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Qazi Shibli Nazir Ahmed Lone was asked by the government forces late on Saturday night to evacuate his house as gunshots reverberated for the first time in this fresh wave of militancy in the Rawalpora area of Shopian district in South Kashmir. Rawalpora is a densely populated village of the district and the presence of militants in the area took many like Nazir by shock as militants usually choose to make the orchards and the open areas as their hideouts. On Saturday, the government forces including 34 Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force, and Jammu Kashmir Police jointly laid a siege over a cluster of houses in Shopian’s Rawalpora area following a specific input about the militant presence in the area. During this siege, the forces say that the militants opened fire upon ...

Salman Shah The preparations for the wedding of Bint ul Islam (24) from South Kashmir were finalized the last week and the date of the wedding was Thursday (11 March 2021). As relatives and neighbors started thronging their house on Thursday, the news of the encounter that had raged in the nearby Kandipora area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir spread like wildfire. Kandipora in Islamabad (Anantnag) district is not more than six kilometers away from Sheetipora Bijbehara where the wedding of Bint ul Islam was being held. But as the preparations were being held, Bint ul Islam stormed outside her room and limping to the outside of the house, She burst out aloud, "Aes Pyeouw taawan" (We are doomed). An encounter raged between Government Forces and Militants in the Kandipora area of Islama...

Fizala Khan Tragedy befell the house of Ghulam Mohammad Lone, a resident of Kangan, Ganderbal in South of Kashmir on the intervening night of 29th and 30th August in 1994. The trauma of which, along with the continuum of the haunting memory, the displaced pillowcase and woolen blankets stained with blood does not let Manzoor Lone, his 29 - year - old son sleep. Ghulam Mohammad Lone was a 35 - year - old freelance reporter and proprietor of the only news agency at Kangan in the 1990s called ‘Lone News Agency’. On the intervening night of 29th and 30th August, Army men allegedly entered the house of Ghulam Mohammad Lone and opened fire on him and his 8-year-old son, Shakeel Lone, who died with the corner of the blanket clenched in his hand. Manzoor Lone spoke to The Kashmiriya...

Meher Qadri On March 1 leading a peaceful protest towards the office of the United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to submit a memorandum-seeking resolution of the Kashmir dispute, 26 Kashmiris were fired upon by the army convoy passing which fired from three machine guns fitted over the vehicles. Eleven people died on the spot while 15 others succumbed to their injuries on way to the Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura. All but 50 other people received bullet injuries. The documented eyewitness accounts over the years give a detailed account of the day. Over 2000 protesters clad in shrouds were heading towards the United Nations Srinagar office to submit a memorandum seeking freedom from India. A convoy of five Army vehicles le...

Mehran Bhat Lotus stem, locally known as “ Nadur” is grown in different water bodies across Kashmir, mainly in the Dal Lake, Nigeen Lake, Anchar Lake and Manasbal Lake. Lotus stem (Nadru) is one of the famous Kashmiri dishes, used in homes and the world-famous Kashmiri cuisine- Wazwaan. The season of harvesting Lotus stem (Nadru) starts in September. Harvesting Lotus stem (Nadru) is not an easy job as it needs patience and experience. It takes almost 2-3 years for fresher to learn the art of harvesting Lotus stem (Nadru). Ghulam Mohamad Latoo (75) who is in this business for the past 50 years said: " I am happy with my work and I will continue this till my last breath". Latoo said we harvest Lotus Stem (Nadru) of 4-5 lacs per season sometimes it goes up to 10 lacs per s...

Meer Irfan The Neighbors of Mohammed Shafi Lone, a resident of the Manihal area in the Shopian district of South Kashmir sitting by the apple orchards by the roadside are seen discussing the present situation of the Kashmir valley. Boys in small groups of three to five are fearful of the new land laws and the post-abrogation changes in Kashmir. Dejected, as visible in their eyes, the boys march away towards the home of Junaid Shafi Lone (23), who was killed in an encounter in Anantnag on Wednesday. "they have denied the rights of their dead to the families in Kashmir, what could be worse? The silence is not going to last long," Adil Ahmed, a resident of Manihal area, who claims to have participated in dozens of funerals says. A three-year period of a bloodied civilian uprising in the...

Meher Qadri Forbidden to remember, terrified to forget; it was a hard line to walk. In the most profound presence of an absence. The night she was raped stands Frozen in a monochrome frame of time. the only color filling it her absence. And the visceral violence. The only colour shrouding the sullen night filled with the violence e on S. Soon, S. became M. And M. became R. Later, the night became synonymous with the ‘raped twin villages”. In a few hours, the unspoken had spread across the Realms the air thick with unease hushed Whispers And simmering anger. Rage walked barefoot on the streets with covered heads and raised fists.canadian pharmacy canada pharmacy generic The simmering anger turned into slogans and, over the years, houses turned into silhouettes of a stig...