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Pretending all is Normal in J&K Like “Suicide”: Kashmiri Pandit’s Group

October 25, 2021 Editor

The undertaking says police will not be held responsible for the security of Pandits. J&K Police deny that people are under pressure to sign it. Kashmiri Pandits living in the Valley, already rattled by the spate of civilian killings over the past month, are now angry and upset over an “undertaking” sent by the Jammu and Kashmir Police. According to Sanjay Tickoo, who heads the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti, the police initially asked the families to house security personnel guarding them in their homes, and when the families refused, sent…

Cricket is never just a game between India and Pakistan

October 25, 2021 Editor

It’s one of the greatest rivalries in sports when war off the field allows it — a contest of national identities that will be renewed this Sunday in a World Cup match. By Mujib Mashal The event will be watched by hundreds of millions around the world, on televisions in remote villages, jumbo screens in crowded cities, phones in migrant labor tenements and flickering monitors in the living rooms of a diaspora spread across the world’s time zones. Face-offs on the cricket field between India and Pakistan, like the expected…

In wake of recent targeted killings, Bunkers and Boots back on Srinagar streets

October 23, 2021 Editor

In wake of targeted killings, Bunkers and Boots back on Srinagar streets

According to reports, this time new bunkers have come up at places where they did not exist even at the peak of militancy in the Valley in the 1990s. A spate of civilian killings by militants in Kashmir over the past few weeks has brought the return of security bunkers on Srinagar roads after nearly eight years, as well as an increased presence of paramilitary troops. Manned by the central armed paramilitary forces, the bunkers are being set up across Srinagar – highlighting the deteriorating security situation in the Valley.…

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…

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…

What is behind the recent surge in violence in Kashmir?

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 Editor

A surge in violence in Indian Kashmir in recent weeks, including a spate of militant attacks on civilians and a widespread crackdown by security forces, has left 33 people dead in the heavily militarised region since early October. Kashmir, which is claimed in full by both India and Pakistan but ruled in parts by both countries, has been the site of a bloody armed insurrection against New Delhi since the 1990s. WHAT IS HAPPENING? The fresh wave of killings by suspected militants appears to be targeted towards non-Kashmiris, including migrant…

The Resistance Front : Faceless killers in the Valley

October 11, 2021 Editor

The shadowy outfit targets both security personnel and civilians in Kashmir The killings of seven civilians in six days, including a well-known chemist, Makhan Lal Pandita, and a school principal, Supinder Kaur, have shaken the Kashmir Valley. A little-known militant outfit called the Resistance Front (TRF) has claimed responsibility for the killings. Security agencies warn that attacks could intensify it in the coming days. The outfit was born nine months after the Union government ended Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status on August 5, 2019. The TRF’s name first surfaced…

What has changed in Kashmir since Aug 5, 2019?

October 11, 2021 Editor

Thirty years ago J&K was under Governor’s rule, there was massive troops deployment, its political leadership was kept locked up and there was no development. Haven’t we reverted to the same disarray? In his speech of 8 August 2019 explaining the move to ‘deoperationalise’ Article 370 (it has not been revoked or removed as is widely assumed), the prime minister said the following: That the development of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh was being held back by Article 370. The problem had now been eliminated and a new era had begun.…

Recent spate of killings may trigger fresh wave of migration of minority community from Kashmir Valley

October 9, 2021 Editor

At least 10 to 15 families, who had returned to Kashmir by availing the benefits under Rehabilitation Package announced by the Manmohan Singh govt in 2008, have already fled the Valley, say sources The pictures of the lifeless bodies of two teachers lying in the well-manicured lawns of a government school gave the willies to Ajay Koul (34), a Kashmiri Pandit living in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Ever since the news about the killing of Supinder Kour and her colleague Deepak Chand in the Eidgah area of Srinagar spread, Koul…

Valley witnessed 28 Civilians Killings in 2021, including 05 persons from minority community: Police

October 8, 2021 Editor

There has been a spurt in the killings of civilians in Kashmir in the past three days, with at least seven civilians killed, including famous chemist ML Bindroo. Urging people and the minority community in Kashmir not to panic, J&K Police on Thursday evening attributed the recent spurt in the civilian killings to the frustration of the militant handlers. The police said the militant handlers after “the killing huge number of terrorists” of all outfits especially their top commanders, destruction of their support structures, and continuous and effective maintenance of…