No injustice would be done to students: BOSE Chairman The government Sunday said it will go ahead with the planned examinations of class 10 and 12th, commencing from next month. “Yes, we are aware about the student protests. Authorities will go ahead with the examination, as scheduled. There will no change in the date sheet,” Chairman Board of School Education (BOSE) Zahoor Ahmad said. He said authorities are ready to give concession to the students. “Kashmir has witnessed similar situations in 2008 and 2010. Students were given concession in syllabus.…
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Pellet Horror continues, Shutdown cripples life across Kashmir, Curfew in parts of Srinagar
12 Year old schoolboy’s killing again puts a spotlight on lethality of pellet guns In just 90 days, Junaid becomes 14th victim of so-called non-lethal weapon 65 more persons arrested in 24 hours: Police With pellets causing death of 12-year-old schoolboy in Srinagar on Saturday morning—triggering widespread protests and outcry—the lethality of this crowd control weapon has once again come into focus in Kashmir. Junaid Ahmad from Srinagar’s Eidgah locality was hit by pellets in his head and chest on Friday, leading to his death at the SK Institute of…
Read MoreShutdown, Restrictions continues on 94th Day across Kashmir, Clashes in Narbal after forces detain local youth
Authorities on Sunday imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar to prevent protests in the wake of a 12-year old boy’s death due to pellet injuries. “Restrictions have been imposed in areas falling under the jurisdiction of seven police stations in Srinagar to maintain law and order,” a police official said. “Adequate deployment of forces have been made at other places,” he said here. Authorities had clamped curfew in seven police station areas here on Saturday as Junaid Ahmad Bhat, 12, died in a local hospital after he was admitted with…
Read More‘Merciless killings has mutilated so-called Democratic Face of India’; Geelani
Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani Saturday strongly condemned the killing of a little Junaid Ahmed, son of Ghulam Ahmad of Saidpora Eidgah Srinagar. “India tries to suppress us with her military might to strengthen their undemocratic, illegal and forceful occupation,” Geelani said. “Her horrifying acts of repression and merciless killing of teenagers on daily basis have mutilated her so-called democratic face thereby killing 93 people and besieging the entire population which has turned valley into a big slaughter house,” All Parties Hurriyat Conference quoted its chief as having said. The…
Read MoreStudents again on roads to oppose exams
Govt says priority is to save previous year of students Stating that they would not appear in examinations, hundreds of students Saturday staged protest demonstrations across Kashmir. Students raised ‘Examination boycott’ slogans and accused government of “exploiting school going children for political gains.” Hundreds of students marched from Sozaith, Narbal and adjoining areas towards Srinagar raising anti-examination slogans. “Government has to create conducive atmosphere for exams. It can be created by stopping civilian killings, end to use of pellets, releasing all political leaders and students,” said Abid Ahmad, a protestor.…
Read MoreRSS Rally in Doda worries majority community
NC lashes out at Govt for ‘promoting communal divide’ A war of words has broken out between opposition National Conference and the ruling BJP over the recent RSS rally in Doda which is being seen by locals as a “move to incite passions” in the Chenab Valley district. RSS activists donning khaki trousers and carrying sticks, marched through streets of main town of Doda on October 2, raising “provocative slogans.” “What has led to fear among people is that both local administration and police are seen tacitly supporting them (RSS)…
Read MoreThree months roundup during Kashmir Uprising
In the aftermath of the Burhan Wani killing the district Budgam witnessed massive protests which forces tried to quell by resorting to force that resulted in killing of eight persons. As per data collected, 257 were injured in clashes with forces’ at different places during past three months of uprising in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district –which was once considered to be a ‘peaceful district’. Protest rallies have been carried throughout the length and breadth of the district though the intensity of these protests has been on decline in wake of…
Read MoreCars, Autos stoned in Srinagar
Srinagar and some other parts of Kashmir Valley have been witnessing acts of wilful vandalism over the past few days, leaving scores of private cars, auto-rickshaws and motorbikes damaged. Also, a few people were injured in the recent assault incidents. Private cars and other vehicles were attacked with stones by groups of youth, many of them wearing bandanas or three-hole balaclava to hinder recognition, at various places on Wednesday and Thursday. Earlier on Tuesday, two auto-rickshaws were torched in Srinagar’s Saida Kadal and Babademb localities, apparently to punish the operators…
Read MoreTeargas shells rain on funeral of 12 year old Junaid
Scores of shells were fired upon the funeral of little Junaid Akhoon when mourners were carrying his body towards Martyrs Graveyard at Eidgah Srinagar on Saturday morning. Junaid Akhoon, a 12-year-old school boy, was hit by pellets fired by men in uniform on Friday afternoon. He was rushed to SKIMS Soura from his home in Saidapora area of Eidgah. However, he succumbed to his injuries around 2 AM during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. Reports coming from Eidgah said that thousands of people had reached his home when…
Read MoreChenab Valley, Pir Panchal regions side with Kashmir
The ongoing Kashmir uprising impacted the Chenab Valley and Pir Panchal regions in Jammu province too and the killing of young Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8—which set Kashmir on fire—made people in these regions feel the pain of Kashmiris. The reports of rights violation in Kashmir and civilian killings by forces triggered a spontaneous reaction in all major towns of erstwhile Doda district where people staged series of protests and observed shutdowns to express solidarity with Kashmiris. In July, when the uprising started, people of Chenab Valley…
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