This year there have been over 22 targeted attacks in Kashmir, mostly aimed at minorities, migrants, and security personnel. The 23 people killed in these attacks include a Kashmiri Pandit government employee, a member of the Rajput community, four migrants, and four leaders at the Panchayat level. The list also includes four police personnel, an Army soldier, two CRPF personnel, two Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, and three locals. Among these 10 were killed in central Kashmir including seven in Budgam and three in Srinagar; 11 in south Kashmir including…
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HSRP: Vehicles without High Security Registration Plates to be seized after June 15
Police on Saturday issued ‘final reminder’ regarding affixation of mandatory High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) on the vehicles by June 15. “This is Final Reminder by Transport/Police/Traffic departments. Mandatory Affixation of HSRP to be done by 15th June 2022 on all vehicles,” police said in a statement, adding, “Failing this all such vehicles without HSRP shall be seized & RC may also be recommended for suspension.” Earlier this week, the motor vehicle Department also issued a similar public notice.
Read MoreIndependent probe must into killings of civilians in Kashmir: Amnesty
The government must ensure a prompt, independent and impartial investigation into the recent unlawful killings of civilians by armed groups in Kashmir, Amnesty International India said today. The human rights watchdog said the authorities concerned must take urgent steps for the protection of the people of Kashmir. “For decades, J&K people have suffered from gross human rights violations and abuses committed by both state and non-state actors,” said Aakar Patel, chair of Amnesty International India Board, in a statement. The spate of targeted killings had started in May this year.
Read MoreKheer Bhawani: Majority of Kashmiri Pandits miss mela amid panic over targeted killings
Less footfall was observed at the Mata Kheer Bhawani temple in Kashmir as many Kashmiri Pandits have boycotted this year’s Kheer Bhawani festival. The festival, which was organised after a hiatus of two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, witnessed a thin attendance because of the recent killings of the Kashmiri Pandits in the city. For the unversed, the Mata Kheer Bhawani festival is one of the largest gatherings of pilgrims in Kashmir following the Amarnath pilgrimage. The Kheer Bhawani temple is situated at Tullamulla village in the Ganderbal district…
Read MoreTarget Killing 2022: 18 Civilians killed across Kashmir since last five months
Seventeen civilians were killed in Kashmir in the last five months so far this year. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), they include 12 Kashmiri Muslims, two from minority community, a Hindu teacher, a bank manager from Rajasthan and an employee of a liquor shop. On 25 Feb, a civilian identified as Shakeel Ahmad Khan resident of Shopian was killed during a gunfight in Amshipora Shopian in which two militants were killed as well. On 02 March a Panch identified as Mohammad Yaqoob Dar of Kulpora Srandroo Kulgam was…
Read MoreKashmir Back To Square One: Another exodus begins following 16 killed since January
This week in Kashmir was marked by murder of a Kashmiri Pandit school teacher Rajani Bala (36) in Kulgam, the seventh targeted killing in May alone, and the threat of yet another exodus of Pandits from the Valley. A summon sent to Yash Raj Sharma, editor in-charge of the portal The Kashmir Walla for an article published in 2011, asking him to present himself in Jammu on June 2, also indicated that the Government had not given up its hard security approach to Kashmir. Earlier, Fahad Shah, the editor of…
Read MoreNo end to traffic jams on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway
The commuters and drivers of various types of vehicles were up against huge inconvenience due to the traffic congestion between Nashri – Ramban ,Ramban and Ramsu sector of highway on Thursday. However, traffic officials said traffic congestion remained at a few places due to ongoing four lane construction work. Huge rush of vehicular traffic was witnessed on the highway for Srinagar and Jammu on Thursday while commuters and drivers were confronted with traffic jams at various places between Nahsri to Banihal sector of highway. Commuters and drivers alleged that traffic…
Read MoreYasin Malik’s journey: From gun-toting Kashmir rebel to Gandhism
The top rebel leader was handed a life sentence last week after his conviction for ‘terrorism’, a charge to which he pleaded guilty. From holding a Kalashnikov rifle to becoming a self-avowed follower of Mahatma Gandhi, the last 30 years of legendary Kashmiri rebel leader Yasin Malik’s life have remained a struggle against the Indian rule in the disputed region. Malik, 56, was sentenced to life in prison last week after he was convicted in a terror-funding case, to which he pleaded guilty. Malik is among key separatist leaders in…
Read MoreIs Al-Qaeda refocusing from Afghanistan to Kashmir? UN Report
United Nations: A change in the name of the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) magazine “suggests a refocusing” of the terror group from Afghanistan to Kashmir, a UN report has said. The 13th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team submitted pursuant to resolution 2611 (2021) concerning the Taliban and other associated individuals and entities constituting a threat to the peace stability and security of Afghanistan was released on Saturday. The report said that being subordinate to the Al-Qaeda core, the AQIS is maintaining a low profile…
Read MoreKhurram Parvez jailed Kashmiri Rights activists finds place in Time’s 100 list
In its list of this year’s 100 most influential people, the US-based magazine calls Parvez a ‘modern-day David’ who ‘had to be silenced’. Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez, jailed by India since November last year on “terrorism” charges, has been named as one of the 100 most influential people of 2022 by the United States-based Time magazine. Parvez, 44, is chairman of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) and coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), a prominent rights group in Indian-administered Kashmir. The Himalayan region…
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