Observer News Service - July 31, 2016
The reported protests and the resultant police brutality in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) illustrates that all is not well in the Kashmir that calls itself Azad (free). Coming at a time when the Kashmir banega Pakistan (Kashmir will become part of Pakistan) chant is resounding in other Kashmir (Indian administered Kashmir or IaK), this development […]
Observer News Service - July 31, 2016
When does a joke stop being funny? Arnab Goswami has always been something of a joke. For Anglophone India, its highest-rated newsman has always been entertainment less a real person, more a parcel of self-righteous hot air trapped inside an awful suit. When he comes up in conversation, we roll our eyes. Too much […]
Observer News Service - July 31, 2016
Srinagar: As if the chronic siege of Kashmir since July 8 was not enough, the police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) have started nocturnal raids to apprehend youth furthering widespread protests across the restive Valley. In the last two days, the government forces raided over two dozen residential areas across Kashmir, particularly the summer […]
Observer News Service - July 31, 2016
Srinagar: While condemning the repeated attacks on medical staff by security forces, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said that such acts of savagery are unacceptable. Expressing outrage over increasing attacks on hospital staff, President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that stopping medical personnel from attending sick and wounded is intolerable. Doctors […]
Observer News Service - July 30, 2016
Srinagar: More than three weeks of curfew and restrictions have failed to dampen the rage sweeping Kashmir valley with reports of protests and clashes pouring in from various parts of the Valley.At least three persons, including a woman, were injured when armed forces opened firing in South Kashmirs Shopian district on Saturday.One report said a […]
Observer News Service - July 30, 2016
Srinagar: The united resistance leadership issued a new protest calendar on Saturday. The protest program is, as issued by Hurriyat Conference, reproduced here: 1st August, Monday: People, particularly youths will express their sentiments by writing slogans like We want Freedom, Freedom for all, Freedom for Jammu Kashmir, Go India Go Back, Hum Kya Chata Hain […]
Observer News Service - July 30, 2016
SRINAGAR:A local court here Saturday issued non-bailable warrant against Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar, Amit Kumar for defying orders whereby he was directed to lodge FIR against a Dy SP Shaheed Gunj, Yasir Qadri accused of cold-blooded murder of a youth here in the ongoing unrest. While rejecting the application on behalf of SSP Srinagar […]
Observer News Service - July 30, 2016
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir liberation front (JKLF) Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was shifted to central jail Srinagar on Saturday.He was arrested by police on 8th July 2016 and since then remained in police custody at police station Kothibagh.He was kept in solitary confinement, cut off from the rest of the world, because of which his health deteriorated […]
Observer News Service - July 30, 2016
Washington: The United States has expressed concerns over the recent unrest in Kashmir and called on all sides to make efforts to find a peaceful solution to the issue. Protests broke out across Kashmir Valley on July 9, a day after militant commander Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter with security forces in south […]
Observer News Service - July 30, 2016
Srinagar: The United States has expressed concern over the ongoing unrest in Kashmir and called on all sides to make efforts to find a peaceful solution to the issue. We encourage all sides to make efforts to find a peaceful solution to Kashmir unrest, state department spokesperson John Kirby told reporters. Kirby said the US was in […]