South Kashmir killings slide Kashmir to unrest
The three encounters in Anantanag and Shopian on Sunday morning has been a bad news for all tourism related trade bodies in Kashmir. At Dielgham army and security forces killed a young boy who had joined militancy only last month. Is this enough for the army and security forces to kill any teenager whose picture […]
Why is Farooq Abdullah singing autonomy song so loudly?
Farooq Abdullah has been very active in advocating autonomy as the only solution to the Kashmir problem. He is perhaps privy to the developments behind the scene between India and Pakistan which have resulted in appointment of Dineshwar Sharma as new interlocutor. The reaction to his autonomy pitch by Yasin Malik is the reaction of […]
Is H1N1 virus creating scare among people to send truck loads of anti virus medicines to Kasmir
Local media has been giving hype to swine flu cases in Kashmir valley and this in turn has created panic among the general people who are going to medical shops to purchase anti swine flu drugs of their own. Many senior doctors of SKIMS told VOV that all the cases which have been declared as […]
Yasin Malik calls Farooq Abdullah political joker
JKLF chief Yasin Malik in a statement while reacting to the Farooq Abdullah’s greater autonomy remarks said that he was political joker. Yasin said that people of J&K have not spilled blood on the streets for the song of autonomy. He said that father of Farooq Abdullah in 1953 was arrested by a police man […]
As chinar leaves are being burnt pollution levels increase in Kashmir
With persistent dry weather in Kashmir valley burning of falling chinar leaves is adding to air pollution in the Srinagar city and its outskirts. As the weather man has predicted some relief on November 14&15 people are waiting for rains to give them relief from the viral infections also. Talking to experts VOV has been […]
Police arrest lot of youth in Pulwama on stone pelting charges
District police of Pulwaam have prepared alist of stone pelting youth and arrested most of them during night raids, locals said. The parents of the arrested youth told VOV that arrest of youth in Pulwama has become an industry for police and labeled allegations of corruption against them to get their wards released. “They arrested […]
Dozens of villages in twin districts of Shopian, Pulwama reeling under crackdown
In the wee hours of of Saturday 44 RR along with paramilitary CRPF and SOG of J&K police laid seige of about two dozen villages in the highlands of Keller forests after the inputs about the presence of militants. A police officer told VOV that they were conducting house to house searches and so far […]
Mehbooba Mufti says dialogue is the only way
PDP president and state chief minister Mehbooba Mufti in an interview with indian express has said that dialogue would be to look for a solution within indian union thus making chances of engagement with Huriyat bleak. Mehbooba Mufti said that serious engagement will help to move forward in Kashmir and said that it may take […]
Mirwaiz released, Geelani continues under house arrest
Srinagar: The government has lifted the restrictions on the movement of Mirwaiz Omar Farooq who was under house arrest from the past eight weeks. He was not even allowed to go for Friday prayers to Jamia Masjid Srinagar. But the curbs on the ailing Syed Ali Shah Geelani continue at his Hyderpora residence. From […]
Farooq Leading as counting progresses
Dr Farooq Abdullah of National conference is leading by few thousands votes against his rival candidate of PDP Nazir Ahmed Khan. The counting is continuing and latest reports said that Farroq Abdullah is maintaining the lead. Kashmiri Pandit migrants have voted against farooq Abdullah in this election of his recent pro separatists and pro talk’s […]
