India vows more tough action to tackle Kashmir conundrum By: Agencies on July 14, 2016SRINAGAR: India will go on hunting militants in Kashmir despite widespread protests over the killing of a young separatist commander, officials said, as the government bets that force coupled with development will quell rebellion in the restive state. The strategy for the Muslim-majority region contested by nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan has worked in part. […]
Hurriyat leaders arrested as Held Kashmir violence toll soars to 34 By: Agencies on July 14, 2016SRINAGAR: Indian police on Wednesday arrested senior Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani after he allegedly defied restrictions and marched towards the martyrs’ graveyard in Srinagar. Several areas of the Valley, including Pampore, Kupwara and Anantnag, remained under unrelenting curfew as Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control observed the 86th Kashmir Martyrs […]
JKAAC resolves to carry forward the mission of Kashmiri martyrs By: Online on July 13, 2016Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Awami Action Committee (JKAAC) paid tributes to the July 13 martyrs of 1931, Burhan Muzaffar Wani and other martyrs of Kashmir, and reasserted their resolve to take the martyrs’ mission to its logical conclusion. According to a press release issued, AAC said that the foundation for Kashmir’s resistance movement was laid on […]
Modi calls for calm as violence in Occupied Kashmir escalates By: Agencies on July 12, 2016NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appealed to the people of Held Kashmir to maintain calm so that the situation can normalise in the violence-hit valley. Chairing a high-level meeting on the situation in Kashmir Valley, where at least 32 people have lost lives in the protests triggered by the killing of Hizbul […]
Eight protesters killed, over 200 injured in IHK By: AFP on July 10, 2016SRINAGAR: Eight protesters were killed and more than 200 injured in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) on Saturday after thousands defied a curfew following the death of a top separatist commander, officials said. Shiv Murari Sahai, a top police official in the region, told reporters that seven protesters were killed by government forces in “retaliatory action” and […]
India-held Kashmir celebrates Eid with Pakistan By: Agencies on July 9, 2016SRINAGAR: Authorities in India announced that Eidul Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramazan, would be on Thursday. But for Kashmiris residing in India-held areas, Pakistan’s announcement in this regard had more weight. “Eid is a moment of joy, one of very few occasions when Kashmiris come together to celebrate,” said […]
New Taliban leader tells US to end Afghan occupation By: AFP on July 2, 2016KABUL: New Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada called on the US Saturday to end its “occupation” of Afghanistan in his first message since being appointed the militant group’s chief. The message was released to mark the upcoming Muslim festival of Eid and comes two days after Taliban-claimed suicide blasts, targeting a convoy of buses transporting Afghan […]
Taliban attack police cadets in Kabul, kill 30 By: AFP on June 30, 2016KABUL: The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a twin suicide attack targeting a convoy of buses transporting Afghan police cadets in Kabul, which Afghanistan’s interior ministry said killed 30 and wounded 58. The bloodshed, which was condemned as a ‘crime against humanity’ by President Ashraf Ghani, comes little over a week after 14 Nepali security […]
Eight troops killed in Kashmir attack By: Agencies on June 26, 2016SRINAGAR: At least eight Indian paramilitary soldiers and two suspected fighters were killed Saturday near Srinagar in India-held Kashmir when a group of armed men ambushed the soldiers’ convoy, police said. Four gunmen sprayed bullets on the convoy carrying members of India’s Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) near Pampore town, killing five soldiers instantly and […]
India launches record 20 satellites in single mission By: Staff Report on June 22, 2016NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday successfully launched a rocket carrying a record 20 satellites as its famously frugal space agency looks to grab a larger slice of the lucrative commercial space market. The rocket blasted off from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota carrying satellites from the US, Germany, Canada and Indonesia, the most in a […]