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.…
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Ladakh 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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