Several statements and comments by various international and national human rights bodies, and activists have rallied for the release of Kashmiri Human Rights defender Khurram Parvez. SRINAGAR โ Indiaโs top anti-terror agency, National Investigation Agency, Monday arrested renowned Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, 42 from Kashmirโs capital city Srinagar inviting sharp reactions from global…
The Bhat family rejected the Magisterial Inquiry and demanded that a judicial probe should be ordered. SRINAGAR โ The family of slain civilian Muhammad Altaf Bhat on Friday rejected the Magisterial Inquiry ordered by the Jammu and Kashmir administration and insisted that a judicial probe should be ordered to bring the facts of the military…
โPlease return my Mudasir’s body. One last time, I want to hold him and kiss his cheeks and forehead.โ SRINAGAR โ The families of the two slain civilians, Muhammad Altaf Bhat and Dr Mudasir Gul, killed in Hyderpora military operation on Monday were dragged out of the Srinagarโs press enclave late Wednesday night where they…
โI asked the forces why they killed my father. They laughed shamelessly.โ SRINAGAR โ Nayfa Altaf, 14, was waiting for her father, Altaf Ahmad Bhat, to return home from his shop on Monday evening, when she saw people assembling outside her home, all wailing. The intensity of the moment made her fearful, as prompted by…
In Srinagarโs media and academic circles, Meha Dixit is no random researcher. The erudite and eloquent lady with Indic features is an old fixture in the city of seven bridges where she first arrived as a rookie on the heels of the 2010 upheaval. A decade later, Dixit has come of age, with her Piece…
SRINAGAR โ E-commerce, Food and Grocery Delivery services in Kashmirโs capital city Srinagar are suspended as the Jammu and Kashmir police and paramilitary CRPF have launched a massive crackdown on two-wheelers, ahead of the Union Home Minister Amit Shahโs visit, seizing hundreds of motorcycles. About 4,000 youngsters are employed by over three dozen courier companies…
Many non-local labourers were seen boarding trains at Nowgam railway station and contract carriage vehicles in Lalchowk. SRINAGAR โ Thousands of non-local labourers who travel to Kashmir in summers to make a living are fearful for their life. The reason being the fresh spate of attacks that killed at least four of them in the…
The family of the slain Imtiyaz Ahmad Kakroo claim that he was arrested by the army and killed in a โfake encounterโ. SHAHGUND (BANDIPORA) โย The family of the slain Shahgund boy, Imtiyaz Ahmad Kakroo, Monday contested the police claim saying that their “innocent son” was passed as a militant and killed in the Bandipora โencounterโ.…
SRINAGAR โ Sheikhpora Pandit Colony in Central Kashmirโs Budgam district wore a deserted look on Friday. The previous day a Kashmiri Pandit teacher and a Sikh teacher were gunned down by โunknown gunmenโ. Two days before their killings, a renowned Kashmiri Pandit businessman, Makhan Lal Bindroo, was killed in his shop. Otherwise a bustling place…
A recent Uri military-op conducted amid suspended cellular network once again highlighted the life shadowed by the skirmishes and strife on the garrisoned side-line.ย On the intervening night of September 18 and 19, a battery of the Indian army got activated to counter an infiltration attempt in Uriโs Gohalan area. The breach occurred days after…