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Student Protests continues across Kashmir, scores injured

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Students clashed with police and paramilitary forces in south Kashmir’s Anantnag, north Kashmir’s Baramulla and Kupwara district and central Kashmir’s Budgam district Thursday. Students of Government Higher Secondary School Magam clashed with the forces when they allegedly tried to enter the Government Degree College Magam and Government Higher Secondary School Magam premises. As protesting students pelted stones at the forces, they fired dozens of tear smoke canisters and charged students with batons to disperse them. Six students were detained during the clashes, locals said. In north Kashmir’s Sopore town, 13…

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Student Protests continue in Sopore for 2nd day, Authorities order closure

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Authorities order closure of two schools, college today The student protests continued in Sopore for the second consecutive day today. The protests erupted in Bomai village when students of Government Higher Secondary School, Bomai, took out a protest and raised pro-freedom slogans. The students marched towards the Bomai police post and staged a massive protest, resulting in clashes between policemen and protesting youths. Superintendent of Police, Sopore, Harmeet Singh said students of Higher Secondary School, Bomai, took out a protest today, but they were peacefully dispersed by the police. Following…

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Student Protests continue, several injured in Sopore

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Student protests show no signs of dying down as dozens of students of the Government Higher Secondary School and Degree College in Sopore were injured when police foiled their protest march on Thursday. Students of Kashmir Government Polytechnic College at Gogji Bagh, Srinagar, also clashed with the police. Valley-wide student protests were sparked by use of force on the students of Degree College College Pulwama on April 15, prompting the government to suspend class work in colleges and higher secondary schools for several days. Sopore Dozens of students of Government…

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Children put to torture to ensure hassle-free movement of Bureaucrats

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The change in school timings ordered by School Education Department has evoked widespread criticism with parents and civil society accusing the department of putting students to torture for ensuring hassle free traffic movement for bureaucrats during day time. The government recently decided to change the timings for government as well as private schools and said the timing for the schools within the Municipal limits of Srinagar shall be from 8 am to 2 pm and for the schools outside Srinagar Municipal limits shall be from 9 am to 3 pm…

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Schools across valley to remain shut today for next two days

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To prevent violent clashes, the district administration has decided to suspend the classwork at Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Kothi Bagh, and SP Higher Secondary School on Wednesday. Both the institutions are situated at commercial hub Lal Chowk. “The classwork in these two schools will remain suspended while other institutions, including colleges, will remain open on Wednesday,” said an official from the office of Srinagar Deputy Commissioner. The official said the step had been taken to prevent any law and order problem. The institutions witnessed violent clashes between students and…

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Heavy school bags burden Kashmir children: Survey

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83% Children Carry Bags Heavier Than Permitted Weight, Face Grave Health Risks Children from schools across Kashmir are carrying school bags heavier than the recommended weight, a recent survey has revealed. In absence of any regulation, the heavy bags are posing serious health risks and developmental issues to the growing children. In Kashmir schools, 83.7 percent of children carry bags heavier than 10 percent of body weight, a survey by Department of Social and Preventive Medicine of Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar has revealed. The survey, carried out across government…

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Kashmiri Students attacked in Rajasthan over heckling of CRPF in Kashmir

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t least ten Kashmiri students who are studying at Mewar University Chittorgarh in Rajasthan were assaulted on Wednesday evening by a group of locals belonging to a particular community over heckling of CRPF men during recent parliamentary elections in Budgam district. Students hailing from Kashmir told Srinagar-based news agency GNS over phone from Mewar University said that locals of the area attacked them soon after they stepped outside the college gate for buying medicines and some other items. “Four students received injuries during the incident and were hospitalized”, they said.…

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Student protests continue across Kashmir, Colleges to remain closed Today, Tomorrow

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Reports of clashes were received from some parts of Srinagar wherein students resorted to clashes with police, however situation returned to normal after police swung into action. Student protests continued for the third consecutive day Wednesday against the thrashing of Pulwama Degree College students by government forces last Saturday. The continuous protests by students have forced the government to suspend classes in all colleges for next two days “as a precautionary measure.” “Teaching work in all colleges of Kashmir division shall remain suspended on April 20 and 21 as a…

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‘Students targeted to create fear psychosis’ : Resistance Group

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Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq denounced what he termed as “use of savage force” against students, terming it as ‘worst form of state terrorism.’ Various pro-freedom parties have condemned forces’ action on protesting students in various districts of Kashmir saying “student community was being targeted to create psychosis and break their resolve for right to self-determination.” Expressing concern over increasing use of “repressive measures” by the armed forces against civilians and student community, the Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani, in a statement today, said, “Kashmiri people are…

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