Sopur teenager was killed in fake encounter: SHRC (GreaterKashmir) – By Arif Shafi Wani Srinagar, Apr 2: Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission (SHRC) Tuesday revealed that a teenager of Sopore was killed in 1997 a fake encounter in Handwara allegedly by Army and labeled as a militant. The Commission asked the Director General of […]
India: Delhi Police usually busts informers or surrendered militants: JTSA
March 24, 2013 By
- By Newzfirst Bureau New Delhi – In context of Liaqat Shah’s arrest, claiming that he was conspiring to carry out attacks in the national capital, the Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association (JTSA) on Saturday said that “Many of these prize catches of the Delhi Special Cell happened to be either police or IB informers, surrendered […]
A New Intifada in Kashmir? Arundhati Roy & Sanjay Kak on the World’s Most Densely Militarized Area
March 19, 2013 By
Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: As we continue our conversation with the author and activist Arundhati Roy, she is now joined in Chicago by Sanjay Kak, a New Delhi-based documentary filmmaker. His most recent film is Jashn-e-Azadi, or How We Celebrate Freedom. He’s the […]
Kashmiri women victims of worst HR violations
March 10, 2013 By
- By Kashmir News Service Islamabad, March 08 (KMS): As the world observes the International Women’s Day, today, the miseries and victimisation of Kashmiri women by Indian troops and police personnel in occupied Kashmir continue unabated.According to a report, released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, on the occasion of the International Women’s […]
Kashmir: Siege and World’s Silence
March 9, 2013 By
- By Muhammad Faysal, AlHittin.com Contributor It’s the 18th day of Siege in Kashmir after the secret execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru, who was hanged inside Indian Prison on February 9. His alleged crime was that he had been a mastermind of ‘the Parliament Attack’ in December 2001. His trial has been disputed by many neutral […]
The Story of Afzal Guru
March 7, 2013 By
I would like to be remembered as a martyr for the cause of justice. There is no fear of death in my heart as solitude and deep introspection has cultivated a deeper sense and vision that man’s life on this planet is spiritually in an embryonic stage. He is born when he leaves this […]
Kashmir on boil, 50 hurt in clashes
March 7, 2013 By
- By Shabir Ibn Yusuf, Greater Kashmir Srinagar, Mar 6: At least 50 persons including 12 security personnel were injured in clashes which erupted during protest demonstrations at several places in the valley against the killing of a youth by Army in Baramulla while parts of Kashmir were put under curfew on Wednesday. Though no separatist outfit […]
Muslim student from Kashmir found dead suspiciously in Hyderabad, India
March 4, 2013 By
- By AlHittin.com Mudassir Ahmad Malla, a PHD research scholar at the English and Foreign Language University, Hyderabad, India was found hanging in his hostel on Saturday. Mudassir, a Kashmiri Muslim had lead a protest against the hanging of Afzal Guru by India, and was subsequently arrested by the Hyderabad police following a complaint by professors and students who were against his stance. […]
22 Years after Kunan and Poshpora, Rethinking Kashmir
February 24, 2013 By
- By Abhijit Dutta, Kafila It looks like any other village in Kashmir. You go past a wooden bridge, past open fields winter-barren and wet with rain. Past mountains with snow on their chin. Past wistful looking poplars. Past a brook with clear water. Past grumpy apple trees gnarled like a grinch. Then the road narrows, […]
India not serious in resolving Kashmir dispute: Radha Kumar
February 20, 2013 By
- By KMS News Srinagar, February 20 (KMS): Former interlocutor on Kashmir, Professor Radha Kumar has finally conceded that India is not serious in resolving the Kashmir dispute and has been taking people of Kashmir for a ride without realizing their miseries. Professor Radha Kumar in a media interview via telephone from Brussels, said that she […]
