Day: May 7, 2018

SC transfers Kathua Rape & Murder case to Pathankot court, rules out CBI probe

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The Supreme Court allowed Jammu and Kashmir government to appoint a public prosecutor and said the state government should provide security to Kathua rape victim’s family, their lawyer and witnesses in the case. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled out a CBI inquiry into the Kathua gang rape and murder and transferred the case to a court in Punjab’s Pathankot. The top court allowed Jammu and Kashmir government to appoint a public prosecutor and said the state government should provide security to the victim’s family, their lawyer and witnesses in…

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Continue shutdown tomorrow against ‘Kashmir bloodbath’: Joint Resistance Leadership

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Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik Monday announced that strike across Kashmir will continue on Tuesday also against the “bloodbath in Shopian district on Sunday.” JRL asked the people to observe strike against what they called genocide of Kashmiris and the bloodbath in Shopian for the third day on Tuesday. Meanwhile, strongly condemning the government’s decision of foiling the protest marches of lawyers, traders, and employees towards the civil secretariat, the JRL said imposition of curfew in entire downtown and caging the…

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Kashmir stands still for second day over recent Bloodshed

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Although the civil secretariat opened in the state’s summer capital of Srinagar on Monday, its roads and markets wore a deserted look following a strike call issued by separatists. Life remained at a standstill in Kashmir on Monday, a day after 10 people – five militants and an equal number of civilians – were killed in the southern district of Shopian. Although the civil secretariat opened in the state’s summer capital of Srinagar, its roads and markets wore a deserted look following a strike call issued by separatists. Commercial establishments…

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Tassaduq Mufti more honest than Mehbooba Mufti: Omar Abdullah

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National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Monday slammed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti over her “hollow” tweet on the violence in the state, and said that her brother Tassaduq Mufti was more honest than her in voicing opinion on the situation. In the wake of the Pulwama encounter, Mufti had called for unity among the people and professed that “violence is no solution to the issues that plague us”. Quoting her tweet, the former chief minister said, “Your tweet has a hollow ring to it. At least…

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Professor’s killing shows just jobs, development not answer to Kashmir’s Issues: Omar Abdullah

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Just providing jobs and ensuring development is not the solution that will end “violence and alienation” in Kashmir, former chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday referring to the killing in an encounter of an assistant professor who allegedly had joined terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen. “Sadly this is also an answer to those who claim jobs & development are the solution to the violence & alienation in Kashmir. This is another tragic development in a steady stream of tragedies in Kashmir,” Abdullah tweeted. Earlier, Mohammad Rafi Bhat, a contractual assistant…

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Omar Abdullah takes dig at Mehbooba, says Kashmiris paying with blood for her to remain Chief Minister

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In a scathing attack on the chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, opposition leader Omar Abdullah on Monday said that Kashmiris were paying with blood for her to remain CM and for “PDP & BJP to remain ‘partners in crime’.” Omar was reacting to CM’s comment on micro blogging website Twitter in which she had said: “The loss of 5 innocent civilians in Shopian serves as a grim reminder that violence is no solution to the issues that plague us. We all must unite & pull J&K out of this endless nightmare…

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13 States on storm alert, Haryana schools closed for 2 days

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Thunderstorms accompanied by squall, hail and heavy rains are likely to occur in at least 13 states and two Union Territories across the country on Monday, the home ministry said. Thunderstorms accompanied by squall, hail and heavy rains are likely to occur in at least 13 states and two Union Territories across the country on Monday, the home ministry said. Heavy rains are likely on Monday at isolated places over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, a home ministry official said quoting an Indian Meteorological Department advisory. Thunderstorm accompanied…

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Complete shutdown observed across Kashmir Valley, Internet blockade continues, Train services remain suspended

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As killings continue in Kashmir, the Valley observed a complete shutdown on Monday to mourn the killings. Traffic is off the roads while all the business establishments remain shut. All the educational across have also been closed across Kashmir. Kashmir Post’s Anantnag correspondent informed that a complete shutdown is being observed across the Anantnag district while traffic is also off the roads. He said that heavy deployment of government forces has been made in the district to thaw any protests. Kashmir Post’s Bandipora correspondent informed that a complete shutdown is…

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Srinagar hospitals receive 45 youth with bullet, pellet injuries; 3 Critical, say doctors

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Some of the scenes witnessed at the SMHS Hospital on Sunday were reminiscent of 2016 when the trauma theatre was flooded with those injured by government forces’ firing. Women wailed outside the theatre as young men waited eagerly to hear from the doctors about condition of the injured. “Oh my God, have your mercy upon us,” a woman in the 50s cried aloud. The woman, who identified herself as Sara from main town Shopian, said the bodies of her son and brother are riddled with pellet ammunition. “Please somebody tell…

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Thousands attend funeral prayers of 3 students in Pulwama, Saddam’s mother gives gun salute to son

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Thousands attended the funeral prayers of three students, who were killed by forces during clashes near encounter site at Badigam Shopian, in three separate villages of Pulwama on Sunday. Large number of people turned up at Rahmoo village in Pulwama to participate in the funeral prayers of deceased student, Mohammad Asif Mir, 18, son of Ghulam Mohammad Mir. Local residents said two rounds of funeral prayers were offered for the slain teen amidst pro-freedom and anti-India sloganeering. Asif was 12th class student of Government Higher Secondary School Rahmoo and is…

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