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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Young Man found dead during search operation in Baramulla
Police on Saturday told media that during a cordon and search operation in the Qazi Hamam locality of old town Baramulla one person was found dead in mysterious circumstances. A police official of Baramulla identified the deceased as Bilal Ahmad Badroo and said that police has started investigation and his body has been send to […]
Stone pelting incidents have decreased,efforts continue to curb fully:Army Chief
Srinagar The Indian Army chief general Bipin Rawat has said that the solution to stone pelting Kashmir can’t be achieved overnight, however, the incidents have decreased. “Stone pelting incidents have come down to some extent. The Army, the Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Jammu and Kashmir Police are working […]
Centre approach towards Kashmir resolution “Half -hearted”: Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar: Claiming the the Centres approach was “persistently miscalculated”, opposition National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said today that “half-hearted” measures for the resolution of the Kashmir issue should be stopped. “It is because of their persistently miscalculated approach that Kashmir has been going through the turmoil of worst kind. (Due to) Their repeated deception […]
Interlocutor wish to meet Hurriat.
Srinagar, With no breakthrough in holding talks with separatists so far, Centre-appointed interlocutor Dineshawar Sharma on Wednesday said that he will try his best to meeting Hurriyat Conference leaders. “I met many people during the last two days. I wish that peace returns to Kashmir valley,” Mr Sharma told reporters after meeting lone CPI(M) MLA […]
Congress allege Government of U-Turn on Kashmir policy.
The Jammu and Kashmir state unit of the Congress asked the central government today to make its road map for talks with various stakeholders public, alleging that it had made a U-turn on its Kashmir policy by appointing a special representative. “For the last three years, they have been saying that there will be no […]
Mehbooba inspects guard of honour as Darbar opens in Jammu,
Jammu The Jammu and Kashmir government today began functioning here after shifting from Srinagar, the summer capital of the state, as part of the pre-Independence practice of “darbar move”. The Civil Secretariat, Raj Bhavan, police headquarters and other offices opened with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti inspecting a guard of honour at the seat of government […]
