Category: Community

‘Assaulted’ in Noida, Kashmiri man calls up three helplines, gets no help

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The complainant, Mudasir Rasool, is a trainee with the National Skill Development Corporation’s Udaan project, a central government scheme for J&K youth residing outside the state. A 28-year-old man from Jammu and Kashmir was allegedly beaten up by employees of a private company in Noida Monday afternoon, after he had an argument with one of them. The complainant, Mudasir Rasool, is a trainee with the National Skill Development Corporation’s Udaan project, a central government scheme for J&K youth residing outside the state. Rasool claimed that after the incident, he sought…

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Subramanian Swamy equates Mehbooba Mufti with ‘tail of a dog’

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Senior BJP leader and nominated Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy is back in the news by equating Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti with the “tail of a dog, which can’t be straightened” in a TV interview. “There should be President’s rule in her place …she is like tail of a dog, which can’t be straightened,” said Swamy , in clear defiance of the party which is a partner in the PDP-led coalition government. “Mehbooba kabhi sudhregi nahi” (Mehbooba will never change,)” said Swamy and added, “She has old…

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Angry Kashmir is the new reality

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It’s a new Kashmir, not the one Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah had promised in his doctrine “Naya Kashmir”, the equivalent of which could be discovered in “Ram Rajya” concept of Mahatma Gandhi. This Kashmir is of angry young children, barely in their teens, angry and aggressive, who believe that their stones and blockades will deliver them “azadi”. They are emboldened when police vehicles swoosh past them to escape the fury and intensity of stones thrown at the speed of more than the speed displayed on the speedometer of their vehicles. The…

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4 Year old Barena, 8 year old brother Zaffar fresh Pellet Victims

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Unable to overcome the shock of pellet injuries in their eyes, little Barena and her brother Zaffar lying on bed at SMHS Hospital’s Ward 8 cry in pain and want their father to hold them in his lap. Four-year-old Barena is recovering from anesthesia after she was operated upon in her left eye while her brother Zaffar, who is eight year old, was also hit by pellets. Shocked kids have turned mute but tug on the shirt of their father Muhammad Rafiq who was driving them on scooty Friday evening…

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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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