Air Marshal Denzil Keelor speaks to The Quint about his former colleague Air Marshal Arjan Singh, who breathed his last on Saturday.
Keelor relives the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war, talking about how Arjan Singh’s decisiveness saved the day, referring to when he decided to lead the air attack on Pakistan's forward forces, effectively changing the course of the war.
In their bid to express solidarity with Rohingya Muslims, over 100 students and teachers from the Central University of Jammu and Kashmir held a protest march in Srinagar on 7 September 2017.
Holding out placards emblazoned with “We stand with Muslims in Burma,” the group also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the looming crisis.
An Army major and a jawan were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district early on 3 August. Police sources said the two armed force personnel were gunned down by suspected militants. Another jawan was injured in the firing, PTI reported. Major Kamlesh Pandey, Sepoy Tanzin and Sepoy Kripal Singh were seriously injured in the attack, as per an India Today report.
In a major setback to the Lashkar-E-Taiba in South Kashmir, Indian security forces on Tuesday eliminated two terrorists, including the terror outfit’s top commander Abu Dujana.
On Tuesday, Abdul Basit, Pakistan’s outgoing High Commissioner to India, addressed the Indian media and said that the Hurriyat represents the political aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
The unrest in Kashmir continues to take a toll on the state’s tourism industry. The killing of militant Burhan Wani in June 2016 let to a sharp downturn in tourism. since 1989, violence in Kashmir has repeatedly hurt tourism. In the early and mid-90s as militance peaked, over 9,000 incidents of violence drove tourists away from the valley.
Life and death are two sides of the same coin. What links them, are stories. Some are beautiful, some romantic and some are heart-breaking. One such story is of a 15-year-old Bilal Ahmad Dar, aka Billa, and his companion, Kashmir’s Wular Lake.
Undeterred by Monday’s dastardly terror attack, a fresh batch of Amarnath pilgrims left for the holy shrine under heavy security cover in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The attack on a bus carrying Amarnath yatra pilgrim on the night of 10 July in Anantnag, leaving seven people dead and many others injured, has evoked unequivocal condemnation from the people in Kashmir. The Inspector General of police, Muneer Khan, said that the Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) was behind the killings, which are being described as the worst terror attack on the Amaranth Yatra in the last 15 years. Condemnations for the killings have poured in from all sides, not only the political leaders. In fact, civil society groups called for a sit-in protest at Pratap Park, Lal Chowk in Srinagar to show their solidarity with the families of those killed in the attack.
Pakistan violated ceasefire early on Monday morning along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Krishna Ghati and Nowshera sectors. Pakistan Army started indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics and mortars and Indian Army has been retaliating in Krishna Ghati. This is the 9th ceasefire violation by Pakistan Army since 1 June and 6th in the last 72 hours, defence spokesperson, Lt Col Manish Mehta said.
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat attended the passing out parade of 490 gentlemen cadets on the completion of their course from Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. Rawat shed light on various issues including the need for more women in the military and use of modern technology in by soldiers.
In the third ceasefire violation by Pakistan in as many days, two civilians were killed and three others injured in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.
