Day: August 13, 2016

Pro-freedom rally in Aishmuqam; Geelani holds Sit-In at Hyderpora; Clashes erupted in Lethpora

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A massive pro-freedom rally is being held near Aishmuqam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday. The rally is being held at Fohar-akad village of the district. The participants were shouting slogans in favour of Kashmir’s freedom and against India. Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman, Syed Ali Geelani Saturday hold a sit-in at Hyderpora after he was not allowed to move towards Lal Chowk. As soon as Geelani along with his associates came out of his residence to march towards Lal Chowk, police tried to arrest him. Hurriyat sources told Kashmir Post…

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Preparations underway in valley to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day: Intel agencies inform MHA

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Incidents of Pakistan’s national flag being waved in Kashmir are not new. However, it is for the first time in almost three decades that preparations are on to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day on August 14, intelligence agencies have alerted the Ministry of Home Affairs. According to a report in The Indian Express, a pro-Pakistani faction in the Valley that has been under strict curfew from the last one month is in plans to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day in a big way. They have prepared makeshift platforms in all major towns to…

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Army flex muscles on peaceful protesters in Bandipora; Five booked under PSA

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Army on Saturday allegedly beat up residents of Saderkote Bala in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Witnesses said that residents had gathered near SK Bala chowk and were protesting peacefully when the army men went berserk. “In the meantime, army men armed with lathis started beating up locals without any provocation,” they said. They alleged that the men from 13th RR stationed at Manasbal beat up the residents ruthlessly. An army spokesman in Srinagar, however, said their men were not active in the area. “Our men are not active in the area. We…

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After Mobile Internet, Broadband Services Snapped in Kashmir

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Hours after restoring postpaid mobile phones, authorities on Saturday snapped broadband services in Kashmir. The harsh measure comes ahead of August 15 celebrations in the state. Yesterday, local Internet Service Providers were ordered to shut the service. #KashmirBlackOut #MediaGag #KashmirCrisis #KashmirKillings #KashmirBloodBath

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36th Day of Curfew, Shutdown cripple life across Valley; Lal Chowk sealed to prevent ‘Referendum March’

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Mobile network (Post Paid) restored. SHO among 12 injured in Bandipora clashes Unrelenting curfew by the authorities and protest shutdown called by the separatists crippled Kashmir Valley for the 36th consecutive day on Saturday. Authorities continued curfew and restrictions at 10 district headquarters in the valley in addition to the trouble-torn towns of Sopore, Handwara, Trehgam, Awantipora and some others, a senior police official said here. Restrictions were imposed in old Srinagar city falling under the jurisdiction of seven police stations. An injured youth, identified as Suhail Ahmad, succumbed to injuries…

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Those defying resistance programmes to be treated as traitors: Hurriyat (G)

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Hurriyat (G) on Friday warned ‘some’ drivers and traders in uptown Srinagar who he said were defying the joint resistance programmes. A spokesman said that in case these people have some problem or face any hardship, they should locally contact the representatives of their Mohalla Committee. “… but requested them not to be the part of the Indian and its local collaborators game plan to sabotage the ongoing struggle for right to self-determination.” “Whosoever tries to do so will be treated as a traitor and dealt with accordingly,” he warned.

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Violence spills over to Jammu region from Kashmir; 47 hurt

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A magistrate, an SSP and three other police officers were among 47 people injured on Friday as stone-pelting incidents spilled over from Kashmir to Jammu region where violence took place in Doda district. Meanwhile, the authorities extended curfew to many areas of Kashmir and snapped mobile telephony as part of a bid to foil a march called by separatists. In the valley, more than three dozen incidents of stone pelting were reported from different districts including Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian, Baramulla, Sopore, Kupwara and Bandipora, a police spokesman said. 35…

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BJP leader threatens to quit if ‘Tiranga Rally’ disallowed in Valley

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BJP leader Eshfaq-ur-Rehman Poswal today threatened to quit the party if the high command disallows his proposed ‘Tiranga rally’ in the Kashmir valley. The BJP leader from Kupwara district had earlier urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow him to conduct the rally from the Line of Control (LoC) to Lal Chowk in Srinagar, ahead of Independence Day. “I will be forced to to quit the BJP if it fails to organise ‘Tiranga rally’. I am surprised the party has not held any programme in Kashmir in the run-up to…

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People irked over ‘Ban’ on night movement on Highway

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The decision of security forces to “disallow” night traffic on the Srinagar-Baramulla national highway for the past three days has triggered anger among people, especially fruit growers. While District Magistrate, Baramulla, Naseer Ahmed Naqash said no night curfew order was issued by him, commuters travelling on the highway and other routes accuse the Army and the police of not allowing them to travel during the night, saying the forces take the excuse of night curfew. “The Army does not allow any movement on the highway after 9 pm,” said Suhail…

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Ongoing unrest has roots in militant hotbed Tral

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On the Jammu-Srinagar national highway that snakes through the Valley, a curve near Awantipora town in south Kashmir leads to picturesque and mountainous Tral sub-district, home to many militants of the region’s new-age insurgency. It is in Tral, 35 km south-east of Srinagar, that Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani’s body arrived home in the dead of a stormy night last month, setting the stage for the largest funeral in the region in decades and the most overt expression of pro-militant sentiment. Burhan’s killing on July 8 triggered an unprecedented pro-militant…

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