Month: April 2018

A wounded prime minister at Amira Kadal

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I the afternoon of 29 August 1938, Prime Minister Narasimha Gopalaswami Ayyangar was returning from office to his residence in Srinagar when his car was attacked by a crowd of agitating men and women at Amirakadal Bazar. Ayyangar, accompanied by Home Minister and another colleague, was injured. While fleeing from the scene his car ran over a protester and grievously injured him. The crowd was protesting against the arrest of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and other political leaders who had made speeches against the Government at Hazratbal on the previous day…

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Amid stone pelting, 2 CRPF men run over by paramilitary force vehicle

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Two CRPF jawans were mowed down by a paramilitary force vehicle when its driver lost control due to stone-throwing in the Hiller area of Kokernag in south Kashmir, the police said. The incident took place on Wednesday evening when CRPF troops were withdrawing after day-long duty in the area. According to the police, the driver of the CRPF’s armoured vehicle was pelted with stones in the area during the withdrawal operation in the evening. The driver, identified as Roop Singh, lost control and hit a motorcycle which two CRPF jawans…

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Kathua girl was drugged, held captive in temple

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Medical investigation into the rape and murder of Asifa has revealed the child was drugged and held captive inside a temple before she died of asphyxiation, an official said. Investigation into the rape and murder of Asifa, the eight-year-old victim has been concluded by the Crime Branch (CB) of the state police and a charge-sheet against the accused is likely to be filed next week. Forensic evidence has also confirmed the child was held captive inside a temple. An official told Kashmir Post that the CB has concluded investigation in…

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Constable suspended over the killing of youth during protests in Ganderbal

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A Jammu and Kashmir Police constable was on Wednesday suspended over charges of firing on a protester in the Ganderbal district of the state. A police statement said Gulzar Ahmad of Ganderbal district was placed under suspension till a detailed enquiry is underway into his involvement in the killing of Gowhar Ahmad Rather. Gowhar succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday after he was shot at in Kangan on Monday. The man was buried on Wednesday morning in Kangan town after authorities assured the family that those responsible for his death…

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Stop the disastrous gun game?

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The people inhabiting 8,000 square miles of earth in Kashmir have been living under the shadow of the gun, under the fear of the gun and under the diktat of the gun for last three decades. A hundred thousand of Kashmir’s are said to have perished in the gun game and thousands are reported disappeared. Thousands of nameless people have been buried in their graves as a gift of the gun. People have lost the count of the graves that gun created. The assassin and the assassinated both remain buried…

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Exams Postponed, Train Services Suspended as tension continues across valley post Sunday’s gun battles

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Authorities have decided to close all educational institutions and postpone exams scheduled for Wednesday as tension continued in the Kashmir Valley. Heavy security deployment is also in place to maintain law and order. Security forces have been heavily deployed in Srinagar and other sensitive places in Kashmir to maintain peace,and law and order on Wednesday, officials said, even though separatists did not call for a shutdown. Authorities decided to close all educational institutions and postpone exams scheduled for the day as tension continued in the Valley. Train services have also…

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Kashmir and growing anti-India narrative

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Kashmir’s narrative has made a grand shift from “azadi” or freedom to the “complete destruction of India”. The slogan of “azadi” that characterised the essence of Kashmir insurgency in the 1990s now serves as a thin veil for the real objective of militants, their supporters in the Valley — to work for the annihilation of India. On Saturday evening, groups of youth while strolling at Boulevard chanted “Jung ladenge Hindustan ki barbadi tak” (The war will be fought until the destruction of India”. They were loud enough to be heard…

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Devinder Singh a sikh leader slapped with PSA for ‘Mirpur-Kotli chalo’ call

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A Sikh leader, held last year for his alleged role in the some transaction case but released later on bail, has been detained under Public Safety Act (PSA) for making “provocative speeches”, the police said today. An advocate by profession, Devinder Singh Behl had been arrested last year too by NIA sleuths, was detained for making “provocative speeches in public meeting” at Nowshera area of Rajouri district on Sunday. “We have detained Behl under Public Safety Act (PSA) for his attempts to instigate people in Nowshera by making provocative statements…

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Let’s work for a peaceful summer: Mehbooba Mufti to Police

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti asked government forces yet again on Tuesday to strictly adhere to Standard Operating Procedure (COP) during gun battles with militants and directed top police officers to put in their best efforts for ensuring a peaceful summer ahead. The CM during a high level security review meeting at her Gupkar residence in the summer capital also directed top police officers to ensure “maximum restraint” while dealing with street protests. The beleaguered CM cut short her visit to New Delhi and rushed back to Srinagar Monday evening following…

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Bhadarwah, Kishtwar observes shutdown aganist Shopian Killings

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Normal life was affected Tuesday in Bhadarwah and Kishtwar as the twin towns of Chenab valley observed a shutdown called by Anjuman Islamia Bhadarwah and Imam of Jamia Masjid Kishtawar to express resentment over the killing of civilians during the recent bloody encounters and clashes in Shopian district. Shops, other business establishments and some private schools remained closed, but government schools, offices and banks remained open. President Anjuman Islamia Bhadarwah, Pervaiz Ahmed Sheikh said the strike call was issued to lodge protest against the killing of innocent civilians in Kashmir.…

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