Year: 2016

Army deploys more men in south Kashmir

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With the situation in south Kashmir worsening with each day, additional Army personnel are being deployed in south Kashmir to mainly handle militants in the area. While the Army has been avoiding a direct confrontation with protesters during the past two months, there had been serious thinking of late among the security establishment in Delhi and Srinagar that it would be better to “involve” the Army in controlling the situation, especially in south Kashmir. Sources said Army columns were being withdrawn from “peaceful pockets” in J&K to be deployed on…

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Blinded children may become Hard-to-Handle; Angry Young Men

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By hurting us, they have sown seeds of hatred: Mohi Stones are no option now, we need guns: Zahid Barbarism is getting the rebel out in us: Raees His lips are sealed but the red eyes do the talking. The red eyes of six-year-old Ghulam Mohi are visionless. Mohi, one of the many minors whose eyes have been left visionless by the government forces is new to the ward where blindness is routine. To make Mohi comfortable, other injured boys, who are elder to him, sit by his bedside and…

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150 Injured in fresh Clashes across Kashmir; Freedom in Sight, Delhi Shaken, claims Geelani

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Day 63; Protests, Clashes, Curfew continued across Kashmir Protests at Hazratbal No prayers at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid on 9th Friday 31 stone-pelting incidents reported: Police Freedom rallies held across Kashmir Geelani releases five-page statement, calls Pak a friend At least 150 people were injured in clashes that broke out after Friday prayers across Kashmir, with 50 people sustaining pellet and teargas shell injuries in South Kashmir areas alone, reports and witnesses said. A youth was hit by a bullet at 90-feet Soura on Srinagar outskirts during clashes and his condition…

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Curfew, Clashes, Protests, Pro-Freedom Rallies continued across Valley on 63rd Day

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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

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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…

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‘Kill List’ formulated by the govt to target Pro-Freedom Leaders, Activists: Geelani

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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…

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Forces foil Pro-freedom rally in Baramulla, scores injured; Protests erupt in Bandipora; Forces ‘Ransack’ houses in Pulwama

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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…

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Despite Internet Ban, GPRS Subscribers forced to pay hefty bills

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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…

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Text of Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s Press Conference, which was foiled by adminstration

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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…

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Geelani’s Press Conference foiled; Journalists ‘Forced’ to leave from Hyderpora

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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…

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