Srinagar: The chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has said that India and Pakistan should employ peace offensives to silence the hawks on both sides of the border. In a statement, Mufti stated that there is no reason why the political “leadership of our country and that of Pakistan not employ similar peace offensive as the one […]
Major Leetul Gogoi, the army man, who had used Budgam man as a human shield, was beaten black and blue after he was caught by the management of Mamta Hotel allegedly with a 17 year old Kashmiri girl. The hotel management said that Major Gogoi arrived at the hotel with an “extremely young looking Kashmir […]
Srinagar: The simplex infrastructure company has made it clear that it has stopped work on Rambagh-Jehangir chowk flyover since the government has withheld their payments. Sources in the company said that various issues have been cropping between the government and the simplex infrastructure as the later was demanding money for the damages it incurred during […]
As Asad Durrani and Amarjit Singh Dulat, former spymasters of Pakistan and India respectively, are releasing their much awaited co-authored book THE SPY CHRONICLES: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace, written by journalist Aditya Sinha, in New Delhi, here is a recollection of what A.S. Dulat in his memoir Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years had documented about the Intelligence […]
Srinagar: Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office, describes the political struggle in Kashmir as “mercenary freedom struggle”. In an interview with CNNNews18, Mr. Singh said that “the freedom struggle in Kashmir is not following a Martin Luther, Nelson Mandela or Mahatma Gandhi model. What struggle is this in which children of a […]
Srinagar: Senior Hurriyat leader, Professor Abdul Gani Bhat said that the Government of India (GOI) will soon hold a dialogue with the Hurriyat and Pakistan. “The day was not far off when government of India will hold dialogue with All Party Hurriyat Conference and Pakistan,” Bhat said while addressing people on the death anniversary […]
The simplex infrastructure company, which is constructing the Jehangir chowk Rambagh fly over, has withdrawn thus bringing full halt to the work on the project, official sources said. The company has asked its workers and engineers to stop the work and pack the bags, sources said, adding, the instructions have been also passed that […]
Four girls sustained grievous injuries, including the eight year old Aqsa Jan, when the army went berserk in DK Pora hamlet of south Kashmir’s Shopian area and opened fire on the villagers. The scuffle between the troopers and the villagers started when the later strongly resisted the army move to hold an Iftaar party in […]
A complete strike was observed in Kashmir while as authorities foiled ‘Eidgah Chalo’ called by Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) by imposing restrictions in parts of Srinagar. The JRL has called for the protest and the march to commemorate the death anniversaries of Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq and Khawaja Abdul Gani Lone. The shutdown and Eidgah […]
Scores of cab drivers of the Pakherpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district accuse government forces of “puncturing” and “cutting” the tyres of their vehicles without any provocation. The cab drivers, while talking to The Kashmir Press, alleged that during the night, soldiers of the 33 Rishtriya Rifles and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) punctured tyres […]
