Srinagar, September 7, 2013 : At least four civilians including Mohammad Yousuf of Durpora, Zainpora and Towseef Ahmad Bhat were killed in Indian paramilitary firing at Gagrun village in shopian district today, police siad.
Locals, talking to media men siad that the Indian paramiltary forces killed innocent civilians in what they say was a cold-blooded encounter. Soon after the incident, hundreds of people took to the streets and clashed with Indian forces in Shopian.
Srinagar, September 7, 2013 :Panic gripped entire Lalchowk when gunshots were heard in nearby Budshah bridge. According to eye witnesses, Indian armed forces Central Reserve Police Force fired at a vehicle near Budshah Bridge near the city centre Lal Chowk injuring three persons including traveling in it. The witnesses told Kashmir Life that the car is lying upside down at the spot and the injured identified as Muhammad Iqbal Sheikh of Machuwa Chadoora and two women have been shifted to hospital.
Srinagar, August 3, 2013 : protest and clashes erupted between people and Indian police in Palhalan area of Pattan town when at least three thousand people blocked the Srinagar Baramul
la highway road after the arrest of a shopkeeper by Indian Army and Police on Saturday.
Srinagar, July 22: Noted human rights defender, Khurram Parvez has said that a total of 168 inquiries ordered in the territory to probe rights violations carried out by the Indian armed forces during the past 10 years have either remained incomplete or the final reports did not lead to indictment of the guilty.
New Delhi, July 21, 2013: Amnesty International has urged the Kashmir authorities to conduct a full, impartial and effective investigation into all instances of use of force by Indian troops and police that resulted in killing or injuring of protesters in Ramban district.
New York, July 20, 2013: The New York-based world rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged India to appoint an independent commission to promptly and transparently investigate the killing of protesters by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troops in Ramban in Kashmir.
:In Gulshani Banat Hostel in Budgam’s Chadoora area, around 100 orphan girls are enrolled for learning. Some of these daughters have lost their parents to ill-timed fate, but most lost to ‘conflict’ back Valley. Kashmir Life’s Photojournalist, Bilal Bahadur tells visual story of orphan daughters of vale.
Srinagar, 7 May 2013: Amid protest demonstrations, complete shutdown was observed on Tuesday in Wuyen Bala village of Pampore in South Kashmir against the establishment of another Indian Army camp in residential area.
Hundreds of people including women and students, came on roads, raised anti-Army and anti-government slogans, and demanded immediate withdrawal of Indian Army from the area.
On October 13, 1983, Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat alias Mushtaq-ul-Islam of Batamaloo, Srinagar was arrested by the police at cricket stadium in Srinagar for allegedly trying to dig the pitch during one day international match between India and West Indies.