Srinagar: As astounding as it may sound, the fact is that Jammu and Kashmir’s tourism department has spent a whopping one Crore seventy thousand (10.07 million) for a five-minute promotional video to attract tourists to the restive Kashmir Valley. “An amount of 1.07 Crore (INR) has been incurred on account of the production of the […]
On early morning Monday, at around 6: 15 am, Wakeel Ahmad of south Kashmir’s Sugan hamlet woke up to a loud noise. It was a blast. After eating his sehri, pre-dawn meals in the holy month of Ramzan, Ahmad has not even slept for an hour when the explosion disturbed his sound sleep. Soon after the blast, Ahmad said, the […]
Srinagar: Seeking clarity and transparency from Indian leadership, the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Tuesday rejected the dialogue offer in current form made by the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh recently by calling it “ambiguous and unclear”. Urging upon India to come up clean on the process, the JRL said: “The stakes for people of Kashmir are […]
By Aakash Hassan Three years ago, a professor in my college told me how murky things were when he was my age. “There were students working for different agencies. The college was about politics and spying more than about education and learning,” he revealed. “Some were so powerful that they would openly carry pistols […]
Srinagar: After Sushil Pandit and republic TV journalist, Aditya Raj Koul, the known Islamophobe, Madhu Kishwar has spread a fake information with an intention to malign the image of Director General of Police (DGP) SP Vaid. In a tweet, Kishwar wrote that she has come to know from Sushil Pandit that the Superintendent of Police, […]
Srinagar: The Hurriyat (G) led by octogenarian Syed Ali Geelani has said that the amalgam will decide about the dialogue with New Delhi only after due consultations with the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik. “This time we have decided we will take a joint decision whether […]
”Right after the inauguration of the infamous 330 megawatt Kishanganga power project, a raging debate started throughout the Valley about the effects of the project on Kashmiris, with many even terming it “illegal.” In his address during the inauguration of the project, Indian Prime Minister Modi said that Kashmir would get 12% of the 330-mega watts […]
Srinagar: At least two persons were killed in an exchange of fire allegedly between the militants and the army men in Dugam, Kakpora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. According to the witnesses, the first incident of intense exchange of firing between the soldiers and militants took place at around 9:55 p.m which continued for […]
Srinagar: A glance through controversial Sushil Pandit’s Twitter timeline brings out shocking revelations- he harbours ‘anger’ and ‘hate’against Kashmiris, Muslims and Islam. And he does not feel ashamed about it. On his Twitter profile, Pandit introduces himself to the world as a “Kashmiri Hindu” who is allegedly “exiled, in my own country!” In his […]
Srinagar: Responding to Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s recent statement about Delhi’s willingness to engage with Pakistan and the Hurriyat, Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) on Sunday has said that “If India is serious in talks it must engage all parties to the dispute.” In a statement issued to the press, JKDFP said, “Kashmiris have always […]
