Amid Jamhuriyat & Insaniyat Curfew, Clashes, Protests, Pro-Freedom Rallies continued across Valley on 63rd Day. Pellets are continuing to rain on protesters. Scores have been injured in the clashes between forces & protesters. Some with serious injuries have been shifted to Srinagar. Clashes Follow Post Joint Friday Congregation In Sopore A massive Friday congregation was held in North Kashmir’s Sopore town today. People from all villages marched towards main Jamia Masjid and offered mandatory Friday prayers there. Soon after the Namaz ended, people took out a pro-freedom rally amid anti-India and pro-freedom slogans. “The rally was…
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Jaish warns Pro-India Politicians, Informers
Militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad has released a video warning pro-India politicians and “informers” of dire consequences if they do not give up their “anti-movement activities” by Eid. In the 7-minute video, a masked man, with an AK-47 by his side and a kalima-inscribed banner in the background, reads out the names and addresses of some people he said were working for pro-India parties, army and police. Describing Hizb commander Burhan Wani, whose killing on July 8 triggered the raging anti-India uprising, as Shaheed-e-Millat (martyr of the community), the militant stressed upon…
Read More‘Kill List’ formulated by the govt to target Pro-Freedom Leaders, Activists: Geelani
Hurriyat (G) chairman on Friday accused the government of devising a “kill list” to target “pro-freedom leaders and activists and those civil society members, business leaders, government employees and journalists, who have not succumbed to their machinations.” In a statement, released after police foiled his attempt to address a press conference in Hyderpora, Geelani said that the list has been devised after the current phase of the freedom struggle “unnerved India and its local stooges”. “This is a very serious issue and we warn the occupier and their local stooges…
Read MoreForces foil Pro-freedom rally in Baramulla, scores injured; Protests erupt in Bandipora; Forces ‘Ransack’ houses in Pulwama
Several injured after forces foil pro-freedom rally in Baramulla Several people were injured after government forces allegedly attacked a pro-freedom rally in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday. Reports and witnesses said that forces vandalized the venue and set on fire several tents erected to host the rally called by Ittehad-e-Millat – an organization representing people of various religious schools of thought –in Heewan Narnav village, located seven kilometers from Baramulla. “The rally was about to begin. Around 700 people had assembled at the place and thousands more were expected…
Read MoreDespite Internet Ban, GPRS Subscribers forced to pay hefty bills
The internet services and mobile internet is banned in the Valley since Kashmir witnessed a new phase of uprising in the aftermath of killing of Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Burhan Wani on July 8. Internet consumers in Kashmir are facing a double edged sword: one they are not being provided the services which they subscribe to and second they have to shell out hefty amount as charges for these services to keep their mobile phone connection running. Postpaid cellular services subscribers here are saying that operators in Kashmir are charging monthly…
Read MoreText of Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s Press Conference, which was foiled by adminstration
Soon after Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani was not allowed to address a press conference at his residence, the octogenarian separatist leader issued text of his presser on Friday as follows: My Dear Countrymen! Assalam-u-Alaikum Wa Rehmatullahi Wabarakata hu The current phase of the freedom struggle against India has so unnerved the occupier and its local stooges that they have resorted to vilest means to suppress the struggle. While they are killing people on the streets and arresting them under their draconian laws, we have learnt that they…
Read MoreGeelani’s Press Conference foiled; Journalists ‘Forced’ to leave from Hyderpora
Hyderpora sealed ahead of Geelani’s Presser The journalists who had managed to reach near Geelani’s residence in Hyderpora were forced to board their conveyances and escorted out of the area by policemen. Police on foiled a press conference called by Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani at his residence by sealing off Hyderpora locality and forcing journalists to leave from the area. Police and paramilitary forces were deployed in strength in the area to restrict the movement of pedestrians and motorists. The journalists who had managed to reach near Geelani’s…
Read More#Day63 : Curfew re-imposed in most parts of Srinagar, major towns of Kashmir
Chief of Army Staff General DS Suhag will be on day long visit of the Valley. He will be visiting forward areas of LoC to assess the ground situation. Curfew has once again been re-imposed in nine police stations of Srinagar city and in main towns of Valley ahead of proposed protest call given by separatists in Kashmir. Curfew restrictions will be in place in Nowhata, Khanyar, Mehraj Gunj, Shaheed Gunj, Soura, Kralkhud ,Batmaloo ,Shaigudi and Kothibagh police stations of Srinagar. Restrictions will also be in place in Baramulla ,…
Read MoreShah-E-Hamdan: Kashmir’s Benefactor
Dr. Nazir Ahmad Dhar Ameer Kabeer Meer Syed Ali Hamdani was a great saint, scholar, and a religious leader of the 8th century Hijri. He was also a philosopher, writer and traveller. An intellectual of repute, he was never hesitant to exchange social and religious views with other scholars irrespective of their race, creed and caste of all the countries he visited to. He enlightened the masses about the universal brotherhood, equality and brought them to the path of spiritualism. Raised their social and economical standard. This is particularly true…
Read More‘If Violence stops, we can talk’ ; Govt to Separatists
No flip-flop in the approach towards Pak.: Govt. Source If violence in the Kashmir Valley ceases, the Modi government is open to the idea of a dialogue with separatist Hurriyat leaders, a top government source said on Thursday. While describing the current unrest in Kashmir as 100 per cent sponsored by Pakistan, the source admitted that the movement was entirely leaderless. “Even the separatist leaders are at a crossroads.” Critical of the role played by electronic and social media, the source said that by stressing “excessively humanistic grounds” the state…
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