75 Killed in last 60 days More than 10,000 injured, 100’s permanently disabled 60 days of curfew, shutdown, killings, Protests Internet Gag continues Pellet guns continue to hunt 100’s arrested & booked Army, Police, Paramilitary continue to unleash terror The residents of Rangreth area on the outskirts of Srinagar on Tuesday said that the government forces barged into their homes and ransacked their belongings. A local told Kashmir Post that the forces entered their homes early Tuesday and thrashed the inmates without any provocation. A bank employee said that the…
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Fear of prolonged violence grips Kashmir as Centre fails to break the ice with separatists
The refusal of separatists to engage in talks with All Party Parliamentarian Delegation has given rise to fears in Kashmir that the present phase of political uncertainty and turmoil will drag on. Although there was no hope of any major breakthrough or announcement from the delegation, the delegates were expected to break the ice with the Hurriyat and calm tempers in the valley. But with separatists hardening their stand and Home Minister Rajnath Singh accusing them of going against the ethos of Kashmiryat, insaniyat and even jhamooriyat, the hardening of…
Read MoreBajrang Dal activists protest against Owaisi, Yechury, Yadav, Raja
Activists of right wing organisation, Bajrang Dal and other groups on Monday staged a protest demonstration against the All Party Delegation (APD) members who attempted to meet separatists in Kashmir. As the APD members who were led by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived at Jammu Convention centre, Bajrang Dal activists outside the gate started raising slogans against CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury, CPI Leader D Raja, Asaduddin Owaisi and Sharad Yadav for meeting the separatists in their individual capacity. Bajrang Dal activists slammed the MPs for meeting Hurriyat leaders…
Read MoreParting shot from Rajnath; Now, up to Parliament
Promises K-action plan, says another team for Ladakh soon; panel meets 18 delegations in Jammu Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the Centre would soon decide an action plan to tackle the Kashmir situation. He stated this on the completion of the all-party delegation’s visit to the state. Rajnath said some members of the all-party delegation had witnessed the Kashmir situation for the first time. He expressed the hope that parliamentary discussions on the issue would soon lead to a comprehensive solution to the vexed Kashmir problem through an action…
Read MoreTeenager from Sopore succumbs, toll reaches 75; 100’s injured in clashes as Valley remains shut for 59th day
120 Fresh injuries on 5th day of unrest Many hit by pellets in Devsar People stage pro-freedom rallies at many places Forces foil rallies at Baghi Mehtab, Kulgam Mob sets cop’s house on fire in Kulgam Curbs, shutdown continue A 17-year-old boy, who was critically injured in forces’ action in Sonawani area of Wadoora in north Kashmir’s Sopore yesterday, succumbed to his injuries at Srinagar’s SMHS hospital on Monday evening, taking the death toll in the ongoing Kashmir uprising to 74. The slain youth was identified as Musaib Majeed Nagoo,…
Read MorePro-Freedom Rallies in Kulgam, Lolab, Scores injured during clashes; Mobile phone services suspended in Kupwara; Weapon snatched in Kulgam
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…
Read MoreValley 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…
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