Day: February 15, 2019

No Civilian traffic to be allowed during convoy movement in Kashmir: Rajnath Singh

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A day after a massive bombing left 49 CRPF troopers dead in southern Pulwama district, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said civilian traffic would be stopped during the movement of army and other forces’ convoys. “In the wake of suicide attack on CRPF convoy yesterday, it has been decided that the civilian movement will be stopped for some time when a large convoy of security forces passes through an area,” said Singh while addressing a press conference after laying floral wreaths on the mortal remains of the slain CRPF personnel. Singh…

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Curfew imposed in Jammu after 12 injured in mob violence, Civil Secretariat employees union threatens to return to Kashmir

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Curfew was imposed in Jammu city following massive violence in which at least 12 persons were injured and dozens of vehicles damaged and torched by the mobs during a bandh call on Friday. The Army has been requested to help the administration in maintaining law and order and conduct flag marches, they said. Curfew was imposed as authorities feared a communal backlash, officials said. Protesters, particularly in the old city, refused to disperse even after loudspeakers announced that curfew was imposed. According to officials, there was complete bandh in Jammu…

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How a move to end militancy has led to a rise in the number of rebels in Kashmir

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The fear of death has not only failed to serve as a deterrent but getting killed at the hands of security forces is now considered glamorous New Delhi’s Kashmir policy of tackling the conflict with iron hands has not just failed in generating desired results, but actually compounded the chaos. Operation All Out, which was supposed to be a master plan to weed out militancy and restore peace, has ended up producing more militants than the ones killed during the year-long offensive in the embattled region. In the middle of…

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‘By the time you see this, I’ll be in Heaven’: Adil Ahmad Dar

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Minutes after a ghastly suicide attack on a CRPF convoy in Awantipora town of Pulwama, Jaish-e-Mohammad, the outfit which claimed responsibility for the attack, released a video of the person believed to have carried out the fidayeen strike. Adil alias Waqas of Kakapora in south Kashmir can be seen in the video, sitting in the backdrop of the Jaish flag, brandishing several sophisticated automatic rifles, starting the video by saying, “By the time this video reaches you, I will be in heaven, I have spent one year as a militant…

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44 Jawans killed, scores injured in Lethpora fidayeen attack

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At least 44 paramilitary CRPF personnel were killed and several injured when a Jaish fidayeen rammed his explosive laden vehicle into a CRPF convoy along Srinagar-Jammu highway at Lethpora area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. At around 3: 15 pm, the blast ripped through a CRPF bus which was part of a convoy coming from Jammu towards Srinagar.A local militant identified as Adil Ahmad of Kakapora rammed explosive-laden vehicle into a bus belonging to CRPF’s 54 battalion, reports said.Adil had joined militancy in March 2018.Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) claimed responsibility of…

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