Month: December 2017

‘I could not bring him back and it will haunt me forever’, A mother laments death of her militant son

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Since the day her son disappeared in January—after which he joined the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)—Mehmooda Wani made frantic and often desperate attempts to locate her youngest son, thinking up ways of persuading him to give up arms and come home. But Yawar Bashir Wani, 21, never returned to meet his parents, particularly his mother, after joining militancy. He was a militant for 308 days. The end came swiftly. On Monday night, security forces blew up a residential home in Kulgam, killing Yawar and two foreign militants. One August morning, the…

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Proposed one-stop identity card for Kashmiri’s opposed, called a conspiracy

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Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) here on Saturday alleged that Government of India’s plan to issue one-stop identity card to Kashmiris is yet another conspiracy to breach the privacy and intrude into the personal lives of people of Kashmir.The Government of India has reportedly planned to issue these cards to the people of Kashmir to “increase surveillance and keep a check on militancy-related activities in Kashmir.” “This is yet another ugly Indian tactic against the people of Kashmir. India has issued Aadhar cards which contains all the details of an individual then why…

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Message on Babri anniversary from Al-Qaeda in Kashmir calls on Indians to join jihad

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The call was released on online jihadist feeds on Wednesday, by the new al-Qaeda affiliate formed earlier this year by breakaway cadre of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba. Ansar Ghazwa ’tul-Hind, the Kashmir-based affiliate of transnational terrorist group al-Qaeda, has called on Indian Muslims to “join the fields of the jihad”, claiming that “perfidious Hindus will keep changing their tactics until their mission is accomplished — and that mission is the elimination of every last Muslim, be they children or the elderly, men or women, or brothers or our sons”. The…

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I introduced Hurriyat among people but lately it disappointed me: Javaid Mir

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‘Kashmir struggle not anybody’s fiefdom’ This is not the way to quit: Hurriyat (M) Senior separatist leader and chairman of his faction of JKLF, Javaid Ahmad Mir Wednesday said there was no question of joining mainstream politics and he has already submitted his resignation to Hurriyat leadership in Pakistan administered Kashmir. Mir told Kashmir Post that he has submitted his resignation before the people who actually run Hurriyat. “I have submitted my resignation through my representative before the people who actually run Hurriyat Conference in PaK,” he said. Asked the…

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Shiv Sena team detained before hoisting Tricolour at Lal Chowk, released

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Six activists of the Shiv Sena were detained here on Wednesday as police thwarted their bid to hoist the Tricolour at Lal Chowk, an official said. The Shiv Sena activists arrived at Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower) in two vehicles and were taken in preventive custody as soon as they alighted, a police official said. The detained activists were taken to the Kothibagh police station where they were released after completing legal formalities, the official said. The Jammu unit of the Shiv Sena had sent a special team to hoist the…

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Weatherman sounds alert, predicts heavy snow, rains across J&K

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The Meteorological Department for Jammu and Kashmir has issued a weather warning from December 11 to December 15. In a statement issued today, the MeT said: “A fresh Western Disturbance is most likely to affect the state of J&K from 11th to 15th Dec. 2017 with moisture feeding taking place from the Arabian Sea.” “Under the influence of this system, moderate to heavy rain/snow is expected at widespread places of Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh region. “The main activity of this system (moderate to heavy rainfall/snowfall) is likely to occur during…

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Mehbooba Mufti pitches for release of political prisoners

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has urged the Centre to help her in the release of political prisoners whose health is deteriorating in prisons and also shift Kashmiri inmates from Tihar Jail to J&K prisons to help make the atmosphere tension-free in the state. Official sources said upset over the recent incident of thrashing of Kashmiri inmates, including Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin’s son Shahid Yousuf, in Tihar Jail by personnel of the Tamil Nadu Police, the Chief Minister had urged the Union Home Ministry to shift all inmates to Jammu…

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Women’s football team meets Rajnath, gets assurance on sports infrastructure

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Members of Jammu and Kashmir’s first women football team today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and apprised him of the difficulties being faced by sportspersons in the state and sought his help. During the half-hour meeting, the team members requested the minister to provide better sports infrastructure to motivate the youth to take up sports in a big way. Talking to The Tribune, head coach of the team Satpal Singh Kala said the Home Minister gave us a patient hearing and promised all possible help. “When we informed him…

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Govt unable to sell Baglihar power due to lack of buyers: Altaf Bukhari

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Education Minister, Syed Altaf Bukhari, Tuesday said the state government wasn’t able to sell power of 450 megawatt (Mw) Baglihar-II project due to non-availability of buyers. Altaf said that the per unit generation cost of the hydropower was very high due to which the power of the project was sold at Rs 8.5 per unit which was higher by Rs 2.5 to solar power cost. “Our Ganderbal project couldn’t start as a Mumbai based company informed that hydropower wasn’t a viable option given the cheap rate of the solar power,”…

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Maiden Sangh Parivar conclave in Valley

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A ‘Samanvay Baithak’ of the Sangh Parivar was held in Srinagar today amid allegations of Kashmir-centric parties that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was setting its foot in the Valley. It’s the first time that such a meeting of the Sangh Parivar has been organised in the Valley to devise a strategy for expanding base in Kashmir province. The leadership of the Sangh Parivar has deliberately made it a low-key affair due to threats to its Valley-based leaders. The meeting is significant in a way that the RSS has spread…

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