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Kashmir tweet and now IPL remark: Shahid Afridi chides Indians

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After coming under intense criticism for his J&K comment, Afridi has fuelled the fire by stating he wouldn’t play in the IPL. Shahid Afridi has been dominating the headlines for all the wrong reasons ever since his tweet on the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir attacks since Tuesday. Commenting on the ongoing political tension surrounding the Indian Territory, the former Pakistan skipper demanded an intervention from United Nations into the matter. However, after coming under intense criticism, the veteran cricketer has fuelled the fire by stating he wouldn’t play in the…

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Today KTMF & KEA call for shutdown, JRL calls for protests post Friday prayers

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Breakaway factions of Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) and Kashmir Traders and Manufactures Fedration have called for shutdown on Friday to protest civilian killings in Shopian and Kangan. In a press conference addressed jointly by the KTMF president Bashir Ahmad Rather and KEA chairman Muhammad Yusuf Chapri, they asked people from all walks of life in Kashmir to observe April 6 as ‘black day’ in view of “unabated” civilian killings. “Forces are carrying genocide of Kashmiris in a systematic manner with impunity from the government. Every day young blood is spilled…

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Amid stone pelting, 2 CRPF men run over by paramilitary force vehicle

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Two CRPF jawans were mowed down by a paramilitary force vehicle when its driver lost control due to stone-throwing in the Hiller area of Kokernag in south Kashmir, the police said. The incident took place on Wednesday evening when CRPF troops were withdrawing after day-long duty in the area. According to the police, the driver of the CRPF’s armoured vehicle was pelted with stones in the area during the withdrawal operation in the evening. The driver, identified as Roop Singh, lost control and hit a motorcycle which two CRPF jawans…

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Constable suspended over the killing of youth during protests in Ganderbal

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A Jammu and Kashmir Police constable was on Wednesday suspended over charges of firing on a protester in the Ganderbal district of the state. A police statement said Gulzar Ahmad of Ganderbal district was placed under suspension till a detailed enquiry is underway into his involvement in the killing of Gowhar Ahmad Rather. Gowhar succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday after he was shot at in Kangan on Monday. The man was buried on Wednesday morning in Kangan town after authorities assured the family that those responsible for his death…

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Exams Postponed, Train Services Suspended as tension continues across valley post Sunday’s gun battles

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Authorities have decided to close all educational institutions and postpone exams scheduled for Wednesday as tension continued in the Kashmir Valley. Heavy security deployment is also in place to maintain law and order. Security forces have been heavily deployed in Srinagar and other sensitive places in Kashmir to maintain peace,and law and order on Wednesday, officials said, even though separatists did not call for a shutdown. Authorities decided to close all educational institutions and postpone exams scheduled for the day as tension continued in the Valley. Train services have also…

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Restrictions continue after extension of resistance called shutdown across Kashmir Valley

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Restrictions continued in parts of Srinagar and some other places in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday after separatists extended their protest shutdown against the killings of four civilians in Shopian district on Sunday. Restrictions will remain in force in seven police station areas of the city and other sensitive areas in south Kashmir to maintain law and order, the police said. Heavy contingents of police and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been deployed. Shops, public transport, businesses and educational institutions remained closed in the Valley for the…

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Students, Traders protest Shopian civilian killings, Complete shutdown across Kashmir

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Local traders and students on Monday protested against the killings of civilians in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday. Carrying placards and raising slogans, a group of traders under the banner of the Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation assembled at the Ghanta Ghar in the city’s Lal Chowk and raised slogans against the government. They demanded that the killing spree in the Valley should be stopped. “Killing of innocent civilians is a deep-rooted conspiracy ….this is unfortunate…we urge the Indian civil society and international bodies such as Amnesty International to…

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Ashraf Sehrai advocates ‘Solid Unity’ among resistance leadership

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Stressing for “solid” unity in the rank and file of the separatist leadership, newly elected Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chief Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai (in pic) has said difference of opinion is a bliss in Islam, but the difference should not lead to confrontation. Speaking during a seminar organised by the J&K High Court Bar Association to observe the death anniversary of Bar lawyer advocate Jaleel Andrabi, Sehrai recently advocated for a “solid” unity while describing the present unity among the separatist leadership as “fractured”. This was Sehrai’s first speech at a public platform…

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Dineshwar Sharma visits militancy hotbed Tral, cold response received

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Meets 6 delegations; discuss cricket facilities, land issues with delegation members Some delegations wanted a play ground , others complained of harassment by troops: Sharma The Government of India (GoI) interlocutor on Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma Thursday visited the volatile town of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district and discussed cricket facilities and land issued with six delegations, who called on him. Sharma arrived in the Townhall Tral, here at around 10.15 am. Tral is the home town of top militant commander Zakir Musa and slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.…

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Interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma in Bandipora, 2 Injured during visit to NHPC complex

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The first day of the four-day visit of New Delhi’s special representative for Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma on Tuesday witnessed protests as well as sharp criticism from the Congress. Soon after Sharma landed at the Srinagar airport, he went directly to north Kashmir’s Bandipora district to meet various delegations, comprising mostly political workers. Ahead of Sharma’s visit, the meeting venue was rocked by protests in which two employees of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) were injured. The district administration had kept the meeting venue at the NHPC office. The police personnel…

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