Shutdown tomorrow against custodial death: Resistance Group

Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called shutdown in Kashmir tomorrow against the custodial death of a school teacher. “JRL has strongly condemned the custodial killing of 28-year-old school teacher Rizwan Asad Pandith of Awantipora who was picked up by the SOG and NIA a few days ago,” said a statement today. JRL has expressed sympathy with his bereaved family, it added. 

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Youth dies in Police custody, Magisterial probe ordered, Shutdown, Clashes in Awantipora, Downtown Srinagar

A youth from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district died in a police custody in Srinagar on Tuesday. A senior Police officer confirmed the incident while talking to Kashmir Post. “An individual has died (in custody). He was held in a militacy-related case. We will share the details after sometime,” he said. According to reports the deceased youth has been identified as Rizwan Asad of Awantipora in Pulwama.The death took place during intervening night of 18 and 19 March, reports said.Quoting a Police officer, a local news agency GNS reported that Police…

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Farooq Abdullah to contest from Srinagar, Akbar Lone from Baramulla

A high-level meeting of the National Conference’s parliamentary board decided on Monday that the party president Farooq Abdullah will contest the Lok Sabha election from Srinagar and senior leader Mohammad Akbar Lone will contest from Baramulla. Sources in the party said the decision was taken after a lengthy meeting of the party’s parliamentary board, which is headed by Farooq and was attended by several senior leaders of the party, including vice-president Omar Abdullah and general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar. The meeting took place at the party headquarters in the city…

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Against recent constitutional amendments, HC issues notice to Centre, J&K Govt

The High Court Monday asked the government of India and the Jammu and Kashmir government to respond to a plea against two constitutional amendments extended to the state vis-à-vis reservation in promotion for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, and reservation for economically-weaker sections of the society in the state. A bench of Justice Rajesh Bindal issued notice to the union home ministry, union ministry of law and justice, union cabinet through cabinet secretary and state of J&K, through its chief secretary, seeking their response to the petition by April 16.…

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Kashmir safe for tourists, media projecting it as war zone: Margia Thomas

Noted Australian travel planner Margia Thomas Sunday slammed the “negative publicity” of the Kashmir situation, saying a section of media was projecting the Valley as a “war zone”. “Kashmir is safe for tourists. Unfortunately, sections of domestic and international media project it as a war zone when, in fact, nothing could be further from truth. As a tourist I would be more concerned about going to London, Paris or Bangkok,” Margia, who has been frequently visiting Kashmir for the past 15 years, told Kashmir Post. Margia’s first visit to Kashmir…

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