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Pellet Terror returns; Scores injured during Clashes, Miscreants flee with rifle

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Pellet terror returns; 15 injured Several persons, including 9-year-old, injured in stone-throwing Two days after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti directed police not to use pellets on protestors, at least 15 civilians were injured on Friday when forces fired pellets on protesters in various parts of Kashmir. Shutdown was observed across Kashmir on the call of joint resistance leadership as all shops and commercial establishments remained closed while very thin transport plied on roads. Massive clashes erupted in Nowhatta, Hawal, Gojwara, Rajouri Kadal and adjoining areas of Srinagar. Witnesses said that…

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We’ve moved close to goal, now time to consolidate gains: Resistance Group

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Announce five-day relaxation, only two-day shutdown ‘Working on transition from weekly protest calendars to long term plan’ Separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, who are spearheading the ongoing agitation in the Valley, Wednesday announced the five-day relaxation in shutdown and stated that they are working on transition from weekly protest calendars to long term plan of programs and initiatives. In a joint statement, Geelani, Mirwaiz and Malik said the agitation of over five months has taken the “freedom struggle forward and opened out the…

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Sub-Zero night temperatures in most parts of Kashmir Valley

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Sub-zero temperatures prevailed at night in most parts of Kashmir division with a thick layer of fog engulfing the Valley, even as the Met department here predicted mainly dry weather in the state in the week ahead, expected to cause a drop in the mercury. Dense fog engulfed many parts of the Valley, including summer capital Srinagar, this morning, leading to poor visibility and causing difficulties to motorists, an official of the Met department said here. The city had witnessed mainly clear skies for the last two days after a…

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Mehbooba bats for better ties with Pak, advocates for opening trade routes with Pak for making JK Economic Corridor

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‘J&K was gateway to Central Asia but we closed its doors’ Wants Centre, state to make collective efforts to settle all contentious issues ‘J&K will never go away from India; we need to have good relations with Pakistan’ Referring to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti Monday pitched for opening of all trade routes of Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan for making it an economic corridor of the region. Recalling former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s peace overtures, she also stressed on the need for having good…

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‘Kashmir issue can be resolved by talks, not violence’ Sinha & Team, Visits Shopian, Anantnag

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He said they wanted to take forward the agenda of Atal Bihari Vajpayee (former prime minister of India) to take the Kashmir issue to “some resolution”. The track-II delegation, led by BJP stalwart Yashwant Sinha, today toured the south Kashmir districts, the epicentre of the long unrest, and met members of civil societies there. The delegation met the local civil societies in Shopian and Anantnag, two of the four districts that form the south Kashmir region. Former Air Vice-Marshal Kapil Kak, one of the five members of the delegation, said…

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Shutdown, Protests hits life across Valley, Clashes leave 20 youth injured

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Protests in North, South, Central Kashmir Clashes leave 20 youth injured on 153rd Day of Unrest The life in Valley was affected by the separatists sponsored shutdown and protests on Friday while many people were injured in clashes across Kashmir. Authorities had also placed separatist leaders under house arrest to prevent them from leading protests after Friday prayers. Shops, business establishments, petrol pumps and educational institutions remained closed while public transport was off the roads. Authorities had deployed police and paramilitary personnel in strength in downtown Srinagar, and sensitive areas…

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Civilian killed, Scores injured during clashes near encounter site in Anantnag

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People storm encounter site at Arwani in South Kashmir  He was hit by a stray bullet; militant killed, two trapped in gunfight: Police Mobile, internet services snapped in parts of South Kashmir, train services suspended A civilian was killed and scores others injured, many among them grievously, in the protests that erupted during the ongoing gunfight between security forces and militants in Hassanpora-Tawela village of Arwani in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Arif Ahmad Shah son of Muhammad Khalil Shah…

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Unrest loses intensity as it enters 6th month, Resistance issue relaxed protest program

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As unrest in the Kashmir valley moves into the sixth month on Thursday, it is increasingly losing intensity as life appears to be returning to the pre-July 8 routine. The unrest, sparked by the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani on July 8, will enter its sixth month tomorrow. However, the intensity of the unrest has significantly reduced in recent weeks. The widespread protests and demonstrations – which fuelled the unrest in its initial months – have now ended following the arrest of nearly 8,000 protesters and separatist activists in…

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Farooq’s support to Hurriyat proves NC role in unrest: Mehbooba Mufti

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Says National Conference doesn’t want peace to return in Kashmir A day after Farooq Abdullah offered partnership to the separatist leadership, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the statement had proved that the National Conference had a “role” in the violence during the nearly five-month-long unrest in Kashmir and it now wanted the situation to deteriorate again. “The statement of Farooq Saheb telling his party workers to lend full support to the Hurriyat makes one thing clear which we did not mention till now that the NC can go to…

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Farooq Abdullah asks Resistance to pursue ‘Movement’, ready to unite with Hurriyat

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‘NC is with you (separatists) till you lead the nation in right direction’ Offers support for ‘Azadi’, says NC not against plebiscite National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday offered a partnership to the separatist leadership, who have been steering the five-month-long unrest, telling them not to consider his party as an enemy and vowing to struggle for rights of the people. Farooq said his party was ready to follow the separatists “till they are on the right path and were leading the nation in the right direction”. Putting up…

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