Artist, 16 others released after ‘counselling’ by police SRINAGAR: After uproar from everywhere, police on Sunday released artist Mudasir Gul and sixteen other youths who were taken into custody for demonstrating in favour of Palestinian people who are facing a fierce military attack from Israel. Police in a statement said that SSP Srinagar Sandeep Chaudhary […]
SRINAGAR: A day after he drew a sketch of a Palestinian woman on a Srinagar street, Kashmiri artist Mudasir Gul was arrested and lodged at a police station on Friday. His family member told Kashmir Reader that Mudasir was taken by police on Friday afternoon to the local police station. A total of 20 individuals […]
SRINAGAR: In the name of Corona Curfew, the Kashmir administration on Wednesday imposed extremely strict restrictions, preventing any form of civilian movement on the roads. At many places, police also stopped frontline workers and journalists from carrying out their duties. The restrictions began early in the morning when people were attempting to gather in markets […]
SRINAGAR: When Corona Curfew was imposed by the administration early this month, Ali Muhammad Kaw knew what was in store for his family: the beginning of a long period of starvation. The only financial caretaker of his six-member family — a wife and four daughters — his anxiety began the moment his supervisor at work […]
SRINAGAR: From the Tourist Reception Centre through Regal Chowk and straight up to Amira Kadal Bridge, a stretch on which traffic remains suspended for three days ahead of Eid for business activity, there was no public movement nor any business activity on Monday, just days away from Eid-ul-Fitr. The road stretch, like elsewhere, has been […]
Only family and a few relatives allowed to perform last rites at his native Kupwara village SRINAGAR: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chief Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai was laid to rest at ‘martyrs’ graveyard before dawn on Thursday at his native village Tekipora in Kupwara. The 77-year-old leader died away from his family in custody in Jammu on Wednesday. Battling […]
SRINAGAR: In Kashmir Valley, the current second wave of COVID-19 pandemic will not last long if people follow SOPs, Dr Rouf Hussain Rather, Community Medicine Specialist and in-charge of data analysis at the divisional Covid control room Kashmir, told Kashmir Reader. Dr Rouf said that fresh positive cases will continue to climb till the last […]
Geelani’s lifelong comrade and anointed heir was not allowed to see his family in his last days SRINAGAR: Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, the man who was seen as the political heir of ailing veteran leader Syed Ali Geelani, died on Wednesday. Sehrai, the devout ideological ally of Geelani, died at a Jammu […]
SRINAGAR: Over one year of the fight against Covid-19, people’s attitude towards the disease have changed to some extent but the government’s response at various levels remains the same. For instance, the testing facilities, which last year were not in place for months together. In the middle of the first wave, they were limited to […]
SRINAGAR: Almost ten days ago, Kashmiris were double minded about getting their first vaccine shot. For nearly three months since the COVID-19 vaccination was started, not even quarter of the population was vaccinated. But the story has changed altogether with a sudden surge in Covid cases in the Valley as people line up in queues […]