Srinagar: The Government of India (GOI) has sanctioned the construction of 14,460 bunkers at a whopping cost of 415.73 crore rupees to safeguard the lives of the people living along the Line of Control (LOC) and International Boundary (IB). Among the 14, 460 bunkers, 13029 would be individual bunkers while 1431 will be community Bunkers, […]
Srinagar: In Kashmir, uncertain deaths keep no calendar. No matter, if it is on the day of Eid. In south Kashmir, two families were left in a state of deep shock and mourning on Eid when their sons were shot to death, allegedly by the government forces, in two separate incidents, at two different locations. […]
Baramulla: Thousands of people poured into Kreeri—the native village of journalist Shujaat Bukhari- to pay him tributes on his chahrum. Apart from senior political leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad, legislators, members and ministers of ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Delhi’s special representative for Jammu and Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma and representatives of both factions of […]
Geneva: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has once again reiterated for establishing a international commission to investigate human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir. “I encourage the Council to consider establishing a Commission of Inquiry for a more comprehensive investigation of the human rights situation in Kashmir, and reiterate my […]
Srinagar: A month long halt in security operations in Kashmir has ended, home minister Rajnath Singh said. “The Government of India decides not to extend the suspension of operations in J&K announced in the beginning of Ramazan,” Home Minister tweeted. The Government of India decides not to extend the suspension of operations in J&K announced […]
Srinagar: On June 14, just as the sun was beginning to set, Kashmir’s press enclave witnessed gory scenes. Three men were brutally assassinated by unknown gunmen who indiscriminately fired upon their targets. The most prominent victim was Shujaat Bukhari, a stalwart supporter of Kashmiri Journalism. Standing out always because of his tall physical stature, he […]
Srinagar: The Kashmiri political leader across the ideological divide vehemently condemned the brutal murder of senior editor Shujaat Bukhari and sought impartial probe to investigate his killing. They also termed Shujaat as a fearless and courageous journalist. “Terrorism has hit a new low with Shujaat’s killing. That too, on the eve of Eid. We must […]
Srinagar: Head of United Jihad Council and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin has demanded an international probe into the killing of senior journalist and Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari last evening in Srinagar, a local news agency Current News Service reported. The agency quoted the UJC statement as vehemently condemning the killing of Salahuddin, adding, the statement […]
Srinagar: Asserting that the Kashmir conflict is not frozen in time, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein has said that the Indian forces operating in Kashmir should abide by the international law while dealing with crowd control operations “The political dimensions of the dispute between India and Pakistan have […]
Srinagar: In a major embarrassment to Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government in New Delhi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has released a first-ever detailed report on situation of human rights in “Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir from June 2016 to April 2018, and general human rights concerns in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and […]
