Day: May 8, 2018

Since Jan 1, 36 Civilians, 1 Tourist, 24 Soldiers, 74 Militants Killed across Kashmir Valley

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A 22 year old tourist from Tamil Nadu was killed and his mother and another relative injured when the car in which they were travelling came under a volley of stones hurled by protestors on the Srinagar-Gulmarg highway. The tragic incident has added to the toll of lives lost in the Valley averaging to a violent death a day since January 1 this year. Civilians and soldiers have taken the brunt with at least 60 being killed in the ongoing confrontation between the state and the people with about 74…

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Civilian death toll mounts to six as another teen succumbs, Youth clash with forces in Pantha Chowk

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A teen injured during weekend’s clashes in south Kashmir’s Shopian district succumbed at SMHS hospital on Tuesday, taking the civilian death toll to six. Quoting family and hospital sources, GNS news agency reported that Sufail Ahmad Bhat (17), son of Ghulam Hassan Bhat of Dachoo village of Nagbal passed away at the SMHS hospital. Bhat, according to the report, had suffered bullet wounds in his abdomen after the government forces fired into the protesters near the site of a gunfight in Badigam village on Sunday. Five militants and five civilians…

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BJP alliance biggest provocation to Kashmiris, Mehbooba should quit: Chidambaram

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With violence and unrest continuing in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader P Chidambaram today asked Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to quit the PDP-BJP coalition government saying the “unholy” alliance was the gravest provocation to the people of the Valley. In a series of tweets, the former Home and Finance Minister claimed the “muscular and militaristic” approach of the central government has driven the state towards the present “catastrophic” situation “Mehbooba Mufti should break her party’s unholy and opportunistic coalition with the BJP. And go back to the philosophy of her…

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A week of setbacks for ultras in Kashmir

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Militants in south Kashmir have suffered back-to-back setbacks within a week with the killing of five leading militant commanders who served as the backbone and the muscle of insurgency in the region. The five militant commanders killed in the three gunfights within a week from April 30 operated in three of the four districts of south Kashmir, a region dotted with apple orchards and rice fields which has become the ground zero of new militancy. The most prominent militant killed in the past week was Saddam Padder, a resident of…

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Sound probe done, further investigation on in Kathua gangrape & murder case: JK Govt

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The Jammu and Kashmir Government Monday told the Supreme Court that a detailed charge sheet was filed after conducting a “sound” probe in the Kathua gangrape and murder case and further investigation was going on at a “rapid pace”. The state government urged a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which transferred the trial from Kathua to Pathankot in Punjab, that they should be permitted to appoint a special public prosecutor to conduct the trial, which was accepted. The state said it would continue to provide proper security to…

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When 15 funeral prayers were not enough for Saddam Paddar & Bilal Moulvi

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Rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the mourners who swarmed Heff village to have a last glimpse of the rebels killed in a gunfight with government forces on Sunday. By early Monday morning, as the rains intensified, the Eidgah was filled to its capacity. People jostled for the space—many young boys climbed poplar trees— so that they could offer funeral prayers to the deceased militants Saddam Paddar and Bilal Moulvi. Such was the rush of people to the village that the families had to delay burial on Saturday, the day…

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Mehbooba Mufti must accept failure, step down: Omar Abdullah

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National Conference working president Omar Abdullah on Monday said Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti should “accept her failure to govern” and demanded that she “step down”. Omar, who addressing a public meeting in Kargil district, also accused the Chief Minister of her “inability to handle the deteriorating situation” in the state. “The time has come for Mehbooba Mufti to accept her failure and the grave costs of the Peoples Democratic Party’s sellout. She should step down as the Chief Minister before the situation deteriorates any further,” Omar said. “Youth across the…

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Find ways to end cycle of Violence in Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said a way out has to be found to end the violence which is consuming young lives in the state Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today asked the centre to find a “middle path” for ending the cycle of violence in Kashmir valley. Five Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists including a top commander and a university professor were killed in an encounter in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Five also civilians died during clashes near the encounter site. “The tragedy…

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