Srinagar: The ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has rebutted its own cheif minister, Mehbooba Mufti, claiming it has never supported the idea of announcing unilateral ceasefire in the wake of coming Ramadan and commencement of Amarnath Yatra. “We didn’t agree to Ramadan ceasefire in the all-party meet. There was no consensus on sending an all-party […]
An earlier version of this article was first published in Raiot.[1] Soon after, the Facebook account of Professor Mohmmad Rafi was taken down. In order to archive more of his thoughts, concerns, and ideas, this version has been updated to incorporate additional materials from the now-deleted-profile that were recorded in author’s research notes. Some […]
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti appealed New Delhi to announce unilateral ceasefire in view of the coming month of Ramadhan and the commencement Amarnath yatra. Talking to reporters after the all-party meeting concluded at SKICC, Mehbooba said: “It was the unanimous decision of all parties during the meeting that the Government of India (GOI) should […]
Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that the “All-pro India Parties Meeting” convened by Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti is nothing more than a farce to mislead people into believing that they are serious or can do something to bring people out of the current oppressive state. In a statement issued here, Mirwaiz said […]
Mufti Azam (designate) and vice chairman of Muslim personal law board, Mufti Nasir Ul Islam has claimed that India will leave Kashmir in the year 2025 since it can not win the war against the Kashmiris. “Indian days are numbered in Kashmir. They can not hold Kashmiris for long,” Mufti told the Kashmir press. “The […]
The sky was azure and the clouds have dissipated beyond the mountains surrounding this sleepy village, Chundana, in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. There was an uneasy silence as one moved through the bumpy roads to reach the village- the hometown of the slain Kashmir University professor Dr Raafi Bhat who was killed along with his […]
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik has asked people to resume their work from Wednesday. The decision was taken by the JRL after Kashmir observed strike for coonstant three days. The JRL appealed people of all walks of life that include employees, lawyers, teaches, traders and […]
A complete shutdown was observed in Kashmir against the civilian killings while as another civilian succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday at the SMHS hospital here in Srinagar, thus raising the toll of civilian killings to six. The killed youth has been identified as Sufail Ahmad Bhat (18), a resident of Daichoo Nagbal village of […]
A 22-year-old tourist, R Thirumani, was killed after the vehicle in which he was travelling was caught in intense stone pelting at Narbal area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday late night. The police said hat the vehcile in which Thirumani and other tourists were travelling was caught by a group of stone-pelters at Narbal on the […]
Joint Resistance Leadership comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Mohammad Yaseen Malik on Monday extended strike call for one more day against the “bloodbath” carried out by the government forces. JRL asked the people to observe strike against the recent civilian killing in Shopian on Tuesday. They termed the killing of civilians as […]
