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 […]
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Kashmir
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. […]
Acknowledge Kashmir as political problem, Dialogue can follow later: Mirwaiz
The government is not even acknowledging the sentiment, saying it’s a sponsored sentiment. It’s time India told the truth about Kashmir to its own people, […]
Wakf demolishes illegal structures at Kathidarwaza; LAWDA undertakes demolition at Saida Kadal, Nigeen
Wakf Board today demolished several illegal structures at Kathidarwaza area in Shaher-e-Khaas which had come up on its land. “Some unscrupulous persons had taken undue […]
May need additional deployments if situation deteriorates: Police
Urges people to open shops, assures safety Director General in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir Police, S K Mishra Tuesday said additional deployments may be needed […]
Curbs fail to prevent Protests, Demonstrations held across Valley
There was no let up in protests in Kashmir even as police claimed improvement in the situation following massive deployment of forces in riot gears […]
Why the protests this time are very different from earlier ones
‘This time, the protests are not strictly speaking, protests but an endorsement of the path chosen by a 22-year-old militant.’ In the last ten years, […]