The joint resistance leadership on Wednesday issued a new protest calendar, giving a relaxation from 2pm onwards on Sunday. It has extended shutdown call to September 29. Details of the fresh protest calendar are as follows: 23rd September, Friday (No Relaxation) Karnah, Uri, Gurez, Charar Sharif, Kangan, Srinagar North (Shahr-i-Khaas), Pampore, Devsar, Shopian (Central), Kokarnag Freedom March From 9am March one and all from Kupwara to Karnah, Baramulla to Uri, Bandipora to Gurez, Budgam to Chararsharif, Ganderbal to Kangan, Srinagar to Shahar-e-Khas, Pulwama to Pampore, Shopian to Shopian (Central), Kulgam to…
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Clashes erupt in Anantnag, 02 Women among 12 injured; Shutdown, Protest in Bhaderwah, Kishtwar, Banihal against civilian killings
Clashes erupt in Anantnag, several injured Clashes between the government forces and protesters erupted in Shangran village of Doru area in Anantnag district on Wednesday. Local sources told Kashmir Post that a freedom rally was proposed in the area and people in large numbers started moving towards the venue early today raising pro-freedom and anti-India slogans. Authorities had already deployed heavy deployment which swung into action and fired tear smoke canisters to disperse the protesting people ensuing clashes. They said several were injured and clashes were going on when reports last came in.…
Read More75th Day of Shutdown, Protest, Curbs in Kashmir, Curfew remains in force in some parts
Curfew was Wednesday in force in only three police station areas of Srinagar city in Kashmir, as the curbs were lifted from other parts following improvement in the situation. However, normal life remained affected in the Valley for the 75th straight day. A police official said curfew continued in Nowhatta, M R Gunj and Khanyar police station areas of the summer capital today. The authorities had yesterday lifted curfew across Kashmir except from six police station areas of the city. This morning, the curbs from three areas were lifted. The…
Read MoreBuses rooted to the spot, drivers and conductors behind freedom movement
Feroz Ahmed Waja, a 40-year-old bus driver who lives in old Srinagar’s Shamsawari area, is cleaning his minibus on the roadside outside his home. The window sills and headlamps of the bus are broken. The tyres are flat. Waja says that the engine has started to corrode now. The bus has been standing rooted at its spot for the past two-and-a-half months. Ever since the post-Burhan uprising started in Kashmir, Waja says he has forgotten when was the last time he drove his bus. But he is not worried. “I…
Read MoreKashmir sees surge in youths joining terror outfits after Burhan’s death
The increase in the number of local youths allegedly joining various militant outfits in the wake of Burhan Wani’s death on July 8 is a worrying trend in the Valley. While the terror attack in Uri has got everyone talking about India’s response to external threats, the surge in local youths allegedly joining various militant outfits in the wake of Burhan Wani’s death shows the internal threat is equally, if not more, worrying in the Valley. If reports are to be believed, more than 60 local youths have joined different…
Read MoreDal vegetables suffice Srinagar’s demand
At the break of dawn, there is a hustle in the interiors of Dal Lake as scores of boats carrying vegetables gather at a point in the water body known as Srinagar’s ‘Floating Vegetable garden.’ Within hours of appearance of vegetable growers on the scene, the trading of locally grown vegetables begins with wholesalers— who then pass it to vendors for consumption in restriction bound Srinagar and its peripheries. This market, as per vegetable sellers during curfew, restrictions and shutdown has emerged as an important link for them to supply…
Read MoreUnrest lands Valley’s wazas in soup
Abdul Gani, 52, a wazwan chef, has done no business this season. After the unrest started in Kashmir in the second week of July, he started getting calls and 90 per cent of his bookings were cancelled. Like Abdul, a resident of uptown Srinagar, most of the wazas in Kashmir made no money during this wedding season as the weddings were either cancelled or solemnised in a simple manner due to the ongoing unrest. “This season we have done no business. We are only getting calls for cooking at langars…
Read MoreFear in Kupwara as forces damage property worth crores
Fear is writ large on the faces of residents of Panzgam area of Kralpora in Kupwara district. After two days when army men allegedly wreaked havoc in the village, residents have not come to terms and are in a state of shock. Haffeza Begum (name changed) while narrating the incident said, “There was firing and tear gas shelling outside. Army men broke the gate of our home and entered inside. They broke household goods and everything. We hid ourselves in the upper storey.” Residents alleged that computer shop of one…
Read MoreChenani tunnel project hit by prolonged turmoil in Valley
Movement of material, workers disrupted; deadline extended The prolonged unrest in Kashmir has badly affected the completion of the country’s longest road tunnel between Chenani and Nashri on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. The authorities have extended the deadline to the end of November, but with a rider that the tunnel would be thrown open to traffic only after normalisation of the situation in Kashmir. The unrest has slowed down the movement of material and people to and from Kashmir and thus, the most awaited 9.2-km-long Chenani-Nashri tunnel may take some…
Read MoreCurbs, Clashes, Protests, Shutdown cripple life for 74th day across Valley
Bullet hits Bandipora youth Chenab Valley to observe shutdown today Women stage rallies in Sopore, other places House gutted in Shopian, bike set afire in Batamaloo 64 more youth arrested in 24 hours: Police At least 50 people including some women were injured when forces foiled pro-freedom rallies and beat up inmates at various places in Kashmir on Tuesday, reports and witnesses said. A 20-year-old youth was hit by a bullet in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district during clashes, they said. South Kashmir 30 people were wounded when forces personnel allegedly…
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