May 12, 2017 | Kashmir POST

Zakir Moosa (Hizb commander) threatens Hurriyat leadership

May 12, 2017 Editor

Militant outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen has threatened joint resistance leaders through an audio clip viral on social media. A video clip allegedly released by Hizb commander Zakir Moosa is viral and being talked about. “Some days back the joint resistance leaders issued a statement saying Kashmir struggle is political and it has nothing to do with religion,” a man taken as Hizb commander, Zakir says in the clip adding “we just want to ask these political hypocrites if Kashmir is a political issue why are you raising slogans like ‘Azadi Ka Matlab Kya.…

Ikhwan Tales from Kashmir

May 12, 2017May 12, 2017 Editor

After suspected gunmen shot dead Rashid Billa at his Hajin residence, the Ikhwan tales were again in demand. We visited the belt to understand how the cult worked and what the costs were Kuka Parray’s Ikhwan headquarters in Hajin turned into campaign office for 1996 elections. (Pic: Agencies) On a chilly February evening in 2017, Shahid, a young boy from Hajin (Bandipora), was waving desperately at incoming vehicles hoping to get a ride home. “Hajin,” he turned around and asked the man sitting in the back seat. “Yes,” the man replied…

Clashes broke out at few places across Kashmir

May 12, 2017 Editor

Clashes broke out between protesters and security forces in Nowhatta area of Srinagar city and in Shopian town in south Kashmir today, police said. Groups of youth indulged in sloganeering and stone- pelting on security forces in Nowhatta here soon after Friday congregational prayers ended at Jamia Masjid here, a police official said. He said security agencies used force including tear smoke shells in a bid to chase away the protesters. The clashes were going on till last reports came in, he said, adding no one has been hurt in…

Soldiers told to ‘Inform Police, Army Units’ before heading home

May 12, 2017 Editor

Day after a 22-year-old Army officer was abducted and later killed by suspected militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, the Army on Thursday directed its soldiers hailing from the Valley to strictly “adhere to set guidelines” and “inform concerned Army units before going to home on leave.” Lieutenant Umar Fayaz was found dead at Harmain village in Shopian district on Wednesday. He had visited his home on leave to attend the marriage ceremony of his cousin. The slain Army officer was posted in Akhnoor area of Jammu region. Police sources…

Spontaneous protests wrongfoot police, loosening India’s grip on Kashmir

May 12, 2017 Editor

Images of students confronting police on campuses have come to symbolise Kashmiri protests against Indian rule as much as gun-toting militants in fatigues, in what security officials and separatist leaders say is a dangerous new phase of the conflict. The sharp rise in violence in recent weeks is more spontaneous than before, complicating the task of Indian security forces trained largely in counter-insurgency and poorly equipped to contain broader unrest. A political stalemate in India’s only Muslim-majority state is a further hurdle to resolving the long-running Kashmir dispute, as is…

Alternative Highway to Valley get Centre’s nod

May 12, 2017 Editor

The Centre has cleared the decks for the construction of an alternative national highway to connect the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country through the erstwhile Doda district. The Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways has approved the construction of the Chhattergala tunnel along with the 170-km Basohli-Bhaderwah-Doda road. This stretch has been declared the new national highway. This was conveyed today to Minister of State in the PMO and MP from Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Jitendra Singh by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. As per the…

RSS to hold 7-day mega show in Jammu in July

May 12, 2017 Editor

Mohan Bhagwat, 200 RSS Pracharaks to discuss ‘Sangh ideology expansion plan’ All 200 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Pracharaks, heads of all allied organizations of RSS and Sangh Chief Mohan Bhagwat would be holding intense deliberations in Jammu for seven days from July 15 onwards to discuss and formulate a strategy for “expansion of Sangh ideology and programmes” in the state. The top BJP leaders including national general secretary and chief architect of BJP-PDP alliance, Ram Madhav, national general secretary (organization), Ram Lal, heads of RSS’ allied organizations, VHP, National Mazdoor…

Wife killed, Husband injured during Pak shelling in Nowshera

May 12, 2017 Editor

The Pakistani army resorted to heavy mortar shelling over the areas along the Line of Control in Nowshera subdivision on Wednesday, killing a woman and damaging a school. The shelling also set off migration from a few areas with about 15 families from the Jhanjar sector heading for a camp set up at Nowshera. On Wednesday night, 40-year-old woman Akhter Bibi was killed while her husband Mohd Haneef received serious splinter injuries when a shell landed on their home. Haneef was rushed to the Sub-district Hospital at Nowshera. “The Pakistan…

Student Protests continues across Kashmir, scores injured

May 12, 2017 Editor

Students clashed with police and paramilitary forces in south Kashmir’s Anantnag, north Kashmir’s Baramulla and Kupwara district and central Kashmir’s Budgam district Thursday. Students of Government Higher Secondary School Magam clashed with the forces when they allegedly tried to enter the Government Degree College Magam and Government Higher Secondary School Magam premises. As protesting students pelted stones at the forces, they fired dozens of tear smoke canisters and charged students with batons to disperse them. Six students were detained during the clashes, locals said. In north Kashmir’s Sopore town, 13…