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Happenings

Restrictions imposed in parts of Srinagar to prevent protests post Musa’s killing, Mobile internet service suspended across Kashmir

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Curfew-like restrictions were imposed in parts of Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday to prevent protests against the killing of militant commander Zakir Musa late last night. Reports and witnesses said that the police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in strength in various sensitive areas of the city. They have erected barricades at various intersections to restrict the movement of the people, said a motorist who was stopped at Hyderpora and Parraypora in uptown Srinagar. Another witness said that curfew was announced in Maisuma area of…

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To prevent Eidgah march restrictions imposed in Downtown

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Authorities have imposed restrictions in Srinagar on Tuesday to prevent a separatist-called commemoration march. The Hurriyat Conference has called for the march to the Martyrs Graveyard in the Old City’s Eidgah area to pay homage to two senior separatist leaders, Mirwaiz Moulana Moulvi Muhammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone, who were killed by unidentified assailants on this day in 1990 and 2002. Mirwaiz Moulana Moulvi Muhammad Farooq, the father of Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was killed at his residence in the outskirts of the city on May 21,…

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Gunfight rages in Pulwama, three Rebels, Soldier, Civilian Killed, Curfew imposed in Pulwama town, shutdown in Shopian

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Three rebels, an army man and a civilian were killed in a fierce gunfight that broke out in Dalipora area of Pulwama town in south Kashmir on Thursday morning. An official said that the gunfight broke out shortly before dawn after the security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Dalipora following inputs about the presence of militants. He said the rebels opened fire after the forces approached the house where they were hiding. “The forces retaliated, triggering a fierce gunfight,” he said, adding that three militants and a…

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#JusticeForAiman: Protests erupt in Srinagar, Baramulla, Sopore

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Protests erupted in many parts of Srinagar city on Monday over the rape of a minor girl in Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district last week. Reports said that protests erupted in Saida Kadal, Gaw Kadal, Almagari Bazar and Shalimar areas of the city. Schools and other business establishments have also been closed in the city while the movement of public transport has been affected. There has been an outrage over horrific rape of a three-year-old girl in Trigam, Sumbal. Police have already arrested the accused, who is a…

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Poll Boycott: Pulwama records 1.91% and Shopian 2.64%

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Nearly sixteen per cent voter turnout was recorded in two Lak Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir till 3 pm on Monday, officials said. While Leh and Kargil recorded 49.07 and 60.91 percent turnout respectively, the turnout was dismal in Pulwama and Shopian. Pulwama recorded 1.91 per cent turnout and Shopian 2.64 per cent during this time. Enthusiastic voters started pouring out to throng the polling stations in Leh and Kargil districts. In contrast, most of the polling stations wore a deserted look in Shopian and Pulwama districts where polling…

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Voting on for two LS seats in J&K, Grenade attack on polling station in Pulwama

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Polling began on Monday for Ladakh and Anantnag Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir. Enthusiastic voters started pouring out to throng the polling stations in Leh and Kargil districts. In contrast, most of the polling stations wore a deserted look in Shopian and Pulwama districts where polling is being held in the third and final phase of Anantnag Lok Sabha seat. Polling started at 7 a.m. in both the Lok Sabha seats, but it will end at 4 p.m. in Anantnag constituency and 6 p.m. in Ladakh constituency. In…

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Voting begins for phase two polls in Kulgam

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Voting began on Monday for the second phase of polls in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag Lok Sabha seat amid high security. Very few voters were seen queuing up outside polling stations as voting began at 7 a.m. Voting is being held in four assembly segments of Kulgam district — Noorabad, Devsar, Kulgam and Homshalibugh. As a precautionary measure, mobile Internet services have been suspended in the south Kashmir areas. Train services between Baramulla and Banihal have also been cancelled for the day. There are 18 candidates in the fray in…

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Modi should free Kashmir if he feels the state is at loss due to it’s special status: Mehbooba Mufti

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Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti while lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that if he wants to remove article 35-A and Article 370 he should free Kashmir. “If Modi thinks that Kashmir is at loss due to the special status of the state, then he should free Kashmir,” Mehbooba said while addressing reporters in Kulgam. On Friday Modi said that Article 370 and 35A have done maximum damage to Jammu and Kashmir and only former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s formula of “Insaniyat, Kashmiriyat…

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1.55% Voter turnout in Anantnag district till 9 AM, 0.27% in Bijbehara, 2.5% in Kokernag

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1.55 percent votes have been polled till 9 am on Tuesday in Anantnag Lok Sabha seat, an official said. Polling began at 7 a.m. and will end at 4 pm for the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat. Heavy deployment of The Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and state police has been made to secure the polling stations and provide safety to the voters. There are around 714 polling stations set up for 5,23,566 voters in six polling segments of Bijbehara, Pahalgam, Shangus, Anantnag, Kokernag and Dooru. Poll authorities have set up…

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Shutdown on Tuesday against ‘ill-treatment’ to Yasin Malik: Joint Resistance Leadership

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Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called a protest shutdown in Kashmir on Tuesday against “ill-treatment meted-out to the ailing and incarcerated JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik by NIA at Delhi”. In a statement, the JRL said the shutdown would also be observed against the “ongoing aggression of NIA and ED against Kashmiri resistance leaders, activists, senior businessmen, trade union leaders, kith and kin of resistance leaders and other people from different walks of like.” The JRL said that the “highhandedness” of the NIA has “forced” Malik to go on a…

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