The Jammu and Kashmir Government has granted yet another extension, this time a one-year-long, to Chief Secretary Bharat Bhushan Vyas after “tweaking rules” to provide a longer-term tenure to him. This was done, as reported by sections of the media, on “state government’s recommendations”. Is there something more to his ‘extensions’ than just “recommendations” […]
132 persons have died in gun violence till May 06 this year A person each has died a day during the militancy related incidents in Kashmir this year so far. Going by the figures compiled by the Home ministry and the Institute of conflict management, which tracks the fatalities during the militancy related incidents in […]
Three year old boy, Muslim, volunteers as a ‘tour guide’ for the people who visit their house destroyed by the government forces during a recent gun battle at Chattabal. The first thing Muslim does is that he takes visitors to a wooden window from where he was watching the men of Special Operations Groups (SOG) […]
The three slain militants have taken “refuge” in Chattabal since one of them who is believed to be Pakistani was ill and needed medical care, police said. According to the senior counter-insurgent police officer, the unidentified Pakistani militant was not keeping well as he had frost bytes on his feet and hand. “He had severe […]
Srinagar is mourning. It is not the first time. It won’t be the last. I have grown up seeing its grief. The city always appears sad to me. I have heard it was a magical city which attracted travelers from the East and the West. It was a confluence of cultures. The Jehlum River and […]
