Outrage after Indian Army accused of ‘Staged Kashmir Killing’

Indian army says it killed rebels but victims’ families say the three young men were innocent and murdered in another case of ‘staged gunfight’. On Tuesday, Indian forces killed three young Kashmiri men claiming they were supporters of armed groups and likely planning an attack, but their families saying they were innocent and were murdered in another case of a staged gunfight. The families of the three victims – Zubair Ahmad Lone, 25, Ather Mushtaq Wani,16, and Aijaz Maqbool Ganai, 22 – from Shopian and Pulwama districts, on Wednesday protested…

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‘Kangri’ reach Singhu border to keep protesting farmers warm

The farmers from different parts of the country camping at various border points of Delhi for more than a month now have been given around 50 Kangris brought by a Delhi-based NGO from Jammu and Kashmir to give some respite to elderly farmers from the chilling cold. Kangri is an earthen pot woven around with wicker, filled with hot embers, and it is used by Kashmiris under the traditional long cloth Phiran or inside a blanket to warm the body. “Last week, I was approached by some people that they…

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Snowfall affects Surface & Air traffic for 2nd day, Power outage across Kashmir Valley

Over 4000 vehicles stranded, No traffic on the highway today 471 feeders, 80 transformers damage, Electricity to be restored today: Govt The plains and higher reaches on Monday received fresh spells of moderate to heavy snowfall for the second consecutive day leading to the closure of Srinagar – Jammu highway and cancellation of all flights at Srinagar airport for the second consecutive day. Due to the landslides, over 4,000 vehicles are stranded at various places along the Srinagar Jammu highway. The Meteorological Department has predicted moderate to heavy snowfall in…

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Srinagar Encounter: Slain youth’s kin stage protest, demand bodies, and a fair probe, Omar, Mufti advocates claim

The families of two of three youths who were killed in an encounter with security forces on December 30 protested in Srinagar on Monday demanding their bodies and impartial investigation into the matter. While the army and police have maintained that they were militants, the youths’ families have vouched for their innocence. The police also released purported videos of the cordoned house where the trio – Zubair Ahmad of Turkawangam, Shopian; Ajaz Maqbool and Athar Mushtaq of Putrigam, Pulwama – was killed in Hokersar-Lawaypora, Srinagar. The security forced had claimed…

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Term ‘Halal’ dropped from meat manual by govt body

A government body on Monday removed the word “halal” from a red meat manual that it issues to lay down the contours of meat export — a move that came in the backdrop of allegations by some Hindu groups that the use of the term gives an unfair business advantage to Muslim exporters. “Halal” is a term used for consumables permitted under Islam. Meat that is slaughtered in a certain way is also labelled as “halal-certified”. Several Islamic countries import only “halal-certified” meat. A section of the older manual by…

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