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Shutdown, Protests held across Kashmir, Rajouri, Poonch ahead of hearing on Article 35A

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Protests were held on Thursday in Tangdhar and Tral township of north and south Kashmir districts of Kupwara and Pulwama respectively to support Article 35-A which has been challenged in the Supreme Court. Reports said that scores of residents of Tral township, including members of Sikh community, staged a protest in the main town against attempts to scrap Article 35-A, which grants special privileges to residents of Jammu and Kashmir. People from all walks of life, including trade unions, took part in the protest. The protesters, carrying placards and banners,…

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Four policemen shot dead in Kashmir after security forces kill top militant

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Militants shot dead four policemen in Shopian district of south Kashmir hours after security forces killed a Altaf Ahmad Dar, a top commander of the Hizbul Mujahedeen, and his associate in bordering Anantnag. The policemen were escorting a deputy superintendent of police when militants fired them from an orchard near a fruit market in Bongam. The militants took away the rifles of three dead policemen. A search-and-cordon operation was launched in the area and senior army and police officials are on the spot. This is one of the deadliest attack…

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Gunfight breaks out in Anantnag, Internet & Train Services suspended

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Gunfight broke out between the militants and the government forces in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Wednesday. Reports said a joint team of army’s 1 RR, Special Operations Group (SOG) and paramilitary CRPF personnel laid a seige to Binpora Muniward area of Khanabal around 5am. The sounds of a massive blast was heard soon after the forces cordoned off the area, reported GNS news agency. The blast was followed by an intense exchange of fire. A senior police officer said the operation was launched following inputs about the presence…

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Shutdown, Clashes across Kashmir over rumours of scrapping Article 35A, Police request people not to pay heed to rumors

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Authorities on Monday imposed a shutdown on Srinagar and some other parts of the Kashmir Valley following rumours that the Supreme Court has scrapped Article 35A, police said. Jammu and Kashmir Police issued a statement here, saying: “Some sections of the media have circulated news regarding scrapping of the Article 35A. The news has been refuted as baseless. People are requested to maintain calm and not to pay heed to these rumours.” As a precaution, shops, public transport and other businesses were shut. Clashes between stone pelting protesters and the…

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Gunfight rages in Hajin, Militants managed to escape, Clashes erupt during search operation; Internet suspended

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Gunfight has broken out in Mir Mohalla area of Hajin area of Bandipora district between militants and government forces. As per reports, intense clashes are going on in the area between locals and the government forces. A local police official told this reporter that a militant is probably killed while the gunfight is on. Following the gunfight the internet services have been suspended in the area. Meanwhile, Four militants have reportedly escaped after a gunfight broke out in Mir Mohalla area of Hajin earlier today. Following clashes in the area the militants have escaped,…

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Supreme Court adjourns Article 35A hearing to last week of August

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SC adjourns hearing of petitions challenging Article 35A, next date of hearing 27 August The Supreme Court of India on Monday adjourned the hearing of the bunch of petitions challenging Article 35A of Constitution of India, which bars outsiders from buying immovable property in Jammu and Kashmir, ANI reported. The apex court said the next date of hearing of Article 35A is 27 August, it said. Meanwhile, life across the Kashmir Valley remained adversely affected for the second consecutive day due to an unprecedented shutdown on Monday. Separatist conglomerate, Joint…

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Shutdown continues across Kashmir Valley as SC to hear pleas on Article 35A today

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The Supreme Court is set to start hearing petitions challenging the validity of Article 35A of the Constitution on Monday. The matter will be taken up amid a statewide shutdown declared by Kashmiri separatists and a number of organisations. Article 35A – which confers special rights on permanent residents – disallows outsiders from settling permanently, buying immovable property or availing of state-sponsored scholarships in Jammu and Kashmir. Separatists believe that removal or dilution of the law will enable “the country’s right-wing groups to change the demographic character as well as…

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Man making forced entry into Farooq Abdullah’s house in Jammu, shot dead

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A man was gunned down by security personnel on Saturday after he forcibly entered Jammu and Kashmir former chief minister Farooq Abdullah’s house in Jammu, police said. “The intruder breached the main gate and went inside. He had a scuffle with the duty officers there. Duty officer was also injured. After that he entered the residence. Subsequently, he was shot dead,” SSP Jammu Vivek Gupta said. Prima facie it didn’t appear to be a terror attack, Gupta added. Farooq Abdullah’s son, also a former CM of the state, Omar Abdullah…

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Police to ‘Allow’ peaceful protests against Article 35A Row

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The police have decided to allow peaceful protests against petitions challenging Article 35A in the Supreme Court. The police will, however, keep a close watch on protests and ensure no demonstration takes an ugly turn. “We will allow peaceful protests. A protestor is well within the rights to stage a peaceful protest,” director general of police Shesh Paul Vaid told Kashmir Post. “Those protesting against (petitions) challenging the article 35A will be dealt with sympathetically,” he said. A slew of petitions challenging Article 35A would be heard by the apex…

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Two Rebels, Youth killed scores injured in Shopian Gunfight

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An 18-year-old youth was killed and over 50 others suffered injuries during intense clashes between government forces and protesters near encounter site at Kundalan village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. Two militants were killed during the encounter in the initial phases of which two soldiers including an officer suffered injuries. Reports said that Tamsheel Ahmad Khan (18) son of Khursheed Ahmad Khan of Vehil, Kachdora sustained a critical bullet wound in his head in forces action during the clashes in Kundalan. Khan was shifted to District Hospital Shopian…

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