Month: July 2016

700 social media sites, accounts may be blocked

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Most sites operate from across border; one of the handlers held Intelligence agencies in J&K have identified over 700 sites and Facebook accounts that are instigating gullible Kashmiri youth to indulge in violence by posting provocative posts and comments. These sites and accounts are likely to be blocked by the authorities to ensure peace in the region. Highly placed sources said that during the past two months, intelligence agencies in J&K have been studying reasons for radicalisation of youth in the Valley. While analysing social media messages and posts, it…

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What are pellet guns and why are they so lethal?

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Over a hundred people are being treated for severe eye injuries, and while the police claim that it is a “non lethal weapon”, doctors treating pellet victims say it maims a person forever. The recent violence in Jammu and Kashmir has brought pellet guns into focus. Over hundred people are being treated for severe eye injuries after security forces fired pellet guns to contain violence triggered after Burhan Wani, a militant, was killed last week. Police claim that it is a “non lethal weapon”, but doctors treating pellet victims say…

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Wounded Childhood: Meet Valley’s teenage pellet victims

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4 Year old Zuhra blames ‘firecrackers by police uncle’ for injuries Four-year-old Zuhra Majeed, who is undergoing treatment at general specialty SMHS hospital here, has been insisting on meeting her friends. She wants to show them her video that has gone viral on social networking sites. “I want to go home. I want to be with my friends,” says Zuhra, unmindful of the pellets, fired by forces, which have pierced her body. Asked how she got injured, Zuhra blames “firecrackers by police uncle.” “Mein Bachpan Mein Pathakay Jalati Thi, Ab…

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‘Imams arriving at Kashmir to create wedge between Sunni-Shia Muslims’

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Appealing Sunni and Shia Muslims to get united at this critical juncture, Shia cleric and patron Pairwan-e-Villayat Jammu Kashmir Maulan Sibt Muhammad Shabir Qami Thursday claimed that reliable sources have informed him that a group of non-local Imams have been arriving into the state to divide people on sectarian basis. “A group of outside state Imams (clerics) is arriving in Kashmir and their sole motive and agenda is to divide the people here on sectarian lines. I appeal people of Kashmir to be united and foil their designs,” Maulan Sibt…

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Mob sets ablaze house where Burhan wani was killed

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A mob on Thursday set ablaze the house and orchard of Ghulam Mohammed Shaikh, the maternal uncle of one of the Hizbul Mujahideen militants, Sartaj Shaikh, who was killed along with Burhan Wani and another terrorist last Friday. The mob did so on the suspicion that it was Ghulam who had acted as a police informer, and given away Burhan’s whereabouts. Residents of Bamdoora village on Larkipora-Kokernag road in Tral alleged that Wani was killed in a fake encounter. They said he was caught on Friday morning and killed the…

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Oil suppliers threaten to quit state

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On the second consecutive day, operators of petrol tankers today staged a demonstration against attacks on their vehicles and drivers in different areas of the Kashmir valley. Petrol tank operators, who have stopped supply of oil to the Valley, today warned that they would stop local supply also if action was not taken against the attackers. President of the All-J&K Oil Tankers Drivers’ Association Kharudin Wani said the attacks on operators were going on unabated in Kashmir but no action had been taken against protesters. He said in the last…

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Strict curfew imposed across Valley, Cellular network Shut

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Strict curfew has been imposed in Kashmir to thaw protesting youth from coming out on streets to protest against the killing of Burhan Muzaffar Wani. Meanwhile, gag media has also been imposed in Kashmir. In the wee hours of Friday morning Jammu Kashmir Police seized newspaper from vendors in Lal Chowk and they were not allowed to distribute the newspapers. Internet service and cellular services has also been shut down on Thursday evening. However, government run BSNL service and broadband is working on a very low speed.

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‘War-like situation’, says AIIMS specialist on pellet injuries

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Haven’t seen such scale of injuries in recent times: Prof Kumar A team of eye-specialists from All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, which was rushed to Kashmir to assist the State Government in treating people injured due to pellets, on Thursday compared the magnitude of damage caused by the “lethal” weapon to a “war-like situation”. The three-member team, headed by ophthalmologist Prof Sudarshan K Kumar, examined 60 patients with injuries in retina after its arrival from New Delhi. “I haven’t seen such number of (pellet) injuries in recent…

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Chief Minister was in dark about operation Burhan, says Baig

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Senior People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader and Member of Parliament Muzaffar Hussain Baig has asked Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to appoint a high-level commission to probe the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani and the civilian killings that followed. “The gunfight in which Burhan was killed was carried out in violation of Supreme Court guidelines,” claimed Baig. “As per the Supreme Court judgment, whenever an operation is carried out, a magistrate has to be taken along. Then, in his presence, the militants have to be appealed to in the local…

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Intense clashes going-on in Kupwara, Strict curfew to be imposed in Pulwama on Friday

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Intense clashes broke out between youth and armed forces in some areas of Kupwara soon after afternoon prayers. Reports said that clashes broke out in Tiker, Iqbal Market, Dar Mohalla, Malik Mohalla, and near Jamia Masjid. Protesting youth were also carrying Pakistan flags. Clashes were on till this report was filed. Kashmir is witnessing violent clashes for the sixth consecutive day after militant commander Burhan Wani was killed last week. Meanwhile, District Magistrate Pulwama Thursday said strict curfew will be imposed throughout Pulwama district tomorrow (Friday). He said, “No vehicular…

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