Category: Community

Expect no justice from international bodies: Hizb Commander Riyaz Naikoo

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A new audio statement by the Hizb Commander, Riyaz Naikoo has been doing rounds on Social Media on Tuesday. In the 10-minute audio clip, Riyaz Naikoo is heard saying, “I salute the people of Kashmir especially the youth, who have shown immense support to the Kashmir Struggle.” Riyaz Naikoo also says that the Indian State is using all its might to damage Kashmir both Economically as well as physically. “Promising the girls various favours, the Indian Army exploits Kashmiri girls turning them informers on Militants or for sexual benefits,” Naikoo…

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‘Didn’t tie hands of jawans’ says Rajnath Singh on Kashmir’s Ramadan Truce

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Security forces are free to carry out operations against terrorists if there are attacks during Ramadan, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday, declaring that security operations could be resumed at any point if any terror activity takes place. Mr Singh cited the recent encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian to make his point in which five Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists including an assistant professor at the Kashmir University were killed. A top Hizbul commander Saddam Padder, once considered close to terrorist Burhan Wani, was also eliminated in this operation.…

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Major Gogoi, Girl consenting adults, can’t book them: Police

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The investigation so far conducted by the police has established that the girl who was briefly detained with Major Leetul Gogoi at a Srinagar hotel on May 23 is an adult. Since both of them are consenting adults, there is “no legal basis to register an FIR” into the incident as “nothing incriminating” against them has been found yet. However the police, which would also be submitting a status report of the investigation before the Chief Judicial Magistrate this week, is likely to “recommend” or “seek disciplinary action” against Major…

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Four Years in, How Successful are Modi Government’s Schemes?

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A look at how the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, Skill India programme, Ujjwala Yojana and Jan Dhan Yojana are doing. As the Narendra Modi government completes four years in power, its flagship schemes like the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Skill India programme, Ujjwala Yojana and Jan Dhan Yojana are struggling to make a difference, while others like Mudra and Housing for All by 2022 spell fresh trouble for the banking sector, which is already reeling under bad loans. DDUGJY The government recently announced that it has completed…

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Police cracks down on ‘Keypad Jihadis’

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Ahead of the annual Amarnathyata, Police has launched a crackdown on ‘keypad Jihadis’. Jammu Kashmir Police have a new task at hand — identify the social media users who try and create a law and order situation in the State by spreading rumours on the internet or giving communal colour to any event. The Police registered cases against five Twitter handles and filed complaints with service providers against such misleading posts on Facebook and WhatsApp so that necessary action is taken at the earliest, officials said. The officials said a…

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Border dwellers warn mass migration to Jammu with cattle, belongings, threaten to encroach ministers’ houses

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Enraged over the “casual approach” being adopted by the successive state governments to ensure their security, border dwellers on Sunday threatened to encroach on palatial official bungalows of ministers and legislators to “make them realise how it feels to be displaced amid scorching heat”. Border inhabitants have also warned mass migration with their cattle and belongings from their respective villages to Jammu to “awake the ruling elites from deep slumber”. “Our patience is running out. Killing of innocent civilians and extensive damage to property has become a routine affair on…

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Resistance Camp maintain discreet silence over Rajnath’s talks offer

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While senior separatist leaders have maintained a discreet silence over the dialogue offer by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the Democratic Freedom Party, led by jailed Hurriyat Conference leader Shabir Shah, said the seriousness of the offer would be determined only if the government orders the forces to go back to the barracks, engages all parties of the dispute in talks and releases all political prisoners. The party said it would help in creating a conducive atmosphere for dialogue as it was the only effective way to resolve issues. “However, it…

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On PMO’s request Paytm provided personal data of Kashmiris to a political party

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In a major expose mobile wallet company Paytm has allegedly provided personal data of Kashmiri users to a political party on the request from PMO during stone throwing incidents in Kashmir. The company’s bosses have also claimed that they are affiliated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The expose has been carried out through sting operation by investigative news website, Cobrapost. In the video purportedly shot by Cobrapost senior Vice President of the company Ajay Shekhar is saying that the PMO wanted personal data of Paytm’s users to find out if some…

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Hotel fracas: Girl states she met Major of her ‘Own Will’

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In the investigation into the fracas involving Major Leetul Gogoi at a hotel in Srinagar on Wednesday, the Jammu & Kashmir Police have recorded the statement of the girl who was detained with him. The Army officer had courted controversy last year when he had made a youth in Budgam a human shield to escape stone-throwers during parliamentary bypoll. In the statement recorded before a Magistrate under Section 164 of the CrPC, which is voluntary and admissible as evidence, the girl has said that she came to the hotel “of…

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Smartphone overindulgence blamed for weapons snatching in Valley

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Blaming overindulgence in use of smartphones by police personnel for spike in weapon-snatching incidents in the Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Police has banned use of such gadgets by its sentries during duty time. The order, issued by Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Armed, AK Choudhary, on Wednesday, said the tendency not only lowered the image of the police, but also compromised with personal security of individuals. “It has been observed that recent weapon-snatching incidents have occurred due to the reason that sentries on duty remain engaged with their smartphones…

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