Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday sought help from the US to resolve tensions between India and Pakistan, as he raised the issue of human rights violations and killings in Kashmir. Sharif met US Secretary of State John Kerry here during which he raised the Kashmir issue. “The Prime Minister said that more than 107 people have been assassinated in Kashmir, thousands injured and worst human rights violations are being committed at the state level,” according to a readout of the meeting issued by Pakistan. Sharif told Kerry that he…
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Like Chattisinghpora Massacre, Uri Attack used to create suspicion about people’s movement :Geelani
Loss of human lives is a serious concern for every noble soul and there is no other option other than to honour and safeguard precious lives, said Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani on Monday. All Parties Hurriyat Conference ailing chief made these comments while reacting to the events which unfolded following deadliest militant attack on army on September 18, 2016 in North Kashmir’s Uri near Line of Control (LoC). “We as human beings feel pain and with sincere heart believe to promote universal brotherhood,” Geelani said in a statement issued…
Read MoreTiming of Uri attack ‘Suspicious’: Mustafa Kamal
National Conference Monday said that Uri terror attack may be a ‘conspiracy’ and its timing is ‘suspicious’ because it coincided with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif heading to the UN General Assembly to talk about ‘human rights violations’ in Kashmir. “Such things have happened in past in Kashmir and we all know how innocent Sikhs were butchered in Chattisinghpora village in South Kashmir in March 2000 when the then United States President Bill Clinton was scheduled to visit India. There is a vast network of Indian security agencies in Kashmir…
Read MoreLife still paralysed on 73rd day, Girl dies of cardiac arrest taking death toll to 87, Scores injured
Over 80 injured in fresh clashes across Kashmir No let-up in pellet firing, teargas shelling 45 more stone-pelters arrested in 24 hours: Police Postpaid mobile service restored A 13-year-old girl died of cardiac arrest during protests and clashes in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, taking the death toll in the ongoing uprising to 87, even as more than 80 people were injured in fresh clashes that erupted in several areas during the day, reports and witnesses said. Over 13,000 people have been injured, so far, in the past 73…
Read MoreGirl succumbs to injuries, death toll rises to 87; Freedom rally foiled in Sopore, Shamyana set ablaze, property damaged
The preliminary cause of death was stated to be cardiac arrest. A 19-year-old girl died of cardiac arrest in Shopian district during security forces action against stone-pelting protesters on Monday, taking the toll in the ongoing unrest in the Valley to 87, while a school building caught fire under mysterious circumstances in nearby Anantnag district. Khushboo, daughter of Mohammad Hussain, collapsed during the clashes between protesters and security forces at Vehil in Shopian district, a police official said. He said the girl was taken to Shopian district hospital where doctors…
Read MoreCurfew clamped in Pulwama, Baramulla; Clashes in Shopian after people defy curfew
Curfew was clamped in Pulwama and Baramulla districts of Kashmir on Monday, while it remained in force in some other areas of the Valley including in parts of Srinagar, in view of the separatists call for a protest march to the three districts. Life remained disrupted in the Valley for the 73rd straight day. A police official said that curfew has been imposed in Pulwama and Baramulla districts on Monday, while it remains in force in Shopian and five police station areas of downtown (interior city) along with Batamaloo in…
Read MoreOnline Businesses suffer huge losses due to Internet ban
Online businesses and trade affiliated with e-commerce in Kashmir have faced losses worth over Rs 3000 lakh in past more than two months of the ongoing uprising due to ban on mobile Internet and broadband services. Preliminary estimates suggest that online businesses are incurring Rs 40 to 50 lakh losses on an average daily basis. President Courier Service providers Association, Zahoor Qari said that the Internet ban and prevailing situation on the ground has dented their business. “Courier service was not a traditional business in Kashmir, but it was flourishing…
Read MoreGovernment unsure about Class X, XII Exams
With exams in Kashmir just two weeks away as per the academic calendar, the government seems to be unclear about how to go ahead and hold the exams, particularly of Class X and XII. The annual board exams in the Valley start in October. The students, who are confined to their homes for the past more than two months, have not even completed half of their syllabus. They are clueless about the date of the exams. An official of the Department of Education said if they curtailed the syllabus or…
Read MorePost Tariq Karra resignation, Nisar Mandoo also leaves PDP
In a set back to the ruling PDP, party leader Nisar Ahmad Mandoo today resigned from the party saying he cannot side with “bloodbath” of Kashmiris, the second prominent leader to resign in the wake of the ongoing unrest in Kashmir. “I am resigning from the basic membership of the PDP as I cannot side with the bloodbath of Kashmiris,” Mandoo, who was senior vice president of the party’s Srinagar unit, told reporters here. Mandoo also cited “anti-people” policies of BJP-PDP coalition in the state as a reason for his…
Read MoreTourism thrives in Ladakh as Valley loses its peak season to unrest
As tourism activities have come to a halt in the Kashmir valley, there has been an increase in footfall in the Ladakh region. Ladakh has received a record number of tourists this year and the Tourism Department is looking forward to woo more visitors to the region through the annual Leh Festival that will begin on September 20 (Tuesday). “Ladakh has already received more than two lakh tourists this year. This is the highest number ever to have visited the region by this time of the year. We are expecting…
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