J&K MLA Abdul Rashid asks Hurriyat to come out clean on sting operation; sermons media
• 8 years agoAbdul Rashid's remark came in the wake of a sting operation on separatists Naeem Khan and Farooq Dar by a television channel.
GST roll-out: State finance ministers flock at Srinagar to iron out creases, but J&K traders remain wary
Sameery • 8 years agoThe meeting in Srinagar is also seen as a push to divert the attention from the bad news coming out of the region, as it comes in the backdrop of a restive Valley, marked by violence and protests in recent months.
Kashmir on the boil as stone-pelting, poll boycott mark India's loosening grip over state
Ians • 8 years agoAn alarming spurt in violence in early spring has been marked by attacks on civilians by militants, the army using a civilian as a shield against stone-pelters, the lowest ever voter turn-out in a parliamentary by-election and the use of social media as a tool to stoke passions.
Why so much noise over human shield video in Kashmir, wonders Mukul Rohatgi: AG backs army 100%
Fp Staff • 8 years agoIn a fresh controversy in the ongoing fracas over the Kashmir "human shield" video, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Monday defended the security forces stating that the difficult circumstances in the valley required such a decision
Kashmir ‘human shield’ video: J&K Police files FIR against Rashtriya Rifles unit; govt backs officer
Fp Staff • 8 years agoDays after the video showing a Kashmiri youth tied to the army jeep allegedly as a "human shield" against protesters surfaced, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday filed an FIR against the Indian Army.
Army ties Kashmir youth to moving vehicle: Grey areas in conflict blur the rights and wrongs
Bikram Vohra • 8 years agoIt is the soldier on the scene who has to face the fusillade.