Archives for July 22, 2016

Kashmir violence: Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu’s wife asks PDP government to step down

Publish Date: 22-07-16 9:26 PM

Roohi Nazki questioned the government, saying “..it is wrong, no matter what excuse we are fed, day in and day out”. Srinagar July 22: In a first clear sign of a growing resentment against the ruling Peoples Democratic Party leadership, wife of a senior leader and Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu today asked the Mehbooba Mufti […]

Kashmir killings: Youth killed in Awantipora, death toll reaches 50

Publish Date: 22-07-16 5:04 PM

Srinagar, July 22: One person was killed as police and forces opened firing on protesters in Awantipora, in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday. Reports said that slain Mushtaq Ahmad, son of Bashir Ahmad, resident of Chursoo. Awantipora succumbed to his injuries on way to SMHS. With the killing of another youth the death toll […]

Kashmir residents struggle under India security lockdown

Publish Date: 22-07-16 1:28 PM

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR (AP) — Sheikh Naseer Ahmed is getting married, yet his home looks like anyone else’s. There are no floral or light decorations, no hustle and bustle. Only close relatives are invited to the modest meal that is being prepared.His unusually humble nuptials reflect how ordinary life is muted in Srinagar, the urban heart of […]

Everything is not okay in Kashmir

Publish Date: 22-07-16 12:37 PM

Soon we may go back to our normal lives, but one such incident and all the development and normalcy will crumble By-Baseera Rafiqi As I plunge out of numbness to write, nothing comes to my mind except the blood stained bodies, injured people and souls. I fear my pen may bleed too. With a little […]

Kashmir Killings : 14th day of curfew and shutdown

Publish Date: 22-07-16 12:31 PM

Srinagar: Curfew and a shutdown continued across Kashmir for the 14th day on Friday as private mobile and internet services remained suspended.

Teenager beaten to death, 12-year-old brother witnesses beating, body kept hostage at police control room for 7 hours, along with mourning mother

Publish Date: 22-07-16 12:23 PM

By Hilal Mir on July 20: TuliNowpora (Kulgam): The grandfather begins to narrate how his 15-year-old grandson was beaten to death at a nearby soldiers’ camp. He attempts it at his own pace in the room where, during the past week, he has been receiving people offering condolences. Many people interrupt him, eager to supply […]

Kashmir Crises: Youth explain how pellets took their vision

Publish Date: 22-07-16 12:18 PM

By Nouman Parvez ( Kashmir Reader) ANANTNAG: Ward 7 of the SMHS Hospital here is packed with patients wearing black glasses; all of them have eye injuries inflicted by the pellets fired by the government forces from, according to them, a close range.

Kashmir Killings: Another youth succumbs death toll 49

Publish Date: 22-07-16 11:55 AM

Srinagar: Ishfaq Ahmed of Kokernag, south Kashmir Friday morning succumbed to injures at SKIMS hospital, Srinagar. According to Rusing Kashmir, with his death, the death toll so far has reached to 49 with over 3000 injured following the violent clashes between people and armed forces after the killing of Commander Burhan Wani.

Kashmir Killings: They fired at Ajaz and no one could rescue him until he died’

Publish Date: 22-07-16 12:13 PM

ANANTNAG: Ajaz Ahmad Thokar, the first Kashmiri shot dead by the government forces following the death of the Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani, had rushed to lift his injured neighbour, relatives and witnesses told Kashmir Reader.