October 20, 2021 | Kashmir POST

Fresh wave of killings triggers memories of dark past in Kashmir

October 20, 2021 Editor

By – Aijaz Hussain The Kashmiri Hindu activist was listening to religious hymns on his cellphone when he was interrupted by a tragic WhatsApp message. It brought news of a fatal shooting of a prominent chemist from his community, just a few miles from the activist’s home in Srinagar, the largest city in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Sanjay Tickoo, 54, anxiously bolted the gate of his house and gathered his family in the dining room. His phone kept buzzing with calls from frightened minority community members. Within two hours of the killing…

The Resistance Front circulated ‘How To Target Non-Locals’ document month before Kashmir killings

October 20, 2021 Editor

In the document, The Resistance Front (TRF) also threatened to target civilians who help non-locals, & officials who help them get domicile certificates. Ananya Bhardwaj Just a month before the spate of civilian killings began in Kashmir in early October, The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, circulated a document listing out the “strategy” on how to “target and boycott non-locals in the Valley, locally as well as militarily”, ThePrint has learned. The TRF has taken responsibility for a number of killings that took place in the first…

Kashmir on edge! Security beefed up, searches intensified across Valley

October 20, 2021 Editor

Mobile internet services have either been suspended or their speed reduced in parts of Srinagar’s old city and south Kashmir districts where the attacks were reported Security has been enhanced and searches have been intensified across Kashmir, especially in Srinagar, following a series of targeted killings that left 11 civilians dead this month, officials familiar with the developments said. Mobile internet services have either been suspended or their speed reduced in parts of Srinagar’s old city and south Kashmir districts where the attacks were reported. Multiple security review meetings have…

Heavy Rainfall, Snowfall expected across J&K on October 23: Predicts IMD

October 20, 2021 Editor

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted heavy rainfall or snowfall for Jammu and Kashmir on October 23. “A great western disturbance is coming which will specifically affect the western Himalayan region. So, we are expecting snowfall activity will be increased in the western Himalayan region. We are expecting heavy rainfall or heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir on October 23,” IMD senior scientist Naresh Kumar while speaking to ANI said. He further stated that the adjoining areas like Punjab and the isolated parts of Haryana can also have light…