: Separatist leader, DeM chief Asiya Andrabi arrested
Separatist leader Asiya Andrabi has been arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police under the public safety act, on late Wednesday night. Andrabi is the chief of the radical women’s outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM). Reportedly, she was arrested from her home in Soura. Andrabi, allegedly is the key separatist leader who provoked[Read More…]
Guns or Roses – A choice Kashmir has to make
“A stone pelter is pelting stones for his nation.” Farooq Abdullah “Indian government should resume talks with Pakistan or be ready to lose Kashmir.” Farooq Abdullah “Valley is losing faith in Indian Democracy.” Karan Thapar It has become a fashion for the elite intellectuals of India to lambast every policy[Read More…]
Schools, universities reopen in J&K after a week’s shutdown
After a week’s closure of all educational centres, the authorities on Monday ordered the opening of universities, colleges and higher secondary schools in Jammu and Kashmir. This was declared after an official statement issued in summer capital Srinagar by the provincial administration said all universities, colleges and higher secondary Class[Read More…]
Rajnath Singh appeals to all states to ensure safety of Kashmiris
Following the Chittorgarh incident, where a group of Kashmiri students of Mewar University in Rajasthan was allegedly called terrorists and beaten up by the locals, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday appealed to all the states in order to ensure the safety of all Kashmiris living across the country,[Read More…]
Posters in Meerut asking Kashmiris to leave Uttar Pradesh
Dozens of hoardings asking Kashmiris to leave Uttar Pradesh or face the consequences have been reportedly put up across Meerut. On Wednesday, Amit Jani, head of the UP Navnirman Sena shared a picture of the hate-mongering poster on his Facebook account. Speaking to CNN-News 18, Jani lashed out against Kashmiri[Read More…]
Omar questions J&K govt over students’ protest
Pak urges US to mediate on Kashmir
BSF kill a 22-year old in Batamaloo
Quit as defence minister due to ‘pressure’: Goa CM Manohar Parrikar
Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar said that he could not handle the pressure of some key issues, like Kashmir, which was one of the reasons why he opted to quit as the defence minister and return to the coastal state. Parrikar was sworn in as the CM for the fourth[Read More…]
Srinagar: Only a total of 2.02% voting recorded
Srinagar repoll: 1% turnout in first 3 hours
As repolling takes place in 38 polling stations in Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency where the bypolls on Sunday was disrupted by violence; the voter turnout in the first three hours of voting has been only one per cent. Counting of votes will be held on Saturday and the result would[Read More…]
Yashwant Sinha favours speaking to separatists
Kashmir by-poll violence: Over 100 admitted in hospitals with serious injuries
On the polling day in Srinagar on Sunday, more than 100 civilians severely injured with bullets and pellet guns were admitted for treatment at Srinagar hospitals. At least three youth with “critical injuries” were being treated in the hospitals across the city while 11 youth were being treated for bullet[Read More…]
PDP sought to postpone Anantnag polls after Srinagar violence
After repeated violence in Srinagar during the by-poll for Lok Sabha seat on Sunday Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling party asked the Election Commission on Monday to postpone the bypoll in Anantnag until April 12. Although the security was tightened in Srinagar as separatists called for a boycott of the by-election[Read More…]
Landslide in Srinagar causes severe damage
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed for 2nd day
‘Stone pelting youth giving up life for resolution of Kashmir’
Kashmiri pilot Ayesha Aziz could become the first Indian woman to Fly MIG-29
A 21-year-old Ayesha Aziz of Kashmir could become the first Indian woman to Fly MIG-29. Ayesha got her commercial licence last week and now plans to fly a MIG-29 fighter jet at Russia’s Sokul airbase. If succeeded, she will become the youngest Indian to pilot the aircraft beyond the speed[Read More…]