Category: Community

Militants step up attack, 7 Cops killed in 15 days

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On Saturday evening, when militants carried out an attack in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district despite beefed-up security ahead of Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit, it left Constable Imtiyaz Ahmad dead. Constable Imtiyaz became the seventh policeman in the past fortnight who was gunned down by militants. This year, the J&K Police have lost 25 policemen — highest in over a decade. In June, eight policemen were killed — the highest in a month. After a relative lull in attacks on the police for nearly two months after June, militants have…

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DGCA, Air India pass the buck on Hajj flight mess, Chief Minister asks Chief Secretary to take up the matter

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While the failure of authorities to facilitate landing of flights carrying Hajj pilgrims at the Srinagar airport on Thursday put the state government in an embarrassing situation, the directorate general of civil aviation and Air India are passing buck over the issue. The Air India has blamed the DGCA for denying them the landing permission while the DGCA has in turn blamed the airline for being late. On Thursday, the Srinagar airport authorities returned an Air India A1-5102 flight carrying Haj pilgrims to Kashmir from Jeddah while another Hajj flight…

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27 RR disallows officials, locals to look for missing person inside the camp

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The 27 RR stationed at Devar area in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district allegedly disallowed government officials and locals to look inside the camp where the missing person Manzoor Ahmad Khan was allegedly tortured. Apart from the missing person Manzoor Ahmad Khan, another man who was allegedly beaten ruthlessly by army was identified as Nasrullah Khan. Pertinent to mention here, the incident took place on evening of 31st of August. Human rights activist and chairman of International Forum for Justice, Ahsan Untoo Friday alleged that the police officials and locals were…

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Airport authorities return Hajj flight to Delhi

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Hajj flights were not allowed to land because Mehbooba was busy somewhere else: Relatives of Hajjis Flights aren’t allowed to land at Srinagar airport after sunset: SP Airport The Srinagar Airport authorities Thursday returned an Air India A1-5102 flight carrying Hajj pilgrims to Valley from Jeddah while another flight wasn’t even allowed to take off from New Delhi Airport citing bad weather and non-availability of evening landing facilities. Sources told Kashmir Post that as the first Hajj flight A1-5102 carrying Haj pilgrims of Valley reached the Srinagar airport, authorities sent…

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NIA raids carried out to implicate respectable citizens in fabricated cases: Hurriyat (G)

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Hurriyat (G) Wednesday condemned NIA raids which the conglomerate said have been carried out in every nook and corner of State “to implicate respectable citizens in baseless and fabricated cases”. Statement said its main objective is to harass people in the State. “They are trying to frame false cases against resistance camp and putting pressure on us to weaken the resistance movement,” Hurriyat (G) spokesman said and added the coercive measures adopted by NIA are more dangerous than ASPA. Spokesman while referring to continuous detention of Shabir Ahmad Shah, Ayaz…

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Kashmiris to observe Sep 8 as ‘Solidarity Day’ with Rohingya Muslims: Mirwaiz Umar

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Condemning the killings and persecution of Rohingya Muslims, Hurriyat (M) chairman and chief cleric of Kashmir, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday said that September 8 will be observed as “Solidarity Day” with the victims. “Strongly condemn ethnic cleansing of #Rohingya Muslims #Kashmir to observe #SolidarityDay with victims &protest world silence on Friday Sep8,” he tweeted. Earlier, Mirwaiz as head of Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) joined several other religious organizations in condemning the persecution and “ethnic cleansing” of Muslims in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) head Mirwaiz Umar Farooq…

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NIA arrests two Stone Pelters in terror funding case

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The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday said it has arrested two stone- pelters in Kashmir in connection with an ongoing probe into terror funding to stoke unrest in the Valley. The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday said it has arrested two stone- pelters in Kashmir in connection with an ongoing probe into terror funding to stoke unrest in the Valley. The NIA identified the arrested accused as Javed Ahmad Bhat and Kamran Yusuf of Kulgam and Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir respectively. The investigation agency probing the terror funding case…

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Tweets over Kashmir Content, Twitter blocks accounts

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Kashmiri users and activists have received official legal complaints from Twitter, warning that their online content could be acted upon in the future as well. A copy of the letter the IT ministry sent to Twitter Twitter has received a complaint from the Modi government, asking it block over 100 accounts and tweets that have been found “propagating objectionable content”. Most of the content and accounts appear to involve Kashmir and Kashmiri issues. It’s unclear on how many accounts or tweets Twitter has officially blocked. Many of the tweets linked…

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Dead teacher taking classes in state government run school in J&K!

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A senior Education Department official attributed the mistake to failure on part of officials of the Directorate of School Education to update the status of principals posted at state government run higher secondary schools. Incredible it may sound, but an already dead teacher figured among principals of 39 government higher secondary schools whose transfer orders were issued by the School Education Department on Thursday. Showing Ashok Kumar posted as Principal Government Higher Secondary School, Ramnagar in Udhampur district, the government order No. 613-Edu of 2017 at serial No. 3 says…

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Video shows locals tending to injured Army men

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A video showing locals coming to the rescue of Army men, injured in a road accident, has gone viral. Police sources said the video was shot by some local on Sunday afternoon when an Army vehicle skidded off the road at Check-e-Pahroo village in Nowgam on the outskirts of Srinagar. In the video, a group of locals is seen tending to the injured soldiers. Some of them are even seen offering water to the injured Army men. The police said the Army vehicle had skidded off the road while giving…

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