WHAT SHOULD have been a routine visit to hospital with his daughter-in-law, Haseena Bano, after she developed labour pain turned into a nightmare for Abdul Rahim Lone on August 21. There was no technician to conduct the sonography at the local hospital. Doctors told Lone the paramedic had not been able to come to work due to the ongoing curfew, Read More

WHAT SHOULD have been a routine visit to hospital with his daughter-in-law, Haseena Bano, after she developed labour pain turned into a nightmare for Abdul Rahim Lone on August 21. There was no technician to conduct the sonography at the local hospital. Doctors told Lone the paramedic had not been able to come to work due to the ongoing curfew, Read More

The Supreme Court Friday said that nobody can be allowed to flare up tempers or incite violence in the Kashmir Valley and added that those acting against the interest of the country should be put behind bars. “You (government) cannot allow people to create trouble there…you take actions if anybody incite people or works against the interest of the country,” Read More

Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday said curfew will be imposed across the Kashmir Valley on Friday as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order. District Magistrates issued the orders for imposition of curfew in their respective areas of jurisdiction on Wednesday evening and the order will come into effect from the morning, an official spokesman said. The spokesman said no vehicular movement Read More

At the Sri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital in Srinagar, Mohammad Yasin, whose eyes were hit by pellets, lay on a bed. I was talking to Yasin’s cousin when I saw him murmuring in a feeble voice. Then, all of a sudden, Yasin thundered at me, “Get out of here. Or the situation will turn bad for you. I will Read More

With 30 civilians dead and more than 1000 injured across the Valley in past three days, Kashmir is on boil. The toll is likely to increase in the coming days as many seriously injured patients are battling for their lives in various hospitals of the city. The situation turned volatile after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani who Read More

Stepping up efforts to restore normalcy in the Valley after two days of protests over the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani led to the death of at least 21 people in clashes with security forces, Union Home Minister Rajnath SinghMonday spoke to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah about the situation in the Read More

Jammu and Kashmir government on July 11 said about 1,000 vehicles carrying essential commodities were on their way to the Valley even as there are sufficient stocks of ration and life saving drugs. “About 1000 vehicles carrying essential commodities, on way to valley, will reach at their destinations by tomorrow morning,” Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Choudhary Zulfkar Read More

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday that some elements are hell-bent on fomenting trouble and mayhem in Kashmir for their vested interests playing with the lives of innocent youth by instigating them to indulge in violence “resulting in a vicious cycle of frenzy and bloodshed”. She sought the wholehearted cooperation of the people in restoration of Read More

With the valley on the boil following protests over the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, a grenade attack on CRPF troop in Nowhatta, Srinagar resulted in three jawans getting injured. The attack targeted a troop of 28 Bn CRPF who were deployed in the area. The injured jawans were immediately rushed to the SMHS hospital in Karan Nagar Read More