PULWAMA: He knew his son would not last long. He even had a fair bit of idea where his son was headed when the government forces wouldn’t ease up on him, harassing him day in and day out. Ghulam Nabi Bhat, the father of Rasiq Bhat, the resistance fighter killed in the Balhama encounter along […]
Archives for March 18, 2018
Kashmiri Pandit observes hunger strike in solidarity with Muslims
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Reconciliation Front, led by a Kashmir Pandit, on Saturday staged a one-day hunger strike in Srinagar against the “criminal silence of civil societies and intellectuals against the death and destruction in Kashmir”. The strike, according to Front’s chairman Dr Sandeep Mawa, is to express solidarity with Muslims of Kashmir and urge […]
Kashmir today – Repression is at an all-time high
A.G. Noorani THE sacking of Kashmir’s finance minister, Haseeb Drabu, by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on March 12 will give a severe jolt to the PDP’s coalition with the BJP. He was its architect, in partnership with BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav (an RSS official seconded to the BJP). Madhav has declared that there is […]
Eisa Fazili and Syed Owais, my university mates
BY UMAIR UL UMAR Soren Kierkegaard: “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.” Martyrdom is defined as voluntary death for a cause. Martyrdom is the ultimate and apocalyptic vindication of the martyr’s cause and proof of his righteousness. The power of martyrdom lies in its potential to […]
Woman died of cardiac arrest during CASO in Pulwama
SRINAGAR: The residents of Chakoora area of Pulwama district said that an elderly woman died during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) by Indian troops in the area. A resident of the Chakoora village told media men in Srinagar that the woman died during the siege Khanpora area. He said the forces used teargas shells […]
