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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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NIA summons bar body head Mian Qayoom

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the funding of secessionist activities in Kashmir, has summoned J&K High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) president Mian Qayoom for questioning. Qayoom has been called to the NIA headquarters, New Delhi, on Wednesday as the investigation into a case pertaining to waging war and hatching a criminal conspiracy against the Indian state entered the fourth month. “It appears that you (Qayoom) are acquainted with the circumstances of the case which I am assisting in investigating. You are required to appear before me on…

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Shoppers throng markets, but Overpricing, Traffic jams play spoilsport

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While markets across Kashmir witnessed an increased hustle and bustle on Thursday ahead of Eid-ul-Adha or the festival of sacrifice on Saturday, massive traffic jams across the summer capital Srinagar, especially in the evening hours, caused a huge inconvenience to commuters. Massive traffic jams were witnessed at Pantha Chowk, Dalgate, Lal Chowk, Raj Bagh, Sonwar, MA Road and various other areas of the city on Thursday. While traffic in various parts of the city plied fairly smoothly till the afternoon, massive traffic jams were seen during the evening hours, much…

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The endless wait for disappeared Kashmir’s to return

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Victims gather in a Srinagar park to remember their loved ones, some of whom have not been seen for decades. In a central park in Kashmir’s Srinagar, relatives of the disappeared gather for a day of remembrance and mourning. Some burst into tears as they hold photographs of their lost loved ones, some of whom have been missing for years and whose fate remains unknown. It is the International Day of the Disappeared and these families have one simple question: are their loved ones dead or alive? They have waited…

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Expect rain on Eid, says Meteorological Department

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The Meteorological Department has forecast rain and thunderstorm in Srinagar city and other parts of the Kashmir valley on Saturday, the first day of Eid-ul-Azha. In a forecast bulletin issued today, the Meteorological Department said wet weather was expected in the region for three days beginning Friday later this week. The department said rainfall was expected at a few places in the Kashmir valley on Friday and Saturday. The downpour is also likely in Srinagar, the department said, where light rain is expected on Friday while thunderstorm with rain is…

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Prayers mark annual Urs of Shah-e-Hamadan(RA)

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The annual Urs of revered Sufi saint Mir Syed Ali Hamadani was observed with traditional fervour today at the Khanqah-e-Moula shrine on the banks of the Jhelum in old city. After night-long prayers (shab khawani) at the shrine that had started after ‘Isha’ prayers last night at 10.30 pm, the devotees today offered prayers and supplications at the shrine throughout the day on the Urs of the saint, popularly known as ‘Shah-e-Hamadan’. “The devotees thronged the shrine from all over Kashmir in large numbers on the occasion of the Urs.…

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In this new age of militancy it is the J&K Police which is at the receiving end

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On 28 August afternoon, suspected armed rebels shot at Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Abdul Rashid Pir near Lal Chowk in volatile south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Pir, who received bullet injury in his abdomen, was first moved to district hospital Anantnag for treatment from where he was immediately referred to Indian Army’s 92 base hospital in Srinagar. ASI Pir could not survive. The slain policeman hailed from Panzath, Qazigund in south Kashmir. Pir was not the first policeman to be killed in a suspected militant attack in the…

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