‘Poverty in India will be eradicated if Kashmir is resolved’ While commenting on Indian Prime Minister Narinder Modi’s statement that “Kashmiris want peace”, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani said once again they agree with Indian Prime Minister, that there is no doubt that Kashmiris were peaceful in the past and at present and are in need of peace more than anybody else. In a statement issued here, Geelani advised India rulers to go through the history. “When India got its independence from British rule, whole sub-continent was up…
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If India can’t forget 18 soldiers, how can Kashmiris ignore 6 lakh sacrifices: Geelani
Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Sunday hit out at New Delhi accusing it of “giving bad name of cross border infiltration to the legitimate and just struggle of Kashmir for right to self-determination.” Commenting on PM Narendra Modi’s speech that “18 army jawans will not be forgotten and terrorism is a curse for humanity,” Geelani said in a statement, “We agree that terrorism is a curse. But but what concerns us is the dubious standards of these rulers who have gross contradiction in their words…
Read MoreIsolated, Cut off in Curfew Bound Valley
Caught in the unrest for the past more than two months, people in the Valley remained caged in their homes. Most have lost contact with their relatives in various parts of the region as travelling to other districts has become near impossible. Sama Sheikh, 35, along with her husband and two children was visiting Kashmir from the UAE after three years and was excited about meeting her family in Kashmir, but hadn’t thought she wouldn’t be able to go out and meet her close relatives. “When I reached Srinagar on…
Read More7 Dead, 9 Injured after BEACON vehicle plunges into gorge in Bandipora
At least seven persons died after a Beacon vehicle carrying labourers met with an accident in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday. Five bodies were recovered from the site of the accident in Tragbal late last night. The vehicle was on its way to Bandipora from Gurez when the accident took place. A police official said that 17-18 persons were travelling on the ill-fated vehicle. He said seven persons have died while nine others have suffered injuries, adding that all the injured have been shifted to a hospital in Srinagar…
Read MorePolice launches crackdown in Natipora after ‘Abduction’ of cop by stone pelters
Residents of Natipora area in uptown Srinagar Friday alleged that police and CRPF men launched a “crackdown” in the area after the alleged abduction of policeman by the stone pelters . Locals told Kashmir Post that large number of police and CRPF men launched the crackdown in Natipora and adjoining areas to trace the “abducted” policeman. They said that forces restricted the civilian movement in the area and did not allow residents to move out of their houses. The locals said a policeman, who was allegedly video-graphing stone pelting youth,…
Read MoreIn Violence Hit Valley, residents in endless Captivity
There have been fewer answers throughout the past 11 weeks of the unrest in the Kashmir region, which continues without any sign of an immediate end as residents wait endlessly in their houses as all commercial activity has come to a stop. For 25-year-old Akhtar Ahmad, a bank employee, it has been curfew since July 8, even if it is imposed on the road, a kilometre away from his home on the city outskirts. “It is a long walk to the road to see whether there is curfew or not.…
Read MoreMilitant’s killing sparks rage in Bandipora
Identity of the man being ascertained, say police, locals demand body and pelt forces with stones; troops raid several Baramulla areas, fire pellets at youth and take him away to undisclosed location Clashes erupted in north Kashmir’s Bandipora area after the army claimed to have killed an unidentified militant in an encounter at Chapran Argam village on Thursday. Local sources said that villagers staged massive protests in front of an army camp to claim the body of the slain militant. Police said the body was sent to Uri for burial…
Read MoreOver 300 new pellet victims admitted at SMHS in 11 days
Despite announcements of restraint in use of pellet guns by security forces, over 300 admissions of civilians with pellet injuries have been made at SMHS Hospital Srinagar in the past 11 days. Over half of the injured have been hit in their eyes. With 314 injured being treated at general specialty hospital SMHS in the past 11 days, the number of civilians being injured due to ‘non-lethal’ pellet guns has not come down, doctors said. Hospital authorities said that dozens of people, grievously injured by pellets were being brought to…
Read MoreAuthorities gear up to foil protest march to Rajbagh, Jawahar Nagar, Sanat Nagar today
In the wake of call of joint resistance leaders to hold protest march to Rajbagh, Jawahar Nagar and Sanat Nagar areas on Thursday, authorities have geared up to foil the protest program. The joint resistance has urged people in districts of central Kashmir; Ganderbal, Budgam and Srinagar to organize ‘Freedom march” towards to Rajbagh, Jawahar Nagar, Rambagh, Baghat and Sanat Nagar—which have not witnessed strict restrictions in past over two months. Pertinently, areas like Rajbagh, Jawahar Nagar, Rambagh, Baghat and Sanat Nagar have remained peaceful during the ongoing unrest and…
Read MoreFear in Kupwara as forces damage property worth crores
Fear is writ large on the faces of residents of Panzgam area of Kralpora in Kupwara district. After two days when army men allegedly wreaked havoc in the village, residents have not come to terms and are in a state of shock. Haffeza Begum (name changed) while narrating the incident said, “There was firing and tear gas shelling outside. Army men broke the gate of our home and entered inside. They broke household goods and everything. We hid ourselves in the upper storey.” Residents alleged that computer shop of one…
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