Category: Community

Omar Abdullah, Adhan Sami exchange stinging notes over Valley concert

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Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and singer Adnan Sami had a verbal duel on micro-blogging site Twitter for sharing the pictures of empty chairs at the music concert held last evening on the banks of the Dal Lake. Omar shared a picture of empty chairs at the concert, which was organised by the state government’s tourism department at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre, with a comment “that’s a real pity”. The former Chief Minister’s tweet drew an outburst from the singer who had performed at the concert. “You are a…

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Tight security for Adnan Sami’s concert, Traffic advisory issued

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Govt appoints 100 liaison officers Traffic advisory issued for Adnan’s concert Police have put in place tight security measures for the musical concert of Adnan Sami which is scheduled to be held at SKICC on Saturday. “There would be adequate security arrangements for the show. There would be area domination and deployment of forces for law and order,” said a police officer. Inspector General of police Kashmir, Munir Ahmad Khan, told Kashmir Post that all security arrangements are in place for the concert. “Adequate security measures have been put in…

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Kashmir’s ‘Mass Rape’ survivors fighting for justice

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More than 26 years ago, Indian soldiers allegedly raped more than 30 women in the Kashmiri villages of Kunan and Poshpora. Those who survived the attack are still fighting for justice, as Aliya Nazki from BBC Urdu reports. It was 23 February 1991. The people of Kunan, a tiny village in Indian administered Kashmir’s Kupwara district, were retiring for the night after a cold winter day. Zooni and Zarina (not their real names) were also getting ready to go to bed when they heard a series of loud knocks on…

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Rohingya Muslims in Kashmir: Part of a larger game plan to escalate hybrid warfare; no room for politics

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Over the years, security dynamics in the state of Jammu and Kashmir has evolved rapidly. While the security forces have managed to contain militancy in the Valley, the other two parts of the state — Jammu and Ladakh — are now up against a new challenge from migration of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. This has a direct impact on the security of the country as a whole and of the state in particular. Different reports have given varying figures of Rohingya immigrants in India. According to one estimate, there are around 40,000 Rohingyas…

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Er Rasheed questioned for 3rd consecutive day by NIA

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The Indian federal investigation agency, National Investigation Agency (NIA) is questioning the Jammu and Kashmir lawmaker, Er Rasheed for the third consecutive day at its headquarters in New Delhi. A spokesperson of Er Rasheed informed Kashmir Post that the questioning of Kashmir lawmaker is going on and it will continue on Thursday. “For the three consecutive days since Tuesday Rasheed sb is being questioned from 10 am till 7 pm.” Pertinently, the NIA on May 30 had registered a case alleging that Kashmiri resistance groups receive findings. Till date it…

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Joint leadership blames govt, forces for Braid chopping incidents across Kashmir

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Joint separatist leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Wednesday blamed the government authorities and forces for ongoing braid-chopping incidents in Kashmir. In a statement, they said: “The shameful act of braid chopping by forces and authorities is aimed to divert the attention of people from right to self-determination movement for which the people have presented unparalleled sacrifices.” Expressing serious concern over increasing incidents of braid-chopping, the leaders said: “In presence of heavy contingents of forces personnel and under a well thought out ploy,…

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Private properties damaged in agitations, hartals to be eligible for compensation

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‘Stringent punishment’ for people involved in such acts The private properties in the State would soon be within ambit of the law relating to the damage of public properties and if damaged in “undesirable activities” would be eligible for compensation from the State while persons found involved in direct action would be given “stringent punishment”. The decision to this effect was taken after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti placed the Jammu and Kashmir Public Property (Prevention of Damage) Amendment Ordinance, 2017 before the cabinet chaired by her on Tuesday, sources said.…

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Who is chopping women’s braids in Kashmir? Depends on whom you ask

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Police officer claims the damage is ‘self-inflicted’ but separatist leaders, militants and many others allege a ‘conspiracy’ by security agencies and the RSS. Seer shuts to protest ‘rescuing’ of braid chopper by army After causing panic in Delhi and adjoining states, braid chopping has reached Kashmir. Only here, the resultant “mass hysteria”, as psychologists have described such episodes, has given fresh ammunition to separatists and militants to corner the security agencies. The Valley reported its first braid chopping in September, about a month after Jammu had reported several similar incidents.…

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Boyfriend mistaken as braid-chopper, thrashed

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In a bizarre twist to the ongoing mass hysteria surrounding the alleged braid chopping incidents, the people in north Kashmir today mistook a youth as a braid chopper. A youth in Baramulla was thrashed mercilessly before he was rescued by the police. After preliminary questioning, it became clear that the boy had gone there to meet his girlfriend. The incident happened in the Delina locality of the north Kashmir this afternoon where people caught hold of the youth, identified as Nayeem Ahmad Malla, hailing from Dandusa village of Rafiabad, near…

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Jaish-e-Mohammad’s Afzal Guru Squad specialises in fidayeen strikes

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Three militants, who attacked the BSF camp outside Srinagar on Monday, were affiliated to Jaish-e-Mohammad’s Afzal Guru Squad, senior police officials said. The squad consists of highly trained militants who have previously carried out several high-profile attacks, including January 2016 attack on the Pathankot airbase and September 2016 Uri attack in which 19 soldiers were killed. In the past three years, it has also carried out attack on Army bases at Mohra and Tangdhar in north Kashmir and at Kathua and Samba in the the Jammu region. The squad specialises…

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