Category: Baramulla

Baramulla

Militant killed in Uri gunfight, 5 reportedly trapped in another place

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A militant was killed in a gunfight with Indian army and police’s SOG at Uri sector while five others are believed to be trapped at forest area in Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. A senior defence ministry official told GNS that army’s 46 RR along with the additional reinforcement of 17 JAk Rif, 4 PARA, 35 RR and 32 RR cordoned off the vast area of Murgan Beehak forest area of Bijhama in Uri and other routes connecting to Nowgam sector including Vijay Top following the specific…

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Kashmiri youth released after hour-long protest

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A Kashmiri youth was released by police on Monday after people led by separatist leader Nayeem Ahmed Khan blocked the highway and staged a peaceful sit-in out side police station Pattan in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that on 18 August, Special Operation Group (SOG) had picked up a youth Reyaz Ahmed Bhat during a nocturnal raid from his Wailo Pattan residence. The family members and people led by Nayeem Khan blocked Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road outside police station Pattan demanding immediate release of the arrested youth. Eyewitnesses told CNS that…

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Villagers in Kashmir urge govt to act against Pakistani firing

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Villagers living near border in Jammu and Kashmir called for immediate government action to put halt to Pakistani firing and shelling. Since August 14, when Pakistan celebrated its Independence Day, there has been an escalation of tension along the Line of Control (LoC) – a ceasefire line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Mohammad Latif, a resident of Uri in Kashmir, said that the two countries should resolve disputed mattes with immediate effect. Another resident Abdul Rashid called on the politicians to ensure peace in Kashmir valley.

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Two Killed In Sopore Shrine Shooting In Kashmir

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A policeman and a civilian were killed in a suspected militant attack in Tujjar Sharief hamlet of north Kashmir’s Sopore area on Tuesday, police said. The gunmen also snatched the service rifle of the slain cop, police added. A police official said militants, believed to be two, fired at a cop, later identified as Fayaz Ahmed Bhat son of Abdul Khaliq of Wadoora village of Sopore, when he was on duty guarding the shrine of Hazrat Sultan-ul-Arifeen (RA) at TujjarSharief, Sopore. “The militants fired at the cop, leaving him seriously…

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Minister’s ‘Bharat Mata Ki…’ slogan goes unanswered

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Minister Sukhnandan Kumar on India’s Independence Day, had to face an embarrassing moment when he raised the ‘Bharat mata ki…’ slogan but no one answered. This happened after the minister unfurled the Indian flag and finished addressing the gathering at the official event held district in Baramulla Police Lines. After finishing his speech, the minister raised the slogan thrice, but no one – neither the assembled people nor schoolchildren, government forces, and officers — answered his slogan. After this, the minister actually asked, ‘Yahan koi nahi hai meray siwa jo…

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Flashback: August 1, 1990 When Pattan market was painted red ‘TeH calls for shutdown in Pattan on Saturday’

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Tehreek-e-Hurriyat has appealed people of Pattan in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district to observe a complete shutdown on Saturday in memory of the 12 innocent people including two cops who were allegedly murdered by Indian Army in 1990 August 1. At least 12 persons including 2 cops were gunned down and 82 persons received bullet injuries when a unit of Indian Army part of convoy fired indiscriminately upon people present in busy pattan market on that fateful day. Narrating the incident, the survivors told CNS that on August 1, 1990 an…

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