The Centre has cleared the decks for the construction of an alternative national highway to connect the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country through the erstwhile Doda district. The Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways has approved the construction of the Chhattergala tunnel along with the 170-km Basohli-Bhaderwah-Doda road. This stretch has been declared the new national highway. This was conveyed today to Minister of State in the PMO and MP from Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Jitendra Singh by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. As per the…
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Farooq Abdullah urges Narendra Modi to address Kashmir unrest politically
‘Dealing with the issue through law-and-order mechanisms would continue to compound already grave situation’ Former chief minister and opposition National Conference president, Farooq Abdullah Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the current unrest in Kashmir valley politically. Farooq, who was recently elected to Lok Sabha from the Srinagar seat, called on the prime minister and briefed him on the growing unrest in the Valley. In the meeting, which lasted over half-an-hour, Farooq also urged the prime minister to consider the past official reports on Kashmir to seek a…
Read MoreStudents fight pitched battle with police at Maulana Azad Road
Clashes between students and police erupted in city’s commercial hub Lal Chowk on Tuesday. A group of students from SP Higher Secondary School (HSS) staged protests demanding release of arrested students. The trouble began after the students reached MA road and started to pelt stones. However, the police reached the spot and tried to pacify the students. Following police intervention, the situation was brought under control. However, the situation turned volatile after the students from Government Women College MA Road here took to streets after the College was over. Amid…
Read MoreSporadic student protests continue across Valley
Clashes between protesting students and Govt forces broke out at several places in Kashmir on Monday as well. Students protested in Newa and Tral in Pulwama, Ari Panthan in Budgam, Qalamabad in Langate and Zainakote in Srinagar. Students of Government Higher Secondary school Newa, Al Fallah Public School Ari Panthan, Higher Secondary School Qalamabad, Government Higher Secondary School Zainakote, Boys Higher Secondary School and Degree College Tral protested and clashed with forces when they tried to stop the protest marches. Witnesses said that the students of Boys Higher Secondary school…
Read MoreAnti ‘Stone pelting’ squad begins journey to Kashmir
In a mission to support the Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir, a squad of sadhus and Hindu priests from Jan Sena, a Kanpur-based religious organisation, began their journey to the Valley on Sunday, to respond to the stone pelting locals. The squad consists of hundreds of common civilians including large number of Muslims, sadhus and the Shankaracharya Munisa ji Maharaj along with the President of the Jana’s squad Arun Parme Ji Maharaj. Sadhu Balyogi Arun Puri Chaitanya, said that for the last few months he has been training volunteers…
Read MoreNo Stone Pelting without Veil: Hizb to Girl Students
Hizbul Mujahideen commander Zakir Musa on Saturday urged girl student protesters to abandon stone-throwing without wearing veil as it was against the Islamic law. In an audio message released on Saturday evening on social media, the Hizb commander said the girl students protesting on roads without veil was against the Islamic law (Sharia). “I want to tell sisters that whatever you are doing is against the Sharia law as throwing a stone without wearing veil is unIslamic. In Islam, there are no such protests and that is why the Allah…
Read MoreIn grim reminder of Kashmir situation, militants give gun salute to slain associate at funeral
The incident occurred during the funeral of wanted militant Fayaz Ahmed alias Setha, who was killed last night in retaliatory action by the police in Mir Bazaar area. Militants fired a volley of bullets in the air as a gun salute to their slain associate during a funeral in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday. The incident took place during the funeral of militant Fayaz Ahmed alias Setha, who was killed on Saturday night in a retaliatory action by the police in Mir Bazaar area, PTI reported. On Saturday night, militants…
Read MoreEpicentre of new militancy : Pulwama
In south Kashmir’s Pulwama, a semi-urban district that borders Srinagar’s south-west edge, a new generation of militants backed by sympathetic locals is quickly eroding the long-held influence of the ruling party and engaging security forces in a gruelling fight. The district has emerged as the epicentre of Kashmir’s new war which is spearheaded by groups of young militants, who have overshadowed the traditional separatists and are backed by the never-ending crowds of stone-throwing protesters. The new generation of militants has flourished in this district mainly because of the unprecedented support…
Read MoreKashmir erupts against Shopian Siege
Mirwaiz leads peaceful demo at Nowhatta, says GoI has declared war in Kashmir JKLF stages protest at Maisuma, Hurriyat (G) holds demonstration at Hyderpora 2 journalists beaten up, injured, by police in Sopore Protests were held in several parts of Kashmir on Friday against a massive operation conducted by government forces in about two dozen villages of Shopian district on Thursday. Protesters clashed with forces in Sopore and old Srinagar areas. Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq led a peaceful protest outside Jamia Masjid and said the “military operation”…
Read MorePakistani, Saudi channels beam into Kashmiri homes, stoke ‘Azadi’ rage
Saudi clerics and Pakistani news anchors are being beamed direct to Kashmiri homes, and are stoking the fires of ‘azadi’. Over 50 Saudi and Pakistani channels, including Zakir Naik’s banned Peace TV preaching Salafist Islam, and others indulging in anti-India propaganda are running without necessary clearances via private cable networks in Kashmir. All this is happening under the nose of the PDP-BJP government, which even subscribes to these cable services in some of its offices and buildings. Although satellite television service providers like Tata Sky , Airtel digital TV and…
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