Shah Faesal Live: “After serving for around nine years in the IAS I have decided to quit. My resignation has to do with what has happened outside,” “It is time to speak up, this is small act of defiance.” I see myself as a addition and not as an alternative to… (mainstream politics in #Kashmir), […]
Srinagar: Bureaucrat turned politician, Shah Faesal has said that he can not join Hurriyat since he is trained in governance and administration. “I am a man from the system and I would be happy to change things by being in the system. Hurriyat doesnt give me that opportunity as they don’t believe in electoral politics” […]
Srinagar: The police and other government forces are using 70,000 tear gas shells on an average every year after 2016 mass pro-freedom protests rocked Kashmir, reported the Outlook Magazine. The news outlet reported that in 2016 over 100,000 (one lakh) tear gas shells were used in Kashmir to quell the protests “Approximately one lakh-plus tear-gas […]
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership on Friday held a protest demonstration in Srinagar demanding release of political prisoners. Soon after the congregational Friday prayers were held, scores of JRL activists assembled at Abi Guzar and raised slogans against the administration. The activists d mandes immediate release of political prisoners lodged in different jails of the […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that granting citizenship on the basis of religion is appalling and disgusting in equal measure. “We are full of venom when it comes to Pakistan but are matching some of its policies in spirit,” she tweeted. The Peoples Democratic Party president said: “But even […]
Srinagar: A Myanmar judge dismissed an appeal Friday by two Reuters journalists jailed for seven years while investigating atrocities committed against the Rohingya, dashing slim hopes that the pair could be freed early. Reporters Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were arrested in Yangon in December 2017 and later jailed for violating the […]
Srinagar: Authorities have booked three persons under Public Safety Act (PSA) in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports said that Tawseef Ahmad Lone son of Wali Mohmad Lone a resident of Gundpora, Abdul Samad Malla alias Samad Inqalabi, a resident of Ganastan and Suhail Ahmad Parrey son of Zahoor Ahmad, a resident of Bangar Mohalla Hajin have […]
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has said that lasting peace can be achieved in Kashmir only through dialogue and the Centre should hold talks with the Hurriyat leaders. Referring to Army chief Bipin Rawat’s comment a day earlier on engaging with Taliban without any preconditions, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Thursday said […]
Srinagar: A residential house was completely damaged in a fire incident in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Locals told Kashmir Reader that fire broke out in the house of Mushtaq Ahmad Gujjar at Branthpathri village of Tral during the intervening night of January 10-11, resulting in complete damage to the house. They said that […]
Srinagar: The NIA’s investigations into the suspected Amroha-Delhi module of the Islamic State have now found a Kashmir link to the alleged conspiracy. Interrogation of Saqib Iftekhar — a Hapur-based muezzin under arrest for allegedly helping the group acquire weapons — is learnt to have revealed that he had travelled to Jammu and Kashmir twice in […]
