Kashmir

By stifling peaceful protests, government is incentivising violent form of protest: Sajad Lone

SRINAGAR — J&K Peoples Conference President Sajad Gani Lone today while questioning the J&K adminitration’s logic behind stifling peaceful protests, asserted that such actions go against the spirit of democracy. In a series of tweets, Sajad said that “I can’t see any valid reason why the state administration should stop political parties from protesting. Isn’t […]

Kashmir

GoI ‘deeply paranoid and intolerant’ when people of J&K want to protest against ‘disempowerment’: Mehbooba Mufti

SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti said that the government of India was “deeply paranoid and intolerant when people of J&K want to protest against its disempowerment.” For the umpteenth time, we’ve been placed under house arrest for trying to organise a peaceful protest. […]

Kashmir

Sub-zero conditions prevail in Kashmir, Ladakh

SRINAGAR — Sub-zero conditions prevailed across Kashmir Valley and Ladakh even there was slight rise in minimum amid forecast for snow and rain spell from next week. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, recorded a low of minus 2.4°C against previous night’s minus 3.0°C. Although the temperature […]