Ahead of freedom rally, clashes erupt in Lolab Dozens injured as pellets fired into Kulgam rally Mobile phone services suspended in Kupwara: Residents Weapon snatched from CPI (M) leader’s guard in Kulgam Ahead of a proposed freedom rally at Lalpora Lolab where Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani is scheduled to address people telephonically, intense clashes erupted at Krusan Lolab on Monday. Baring BSNL authorities have once again snapped mobile telephony and placed tough restrictions on public movement in the district as a “preventive measure”. Local sources told Kashmir Post…
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Valley remains shut for 58th day, heavy security deployed in Srinagar
Authorities made heavy security deployment in Srinagar and other places of the Kashmir Valley Monday to maintain law and order. “Deployments were made in sufficient strength to maintain law and order in the Valley. There will be no curfew anywhere today (Monday),” a senior police official said. Over 200 civilians and security personnel were injured in different incidents on Sunday. Separatists refused to engage in any dialogue with the members of the all party delegation who tried to break ice by calling on them on Sunday. Separatist leader Syed Ali…
Read MoreAngry Kashmir is the new reality
It’s a new Kashmir, not the one Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah had promised in his doctrine “Naya Kashmir”, the equivalent of which could be discovered in “Ram Rajya” concept of Mahatma Gandhi. This Kashmir is of angry young children, barely in their teens, angry and aggressive, who believe that their stones and blockades will deliver them “azadi”. They are emboldened when police vehicles swoosh past them to escape the fury and intensity of stones thrown at the speed of more than the speed displayed on the speedometer of their vehicles. The…
Read MoreResistance group stick to their guns, say no to panel
Say MPs lack mandate for engaging on a clear agenda While refusing to meet the all-party delegation to Kashmir, the separatists on Sunday said the delegation lacked the mandate of engagement on a clear agenda. “One fails to understand what hope to attach with a delegation which has not spelled out its mandate for any engagement on a clear agenda. It is the same Parliament which has given unfettered powers to their occupying force to use violence to hold J&K forcibly with India against all norms of civilised behaviour and…
Read MoreClashes, Protests continue across Valley, 600 Injured; Resistance group shuts door on APD
Kashmir registers day with ‘highest number of injuries’ Number of total civilians injured crosses 10,000 mark Pellets rain on protesters in South Kashmir Youth set ablaze mini-secretariat in Shopian Boy, 17, sustains head injury in Sopore, put on ventilator Freedom rallies held in several localities Resistance group shuts door on All Party Delegation 600 injured as pellets, tear gas shells rain in south Kashmir Tehreek-i-Hurriyat district president detained in Bandipora On the day an all-party parliamentary delegation visited Kashmir, at least 600 people sustained injuries in day-long clashes in several areas of…
Read MoreToo many mistakes – What the rest of India owes Kashmir and Kashmiris
Ramachandra Guha In the late summer and early autumn of 2010, the valley of Kashmir was gripped with protest, discontent, violence and suffering, just as it is now. In August 2010, when the troubles had entered their third month and the death toll had reached 70, the experienced journalist and Kashmir watcher, Siddharth Varadarajan, wrote a piece in The Hindu urging the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to take “bold steps to demonstrate his willingness to address the grievances of ordinary Kashmiris”. Dr Singh, wrote Varadarajan, should not insult Kashmiri sentiments…
Read MorePeople ‘Patrol’ Kreeri village whole night to block Police Raids; Rally Commences
A mass rally is going on in a village in Kreeri belt of North Kashmir on Sunday and thousands of people have already gathered in the village. Local eye witnesses reported that several roads leading to Nowpora-Jageer in Kreeri belt have been blocked by people with wires, huge logs and electricity poles. The move comes in the wake of police and CRPF raids on the local populace last night. “I am seeing such a situation first time in any North Kashmir village,” an eye witness said. The local sources said…
Read MorePro-Freedom rallies attacked by forces resulting in Violent clashes in Anantnag, Shopian injuring scores
At least nine persons were injured in Anantnag district Fatahpore area after government forces foiled a freedom rally resulting in clashes. Local sources informed Kashmir Post that government forces used pellets and tear smoke shells to disperse the stone pelting protesters. Protests were going on when reports last came in. Over 100 people have been injured in the ongoing clashes between people and government forces in clashes in Shopian. People have also set newly built DC office Shopian on fire. On Sunday morning government forces including police and paramilitary men foiled a…
Read More4 Year old Barena, 8 year old brother Zaffar fresh Pellet Victims
Unable to overcome the shock of pellet injuries in their eyes, little Barena and her brother Zaffar lying on bed at SMHS Hospital’s Ward 8 cry in pain and want their father to hold them in his lap. Four-year-old Barena is recovering from anesthesia after she was operated upon in her left eye while her brother Zaffar, who is eight year old, was also hit by pellets. Shocked kids have turned mute but tug on the shirt of their father Muhammad Rafiq who was driving them on scooty Friday evening…
Read More‘Talk to Hurriyat;’ Opposition asks Delhi
Ahead of the visit of an all-party delegation to Jammu and Kashmir, political parties today pitched for holding dialogue with “all stakeholders”, including Hurriyat, to douse the unrest and banning the use of pellet guns by security forces. After a meeting held by the government to brief the MPs who are part of the 30-member delegation, leaders from Congress and CPI(M) said all stakeholders should be approached during the two-day visit of the delegation to Jammu and Kashmir beginning Sunday. “Government should invite Hurriyat for talks with the all-party delegation….…
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