Republic day and Kashmir The Excelsior 01 Feb 2022 There were two heart-warming videos marking celebration of Republic day, which displayed a changed atmosphere in the valley. The first was a group of youth walking proudly with a 30-foot tricolour on Gupkar road, which has the residences of Mehbooba Mufti, Farooq and Omar Abdullah’s, in Srinagar. Mehbooba had stated […]
Politics over investment summits in J and K The Excelsior 18 Jan 2022 The J and K government notified that 70 acres of land, already in possession of the army in Gulmarg and Sonamarg, have been declared strategic enabling it to begin construction of dwellings on it. Mehbooba Mufti tweeted that such permission in tourist destinations implies that the […]
Stable Kashmir has eroded Pakistan’s Kashmir policy Chanakya Forum 24 Nov 2021 शायद कई दशकों बाद इस वर्ष घाटी के सभी स्कूलों में स्वतंत्रता दिवस समारोह मनाया गया और ऐतिहासिक लाल चौक पर तिरंगा लहरा उठा। हर जिले में राष्ट्रीय ध्वज फहराया गया, वाहन रैलियां हुईं और प्रतिभागियों ने गर्व से भारतीय तिरंगा प्रदर्शित किया। श्रीनगर कोर के जीओसी ने […]
October 22nd the black day of Pakistani atrocities on Kashmir WION 22 Oct 2021 Kashmiri’s remember 22 Oct 1947 as the commencement of hell, till Indian soldiers rushed in to protect them. 22nd Oct 1947 was when 6-7000 Pak raiders, backed by the Pakistan army, which had embedded some of its soldiers within the raiders crossed the Neelam River […]
It’s been 75 years since Pakistan pushed raiders into Kashmir; its opportunistic, jihadi nature remains same First Post 21 Oct 2021 On 22nd October 1947, Pakistan raiders equipped, trained and backed by their army entered Kashmir to loot and plunder. This was the commencement of Operation Gulmarg aimed at capturing Kashmir. Kashmir, till then, was a paradise and had […]
Changing terrorist strategy in the valley (Hindi) Amar Ujala 20 Oct 2021 जम्मू-कश्मीर में बिहार के दो मजदूरों को निशाना बनाने के बाद वहां प्रवासी समुदाय में दहशत फैल गई है। इस केंद्र शासित प्रदेश में इस महीने अब तक 11 लोगों की हत्या हो चुकी है, जिनमें से पांच गैर कश्मीरी हैं। इसने वहां असुरक्षा का वातावरण बना […]
Kashmir and the Taliban (Hindi) Chanakya Forum 15 Oct 2021 पाकिस्तान भी लगाए बैठा उम्मीद पाक सरकार को भी कुछ ऐसी ही उम्मीद है। इमरान खान की पीटीआई प्रवक्ता नीलम इरशाद शेख ने पाक टीवी पर एक चर्चा के दौरान बताया कि, ‘तालिबान ने कहा है कि वे हमारे साथ हैं और वे कश्मीर में हमारी मदद करेंगे।’ एंकर […]
Militancy changes its colours in Kashmir The Statesman 12 Oct 2021 The killing last week of Kashmiri Pundit, Makhan Lal Bindroo, a well-known Chemist in Srinagar, by terrorists, led to a public outrage. The incident was criticized cutting across religious and political lines. Within minutes of his killing, a non-local Hindu street hawker from Bihar was also gunned down. […]
Geelani’s death and Pakistan The Excelsior 15 Sep 2021 The announcement of Masrat Alam Bhat as the new head of the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) in place of Syed Ali Shah Geelani was possibly based on Pakistan’s directions to nominate a hardliner, seeking merger of Kashmir with it. Bhat has been in Tihar Jail since 2015. For Pak, […]
Taliban takeover and Kashmir The Excelsior 01 Sep 2021 In a discussion on Pak TV, last week, Neelam Irshad Sheikh, spokesperson of Imran Khan’s PTI, stated, ‘The Taliban are saying that they are with us, and they will help us in Kashmir.’ She stuck to her words, despite being warned by the anchor to be careful of her comments. […]