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Govt lifts gag on mobile phones, cameras after media-persons boycott Kashmir assembly

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Moments after media-persons staged a walkout and decided to boycott the proceedings of Jammu and Kashmir assembly, the Jammu and Kashmir government issued an order, saying that the journalists could now carry their phones and cameras inside the House. “It has now been decided by the concerned authorities that the Journalists can carry Video/Still Cameras and Mobile Phones inside the Press Gallery of the Legislature for the coverage of the special session which recommenced here today on 4th July 2017,” said the order. Earlier, media-persons staged a walkout from the…

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Police foil anti-GST protest in Valley, KTMF president Yasin Khan and others detained

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Police on Tuesday foiled a sit-in programme of the trade bodies outside the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly complex here by arresting several leaders and activists. The trade leaders were protesting outside the assembly while the House was being re-convened to debate implementation of the controversial GST bill. Scores of protesting trade leaders, including Showkat Chowdhary, Zahoor Tramboo and Faiz Bakshi, among others, were arrested by the police. Former chairman Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mubeen Shah was placed under house arrest earlier today, said a trade leader. Meanwhile,…

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Militants attack police convoy in Anantnag, 1 Cop killed

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A group of heavily armed terrorists attacked a police party in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, killing one policeman on the spot. According to ANI, the policeman lost his life after terrorists attacked a police party near bus stand in Anantnag. The fresh attack comes days after a police party was attacked by militants in the Thajiwar area of Achabal, Anantnag in which six policemen, including Station House Officer Feroz Ahmad Dar, were killed. Terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba had claimed responsibility for the previous attack. More details are awaited.

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Two Militants, Two Civilians killed, Scores injured in Dialgam gunfight, Resistance calls shutdown on Sunday

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Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including commander Bashir Lashkari who was allegedly behind the killing of six policemen last month, were killed in an encounter with government forces in Kashmir’s Anantnag district today, police said. Two civilians, 44-year-old Tahira Begum and 21-year-old Shadab Ahmad Chopan, were killed and dozens others injured after forces fired to disperse protesters marching towards the gunfight in Brenti-Batpora village in Dialgam area of the district. “The encounter is over. Two militants have been killed,” Director General of Police S P Vaid told PTI. Vaid said the…

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Toll Two; Another civilian killed in clashes near gunfight site in south Kashmir

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A civilian who was injured after government forces opened fire on protesters in Brenty Batapora village of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday has succumbed at SKIMS Soura. Reports said that the civilian was hit by a bullet near the site of a gunfight between forces and militants earlier today. He was shifted to District Hospital Anantnag where from he was referred to SKIMS Soura for specialized treatment. The deceased, identified as Tariq Ahmad, son of Ghulam Rasool Chopan, a resident of Breinty, succumbed to his injuries at SKIMS, said…

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Scores injured during clashes in Dialgam,Forces using civilians as human shield, Mobile internet snapped

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Two more youth have suffered bullet injuries in the ongoing clashes at the encounter site in Brienty Dialgam. Sources in District Hospital Anantnag told Kashmir Post that around 15 people with different firearm injuries have been treated since morning in the hospital. Meanwhile, local sources told Kashmir Post the intense clashes are going on near the encounter site as more and more people are converging at the encounter site. So far, a 40-year-old lady was killed in the ongoing clashes between stone pelting youth and government forces. The residents of Brethi…

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Woman killed in encounter between forces and militants in Anantnag

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A woman was killed during a gun battle between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag today. According to police, after receiving a specific information regarding presence of militants in Birnhi Batpora Dailgam security forces cordoned off the area in the wee hours. While the cordon was being laid, some militants outside a house fired upon the security personnel which was retaliated. In the cross firing one woman sustained injuries and later on succumbed. However, some militants are holed up in the house. Efforts are on to take…

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Restrictions in parts of Srinagar today

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Authorities have decided to impose restrictions in parts of Srinagar on Friday in view of the protests called by separatist leaders and United Jehad Council (UJC) against designating of UJC chief, Syed Salah-ud-din as a “global terrorist” by United States. District Magistrate Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Lone said restrictions under Section 144 of CrPC will remain in force in areas under the jurisdiction of Police Stations Nowhatta, M R Gunj, Rainawari, Khanyar and Safakadal in district Srinagar. UJC has condemned the Trump administration’s move. “Designating Salah-ud-din as global terrorist is against…

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After Dogra rule, Jummat-ul-Vida prayers disallowed for the first time in Jamia Masjid Srinagar

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Government on Friday barred the people from offering the Jumma Tul Vida prayers in Jamia Masjid Srinagar. All roads leading to the grand mosque were sealed since early morning. Concertina wires were laid around the entry points. Reports said that it is after the “brutal Dogra regime” that the Jumma – tul -Vida prayers were not allowed in the Mosque. Kashmir’s head priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that it is for the first time in the living memory of people that they are being barred from offering Juma-tul-vida prayers at…

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Curbs imposed to foil resistance protests in Valley

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Authorities imposed restrictions in some areas in this summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday after separatists announced post prayer protests in the Valley. “Restrictions under Section 144 have been imposed to maintain law and order in areas falling under the jurisdiction of Khanyar, Nowhatta, M.R. Gunj, Safakadal and Maisuma police stations,” a senior police officer said here. Under the curbs, there can be no gathering of five or more people at any place. The separatists have called for protests after the Friday prayers against the killing of a…

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