Joint resistance leadership comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik is meeting at Geelani’s Hyderpora residence on Sunday. The meeting started early today after Mirwaiz was released from house detention, sources said. The three leaders who are spearheading the ongoing agitation by issuing weekly protest calendars would discuss the future strategy. Meanwhile, government forces were today deployed in strength in parts of Srinagar in the wake of fresh violence following death of a teenager, even as normal life remained affected elsewhere in the Valley for the…
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Massacre of Jammu Muslims in 1947 worst tragedy: Geelani
Terming the massacre of Muslims in Jammu in 1947 as the “worst tragedy,” the Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani today said, “Slaughtering lakhs of Muslims by Dogra army, Indian forces, fascist groups like RSS and other communal forces is a brazen and most barbaric incident human history can ever come across.” “All the areas of Jammu region witnessed the ugliest and most brutal human carnage and all streets and fields of Jammu region were flooded with blood and flesh of Muslims,” Geelani said in a statement. “In these…
Read MoreNo Healing, No Touch: Why Modi govt needs to rethink its Kashmir Policy
Kashmir is mourning its children, those killed, maimed and blinded. Daily life is thrown completely out of gear by unpredictable violence, a persistent sense of grief and hopelessness. There is no sign of normalcy returning any time soon. Yet the ruling elite in Delhi believes that the situation is under control and that things are improving. This clearly obviates the need for a dialogue with anyone in Kashmir. THE NEW “STATE DOCTRINE” There is an expectation that the government’s new found hard-line on Kashmir – of conceding no political ground…
Read MoreAppear in exams now and avail 50% concession or face full-syllabus in March: Bizarre offer from BOSE
A day after announcing 50% syllabus relaxation in examinations for students of 10th and 12th classes, Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) Friday came up with a strange option offering students a choice to either appear in scheduled exams to be held this month or opt for full syllabus exams in March 2017. As per the notification issued by Joint Secretary Exams, BOSE, there will be a separate examination in March 2017 for the students of class 10th and 12th, who are interested to appear with full syllabus.…
Read MorePost Torturing, Poisoning and Killing, Shells & Pellets showered at teenager’s funeral, scores injured
Kashmir completes 120 days of unrest Teenager’s death triggers clashes Police tortured and poisoned me: Qaiser told mother before his death Dozens injured as Class 10 student’s funeral procession faces teargas, pellets He had consumed poisonous substance, investigation underway: Police At least 30 persons were injured after government forces fired teargas shells and pellets on a funeral procession of a 16-year-old boy Qaiser Hameed Sofi who died at SKIMS Soura Friday night. Qaiser, a resident of Doud Mohalla Shalimar, had gone missing on October 27, and was found lying unconscious…
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