Month: August 2016

08 to 85 Year old hit by Pellets; Resistance group asks MLAs, MLCs to Resign and join Struggle

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8 Year old boy hit by pellets in chest, lungs in forces firing in Nawab Blazar Curfew, shutdown remains in force for 43rd day Protests, clashes at many places Prepaid mobile services partially restored People at many places accuse cops of committing excesses Forces damage ambulances, beat drivers Harshest curfew in Srinagar, major towns Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik to MLAs, MLCs: Resign, join struggle With no letup in protests and clashes on the 43rd consecutive day, at least 80 protesters including woman sustained pellet injuries in Kashmir on Saturday. An elderly…

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Identify and Punish those involved in rights violations in Kashmir; OIC

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Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ayad Ameen Madani has urged the international community to be more vocal on the deteriorating human rights situation in Kashmir, a media report said today. He stated this at a joint presser with Pakistan’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in Islamabad today. “The OIC Secretary General said situation in the valley is not an internal issue of India and greater effort should be made for exposing human rights violations there. Madani renewed the OIC’s support for the resolution of Kashmir dispute…

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Opposition leaders meet President, press for political solution in Kashmir

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Opposition leaders led by former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday called on President Pranab Mukherjee requesting him to urge upon the central government to find a solution to the present Kashmir crisis politically rather than administratively. “The failure of the central government to acknowledge that the issue in Kashmir is largely of a political nature has worsened the already volatile situation,” Omar, who was leading a delegation of 20 opposition leaders, told reporters after an hour-long meeting with the President. “We have requested the President to impress upon the…

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Mobile Network Restored (Partially); Curfew, Shutdown continue for 43rd Day

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Mobile phone services from various service providers were restored across the Kashmir Valley after six days on Saturday. However, outgoing call facility on prepaid phones continues to remain suspended. The services were suspended on the eve of August 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day. Internet services on mobile phones, however, continued to remain suspended in the valley. “The decision was taken to ensure that the common man is not put to further inconvenience,” said an official. Meanwhile, authorities on Saturday continued curfew and shutdown for the 43rd consecutive day paralysing life across Kashmir. Police…

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After hitting tourist footfall, unrest affects the Big Picture

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Several Bollywood crews cancel shooting in Valley, opt for other states Even as the ongoing unrest in Kashmir has badly hit the tourism sector, the Tourism Department today said several film crews had called off their scheduled shoots in the Valley and were opting to shoot in other states. “The daily arrival of tourists by air and road has gone down from 10,000-12,000 to a few hundreds. The cancellations have affected hoteliers, houseboat owners, airlines and other tourism stakeholders across the Valley. Further, many Bollywood shootings of big and middle…

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Curbs on ferrying patients at night after firing on ambulance driver

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The decision has been taken to avoid confrontation with Army and CRPF personnel patrolling roads and highways at night. A day after an ambulance driver was shot at by the CRPF at Safa Kadal area of the city, officials Friday asked district and sub-district hospitals to manage critical patients at rural health centres at night instead of taking the risk of moving them to Srinagar. The decision has been taken to avoid confrontation with Army and CRPF personnel patrolling roads and highways at night. Night curfew has been imposed stringently in…

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Post Raids, Killings; Army says raids not sanctioned, such acts won’t be tolerated

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Shabir Ahmad Monga, a lecturer, was killed and 18 others sustained injuries when they were thrashed by army personnel who were conducting nocturnal raids to arrest stone pelters in the area. Amid the outrage in Kashmir, Army Friday said actions by its soldiers, like the one in which a lecturer was killed, will not be tolerated. “These raids were not sanctioned in the first place. It is unjustified. Nobody can support it and it will not be tolerated,” Northern Army Commander Lt Gen D S Hooda told reporters here. He…

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Chamber of Commerce and Industry defers Jammu bandh

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“The bandh was for peace and communal harmony and in protest against anti-national forces and the traitors who had been hell bent upon creating unrest in the state,” said president of the Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Within less than 12 hours of its giving a call for Jammu bandh on Saturday to convey voice of dissent to the demand for Azadi emanating from troubled Kashmir Valley, the Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday deferred the programme. This, according to Chamber president Rakesh Gupta, followed communiqués from…

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Army hints at possible talks with resistance group to end Kashmir Crisis

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“It is not for me to say who should do what but yes, everyone needs to discuss the issue,” Lt Gen DS Hooda said. After political parties, including Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the army in Kashmir has now come out in favour of holding discussions with separatists leaders to solve the ongoing crisis in the Valley. Interacting with the media, the Northern Army Commander today in Srinagar hinted at possible talks with separatists to bring peace in the violence-hit region. “We all have to sit down and put our heads…

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Paramilitary forces used 1.3 Million Pellets in 32 days across Kashmir Valley

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Indian paramilitary force has admitted before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court that it used 1.3 million pellets in 32 days to control street protests in held Kashmir. It said 3,000 pellet cartridges, around 1.6 million pellets, were fired from the pump action guns, which has come under sharp focus both from political class as well as the rights bodies, Indian Newspaper The Hindu reported on Friday. “8,650 teargas shells were used from July 8 to August 11. 2,671 plastic pellets have been used too,” the newspaper quoted Inspector General,…

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