โPeople in Kashmir are living in distress, they are fearful, have restricted certain activities and have stopped talking about particular things due to the fear of getting booked under draconian laws.โ SRINAGAR โ On November 22, a prominent human rights activist, Khurram Parvez, was arrested after National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided and searched his home…
Officials said that the road will be redesigned and will be filled with marble stones, and โcreative designsโ that will make it look aesthetic. The existing shops will stay intact and an alternative road stretch will be constructed for traffic. SRINAGAR โ In a bid to beautify the Srinagar city the administration is converting the…
86 local militants active; 128 locals joined militancy this year. 73 were killed, says IGP Kashmir. SRINAGAR โย The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Thursday said that for the first time in the past 30 years of militancy in Kashmir, the number of active militants in the Kashmir Valley has come down to…
โSikhs are openly discriminated in various government orders and packages while other minorities are getting special exclusive and secret packages of jobs.โ SRINAGAR โ All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) on Wednesday alleged that the successive governments in Jammu and Kashmir have neglected the community and have been discriminated against. Addressing a press conference in…
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha also said that there is no need to review the revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Jammu and Kashmir. JAMMU โ Jammu and Kashmir’s New Delhi appointed Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday said there is no need to set up a panel to review the Armed Forces (Special…
“Two AK series rifles recovered from militants slain in Tral, and AK series rifles, 4 AK magazines, and 32 rounds recovered from militants slain in Shopian operation.” SRINAGAR โ Four militants have been killed in two separate military operations in southern Kashmir valley on Saturday. Two militants were killed in a military operation by government…
A woman worshipper waited outside the southern gate of Kashmir’s largest Masjid as she looked at the shut door through the wrought-metallic railing. She looked haplessly with eyes swollen in tears before returning back. SRINAGAR โ A women worshipper waited outside the southern gate of the Srinagarโs Jamia Masjid on Friday as she looked at…
Mountain Ink reached out to BR Sharma, chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission, for a comment but he refused. SRINAGAR โ Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission selection list for the post of Assistant Professor in Biotechnology in the higher education department reeks of fraud as three candidates, who had scored less points…
Zainab, the nine-year-old daughter of slain Rauf, asked, โWill my father never come back?โ SRINAGAR โ A pall of gloom has descended upon Mirjanpora locality of Downtown Srinagar, a day after Rauf Ahmadโa property dealerโwas shot dead by unknown gunmen outside his home. Rauf had gone out to buy groceries when he was fired upon…
The families of the three arrested persons alleged that they have been arrested without any charge. SRINAGAR โ Three families of north Kashmirโs Bandipora district on Thursday held a protest demonstration in Srinagar, appealing the authorities to release their incarcerated relatives. The three arrested persons have been identified as Muhammad Amin Gujjar, Muhammad Suliman Gujjar,…