Scores of people Wednesday morning held a sit-in at Batamaloo here after they were not allowed to proceed towards the UN office at Sonwar.The protest march was stopped near Astania Aliya where people staged a sit-in. The joint leadership had asked people to stage sit-ins on roads if they were prevented by the authorities from marching towards the United Nations Office at Sonawar. The protesters were holding banners and placards, reading: “Freedom only solution, nothing less than Azadi acceptable.” Meanwhile, locals have started to cook meals for the people holding…
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Burhan Wani’s ‘Chehlum’ observed in Bandipora amid Pro-Freedom Slogans
The people in north Kashmir’s Bandipora on Wednesday observed Chehlum (Muslim religious observance at the 40th day after death) of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. Eyewitnesses said that the people from villages of Kaloosa, Watpora, Sheikh Mohalla, Onagam, Papchan, Pazalpora and Nowpora, came out on streets and roads and held special prayers for Wani, who died in a gunfight with government forces on July 8 in southern Kashmiri village of Kokernag. They said that the tents and shamyans were erected at various places to accommodate the flow of people who came…
Read MoreAripanthan Victims recount Horror ‘It was a planned Massacre’
After three unsuccessful night raids, police and CRPF men rained bullets on civilians in Aripathan No protest or stone pelting was going on in the area when cops fired on people: Witness Police and CRPF men also barged into houses to molest women: Locals After thrashing and injuring about 80 residents during three night-raids, police and CRPF men showered bullets on people in Aripathan village in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Tuesday morning, killing four youth and injuring many others. According to locals and eyewitnesses, at about 7:50 am, few…
Read More10,500 Year-old camping site found in Nubra Valley
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered a 10,500-year-old (8,500 BC) camping site at a height of 14,000 feet en route the Karakoram Pass in Ladakh. There is an evidence of human activity at the camping site for about 800 years. The site is in the Nubra valley on the way to Saser La which leads to the Karakoram Pass. While exploring the Nubra valley in 2015-16, Dr SB Ota, Joint DG, ASI, observed both sides of the hill and valley as the serpentine road gradually climbed along the…
Read More40 Days of Consecutive Curfew Cripples life across Kashmir, Fresh killings has kept Valley on Boil
Kishtwar shuts against civilian killings in Kashmir Hizb’s Zakir posts video, asks youth to continue protests Night curfew to be imposed in Srinagar district Death toll in the ongoing faceoff between security forces and locals in the Kashmir Valley rose to 66 on Tuesday after seven people were killed allegedly in firing by security forces in the last 24 hours. Curfew and communication blockade across the valley continued for the 39th day as the government struggled to bring the situation under control, with protests continuing in most places. Four people…
Read MorePoultry industry shows self-sufficiency in tough times
The local poultry industry has fought against all odds and proved to be self-sufficient during the ongoing unrest by supplying local production of chicken into the markets at cheapest possible rates. According to Ghulam Muhammad, President of Kashmir Valley Poultry Farmers Association almost 80 per cent of the chicken sold in the Valley during last one month has come from local production. “Despite not been given an industrial status by the state government, the poultry industry has risen to the occasion and shown that we have the ability to become…
Read MoreResidents despair as Communication Gag continues
Today marks the 39th day of curfew in Kashmir. The private mobile phone networks remain suspended. Internet blocked. Roads deserted. In the current scenario, when all sources of communication have been snapped, people are increasingly getting desperate to know what is happening in others parts of the Valley. “The situation is getting worse than the 2010 unrest. We are suffocating. Phones are not working. At least children used to surf the internet and tell us what is happening in other parts of the Valley, but now we have been deprived…
Read More9 Year-old boy is battling for life at SMHS hospital
His head and face are wrapped in bandage. Since Monday evening, he is lying motionless on a bed in Srinagar’s SMHS hospital. And the only signs of life in him are the beeps on vital-signs monitor wired to his body. Just 20 hours earlier, nine-year-old Irfan Ahmed Sofi was playing his favorite game Football with his friends in Bijbehera area in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Today, the “football champ” as he is known in his locality, is battling for life at the Surgical ICU of the SMHS hospital after he…
Read MoreBloodBath Continues; Five killed in fresh violence taking death toll to 66; Curfew, Shutdown continues for 39th Day
Forces kill 4 youth in Beerwah, another in Anantnag; death toll rises to 66 286 injured across Valley, 2 youth battling for life Curfew, shutdown continues for 39th day Army ‘beats people to pulp’ in Ganderbal Huge pro-freedom rallies held in several areas Government forces killed five civilians, four in central Kashmir’s Beerwah area and another in south Kashmir’s Anantnag– on Tuesday, further escalating the tension prevailing in the Valley after killing of 21-year-old Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8. With the fresh killings, the death toll of…
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