“If things went on like this, we will continue our protests.” SRINAGAR โ The shopkeepers of Court Road on Monday staged a protest against the traffic department, alleging harassment and unnecessary fine to their customers. General Secretary Lal Chowk Shopkeepers Association, Sheikh Tasaduq said, “Whenever we open our shops in the morning, the traffic police…
The protestors were saying that hijab is a personal choice and no one has a right to dictate what others should wear. SHOPIAN โ Scores of locals after Friday prayers in South Kashmirโs Shopian district staged a peaceful protest against the โhijab rowโ in Indiaโs Southern state of Karnatka. Eyewitnesses told a local news agency,…
โThe protesters also raised slogans for the restoration of the erstwhile stateโs special status, and also denounced the โhighhandednessโ of police and administration.โ SRINAGAR โ Despite the Jammu and Kashmir administrationโs attempts to scuttle the protest demonstration of the Peopleโs Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) against the Delimitation Commissionโs draft proposal, two constituents of the…
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…
WHILE PROTEST REVERBERATESย on the streets of Chile, Catalonia, Britain, France, Iraq, Lebanon and Hong Kong, and a new generation rages against what has been done to their planet, I hope you will forgive me for speaking about a place where the street has been taken over by something quite different. There was a time when…