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CRPF men allegedly push student off building in south Kashmir

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A 12th standard student is being operated upon at a hospital in south Kashmir’s Anantnag town after he was allegedly beaten and pushed down from the first floor of a tuition centre by paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men on Monday. Witnesses told us that CRPF men forced their entry into a tuition centre after they some youths hurled stones at them. “Enraged, the CRPF men went inside the coaching centre and flexed their muscles on Ozair Ahmad Bhat, son of Farooq Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Anchidora before pushing him…

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Situation tense in Valley after civilian killings

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Areas falling under six police stations in Srinagar and Pulwama district were placed under a curfew to stop street protests.  Situation remained tense in Kashmir valley on Monday in the aftermath of killing of two civilians and a militant in south Kashmir on Sunday, with the authorities imposing curfew in parts of Srinagar and south Kashmir. Areas falling under six police stations in Srinagar and Pulwama district were placed under a curfew to stop street protests. Heavy deployments of security personnel disallowed movement of people and vehicles to keep protesters…

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Curfew, Restrictions in downtown Srinagar, Pulwama and other parts of valley

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Curfew-like restrictions were imposed in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir valley on Monday to prevent protests against the killing of two civilians in alleged firing by police and army yesterday. A police official said that restrictions were imposed in areas falling under the jurisdiction of six police stations in Srinagar. “Restrictions have been imposed in the areas of Khanyar, Rainawari, Nowhatta, M.R.Gunj, Safakadal and Maisuma,” he said. Heavy police and paramilitary forces in full riot gear have been deployed in Srinagar, Pulwama, Anantnag, Badgam, Shopian, Sopore and Baramulla. Separatist…

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‘Underworld don Ravi Pujari threatens to kill Geelani’

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Taking serious exception to, what it is said, the death threat to its chairman Syed Ali Geelani by notorious gangster and underworld don Ravi Pujari, the Hurriyat Conference (G) today condemned the act in strong words. “A gangster named Ravi Pujari called on landline number of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat head office at Hyderpora at about 08.45 pm on Friday evening and talked in an uncivilized and abusive language. The underworld don later himself confirmed the threat call on a private news channel of India and publicly threatened to kill Geelani Sahib,” Hurriyat…

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Both factions of Hurriyat Conference have called for State-wide shutdown on Monday

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KU exams, IUST interviews deferred  Geelani, Mirwaiz condemn ‘worst form of state terrorism’  Both factions of Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have called for State-wide shutdown on Monday against civilian killings in Pulwama. Meanwhile, all the Kashmir University examinations scheduled to be held on Monday (February 15) have been postponed and fresh dates will be notified separately. Interviews scheduled to be held at Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) Awantipora on Monday have also been postponed. Two civilians, Shaista Hamid of New Colony…

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JNU Protests: Are the students aware of Kashmir’s historical reality?

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For last two days, all national news channels are flooded with news of Jawaharlal Nehru University’s students protesting against “Judicial killing of Maqbool bhatt and Afzal Guru” and “Indian occupation of Kashmir and their right of self-determination”. News channels showed these students chanting slogans like “Pakistan Zindabad”, “Kashmir hamara hai, wo sare ka sara hai, kitne afzal maroge, har ghar se afzal niklega”, “India ki barbadi tak jang jari rakhenge” etc. The most shocking aspect of this episode was the anti-India slogans and statements made by the organizer of the…

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Rumour-monger slapped with death charges, gets bail

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The Jammu and Kashmir Police have slapped charges amounting to death or life imprisonment against a youth for spreading death rumours of children administered polio vaccine in Kashmir. Meanwhile, the Court of the Second Additional Sessions Judge, Srinagar, granted bail to Irshad Ahmad Bhat, a resident of the Pirbagh locality of Srinagar, on the grounds that the offence committed by him was not punishable with death or life imprisonment. Besides, the court said the police had failed to complete the investigation within the stipulated time of two weeks. The police…

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BRO submits proposal for longest road tunnel at Gurez

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The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has submitted a Rs 9,000-crore proposal to the Centre for the construction of a road tunnel in the state that will connect strategically important Gurez town along the Line of Control to the rest of the Valley throughout the year. “We have submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways for the construction of an 18-km tunnel at the Razdhan Pass to connect Gurez with rest of the Valley throughout the year,” Chief Engineer, BRO, Brigadier AK Das said. If approved, it…

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Endangered snow leopard chases foreign tourists in Gulmarg

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The five-member tourist group comprising of three women and two men along with a guide, have been in Gulmarg since January 31 and hail from Australia, Holland and the US.  An endangered snow leopard on Thursday chased a group of foreign tourists, while they were skiing in the snow-covered slopes of Gulmarg, Kashmir. A video of this encounter posted on Facebook by a member of the group has gone viral. The five-member tourist group comprising of three women and two men along with a guide, has been in Gulmarg since January…

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Cold tightens its grip over Kashmir Valley

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Intermittent snowfall continued in the upper reaches of the Kashmir Valley even as the mercury across the region plummeted by several degrees, intensifying the cold wave today. The fresh snowfall prompted the authorities to issue a medium danger avalanche warning for high altitude areas, while snow clearance operation has been started to restore snapped road links and provide basic amenities like power and water to the people, officials said. The reports of intermittent snowfall continued from the upper reaches but the plains, including Srinagar which received light snowfall last evening,…

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