Students in Srinagar’s uptown areas of Bhagat and Parraypora on Saturday took to streets to protest against the killings in the ongoing uprising saying, they would not appear in exams till Kashmir’s freedom. The students raising pro-freedom and anti-India slogans were carrying placards reading, “Stop innocents killings in Kashmir”. “Stop doing politics on exam, Exam boycott, Justice for Insha ,” read the placards . “We are ready to sacrifice future for the sake of freedom,” they said. Later police swung into action and dispersed them.
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UNMOGIP Unable to function in Kashmir, Report
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday reportedly has told Pakistan that United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) was “unable to fully function in Kashmir”. Ban has cited “non-cooperation of India”. “The UN’s military mission is only able to operate on the Pakistani controlled side of the LoC, as India refuses to accept its functioning on the other side and opposes its expansion,” The Dawn newspaper quoted the UN Secretary General as having said. Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to UN Dr Maleeha Lodhi on Friday met the United Nations…
Read MoreUN Concerned over escalating India-Pak Tension
UNMOGIP aware of ceasefire violations; Delhi, Islamabad should exercise restraint Concerned over the tensions across the LoC, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s top aide has asked India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and resolve their differences peacefully. In the wake of the ‘surgical strikes’ conducted by India across the LoC, Ban’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the UN is obviously following this situation with great concern relating to the increase of tensions across the Line of Control. “The UN Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan, UNMOGIP, is aware of the ceasefire…
Read MoreGrowers to stop fruit exports on increased freight
Owing to the enhanced freight rates, the fruit growers have decided not to export fresh crop to outside the mandis. In a statement, Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers cum Dealers Union said they appealed all the valley based growers not to send fruit to outside mandis. It said due to continued restrictions imposed by the government, the fruit growers could not spray pesticides and insecticides in their orchards resulting in the fall of apples from trees in bulk creating panic among them. “We lifted the fallen apple crop to avoid any…
Read MoreBJP leaders come under increasing attacks in Valley
Kashmir-based ground workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are saying they are being targeted by mobs and are going through hard times amid the ongoing unrest in the Valley. Before the encounter of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8 sparked widespread protests, the BJP’s Kashmir unit had been endeavouring to strengthen the party base. Earlier, it had claimed that it had made strong inroads in Kashmir and had enrolled over 3.3 lakh party members in the Valley. However, after eruption of the unrest, the BJP claimed that…
Read More84 Days of Uprising: Kashmiris Adapt, Innovate to Sustain
Part innovation, part reorganizing economy, part charity and partly returning to traditional way of life have become new pillars of sustenance in Kashmir as the region continues its journey through 84 days of uprising. As government continues to hope that protesters will ultimately wear down and the cycle of marches and protests will give way to ‘normal’ life, the resilience shown by people has taken everybody by surprise. Despite attempts there has been no dent in the unity wave felt across length and breadth of Kashmir and resultant pro-freedom protests.…
Read MoreLadakh on high alert; Residents asked to vacate border villages
Amid escalating Indo-Pak tension after the Army’s surgical strikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Ladakh, which shares vast boundaries with China and Pakistan, has been put on a high alert, following apprehension of “possible aggression” from the other side of the border. While the administration has sounded the alert for all habitations along the Line of Control (LoC), it has kept the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), an unmarked boundary between China and India, on a “close watch.” The Ladakh region has 225-km LoC, 955-km…
Read MoreCurfew in parts of Srinagar, Woman dies of cardiac arrest during forces raid in Anantnag
Death toll reaches 91, 200 fresh injuries Govt imposes curfew, restriction to foil Lal Chowk Chalo Friday prayers disallowed in Jamia, other mosques for 12th week Forces disallowed Friday prayers in Nadihal; fire pellets, tear gas shells on people People at some places offer funeral prayers in absentia for 2 Pak soldiers Situation under control, 49 arrested in 24 hours: Police Sopore youth critical Shutdown observer in Banihal An elderly lady died of cardiac arrest allegedly after government forces pelted stones and smashed the entry gate of her house in…
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