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Terror Outfits Engage in Social Media Spat after Recent Targeted Killing of Circus Worker

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Terror Outfits Engage in Social Media Spat after Recent Targeted Killing of Circus Worker

Days after the killing of Deepak Kumar, a circus worker, in Kashmir’s Anantnag, two terror organisations have come face to face over the dastardly act. While one terror organisation — Kashmir Freedom Fighters — has taken the responsibility for the killing, the People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), backed by the Jaish-e-Mohammad, has criticised the gunning down of the poor circus worker. Cutting across religious and political lines, several political and social groups in both regions of the UT had lambasted the act. While the Kashmir Freedom Fighters has in the past…

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India and China convene talks in Delhi to address LAC Standoff, Latest satellite images reveal how China is scaling up its air power along LAC

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India and China convene talks in Delhi to address LAC Standoff, Latest satellite images reveal how China is scaling up its air power along LAC

India and China held another round of diplomatic talks on Wednesday on the dragging standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), with the only outcome being a decision to hold the next round of discussions between military commanders “at an early date”. The 27th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China border affairs was held in-person in New Delhi, the external affairs ministry said in a statement. While noting that restoring peace and tranquillity will “create conditions for normalising bilateral relations”, the statement said:…

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NIA seeks death penalty for Yasin Malik, Draws controversy with comparison to Osama Bin Laden

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The Delhi high court on Monday sought a response from separatist leader and chief of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik, who was awarded a life term by a trial court, on a plea by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking the death penalty against him in a terror funding case. A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh also issued the production warrant for Malik to appear before the court on the next date of hearing on August 9. During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta,…

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Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti responds strongly to Altaf Bukhari’s comment on Yasin Malik Controversy

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Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti responds strongly to Altaf Bukhari's comment on Yasin Malik Controversy

A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) sought the death penalty for Yasin Malik, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said his case must be reviewed and reconsidered, reported Press Trust of India. Mufti said that Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik’s case must be reviewed and reconsidered as in a democracy like India even the assassins of a prime minister were pardoned. Earlier, the NIA reached the High Court seeking the death penalty for Malik, who was awarded a life term by a…

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Hurriyat and Apni Party Oppose NIA’s Plea for death penalty to JKLF Chief Yasin Malik

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Hurriyat and Apni Party Oppose NIA's Plea for death penalty to JKLF Chief Yasin Malik

The Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday called the National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s plea seeking death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik as “deeply disturbing” while Apni Party leader Altaf Bukhari termed the agency’s approach “hasty”. On Friday, the NIA approached the Delhi high court seeking death penalty for separatist leader and chief of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik, who was awarded life term by a trial court in a terror funding case. A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh will…

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Kashmiri Politicians Stand Up for Peaceful Coexistence, Respond to NIA Plea against Yasin Malik

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Kashmiri Politicians Stand Up for Peaceful Coexistence, Respond to NIA Plea against Yasin Malik

A day after National Investigation Agency of India moved to the High Court with a plea seeking death penalty for Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Mohammed Yasin Malik, politicians from Kashmir have strongly responded to the plea. The JKLF chairman is currently serving a life sentence after being convicted by a Delhi court in a militancy funding case in May ’23. Malik is currently lodged in the Tihar jail of New Delhi. NIA’s plea that the court has listed for May 29 has evoked strong response from political circles across…

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Mela Kheer Bhawani draws hundreds of devotees to Tulmulla Ganderbal

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Mela Kheer Bhawani draws hundreds of devotees to Tulmulla Ganderbal

Hundreds of devotees Saturday reached Kheer Bhawani Temple in Tulmulla, Ganderbal where they would be joined by thousands of devotees to celebrate the annual festival of Mela Kheer Bhawani on Sunday. Nestled in the shade of mammoth Chinar trees, the temple witnessed a good rush of devotees, most of them Kashmiri Pandits. The locals and the administration welcomed the devotees. The devotees were enthusiastic and seemed happy to be visiting the place. “I am so happy to be here. I am glad to see young boys, both Muslims and Hindus, making arrangements…

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Mirwaiz continues ‘illegal and arbitrary detention’, Prevented in leading 196th consecutive Friday Prayer

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Mirwaiz continues 'illegal and arbitrary detention', Prevented in leading 196th consecutive Friday Prayer

Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has expressed strong resentment against the continuous “illegal and arbitrary detention” of its head Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq who has been under house arrest for nearly four years. In a statement, the Auqaf said that today is the 196th consecutive Friday when Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir was neither allowed to perform the important duty of Friday prayer nor carry out his religious duties, which is extremely sad and condemnable. Due to his continued detention, the centuries-old pulpit and mihraab of the historic Central Jama Masjid Srinagar…

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MeT Predicts further rainfall as temperature plummets below average in J&K

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MeT Predicts further rainfall as temperature plummets below average in J&K

Weather department on Friday forecast “fairly widespread to widespread intermittent light to moderate rain, thunder and lightning with possibility of hailstorm and gusty winds” during next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. A meteorological department official here told that intermittent light rain, thunder and lightning was expected at a few places during May 27-28. From May 29-30t, the MeT department forecast “fairly widespread intermittent light to moderate rain, thunder and lightning with possibility of hailstorm and gusty winds at a few places.” The MeT department also urged farmers to suspend…

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Hailstorm and Gusty Winds ravage Kashmir, Resulting in Loss of Lives, Crop Damage, and Destruction of Property

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Devastating gusty winds claim lives of four family members in Kashmir

Residential house, vehicles damaged, many trees uprooted; Hailstorm causes extensive damage to crops, rains lash plains; MeT predicts more rains till May 30 Srinagar- Gusty winds coupled with rains and hailstorm at many places in the valley on Thursday afternoon left at least four people dead and caused considerable damage to buildings and crops. The winds also affected the electricity supply in several areas of the Valley. Four members of a tribal nomadic family died in Kishtwar district on Thursday morning when a pine tree fell on their tent due…

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