Sopore: The local militant among the two killed in a gunfight with the SOG near Sempora, Pampore, on Tuesday was identified as Shakir Showkat Bhat of Nowpora, Sopore. Shakir was a BSC 3rd year student in Degree College Sopore, district Baramulla. He was one of three sons of Showkat Ahmad Bhat, a fruit trader. Shakir […]
Archives for December 10, 2015
Animals carry placards in Er Rashid protest in Srinagar
Srinagar: Independent legislator from Langate assembly constituency of Jammu and Kashmir, Er Abdul Rashid, on Thursday led a protest demonstration in Srinagar but with an extraordinary approach. The protest rally, near Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in Sonawar area of Srinagar, involved some animals – including bovines – carrying placards, some of which read, “I am Sangh […]
International Human Rights Day: Rallies, sit-ins, across Kashmir
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley witnessed protests, rallies, sit-ins and marches, on the eve of World Human Rights Day on Thursday. Rallies and protests were taken out by pro-freedom camp and pro-India parties, student unions and social organizations. Protestors demanded an end to rights abuses and restoration of social security and justice to all in Kashmir Valley. […]
Mother-daughter in search of their disappeared family head for 13 years
Srinagar: Mother Daughter duo looking for family’s headSRINAGAR: For thirteen years, this mother-daughter duo is searching for their family’s head, who was taken under custody by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from Fatehkadal area of Srinagar and never returned. Naseema Akhtar and her minor daughter – Shazia Akhtar – were among those people who staged […]
Human Rights Day
(Editorail, Rising Kashmir) Human Rights Day is being observed today, marking the adoption of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 1948. Kashmir has been witness to unabated human rights violations in the last over 20 years. Kashmir’s tryst with armed conflict has been marked by extrajudicial and fake encounter killings, arbitrary detentions, […]
