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Resistance camp calls ‘Tral chalo’ on May 30, Shutdown on May 28, 29

May 27, 2017 Editor

The joint resistance leadership has called for a state-wide shutdown on Sunday and Monday (May 28, 29) to protest the use of “unbridled force” on unarmed civilians after the killing of Sabzar Bhat and his aide in Tral village. The leadership, including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik, has also called for a march to Tral on May 30 to pay tributes to Bhat and seven other militants killed in separate encounters on Saturday. “The leadership has appealed to the people to participate in hundreds of thousands…

Civilian killed, Scores suffered bullet injuries after forces open fire in Tral

May 27, 2017 Editor

A civilian was killed and several others injured after being hit by bullets during clashes near the site of a gunbattle in Saimoh village of Tral township of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Two militants, including top Hizb commander Sabzar Bhat, were killed in the gunfight that lasted for several hours. Massive clashes erupted in Saimoh and adjacent Rathsuna – native village of Bhat – as the news of his death spread in the area. Witnesses said that forces opened fire to disperse the protesters, resulting into injuries to…

Protests, Clashes at several areas across Kashmir, scores injured; Internet services snapped

May 27, 2017May 27, 2017 Editor

Spontaneous clashes erupted in several parts of Kashmir after the news of killing of top militant Sabzar Ahmad Bhat broke out following an encounter in Saimu village of Tral on Saturday. Initially several people received injuries during the clashes at encounter site in Saimu village in Tral Tehsil in southern Kashmir. Block Medical Officer at Tral Hospital told Kashmir Post that the hospital has received five injuries so far. “They have received minor injuries,” he said. Later, clashes were reported at several spots across Kashmir. As per latest reports clashes were reported…

Burhan Wani’s successor and Hizbul commander Sabzar Bhat killed in Kashmir

May 27, 2017May 27, 2017 Editor

Security forces on Saturday killed Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Sabzar Ahmad, who was said to be the slain separatist Burhan Wani’s successor. Ahmad, alias Abu Zarar, was reportedly killed in an encounter in Tral in Pulwama, after he was trapped inside a house in a cordon created by security forces. Two other terrorists, one of them a Pakistani, were trapped with him. There are no details on them. Both the security forces and the terrorists had been exchanging heavy fire since Saturday morning. Sources told Kashmir Post that Ahmad recently visited Srinagar,…

Scores injured post clashes as gunfight rages in Tral

May 27, 2017 Editor

Dozens of civilians were injured after government forces fired pellets and burst teargas shells to break up protests in Rathsun village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. The village is located adjacent to Saimoh where a fierce gunfight is underway since today morning. Reports said people, especially youth, took to streets and tried to march towards the encounter site in Saimoh village. However, police and paramilitary forces deployed in the area fired pellets and lobbed teargas shells to prevent the march, triggering clashes in which dozens of…

Militants attack army patrolling party in Pulwama; area cordoned off

May 27, 2017 Editor

A group of terrorists attacked at Indian Army’s patrolling party at Jammu and Kashmir’s Saimooh village in Pulwama’s Tral area on Friday. A group of terrorists attacked at Indian Army’s patrolling party at Jammu and Kashmir’s Saimooh village in Pulwama’s Tral area on Friday. The entire area has been cordoned off as the army and the police are conducting combing operations. The operation is still underway. Earlier in the day, the Indian Army recovered two bodies along with weapons including one AK 47 rifles and one pistol after foiling an…

Saudi Arabia to start Ramadan on Saturday

May 25, 2017May 25, 2017 Editor

The Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan is due to begin Saturday in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, religious authorities in both countries announced. The announcements came after religious authorities in the two Gulf Arab countries failed to sight the crescent moon today night, state media reported. The Sunni mufti of Lebanon, Abdullatif Deryan, also announced that Saturday would be the start of Ramadan. There was no immediate announcement from other Muslim countries in the Middle East and North Africa. During Ramadan, Muslims around the world abstain from…

Students wear Pakistan uniform, sing POK anthem, booked

May 23, 2017 Editor

A day after Kashmiri schoolkids played a cricket match in Pulwama district in south Kashmir in Pakistan’s national uniform amid rendition of POK anthem, the Jammu & Kashmir police lodged a case against the organisers of the cricket tournament. Police got cracking after a video clip of the school kids surfaced on social media on Monday showing them singing POK’s “anthem” before the match wearing Pakistan team’s national colours. SP, Pulwama, Choudhary Aslam said an FIR was lodged under relevant sections against the organisers of the event. “So far, no…

CCG calls for peaceful Ramadan, urges Centre to initiate dialogue with all stakeholders

May 22, 2017 Editor

A Delhi-based group of eminent personalities led by senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today called for cessation of violence during the month of Ramadan, scheduled to begin later this week, in Kashmir and urged the Centre to use the opportunity to begin dialogue with all stakeholders in the state. The Concerned Citizens Group (CCG), which visited the Valley several times during the unrest last year and held talks with separatists, also asked Pakistan to strictly observe the 2003 ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB)…