Category: Community

Joint Resistance Leadership calls Friday protests against military court’s ruling, arrest of separatists

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The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yaseen Malik Wednesday asked people to stage peaceful protests against suspension of death sentence to army men involved in Machil fake encounter and persecution and arrest of separatist leaders. In a joint statement, the separatist leaders said BJP-led government in New Delhi was working on pushing from all ends to crush the people’s movement in Kashmir. “Crackdown has been launched against separatist leadership. Besides, there was a propaganda blitzkrieg to target the leadership and their activists…

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Historic Khanqah Naqshbandia craves for attention: Neglected Heritage

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The historic sixth century mosque in heart of the city is craving for attention as insects from dead pigeons and the excreta of birds drop down upon the devotees from the roof top of once majestic centre of Islamic learning which housed the holy relic of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) before being shifted to Dargah Hazratbal. Ritually on July 13 every year the who’s who of the government throngs Hazrat Khawaja Naqshband Sahab (RA) shrine to pay tributes to 1931 Martyrs who are buried here but within a short distance lies…

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Military court suspends life terms, grants bail to 5 accused army men

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Three Kashmiri youth were dubbed as Pakistani militants in the 2010 fake encounter case A military court has suspended the life sentences of five army men accused of killing three unemployed Kashmiri youth and then trying to pass them off as Pakistani militants in a fake encounter in Machil sector along the Line of Control in April 2010, a media report said. According to Mail Today, the armed forces tribunal also granted them bail in the case related to the death of three civilians in Kashmir Valley in 2010 where…

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NIA being used as war weapon against leadership: Hurriyat (G)

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Hurriyat Conference (G) Tuesday said NIA is being used as a war weapon against leadership and “local henchmen” are facilitating these arbitrary measures against leadership. Reacting sharply over arrests conducted by NIA and producing them in Delhi court, Hurriyat (G) said: “Indian government is frustrated to the extent that they frame and raid residences of Hurriyat leaders and activists on the pre-planned psychological crackdown, so that they surrender and stop voicing the sentiments of their nation, thereby covering and shielding their atrocities and barbarism against common and unarmed people.” Hurriyat…

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First batch of pilgrims for Haj departs today

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The first batch of Haj pilgrims is all set to leave for Saudi Arabia from the Srinagar International Airport here tomorrow. An official of the Haj House, Bemina, said a total of 8,106 pilgrims from the J&K were scheduled to perform Haj this year. He said 35,212 applications had been received for performing the annual pilgrimage. The official said two flights carrying 420 pilgrims each would fly directly to Saudi Arabia every day starting tomorrow till August 3. The scheduled timing for the departure of the two flights will be…

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The black shroud in Kashmir marks presence of ISIS in Valley

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The contours of terrorism are changing in the Kashmir Valley with the emergence of radical younger militants, who seem to have aligned themselves with the ISIS. The black flag of ISIS is new on the scene of Kashmir Valley replacing the green flag of Pakistan. This is the new worrying trend in the Valley for the security forces. As Lone’s body at his village in Amurabad leaves for burial ground, the crowd shouted the name of former Hizbul Mujahideen commander Zakir Musa calling him the champion of caliphate. A noisy…

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Thousands participate in militant’s back to back funeral in Tral

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Thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers of slain Jaish-e- Mohammad (JeM) militant, Mukhtar Ahmed Lone alias Bita Molvi, who along with his two associates, Parvaiz Ahmad Wani of Pahoo Pulwama and a Pakistani Hassan Bhai were killed in an encounter with government forces in Wantiwen forests of Satura village of Tral in Pulwama district on Saturday. From wee hours on Sunday, thousands of people reached the native village of Mukhtar in Amirabad to participate in his funeral. At least three back to back funeral prayers were held at…

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This year 8050 Pilgrims from Kashmir Valley to perform Hajj

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Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan, today chaired a high-level meeting to review the arrangements for Hajj-2017. The meeting was attended by Additional Commissioner Kashmir, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, DIG Police, IG Traffic, Deputy Director Tourism, Deputy Director Health Services, Deputy Director Planning, Executive Engineers of PHE and R&B, SMC, Director Airport Authority of India, Commandant CRPF, Executive Officer State Hajj Committee, Chief Medical Officer, General Manager SRTC, representatives of JK Bank and State Bank of India and other concerned officers. The District Development Commissioners of all districts including Leh and…

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Syed Ali Geelani completes 7 years in house detention

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Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Friday completed seven years under house detention, a Hurriyat spokesperson said. The spokesperson said no court has ever issued any formal detention order for Geelani’s detention. Geelani has been detained at gunpoint, he said and strongly condemned the continued house detention of Hurriyat (G) chairman. He said the rule of law has been thrown to dust in Kashmir. Geelani was placed under house arrest in 2010 during the NC-led government under the chief ministership of Omar Abdullah. He was briefly released just…

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Joint resistance leadership urges people to continue online ‘Kashmir Awareness Campaign’

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Joint resistance leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Tuesday urged the people to continue the online ‘Kashmir Awareness Campaign’ to highlight the human rights situation in Kashmir. “As part of the resistance program the online ‘Kashmir Awareness Campaign’ to highlight the Kashmir dispute and the grave human rights situation arising as a consequence of that, was started at midnight yesterday, the campaign will continue. People are asked to join it by putting up posts highlighting the dispute, the situation on ground and their…

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