October 2021 | Page 3 of 7

Frisking children by forces in Kashmir raises concern

October 23, 2021 Editor

By – Junaid Kathju A picture of a girl, showing all her belongings while being frisked by freshly deployed women personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the heart of Srinagar city, created ripples on social media. Following the civilian killings in the past two weeks, police have intensified frisking of commuters and bikers in Srinagar. However, netizens asked questions about the psychological impact of such frisking exercises on the mental health of people especially on children in the restive region. The picture of a teenage girl taken…

Ahead of Amit Shah’s Kashmir visit internet snapped in some areas and two-wheelers seized

October 22, 2021 Editor

Union Home Minister is likely to visit Kashmir on Saturday when the first international flight from Srinagar to Sharjah will take off Authorities have shut down the internet in some areas of Kashmir while police seized a large number of two-wheelers ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s likely visit to the Valley this weekend. Shah is likely to visit Kashmir on Saturday when the first international flight from Srinagar to Sharjah will take off. However, police officials said the shutting down of the internet and seizing of two-wheelers has…

GoI to form committee for holding negotiations after Ladakh leaders threaten agitation

October 21, 2021 Editor

In view of the threat of agitation given by the LAB due to prolonged delay in the constitution of the Panel to address their issues including the grant of Statehood to the Union Territory of Ladakh, the Government of India (GoI) is likely to constitute a high-powered committee shortly for holding negotiations with the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA). While there has been no official statement issued so far, reports with the Excelsior newspaper indicated that Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai might head…

BJP’s policies have taken J&K back by decades: Mehbooba Mufti

October 21, 2021 Editor

Mehbooba Mufti made the remarks in response to photographs and videos on social media in which security forces are seen frisking women and minors during surprise checking in Lal Chowk. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday alleged that the BJP government’s policies on Jammu and Kashmir have taken the union territory “back by decades”. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister made the remarks in response to photographs and videos on social media in which security forces are seen frisking women and minors during surprise checking in Lal Chowk and…

In a sudden move J&K Police seizes most Two-Wheeler’s from Kashmir Roads

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Editor

Bikers were spotted waiting outside police stations till late evening in Jammu and Kashmir with cops offering no explanation. Jammu and Kashmir Police have seized hundreds of two-wheelers in the Valley in the past two days, without giving the bikers any reason why. The political parties have condemned the act and asked the government to take pro-people steps, rather than breaking the “back of people” and crippling them economically. Jammu and Kashmir Police, which has a very large social media presence and which tweets about almost all its activities, is…

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…

Owaisi slams PM over Fuel Price Hike, China’s aggression in Ladakh and Kashmir Killings

October 19, 2021 Editor

Mocking the prime minister, Asaduddin Owaisi said that Modi was so “afraid” of using the word China that he avoids adding “chini (sugar) to his tea.” AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of remaining silent on two issues – the rising fuel prices and China’s growing aggression in the border area of Ladakh. “When Pakistan did Pulwama, the PM wanted to enter their country in response, but now that China has entered Arunachal Pradesh and even Uttarakhand, nothing is being done,” Owaisi said at an…