NC Decries embargo on Essential Commodities, says Mehbooba wants to Starve People

Oil Supply Stopped Milk & Vegetables Stopped Mobile Network Blocked Internet Services Suspended Curfew, Protests on since last 41 days More than 67 Persons Killed, 8000 Injured  People form ‘Committees’ in South to ‘Counter’ Night Raids Center want to own Land, not the owners : Omar Abdulla National Conference on Thursday lashed out at Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and the PDP-BJP Government for their “brazen and shameless” attempts to prevent essential food commodities from reaching parts of Srinagar and also condemned the curbs announced on distribution of fuel to petrol…

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Resistance Group releases Protest Calendar till 25th Aug; Protesters attack MLA Shopian’s Residence

Date Activities 20th August Saturday (relaxation from 6 pm to 6 am) Azadi Road Shows Join for Azadi Road Shows and march towards district headquarters; March on two wheeler (Motorcycles & Bicycles) and  march by foot; If and wherever stopped, assemble, occupy and protest that place till evening. 21st  August Sunday (relaxation from 6 pm to 6 am) Poster Letter to Pro Indian Legislators A poster letter asking all MLAs , MLCs and Ministers from all pro Indian political parties to resign from government and party positions  be pasted on every wall, post and poll around their…

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Authorities ‘Stop’ supply of Milk, Veggies to Srinagar; Blocking essential supplies neither ‘Insaniyat, nor jamhooriyat’, says KEA

Police on Thursday morning barred the entry of several vehicles, carrying essential supplies like milk and veggies, into city. Witnesses said that around three dozen vehicles carrying milk and vegetables remained stationed at police station Parimpora on the outskirts of Srinagar city. They said that police stopped the vehicles, which ferry the supply from villages and peripheries to the city population which has remained under siege for the 41st consecutive day on Thursday. “Police stopped all the vehicles carrying milk or vegetables for the city at Parimpora. I am stuck…

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Admin orders Oil depot owners to ‘Stop’ distributing fuel; Mosques blare out Pro-freedom, Burhan taranas in Bandipora

The government has asked the oil depots in the Valley not to distribute fuel to dealers, a move which could cripple life in Kashmir already reeling under harsh curfew since July 09. “From yesterday morning, Oil depots including Hindustan Petroleum, Bharat Petroleum and Indian Oil have stopped distributing fuel to the dealers in the Valley,” Bilal Ahmad, spokesperson of Petrol Dealers Association, Kashmir, told KNS. “While BP depots owner said that he has closed down his depot due to Raksha Bandhan festival, HP and Indian Oil depot owners said that…

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UN Rights Chief appeals to India, Pakistan for Kashmir Access

The United Nations’ human rights chief is appealing to India and Pakistan to grant his office access to Kashmir amid “grave concerns” over alleged rights violations. The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said Wednesday he has been working to get observers to the parts of the disputed Himalayan region the two countries control since violence flared last month. Zeid called it “unfortunate” access hasn’t been granted yet considering “the seriousness of the allegations of the use of excessive force, allegations of state sponsorship of violence, as…

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Why the Kashmir protests in 2010 and 2016 are different

Summer had arrived in Kashmir, tourists were coming in droves and India’s ‘paradise’ was in business. One day — July 8 — was all it took to shatter that picture postcard. In the 40 days since that day, when security forces killed Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, the Valley has become a ghost town, an extended curfew barely keeping a fragile peace. Shattered glass, stones and bricks on the streets speak of the clashes that erupted in protest against the killing of Wani, the 22-year-old local who had become the…

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BSNL Stops sale of post-paid SIMs on security grounds

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) Jammu Customer Service Centre (CSC) at Bahu Plaza has stopped issuing new post-paid SIM cards from today after it was directed by the government to do so on security grounds. Sources said the Jammu CSC had been witnessing a heavy rush of customers from the Valley to get new post-paid SIM cards for the past few days. However, keeping in mind the unrest, the BSNL decided to immediately stop the sale of new post-paid SIM cards, fearing that it might create more security-related problems.…

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Jammu traders sets Aug 19 deadline for Intra Region dialogue; Oppose protests in Kashmir

Traders, industrialists and transporters of the Jammu region today unanimously gave a deadline to the people of Kashmir for holding intra-region discussions with the people of Jammu and Ladakh to restore normalcy in the state as they do not support the “way of protests” chosen by Kashmiris. They said they would call for a complete shutdown in Jammu on August 20 if they do not get a positive response from the representatives of Kashmir civil society for the intra-region dialogue. In an urgent meeting convened at Chamber House under the…

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To end Unrest, Opposition insists on dialogue

Prepares memorandum of demands, wants to apprise President of ground situation The mainstream Opposition parties and legislators gathered on a single stage on Wednesday to discuss and seek a way out from the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir valley, sparked by killing of a militant commander, and appealed to the Union Government to initiate a dialogue to address it. Senior leaders and legislators of several Opposition parties, including the National Conference, Congress, CPM, People’s Democratic Front, Awami Ittehad Party and the Democratic Party Nationalist, met at the residence of former…

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Kashmir seethes over civilian killings; Army kills lecturer in Khrew, death toll 67

Army kills lecturer in Khrew, death toll 67 Govt enforces curfew to foil UN March 118 injured in fresh clashes; Beerwah youth still critical Night curfew imposed across Valley Mobile, Internet Services remain suspended Valley completes 40 days of Curfew, Shutdown, Protests Kishtwar shuts against civilian killings in Kashmir On late Wednesday night army barged into the residential area of Shar village of Khrew, Pampore beating and looting the local residents of the area. Locals told Kashmir Post that Army arrested 28 people from the area after they were ruthlessly beaten.…

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