What explains Mehbooba Mufti’s sudden change in stance? The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister whom we saw on Thursday bears little resemblance to the one […]
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Srinagar’s Silent Streets; Curfew brings summer capital to Grinding Halt
Every day, Residency Road in Srinagar is packed with thousands of shoppers, commuters, students and office goers. It is the busiest street in the heart […]
After Mehbooba Mufti’s ‘Confession’ of ‘Beegaar’, Er Rasheed demands action
Awami Ittihaad Party chief and MLA Langate Er Rasheed on Friday “congratulated” CM Ms Mehbooba Mufti for her confession that army and task force have […]
Shaher-e-Khaas under day and night curfew since last 48 days
The day and night curfew continued for the consecutive forty eighth day across Shaher-i-Khaas. Each locality’s entry and exit points are sealed. People are desperately […]
‘It is painful when your baby needs milk and you’re helpless’; Kashmir’s longest Curfew
Srinagar sees the first light of day at 5.15 am; by 6.30 police and paramilitary personnel are manning every street, lane and bylane of Old […]
DGP sends list of 169 ‘Provocateurs’ to districts, says book them under PSA
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to invoke the stringent Public Safety Act to book 169 persons who it accuses of being “organisers and […]
Over 500 cases against ‘Rioters’ in South Kashmir during Unrest
Over 500 cases have been lodged against “rioters and anti-national elements” in the four districts of south Kashmir in the last 44 days, with 381 […]
Paralysed for nearly 50 days, Kashmir is living its worst nightmare in decades
It is 9.30 pm on Sunday. Srinagar is tense. An 18-year-old boy has died after a teargas canister, reportedly fired by government forces, hit his […]
If only 5% with Tehreek, why 7 lakh forces, police can’t contain them: Hurriyat (G)
Reacting to the chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s statement that only five percent people are fomenting trouble in Kashmir, the Hurriyat Conference (G) termed it a […]
No cops in four South Kashmir districts as Protests Rage
Four districts of south Kashmir — Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag — have descended into anarchy with hundreds and thousands holding ‘azadi’ rallies almost daily […]