A man was shot at by terrorists in Chidren, Keegam area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday evening, police said. “Terrorist fired upon one #civilian Farooq Ahmad Sheikh in Chidren, Keegam area of #Shopian. He got injury in leg & has been shifted to hospital. His condition is stated to be stable,” a police spokesman said. The area has been cordoned to nab the attackers.
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A day after a school teacher was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a jibe at the Centre saying 15 security personnel and 18 civilians were killed in the last 5 months and Kashmiri Pandits have been protesting for the past 18 days but the BJP is ‘busy’ celebrating 8 years of the Modi government. The Congress leader’s statement came after a Hindu school teacher Rajni Bala was fired at by terrorists in the Kulgam district of the Kashmir region on Tuesday. “In…
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About 4,000 Kashmiri Pandits have threatened to leave Kashmir if the administration did not relocate them to safe places within 24 hours The Jammu and Kashmir administration has confined Kashmiri Pandits to their transit camps after the community’s members threatened mass migration in the wake of targeted killings. About 4,000 Kashmiri Pandits employed under a Prime Minister’s special package yesterday threatened to leave the Valley if the administration did not relocate them to safe places within 24 hours. This came after a Hindu school teacher from Jammu, Rajni Bala, was…
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Tourists have started showing a keen interest in craft safaris in the old city areas. Tour operators have started receiving specific inquiries for craft safaris from the tourists. “This is a completely new dimension of Kashmir tourism. We have already received groups from Surat, Jaipur, and Mumbai and more groups are coming shortly. The Handicrafts Department had earlier conducted a dry run of sorts for locals but thanks to the media coverage and social media buzz, craft safaris have started attracting tourists,” Javid Amin, travel consultant and proprietor of ‘JKL Travels’…
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The top rebel leader was handed a life sentence last week after his conviction for ‘terrorism’, a charge to which he pleaded guilty. From holding a Kalashnikov rifle to becoming a self-avowed follower of Mahatma Gandhi, the last 30 years of legendary Kashmiri rebel leader Yasin Malik’s life have remained a struggle against the Indian rule in the disputed region. Malik, 56, was sentenced to life in prison last week after he was convicted in a terror-funding case, to which he pleaded guilty. Malik is among key separatist leaders in…
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Kashmir Valley has witnessed at least 16 targeted killings, including police officials, teachers and sarpanches, since January this year. J&K Police DGP Dilbag Singh told The Indian Express that those targeting minorities, civilians and people in government are “only propagating fear, since local residents have stopped responding to their diktat”. He said that by attacking members from different parts of the Valley and from different sections of the society, “the terrorists want to show their presence”. By attacking people whose “right to residence in Kashmir is questioned by terrorists, they…
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