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6000 Transit accommodations to be set up for migrant Pandits in Kashmir: Rajnath Singh

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Rohingya Muslims could pose security threat to India Pak will be forced to stop ceasefire violations Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, Tuesday said 6000 transit accommodations would be set up for migrant Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley and claimed that Rohingya Muslims living in country could pose security threat to India. “Pakistan is regularly resorting to border ceasefire violations and I feel Pakistan is not showing interest in improving relations with India,” Singh told a press conference on conclusion of his 4day visit to the State. He said army and…

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Joint appeal from Army, Police, CRPF to militants to surrender

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After the surrender of a local militant and an overground worker during encounters in the past two days, Kashmir’s top security forces officers today made a joint offer to militants to lay down arms. “…He (Adil Dar of Shopian) could have been killed by the forces. There was no other way out, but we preferred to give him a chance to come to the mainstream. We wanted that he should join his parents again. That’s why we preferred to catch him, sending out a clear message to others who have…

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BJP leader makes money by promoting Army’s human shield act on T-shirts

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In a shocking development, a New Delhi-based online business portal run by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has started to promote Army’s Human Shield Act in Kashmir by dedicating a T-shirts to it. The online business outlet T-Shirt Bhaiya (tshirtbhaiya.com), was recently launched by a spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (Delhi unit),Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga. The graphic T-shirts available on the portal inscribed with a vehicle and human tied to the bonnet of it with a strong message “Indian Army…saving your ass whether you like it or not!”, the…

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The worrying silence of GK and the Editor’s body on the arrest of a Kashmiri photojournalist

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On Tuesday, September 5, the whole nation was mourning the death of journalist Gauri Lankesh who was shot by some unidentified men at her house in Bangalore. About 3,000 km away north in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, a freelance photojournalist-Kamran Yousuf-was being huddled to Delhi by National Investigation Agency (NIA). A day before he was asked to report at the local police station from where he was taken to Srinagar, where NIA formally arrested him. Till now, the premier investigating agency hasn’t issued any press release, a procedure…

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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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