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July 20, 2019 No Responses

Father of dead twins shares his agony, the doctor slapped, harassed my wife after we lost the kids

A poignant letter by a mourning father has shocked Kashmir as he accused the region’s main maternity hospital of medical negligence that caused the death of his new-born twins. The letter, addressed to Governor Satya Pal Malik and written by...

July 19, 2019 No Responses

Highway woes continue, even dead bodies not allowed

Imtiyaz Wani, KAS officer stopped from carrying father’s body A senior government officer was today forced to vent his anger and frustration in public after the ambulance carrying the body of his father was not allowed to move forward to...

July 18, 2019 No Responses

Kashmir is facing the new monster of drugs, Geelani joins the fight

After Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Geelani today became the second senior separatist leader to join a growing campaign against rising drug addiction in the Valley. In a statement, which his group described as a “stimulating message”, the separatist leader...

July 13, 2019 No Responses

‘Secured Camps’ in Kashmir to resettle Pandits: Ram Madhav

The Bharatiya Janata Party will revive a plan to build secured camps to resettle scores of Hindus in the Kashmir Valley, senior leader Ram Madhav said, a proposal that would almost certainly heighten tensions in the restive region. Madhav, who...

July 12, 2019 No Responses

Kashmir Celebrates, Jammu Mourns India’s World Cup Defeat

Soon after India lost their semi-final match to New Zealand, residents of Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley could not hide their pleasure and took to streets to celebrate the defeat. At the same time, the residents of Jammu city which...

July 11, 2019 No Responses

How a Hindu pilgrimage became militarised in disputed Kashmir

The Indian government has come under criticism for taking advantage of a spiritual journey to meet political ends. From a distance, several Indian soldiers blow whistles and wave their right hands frantically while holding AK-47 assault rifles chained to their...

July 10, 2019 No Responses

Tougher days ahead if military onslaught is not stopped: Syed Ali Geelani

Commenting on the second report about human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir by forces, issued by United Nations Human Rights Commission, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday said that although ‘Indian atrocities and barbarism’ h...

July 9, 2019 No Responses

India could lose Kashmir in next 10 years, warns former interlocutor Radha Kumar

A former interlocutor on Jammu and Kashmir Monday warned that India could lose Kashmir in the next decade if serious efforts were not made to resolve the lingering dispute. Radha Kumar said that the situation in Kashmir has progressively deteriorated....

July 8, 2019 No Responses

India slams UN rights body over ‘False Narrative’ report on Kashmir

India on Monday lodged a strong protest with the UN rights office over its report on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and asserted that it is merely a continuation of the earlier “false and motivated” narrative and ignores the...

July 8, 2019 No Responses

Allegations of land grab leveled against IPS officer Munir Ahmad Khan

A week after top cop of Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) Munir Ahmad Khan was granted one-year extension as Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Law and Order, allegations of land grab have been levelled against him over a prime...