SRINAGAR:Expressing solidarity with people of curfewed Kashmir, several Sikh leaders and activists from Punjab are on way to Kashmir on Monday. The Sikh brethren from neighbouring Punjab have condemned the civilian killings in last 17 days and have expressed sympathies with the Kashmiri people. Papalpreet Singh, Chief organizing secretary Youth Akali Dal Amritsar, told Kashmir […]
Archives for July 25, 2016
#KashmirCrisis: Fresh protests erupt in Anantnag, Kulgam
Srinagar: Dozens of protesters sustained injuries on Monday when police resorted to baton charge and fired tear smoke canisters to stop them from marching towards Lal Chowk area of Anatnag town. Witnesses said people from Tral , Bijbehara and Duchnipora villages- Srigufwara, Nanil, Kanilwan, Aang, Matipora amid pro-freedom slogans marched towards Anantnag (Islamabad town.
#Kashmir Violence: What If You Are the Victim?
Islamabad: For the day, Facebook is the haunting place for the hero worshippers—or, perhaps for any other account holder. Splash of pellet-pored images of icons like actor Shahrukh Khan, FB boss mark Zuckerburg, PM Modi, cricketer Virat Kohli etc are doing rounds. The photoshopped pictures with stark message are calling the attention of these public […]
Geelani, Mirwaiz detained: Authorities foil ‘Islamabad chalo’ call
Srinagar: Authorities on Monday foiled scheduled ‘Islamabad Chalo’ programme of resistance leadership by clamping curfew almost in all the parts of Kashmir Valley and more strictly in southern districts of the region. All the roads leading to Anantnag or Islamabad were sealed by government forces including army while they had also erected barricades at multiple […]
TMMK’s protest against Kashmir killings in Tamil Nadu
(Tamil Nadu, South India): Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) a mass based Muslim Movement organized a protest demonstration at Nellai Puliangudi, south Tamil Nadu, on Sunday (24-7-2016) against the ongoing bloodshed of innocent people in Kashmir. They demanded Prime Minister of India to take serious action for ensuring peace or resign from Govt. Leader […]
Kashmir clashes ‘can take Pakistan, India to nuclear war’
MOSCOW – The long ignored suffering of the Kashmiri people carries with it the world’s greatest risk of full-scale nuclear war between two long-standing adversaries. Tensions have re-emerged in the disputed territory of Kashmir, a Muslim-dominated region a part of which has long been controlled by India and whose population longs to be reunited with […]
When the darkness descendedown words
Tragedy of youth with enforced blindness in their When the darkness descended :At the ophthalmological ward of SMHS hospital, one looks straight into the eyes, but the eyes don’t look back for they have been blinded by pellets. With a murderous redness in them, they flutter between the short thick lashes like a bird whose […]
AP EXPLAINS: For 69 Years, Kashmir Torn by Deadly Strife
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JULY 24, 2016,SRINAGAR, Kashmir —When news spread that Indian troops on July 8 had killed 22-year-old Burhan Wani, a charismatic commander of Indian-controlled Kashmir’s biggest rebel group, the public response was spontaneous and massive. Tens of thousands of angry youths poured out of their homes in towns and villages across the […]
Portraying unrest in Kashmir through medium of art
‘Baroda based painter Rollie Mukherjee who is known for her paintings on Kashmir was one of the first to paint the agony of Kashmir during the turmoil following killing of HM commander Burhan Wani. Her paintings have been widely shared and commented on social media’ Srinagar, (HAROON MIRANI):Burning houses, bodies lying on roads, people in […]
Kashmir remains tense as death toll rises to 52
• Injured civilian, policeman succumb • Curfew, shutdown cripple life for 16th day • Mobile services remain suspended • Situation peaceful, under control: Police Srinagar, July 24(Sumaiya Yousuf):Two persons- a civilian and a policeman- succumbed to injuries on Sunday taking the death toll of people killed in the ongoing unrest in Kashmir to 52 while […]