Srinagar: Muslims across Kashmir on Wednesday celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the culmination of holy fasting month of Ramzan, with traditional fervour and gaiety as thousands offered prayers at mosques and shrines in the Valley. However, celebrations were briefly disrupted as a group of youth started stone pelting at security force personnel in some parts of old city here after Eid prayers. Police had to resort to tear gas shelling and baton...
02:10 PM, Aug 31, 2011
Srinagar: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Jammu and Kashmir is looking at new ways of controlling stone pelting incidents, that have become the standard way of protesting. They are calling it operation WHAM. A different body gear, non-lethal weapons and lot of ambulances to attend to the injured, are aspects of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF's new way to control an angry mob. "We must be...
11:18 AM, Mar 07, 2011
New Delhi: Government on Wednesday named three interlocutors, including eminent journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, to hold talks with all shades of opinion including the separatists in Jammu and Kashmir as part of efforts to bring peace in the state. Home Minister P Chidambaram said the interlocutors, who were finalised on Wednesday for Jammu and Kashmir, will begin the process of "sustained uninterrupted dialogue" as early as possible and with all shades...
12:57 PM, Oct 13, 2010
Srinagar: Thousands of people early on Saturday joined the funeral procession of a youth, who died here of his injuries sustained in firing by security forces a fortnight back, taking the toll in the Kashmir Valley unrest to 109. Umar Sulaiman Sheikh was injured in firing by security forces in north Kashmir Puthkha village on September 16 and was admitted to the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura in Srinagar....
08:34 PM, Oct 02, 2010
New Delhi: The Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said here on Monday that the government is happy to learn that most schools and colleges have reopened in Jammu and Kashmir. He appealed to parents to cooperate with the state administration in restoring normalcy and smooth functioning of the educational institutions. "I appeal to all sections of the people of J&K, especially parents, to cooperate with the State Government and ensure...
12:31 PM, Sep 27, 2010
New Delhi: The Central Government has decided to appoint interlocutors to solve the Kashmir problem. The Cabinet Committee on Security on Saturday offered the healing touch by doling out cash incentives for the strife-torn Valley and also requesting the Jammu and Kashmir government to set free those arrested for stone-pelting and related protests. Just three days after the all-party delegation returned from Jammu and Kashmir, the Government spurned into action....
10:17 PM, Sep 25, 2010
New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday said that it would advise Jammu and Kashmir government to release all students detained for stone pelting and protests, and to withdraw all charges against them. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that the Centre would give Rs 5 lakh relief to families of those who were killed in the violence in the Kashmir Valley since June 11 while addressing a press conference after...
05:20 PM, Sep 25, 2010
Srinagar: Kashmir is once again witnessing violent clashes between protestors and security forces despite the curfew imposed in many areas of Srinagar and other cities in the Valley. At least 14 people, including a policeman, have been killed and over 70 others injured in violent clashes between security forces and protestors in the Valley. The maximum casualties happened in Tanmarg where five people were killed and over 40 others injured...
01:06 PM, Sep 13, 2010
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley has been once again rocked by violence with protestors attacking and setting on fire police buildings in Srinagar on Saturday after Eid-ul-Fitr prayers. The first incident took place in the lawns of Hazratbal Shrine on the banks of the Dal Lake when a violent mob attacked and set the police barracks on fire. Some police vehicles were also set on fire at Hazratbal. A mob also attacked...
12:16 PM, Sep 11, 2010
Srinagar: Protesters have a new name for the troops: Robots. In Kashmir, troops now dress in high-tech black riot gear, covered head to foot in plastic armor that can make them look decidedly inhuman. They carry stun grenades, tear gas grenades and shotguns loaded with — they say — non-lethal pellets. They are the vanguard trying to fulfill Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's order last month to staunch the bloodshed in...
03:44 PM, Sep 08, 2010
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in New Delhi on Wednesday evening, a day ahead of the crucial Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) meet on Kashmir. Omar will also attend the Prime Minister's Iftar dinner on Wednesday night. The meeting will also be attended by senior Union Cabinet ministers. Omar will brief the Union Cabinet on the ongoing protests in the...
11:51 AM, Sep 08, 2010
Kashmir Valley has been witnessing violent protests for the past few months over alleged killing of people in firing by security forces. The protestors include a large number of women. ...
10:53 PM, Aug 26, 2010
Srinagar: Four people have been killed in three separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. One person each was killed in Pattan and Kupwara while two died in Sopore as security forces fired at curfew-defying mobs indulging in stone-pelting. The person killed in Pattan has been identified as 60-year-old Ali Muhammad Khandey. At least 20 persons have also been injured in the violent incidents so far. The Central Reserve...
04:59 PM, Aug 13, 2010
While the violence may have subsided for the moment the anger remains unabated. ...
09:59 PM, Aug 05, 2010
Home Minister P Chidambaram appealed to the people of Kashmir to shun violence and aim for a political solution. ...
06:38 PM, Aug 04, 2010
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