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29 Sep 2017

Pakistan ducks question on UN photo gaffe, blames India for pellets

Pakistan on Thursday dodged a question on the recent photograph gaffe by its top diplomat in the UN General Assembly, saying the incident cannot be used to deny an "indisputable fact" that Indian security forces were using pellet guns in Kashmir.

09 May 2017

Pellet guns in J&K: Supreme Court to hear plea after summer vacation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred hearing on a plea, seeking a ban on the use of pellet guns to quell agitating and stone-pelting mobs in the Kashmir valley, till after the summer break.

28 Apr 2017

DNA: Analysing SC's verdict against J&K HC Bar Association petition to ban pellet guns

17 Apr 2017

Security forces to use plastic bullets for crowd control in J&K; pellet guns only as 'last resort'

Security forces to use plastic bullets instead of pellet guns against stone pelters in the Kashmir Valley.

10 Apr 2017

Pellet guns: SC asks J&K lawyers' body to respond to issues raised by the Centre

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association to respond to the issues raised by the Centre while defending the use of pellet guns to quell stone-pelting mobs in Kashmir valley, stressing that the lawyers' body cannot take sides.

Jammu and Kashmir

10 Apr 2017

Pellet guns are last resort, exploring option of ''rubber bullets'': Centre assures SC

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association had earlier alleged that the pellet guns are being `misused`.

10 Apr 2017

SC to hear J&K Bar Association's plea against use of pellet gun

The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association's plea against use of pellet guns in the state.In the last hearing, the apex court had asked the Centre to consider effective means other than use of pellet guns to quell stone pelting mobs in Jammu and Kashmir as it concerns life and death.

Security forces

28 Mar 2017

Now a grenade with spicy jelly to tackle protests in J&K

A grenade packed with spicy jelly, which causes irritation in the eyes on exploding, is likely to be included in the weaponry of security forces in Kashmir for quelling violent protests but pellet guns will stay.

Jammu and Kashmir

28 Mar 2017

If PAVA fails, forces may use pellet guns in Kashmir: Govt

Pellet guns "may be" used by the security forces in Kashmir valley to disperse the rioters if their alternatives fail, the government said on Tuesday.

27 Mar 2017

Consider alternative to pellet guns in Jammu and Kashmir, SC tells Centre; allots two-week time

The Supreme Court on Monday allotted a two-week time to Centre to consider effective alternatives to use of pellet guns and devise ways to quell agitating mobs in Jammu and Kashmir as it concerns life and death.

27 Mar 2017

Misuse of pellets guns in J&K: SC to hear plea filed by KHBA

The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the plea filed by Kashmir High Court Bar Association (KHBA) seeking direction in the use of pellet guns.

Modified pellet guns

27 Feb 2017

Modified pellet guns to be used in Jammu and Kashmir

With pellet guns leaving hundreds of protesters in Jammu and Kashmir with severe eye injuries, a modified version of the weapon will now be used.

14 Dec 2016

Apply mind before using pellet guns, don't use them indiscriminately in Jammu and Kashmir: SC

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday asked security forces to differentiate between stone-pelters/militants and their families.

Jammu and Kashmir

08 Oct 2016

Kashmir unrest, day 91: Curfew in Srinagar as 13-year-old dies in pellet gun firing, hundreds protest

The death toll of the Kashmir unrest, which has been prolonged for three months now, has increased to 91 as yet another youth succumbed to his injuries after a clash which took place on Friday night.

22 Sep 2016

J&K High Court refuses to ban pellet guns, says 'use of force by army inevitable'

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has declined to ban pellet guns and justified the use of pellet guns by the security forces in volatile situations.

18 Sep 2016

Pakistan raises Kashmir issue at NAM summit

Continuing with its efforts to internationalise the Kashmir issue, Pakistan on Sunday raised the matter here at the NAM summit, saying the 120-nation group should be outraged by the situation there.

Jammu and Kashmir

17 Sep 2016

Youth found dead with pellet injuries in Srinagar

The death toll in ongoing unrest in Kashmir went up to 81 as the pellet-ridden body of a youth was found here in the summer capital.

06 Sep 2016

Separatists ask children to fight bullets, pellets, teargas but themselves fear a policeman: Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday hit out at the separatists for "spoiling" the youth of the Kashmir Valley.

03 Sep 2016

Rajnath approves use of chilli-based PAVA shells for crowd control in Kashmir

The non-lethal PAVA shells can temporarily incapacitate the targets and render them immobile for several minutes.

30 Aug 2016

Small group holding majority to ransom: Manohar Parrikar on Kashmir

Alleging that forces across the border are fomenting trouble in violence-hit Kashmir, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that "a small percentage" of people in the Valley are holding the majority to ransom.

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