Category: Community

Big weddings Un Islamic: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema patron and All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq while expressing concern over the growing social evils in Kashmiri society said everyone was morally duty-bound to contribute in shaping a healthy society and saving it from deterioration. Terming the extravaganza in Kashmiri marriages and other related functions a dangerous menace which was un-Islamic, Mirwaiz said Islam encouraged to tend to guests within the limits of moderation but our marriage functions had become an exhibition of pomp and show and an occasion for crude display of wealth. “This…

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Geelani urges UN chief to intervene on Kashmir Issue

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Separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani on Sunday sought the intervention of the United Nations (UN) for “peaceful settlement” of the Kashmir issue and also demanded setting up of a war crimes tribunal to identify and penalise the “culprits of human rights abuses.” In a letter to the UN Secretary-General, Geelani described Kashmir as a “long-pending issue waiting for the final dispensation in accordance with the agreed UN resolutions.” “The people of Kashmir demand the UN intervention for a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir issue, lingering for the past seven decades…

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Ensure two juvenile’s granted bail in DSP’s killing are sent home

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After taking note of apprehensions of the defense counsel that the police might re-arrest the two juveniles who were granted bail on Friday in connection with the lynching of a deputy superintendent of police and implicate them in false cases, a court directed the police and Harwan Juvenile Home authorities to accompany the duo the Home. Defense counsels Mushtaq Ahmad Dar and Arzaan Ahmad Dar moved an application to the in charge officer of the Juvenile Home, asking him to ensure proper handover and custody of the juveniles to their…

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Eight Kashmiri youths take to gun every month

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Despite the government adopting a tough posture towards militants, which has resulted in the elimination of 148 militants in Jammu and Kashmir since January this year, young Kashmiris continue to take to the gun, averaging about eight a month. “From January to August, we know of at least 80 young Kashmiri boys who have joined the militant ranks,” a top official source in the government has told this newspaper. “The tragic part is that these young boys who join various militant groups are thrown into terror operations without much training…

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Split wide open within Hizbul Mujahideen & Al Qaeda Ranks

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Did someone within Lashkar betray Abu Ismail by giving intel inputs to security forces? The Thursday encounter of Amarnath mastermind shows the deep divide between the terrorist organisations working in Kashmir. As security forces gunned down Abu Ismail, architect of the Amarnath terror attack, the conflict between Kashmir terror groups came out in open. The simmering tension between pro-Pakistan United Jihadi Council and pro-Islamic rule Al Qaeda has been going on since May when top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen Zakir Musa was named Ameer (chief) of Al Qaeda-linked New Jihadist…

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Army takes note of video showing troops dishonouring militant’s bodies

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The Army has taken cognisance of a video showing troops dishonouring the bodies of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants killed in an encounter, a spokesperson said on Saturday. LeT commander Abu Ismail and associate Abu Qasim were killed in Aribagh area of Nowgam on the outskirts of the city here on Thursday. A video in which soldiers can be seen trampling over the bodies went viral on social media. The video shows bodies being dragged from the site of the encounter into a lane. “Army has taken cognisance of the video…

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As yet another militant meets gory end, rift among ranks is becoming apparent

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On 13 August, Hizbul Mujahideen’s Jammu and Kashmir operational chief, Yasin Yatoo, had organised a meeting of different militant outfits including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) at Awneera in Shopian before the government forces received information about it and launched a swift operation. Yatoo was killed along with his two associates in the encounter. He tried to bring back estranged Hizbul Mujahideen commander Zakir Musa, who is now heading the Al Qaeda cell in Kashmir — Ansar Ghazwatul Hind — into the Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit. Yatoo was one of the most influential…

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Not averse to sincere, meaningful dialogue: Joint Resistance leadership

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The joint separatist leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday said that Kashmir is not a territorial dispute but a human and political issue, even as it reiterated that it was not averse to a “sincere, meaningful and result-oriented dialogue among the three parties to the dispute.” In a joint statement, a spokesman of the joint separatist leadership said that Mirwaiz and Malik held a meeting with Geelani at his residence at Hyderpora on Thursday. “The meeting was held after initial reluctance by…

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Kashmir issue result of “Nehruvian blunders”: Jitendra Singh

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Blaming Jawaharlal Nehru for the Kashmir problem, Union minister Jitendra Singh said today the history of Jammu and Kashmir has been a “tale of mistakes” beginning from “Nehruvian blunders”. Singh, Minister of State in the prime minister’s office, said there should not have been any issue like “Kashmir issue” as it was like any other state. “There was no issue like Kashmir issue…Kashmir merged with India through instrument of accession, similar to what other (princely) states did. “The history of Kashmir in last 60-70 years has been a tale of…

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Migrant Kashmiri Pandits demand concrete rehabilitation plan

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A day after Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir, displaced Kashmiri Pandits have demanded a concrete action plan for the rehabilitation of 3.50 lakh Hindus, living as refugees in their own country. The All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference and the Panun Kashmir, which were part of the delegation which met the Home Minister, said the Centre had failed to fulfil the promises made to the community. “The settlement of Pandits is a serious issue and it must draw an honest concern from both Central and state…

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