Category: Community

Hospital records show more than 8000 civilians injured since July 9

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An average of six civilians have been injured every hour. Six civilians have been injured on an average every hour in Kashmir for the past 56 days and more than 70 percent of the civilians are from the towns and villages of Valley. According to the official figures gathered from most of the major hospitals, 8904 civilians who were injured during the action of forces were received in the government hospitals across Kashmir. Each second hour an eye of a person is hit by the pellets fired by the forces…

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Youth go into hiding to evade arrest as nocturnal raids continue

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The continuous nocturnal raids by police have forced scores of youth in Kashmir areas to go into hiding, even as residents allege harassment at the hands of forces who barge into residential areas at night-time. The night raids are being conducted, almost daily, in north, central and south Kashmir areas jointly by police, army and paramilitary forces to nab youth who are allegedly involved in stone-throwing and street protests, during the past 56 days of anti-India uprising triggered by the killing of Hibzul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8.…

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Love blossoms amid Unrest: Police Officer from Srinagar ties knot with girl from PoK

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A young police officer from Kashmir has tied the knot with a girl from PoK at a time when the state police grapple with pro- Pakistan protests in the Valley. Owais Geelani, a sub-inspector with Jammu & Kashmir Police, married Faiza Geelani, a resident of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir(PoK), at a function here where only the groom’s close relatives and friends were in attendance due to the ongoing unrest. The marriage was solemnised at a hotel here at a time when the cops have borne the brunt of protesters’ ire…

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Cannot afford to go wrong this time

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A small hope is in the air that this time the all-party delegation of parliamentarians will bring some substantive message to enable Kashmir to come out of the current bloodletting crisis. But, there is a severe rider, too, that if it is going to be a repeat of the failed exercise of the past then there may be no early end to the unrest on the streets which flows from homes and mosques. The scene in Kashmir is gloomy at the moment, with none having any clue about who all…

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Modi govt plans to act tough! No Air tickets, Hotel services for separatist leaders soon

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In a major development, the Modi government is readying to stop all the government facilities meted out to separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir. A report published in Amar Ujala said the Centre plans to stop providing air tickets, hotel and taxi services to the separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Farooq and Yasin Malik during foreign tours. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led regime has also asked J&K government-led by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to stop the same provided by the state government, the report stated. Notably, around Rs 100…

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Hurriyat(G) ‘Warns’ those defying Resistance Program

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All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Geelani paid rich tributes to slain Danish Manzoor of Nadihal Baramulla. The Hurriyat Conference condemned the use of brute forces to calm the protests. “The martyrdom of our loved ones will soon bear fruit and by the grace of Almighty Allah and steadfastness of nation we will get rid of this brutal Indian occupation,” a statement issued by the Hurriyat Conference said this evening. While commenting on a mass public gathering in Sogam area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara, the Hurriyat Conference condemned the…

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Treat people as you like yourself, your families to be treated by us: LeT to Policemen

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Hailing the resolve and steadfastness of “youth, mothers and daughters in defeating all attempts by India against freedom struggle,” militant organization Lashker-e-Toiba on Wednesday asked policemen to treat pro-freedom people and their families as they would like themselves and their families to be treated by it. “Police should refrain from harassing pro-freedom people and their families. The treatment they will give to them, we will respond with same treatment to policemen and their families,” LeT chief Mehmood Shah was quoted as saying in a statement by the outfit’s spokesman Dr…

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Every 2nd hour, ‘Lethal’ Pellets rupture an eye in Kashmir

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On Wednesday, Srinagar’s SMHS hospital admitted four young boys with pellet injuries in their eyes. For surgeons at its Ophthalmology department, the day was less burdensome even as the scheduled vitrectomies went on till late in the evening. “Today was much better and we got more time to concentrate on patients requiring retinal surgeries,” said a surgeon at the department, referring to less number of eye cases admitted there. But, there have been days when the hospital admitted dozens of persons with pellet injuries in their eyes and the surgeons…

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Fearing police action, youths get pellets removed by blacksmiths

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With the fear of being implicated in cases of stone pelting, youths in villages of Kupwara district use a different means to remove pellets from their bodies instead of going to hospitals for proper treatment. Unaware of the long term consequences, these youth are visiting pharmacists and even blacksmiths to get the pellets removed from the bodies. On August 5, dozens of youth were hit by pellets fired by security forces in Kralgund Kupwara, the entry point of Langate constituency on Baramulla-Kupwara highway. According to residents, people from all the…

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Dont take ‘Undue advantage of Emergency’; Hurriyat (G) to People

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“People of Jammu and Kashmir have risked their everything for the movement, daily killings, scores of injuries, 52 days of strict siege and more that Rs 140 crore daily financial loss have earned this uprising a priceless tag,” the Hurriyat Conference stated this evening. “But India by its nefarious designs and wicked conspiracies try their best to derail it through their paid local agents. They pay sumo and auto drivers hefty sum to run their vehicles empty. They encourage their famous departmental stores to run their business under the police…

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