‘Public Sena’ to fight stone pelters in Kashmir

Srinagar: Head priest of the Siddhnath temple, Kanpur has formed a “public army” to “fight stone-pelters” in the Kashmir Kashmir Valley, Hindustan Times reported on Tuesday. As per the report, Balyogi Arun Puri Chaitanya Maharaj, who has formed the “Jan Sena”, has said that 13,000 people had registered themselves and were ready to give “a […]
Miscreants instigated students:Says Police.

Srinagar: According to police press note released here students were attending classes normally today in SP School and Women’s College at M.A Road Srinagar.However just after the end of about an hour of class work,some miscreants from different places entered premises of school and created disturbances. The miscreants along with some students blocked M.A.Road due […]
Farooq says internet ban will recoil

Srinagar: Dr Farooq Abdullah has said that ban on internet services in Kashmir will prove counter-productive and it will incite more violence on Kashmir streets. He said that in the present times it is very difficult to stop the news from going around and the ban on the internet is only adding to the […]
Madhav bats for coalition

Srinagar: As the clamour for the coalition to end in J&K has increased, BJP General Secretary in-charge J&K Affairs has said that there is no rift between the coalition partners and said that all is well between them. The statement of Ram Madhav came amid the newspaper reports that the coalition between PDP-BJP was […]
Hundreds of people including school-going children caught in Srinagar police action

Srinagar; On Monday afternoon police re-emerged with tear-smoke shells and other means of quelling the student protests with the result hundreds of people including school-going children were caught in this action which has been widely condemned by the people describing it as unwarranted. In afternoon of Monday, the shopkeepers, Regal Chowk, Lal Chowk and […]
Unified Command to meet on Tuesday
Srinagar: J&K Chief Minister who is the head of Unified Command will be holding a meeting on Tuesday in the light of recent slide in the situation. Reports said that Mehbooba Mufti will chair the meeting in which GOC-in-C Northern Command, GOC 16 Corps, GOC 15 corps, DGP J&K, IG BSF, IG CRPF, senior […]
PDP core to meet

Srinagar: On Monday afternoon PDP core committee is likely to meet under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and they will discuss the future course of the party especially in the light of growing clamour within the party to sever ties with BJP. The meeting is likely to discuss all the aspects of […]
NYT on army role in Kashmir

VOV Web Desk Srinagar: New York Times in its editorial the titled ‘Cruelty and Cowardice in Kashmir’ has said that security forces were carrying on brutal crackdown on the people of Kashmir and has cautioned New Delhi that such harsh policy will feed more militancy and will alienate people of Kashmir further. The editorial […]
Mehbooba could not extract the promise of talks with Hurriyat

Srinagar: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, but could not extract from him the promise of talks with separatists in order to restore normalcy here. Mehbooba during her meeting said that it will take few months for her government to restore order in Kashmir Valley before making the situation conducive […]
It is war between students and police in Srinagar

Srinagar: As the government reopened colleges and higher secondary schools with an appeal to students and parents to allow them to have a peaceful environment in the educational institutions, the police used tear-smoke shells, pepper gas and PAVA grenades to disperse students and entire Srinagar city was engulfed in traffic jam and protests. This […]