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Strike cripples life in parts of South Kashmir

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Strike crippled life in several parts of south Kashmir, where people are protesting against the arrest of six youths, including brother of a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) commander, in connection with attack on a police party at Anantnag that left two personnel died recently. Shops and business establishments remained closed in Khudwani and Koimoh in north Kashmir and traffic was off the roads. Work in government offices and educational institutions was also affected. People alleged that six innocent youths were arrested by security forces after the Anantnag attack. Demanding immediate release…

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By-poll voting postponed by two days for Anantnag seat

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After communications from the state government, the Election Commission of India has postponed voting for Anantnag assembly seat by-election to June 22. “Following requests by various political parties including the PDP, NC and the Congress, state chief secretary had written to the election commission requesting postponement of voting for Anantnag assembly by-election to June 22,” an official of the state electoral office told IANS here on Friday. Voting was earlier scheduled to be held on June 19. “The request was made by the political parties because June 19 is the…

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Farooq Abdullah voices apprehensions over fairness of Anantnag bypolls

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National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah today voiced apprehensions over fairness of the upcoming by polls in Anantnag Assembly constituency from where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is contesting and questioned its timing as it coincides with the holy month of Ramadan. The former Chief Minister, who is often accused of rigging the Assembly elections of 1987 which is believed to have given birth to militancy, insisted that he had done no such thing. Referring to the upcoming June 19 Assembly by polls, he said, “I have no hopes that they will…

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Athar Aamir from Kashmir bagged 2nd position in UPSC Exams

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Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan of Jammu and Kashmir has secured second place in the 2015 IAS examination, results of which were announced today. A total of 1,078 candidates cleared the UPSC exam — 499 from the general category, 314 from the other backward classes, 176 from the scheduled castes and 89 from the scheduled tribes. Delhi-based Tina Dabi topped the test, followed by Jammu and Kashmir’s Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan and Delhi’s Jasmeet Singh Sandhu, reported Hindustan Times. 23-year-old Khan hails from Devipora village in Mattan area of…

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Anantnag or ‘Islamabad’? saffron party not sure

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Issues statement with dateline mentioning both names State BJP president Sat Sharma today addressed his maiden rally in Anantnag, but the official press release of the party referred to the south Kashmir district as Islamabad. The BJP statement was issued with an ‘Anantnag/Islamabad’ dateline even though Anantnag is the official name of this south Kashmir district. During the rally, Sharma urged people to support the party’s development plan. The state BJP president is on a three-day visit to the Valley. He addressed a rally in Ganderbal district on Saturday and…

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Martyrs’ graveyard vandalized at Karimabad, locals blame forces

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Protests erupted in Karimabad village in this south Kashmir district on Friday following desecration of a local martyrs’ graveyard by unknown persons during the previous night, witnesses said. According to reports, the residents of Karimabad woke up to see vandalized epitaphs and tombstones of scores of graves of slain militants at Karimabad Martyrs Graveyard. Two local militants were killed in gunfights in the past week and laid to rest at this graveyard following which massive clashes were witnessed in the area. Local residents said they were shocked to see vandalized…

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Two youth injured as Army opens fire on protesters in Ashmuqam

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Two youth were injured on Tuesday after Army opened fire on civilians in Aishmuqam area of this South Kashmir district, witnesses said. The firing took place at around 8:30 am in Tantray Mohalla area near Jamia Masjid Ashmuqam. The injured were identified as Javaid Ajmad Wani, 23, and Aamir Ahmad Sheikh, 21. Wani received a bullet in his neck and was referred to SK Institute of Medical Sciences at Soura Srinagar in a critical condition while Sheikh—who was hit by a bullet in arm—is being treated at District Hospital Anantnag,…

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Kashmiri innovator among seven to stay at Rashtrapati Bhavan

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A Kashmir youth is among the seven innovators who has been selected to stay for two weeks at Rashtrapati Bhavan under a Scholars-In-Residence program starting from March 12. President Pranab Mukherjee Monday selected the seven innovators for a two-week stay at Rashtrapati Bhavan under a Scholars-In-Residence program starting from March 12. Mushtaq Ahmed Dar of Islamabad district has been selected for developing walnut cracking machine. Hailing from Kreeri village of the district, Dar’s machine can peel the green walnuts and crack it for its kernels. The traditional walnut cracking is…

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CRPF men allegedly push student off building in south Kashmir

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A 12th standard student is being operated upon at a hospital in south Kashmir’s Anantnag town after he was allegedly beaten and pushed down from the first floor of a tuition centre by paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men on Monday. Witnesses told us that CRPF men forced their entry into a tuition centre after they some youths hurled stones at them. “Enraged, the CRPF men went inside the coaching centre and flexed their muscles on Ozair Ahmad Bhat, son of Farooq Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Anchidora before pushing him…

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Police ‘pressurising’ family to ‘hand over’ 8 year old boy

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Parents of a Class 2 student in south Kashmir are scared about the safety of their son after the police visited their home looking for the boy and continuously called the boy’s father to the police station. The relatives of the boy alleged that the police have been visiting their home in Malangnag-Sherbagh area of Anantnag district since January 27, time and again, looking for the eight-year-old school student. “The police told the family that there was an instance of stone pelting on January 26 in Anantnag and the boy…

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