Kashmiri Youths

Jammu and Kashmir: 70 youth joined militancy in past seven months, says security officer

Seventy men have joined militancy in the past seven months this year, according to a Jammu and kashmir security official

Kashmir minister says 'pelters should be treated with bullets': BJP's Ram Madhav goes into damage control mode

BJP's pointsman for Jammu and Kashmir, Ram Madhav, on Friday met with senior leader of ally PDP Haseeb Drabu in Jammu amid growing tension between the coalition partners, especially after certain controversial remarks by a BJP minister in the state.

Narendra Modi inaugurates Chenani tunnel: Kashmiris focused on visuals of power play, not PM's speech

Prime minister Narendra Modi's speech when he inaugurated the Chenani-Nashri tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Sunday showed that the government's mindset remains the same as it was when the home minister ordered Burhan's killing in the beginning of July.

Rajnath Singh says Pakistan trying to destabilise India, urges youth to not fall for propaganda

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday accused Pakistan of trying to destabilise India and said cross-border terrorist groups in Jammu and Kashmir egged on youths to stone security forces.

Army Chief Bipin Rawat's warning is justified but military action alone can't solve Kashmir quagmire

No Army chief can stay indifferent to fatalities suffered by his forces and cannot be expected to let the vulnerability remain unaddressed. General Bipin Rawat's warning obviously wasn't aimed at all dissenting Kashmiri youths but only against those who are actively aiding and abetting enemies of the state.

Rajnath in Kashmir: Time's just right for peace talks, but does India have an acceptable solution?

Kashmir Valley has been shut for almost 50 days since Wani's death. Schools, bazaars, offices, businesses have been locked down, there has been curfew in parts of Srinagar and most towns of South Kashmir.

Extortion, a major cause for youth alienation in Kashmir, rears its ugly head again

Conversations with a range of political activists, lawyers, journalists and others in some of the more remote parts of the Kashmir Valley indicate that some elements in the police are extorting money from those whom they suspect or accuse of pelting stones. The rate, according to grassroots activists, has gone up to Rs 30,000.

Kashmir unrest: Indian media's macho posturing adds to already fraught situation

As the agitation in Kashmir makes a generational shift from the old guard to the tech-savvy, educated and networked young and thus enters a potentially highly volatile phase, it becomes a responsibility for the Indian government to bring back sanity to the Kashmir discourse and avoid any macho posturing that can only aggravate an already fraught situation.

Decline in trend of youths joining militancy in J&K: Army

The Army dismissed reports that the Army is obstructing tourist activity in Tosamaidan in Central Kashmir Budgam district and Bangus valley in Handwara area of Kupwara district.