After three unsuccessful night raids, police and CRPF men rained bullets on civilians in Aripathan No protest or stone pelting was going on in the […]
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Kashmir
A postcard from Kashmir on the eve of India’s Independence Day
As India and Indians prepare to celebrate Independence day and the freedoms we gained, let us pause for a moment to think of the lack […]
Govt stops ‘Tiranga Yatra’ from entering Kashmir
The PDP-BJP coalition government has stopped the ‘Tiranga yatra’, being undertaken by a group of youths who want to hoist the Tricolour at Lal Chowk […]
Preparations underway in valley to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day: Intel agencies inform MHA
Incidents of Pakistan’s national flag being waved in Kashmir are not new. However, it is for the first time in almost three decades that preparations are […]
Army flex muscles on peaceful protesters in Bandipora; Five booked under PSA
Army on Saturday allegedly beat up residents of Saderkote Bala in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Witnesses said that residents had gathered near SK Bala chowk […]
BJP leader threatens to quit if ‘Tiranga Rally’ disallowed in Valley
BJP leader Eshfaq-ur-Rehman Poswal today threatened to quit the party if the high command disallows his proposed ‘Tiranga rally’ in the Kashmir valley. The BJP […]
People irked over ‘Ban’ on night movement on Highway
The decision of security forces to “disallow” night traffic on the Srinagar-Baramulla national highway for the past three days has triggered anger among people, especially […]
Ongoing unrest has roots in militant hotbed Tral
On the Jammu-Srinagar national highway that snakes through the Valley, a curve near Awantipora town in south Kashmir leads to picturesque and mountainous Tral sub-district, […]
80 Additional paramilitary companies for violence Hit Kashmir Valley
More forces for violence-hit Valley, 80 additional paramilitary companies to fan out across Kashmir The security grid engaged in maintaining law and order situation in […]
Seeing the new normal in Kashmir
From all assessments, the protests in the Valley are frighteningly spontaneous. Mehbooba Mufti, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, faces a terrible identity crisis. […]