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Jammu

Gujjar killed, another hurt in Army firing in Ramban

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A civilian was killed and another injured when the Army allegedly opened fire on them in the wee hours of Sunday in Upper Kohli village of Gool tehsil in Ramban district. The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Rafiq Gujjar (28) and the injured as Shakeel Ahmed (30). Both were residents of the Dalwa area in Gool. The police registered an FIR against the Army in Dharamkund police station under Sections 302 and 307 of the RPC and Sections 7, 27 and 30 of the Arms Act after people of…

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Kin of slain intruder ‘Murfad Shah’ block traffic, Demand registration of FIR against CRPF man

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A day after an ‘intruder’, Murfad Shah (26), was shot dead inside former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah’s residence in the Bathindi area of Jammu, his family members staged a massive protest in the Chinore area on Sunday morning. They blocked the Janipur-Bantalab road and raised slogans against the administration. The protesters were demanding the registration of an FIR against the CRPF jawan, who opened fire at Murfad Shah on Saturday. They refused to vacate the area and perform funeral prayers for the deceased till they got any assurance from authorities.…

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Jammu Bar split over Article 35A, Majority calls for retention, Right-wing backed groups on opposition

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Jammu Bar Association Friday witnessed vertical divide where both groups held separate discussions in Jammu and Kashmir High Court at Janipur in support and opposition of Article 35-A. Division among the lawyers has exposed some elements which are bent on creating an impression that entire Jammu Division is against the State Subject laws when over 300 senior lawyers attended the meeting led by senior lawyers came up publically in support of the laws. Under the leadership of its president, senior Advocate BS Salathia, Jammu Bar Association held a general house…

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Rohingya threat to security: Panun Kashmir

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The Panun Kashmir has expressed satisfaction over Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement that Rohingya living illegally in the country would be deported to Burma after their identification. Addressing the media, Panun Kashmir president Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo said the stay of Rohingya in various parts of country, particularly in a sensitive state like J&K, was developing into a threat to the security and law and order situation. “We cannot absolve the role of those politicians who were responsible for their settlement in Jammu city and its suburbs over the last…

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Jammu legal fraternity divided over defending Art 35A

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A day after the J&K High Court Bar Association, Kashmir, has announced to become a party to defend Article 35A in the Supreme Court, their counterparts in Jammu would convene an extraordinary meeting on Friday to take a call on opposing or supporting this constitutional provision in the apex court. “An extraordinary meeting of the general house of the J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, will be held on Friday to take a final decision on becoming a party to oppose Article 35A in the Supreme Court,” Prem Sadhotra, general…

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Talib Hussain, Man who led stir for Kathua victim held on rape charge

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Talib Hussain, who was at the forefront of demonstrations seeking justice in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Bakerwal girl from Rasana in Kathua district, has been arrested by the Samba police on the charge of raping a married woman in the Majalta forest area in Udhampur. “He was arrested from the Tral area of Pulwama district in south Kashmir on Tuesday and brought to Samba following a written complaint of a married woman who has accused him of raping her in a jungle about one and a half…

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Kashmir parties whipping up emotions over Article 35A: BJP

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The BJP on Tuesday charged Kashmir-centric parties with instigating the masses over Article 35-A, which accords special rights to J&K citizens, just to reap political benefits. The party said the matter was sub judice and raking it up was not healthy for a democracy. “Shockingly, separatist groups as well as some mainstream parties are issuing threatening statements on Article 35-A, whipping up emotions and instigating people to observe protests to mount pressure on the judiciary,” said state BJP president Ravinder Raina while reacting to the announcement of Valley-based organisations to…

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Sedatives overdose left victim incapacitated to resist rape, murder: Supplementary Charge Sheet

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The eight-year-old girl from Kathua, who was gang-raped and killed in January this year, was overdosed with a cocktail of sedatives through her captivity,”rendering her incapacitated” to resist sexual assault and murder, states the supplementary charge sheet filed by Jammu and Kashmir’s Crime Branch on Monday. The charge sheet filed in the Pathankot sessions court sums up the investigation of the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Crime Branch team and also gives details of the analyses of calls and bank accounts that led it to the eight accused of the brutal…

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Don’t play vote politics over Dogra pride: Devender Singh Rana to BJP

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National Conference provincial president Devender Singh Rana on Sunday said the Dogra pride was a prerogative of the people of the Jammu region and the BJP should not play politics over it. “When the party was in power in the state, its ministers never spoke about the Dogra pride and once they are not in power, they are crying hoarse in a vain bid of hoodwinking the public,” he said. Rana was addressing party workers of the erstwhile Kissan Mazdoor Party, which under the leadership of Vijay Pandey, had recently…

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PDP youth leader Vikram Singh Bhadwal and 50 PDP workers join BJP ahead of Mehbooba’s visit

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Ahead of Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti’s visit to Jammu, over 50 PDP workers, including prominent youth leader Vikram Singh, on Friday quit the party and joined the BJP in the presence former Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta and state president Ravinder Raina. After holding a series of meetings with Valley-based leaders, Mehbooba is going to start a similar exercise in Jammu from July 29 to keep the PDP’s flock together in the region. Two day before Mehbooba’s visit, the resignation of party workers speaks of the growing discontent…

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