As Delhi announced to halt “security operations” in Kashmir on conditional basis, The Kashmir Press spoke to political experts and pro-freedom leaders to know what it means on the ground. Almost everyone had a convergence of thought that if violence in Kashmir has to end and stability to arrive in south Asia, it is important […]
At this juncture, it is the silence of the self-styled champions of law, freedom of speech, equality, justice and democracy that is echoing most loudly in the Kashmir Valley. This shameful silence of the ‘Great Indian intellectual’ is resonating throughout the slopes of the mighty Hindu Kush and crashing in waves over the simmering […]
After killing 460 militants and 235 civilians in less than two-and-a-half years, New Delhi announced to halt its anti-militancy operations in restive Jammu and Kashmir during Ramzan — the holy month of fasting. To this effect, office of the Home Minister of India sent out this tweet: “The Centre asks Security Forces not to […]
During the course of two-day Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions 2018, thousands of Kashmiris remained glued to their television screens, waiting anxiously for local t-20 dasher Manzoor Dar to get selected. With his aggressive brand of cricket, Dar specializes in a popular version of cricket known as t-20 format. In the history of the IPL […]
In electoral politics, especially in the case of voters throwing up a hung assembly, the floor test becomes sacrosanct. Out of 222 Assembly seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to win 104 constituencies and stake a claim to form a government as a single largest […]
The Gasi Mohalla locality of Safa Kadal in downtown Srinagar wears a gloomy look. Graffiti, black flags symbolizing mourning and banners featuring Adil Ahmad Yadoo’s picture and poetry dot the neighbourhood. Shaheed (Martyr) Adil Ahmad along with Muslim Kalima reads one banner that hangs in the nearby park. “Aemi Khota Cha Kanh Bod Niyaz, Moul Paran […]
“If God was powerful enough to save us, he surely is supreme enough to take our revenge”… On April 11, three militants were trapped in a cordon laid by the forces in Khudwani area of South Kashmir. The day long gun battle between the two warring parties and the subsequent clashes between the forces and […]
A fact: As Chief Minister of restive Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti is also chairperson of the Unified Command Headquarters (UCH). By definition, she, in her capacity as head of the unified command, should prevail over all the Corps Commanders of the Indian Army, chiefs of all security and intelligence agencies, chief secretary, civil […]
The last surviving militant Saddam Padder killed in Shopian encounter on Sunday. Pic courtesy: The Telegraph NewspaperThe last surviving militant commander in the 12-man Burhan group, Saddam padder, was killed in Shopian gun battle on Sunday. Padder, 32, a resident of Heff Sheermal village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, started participating in pro-freedom politics a […]
Tens of thousands of people converged in old city and marched with the body of slain lashkar-e-Toiba militant, Fayaz Ahmad Hamal, to offer funeral prayers. After the encounter ended with the killing of three militants, the police identified one of the militant as Fayaz Hamal of Dukan Sangin, Khanqah. “Only one militant could be identified,” […]
