The increase in the number of local youths allegedly joining various militant outfits in the wake of Burhan Wani’s death on July 8 is a worrying trend in the Valley. While the terror attack in Uri has got everyone talking about India’s response to external threats, the surge in local youths allegedly joining various militant outfits in the wake of Burhan Wani’s death shows the internal threat is equally, if not more, worrying in the Valley. If reports are to be believed, more than 60 local youths have joined different…
Read MoreCategory: Community
Which philosophy makes you mourn Uri but derive pleasure from Kashmir Massacre: Geelani
Accuses New Delhi, ‘local stooges, Indian media’ of ‘war mongering to divert attention from Kashmir atrocities’ Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani said on Monday that New Delhi, its “local stooges” and Indian media were indulging in war mongering to divert the attention of the world community from the atrocities committed by Indian forces in Kashmir at a time when the UN session is underway, a Hurriyat spokesman said. “Syed Ali Geelani said that 35 members of Sikh community were massacred when Bill Clinton visited India and it was done…
Read MoreBlinded children may become Hard-to-Handle; Angry Young Men
By hurting us, they have sown seeds of hatred: Mohi Stones are no option now, we need guns: Zahid Barbarism is getting the rebel out in us: Raees His lips are sealed but the red eyes do the talking. The red eyes of six-year-old Ghulam Mohi are visionless. Mohi, one of the many minors whose eyes have been left visionless by the government forces is new to the ward where blindness is routine. To make Mohi comfortable, other injured boys, who are elder to him, sit by his bedside and…
Read MoreJaish warns Pro-India Politicians, Informers
Militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad has released a video warning pro-India politicians and “informers” of dire consequences if they do not give up their “anti-movement activities” by Eid. In the 7-minute video, a masked man, with an AK-47 by his side and a kalima-inscribed banner in the background, reads out the names and addresses of some people he said were working for pro-India parties, army and police. Describing Hizb commander Burhan Wani, whose killing on July 8 triggered the raging anti-India uprising, as Shaheed-e-Millat (martyr of the community), the militant stressed upon…
Read More‘Kill List’ formulated by the govt to target Pro-Freedom Leaders, Activists: Geelani
Hurriyat (G) chairman on Friday accused the government of devising a “kill list” to target “pro-freedom leaders and activists and those civil society members, business leaders, government employees and journalists, who have not succumbed to their machinations.” In a statement, released after police foiled his attempt to address a press conference in Hyderpora, Geelani said that the list has been devised after the current phase of the freedom struggle “unnerved India and its local stooges”. “This is a very serious issue and we warn the occupier and their local stooges…
Read MoreDespite Internet Ban, GPRS Subscribers forced to pay hefty bills
The internet services and mobile internet is banned in the Valley since Kashmir witnessed a new phase of uprising in the aftermath of killing of Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Burhan Wani on July 8. Internet consumers in Kashmir are facing a double edged sword: one they are not being provided the services which they subscribe to and second they have to shell out hefty amount as charges for these services to keep their mobile phone connection running. Postpaid cellular services subscribers here are saying that operators in Kashmir are charging monthly…
Read More‘Assaulted’ in Noida, Kashmiri man calls up three helplines, gets no help
The complainant, Mudasir Rasool, is a trainee with the National Skill Development Corporation’s Udaan project, a central government scheme for J&K youth residing outside the state. A 28-year-old man from Jammu and Kashmir was allegedly beaten up by employees of a private company in Noida Monday afternoon, after he had an argument with one of them. The complainant, Mudasir Rasool, is a trainee with the National Skill Development Corporation’s Udaan project, a central government scheme for J&K youth residing outside the state. Rasool claimed that after the incident, he sought…
Read MoreSubramanian Swamy equates Mehbooba Mufti with ‘tail of a dog’
Senior BJP leader and nominated Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy is back in the news by equating Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti with the “tail of a dog, which can’t be straightened” in a TV interview. “There should be President’s rule in her place …she is like tail of a dog, which can’t be straightened,” said Swamy , in clear defiance of the party which is a partner in the PDP-led coalition government. “Mehbooba kabhi sudhregi nahi” (Mehbooba will never change,)” said Swamy and added, “She has old…
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 More4 Year old Barena, 8 year old brother Zaffar fresh Pellet Victims
Unable to overcome the shock of pellet injuries in their eyes, little Barena and her brother Zaffar lying on bed at SMHS Hospital’s Ward 8 cry in pain and want their father to hold them in his lap. Four-year-old Barena is recovering from anesthesia after she was operated upon in her left eye while her brother Zaffar, who is eight year old, was also hit by pellets. Shocked kids have turned mute but tug on the shirt of their father Muhammad Rafiq who was driving them on scooty Friday evening…
Read More
