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Kulgam

Police official’s family tenders public apology for ‘atrocities’ committed by son

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In a first such case, a family of a senior police official posted in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district Friday tendered a public apology for the ‘wrong doings’ of their son. “I apologise on behalf of my son and our family,” the police official’s father Bashir Ahmad said during Friday congregational prayers at Jamia Masjid Bijbehara today. The official is posted as the Station House Officer (SHO) in main town Kulgam. There have been allegations against the police official for allegedly committing atrocities in Kulgam town. It was alleged and speculated…

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On behest of a non-local Army goes on rampage in Kulgam village

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Locals accuse man from Haryana of eve-teasing, ask him to leave village Army men allegedly ransacked the Kulpora village in Kulgam district here and thrashed dozens of villagers hours after a non-local was asked to vacate the village. Villagers said that a non-local from Haryana, Ram Lal, was turning out to be an eve teaser and an indecent person after a couple of years of his stay in the village. “Besides, the locals had inputs that he worked for the Army and informed them about stone pelting youth and other…

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Two devotees hurt in stone-pelting incident as thousands of Kashmiri Pandits throng Kheer Bhawani Temple

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Mehbooba, who visited the shrine, used this occasion to reach out to the pandits. Two women devotees were injured in a stray stone-pelting incident even as thousands of Kashmiri Pandits thronged the shrine of Mata Kheer Bhawani to participate in the annual mela at Tulmula village in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Police said unidentified miscreants were pelting stones on a new police post when a bus carrying pilgrims to Mata Kheer Bhawani shrine was passing by at Wanpoh village in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Friday evening. “A stone…

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Militants disarm policemen, decamp with four riffles in Kulgam

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Police have launched a massive manhunt to nab the militants behind the incident. Militants disarmed heavily armed policemen and decamped with four weapons when they stormed into a police picket guarding the minority Hindu inhabited Adijan village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday night. Police said the incident occurred when a group of heavily armed militants overpowered the cops in the bunker and fled with four weapons including two INSAS and two SLR riffles along with six magazines full of bullets. “Four policemen were deployed in the picket. They…

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Kid from Kulgam wins gold in Olympiad

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A student of Class IIIfrom remote Aharbal village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, won a gold medal in the 9th International Mathematics Olympiad. Viqar Majeed Magray, a Class IIIstudent of Kids Career Public School, secured second rank in India and 104th international rank in the Olympiad exams. These were held by the Science Olympiad Foundation in October- November 2015, the results of which were out recently. The Science Olympiad Foundation promotes science, mathematics, computer education and English language skills among school children across the country. During the academic year 2014-15,…

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Four youth injured in clashes

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Four youth suffered pellet injuries as intermittent clashes between stone pelting protesters and law enforcing agencies continued for the third day in Qoimoh area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district where a Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed on Sunday. The youth were injured when security forces fired pellet guns and burst tear gas shells to disperse stone-pelting protesters during a clash at village Khudwani, 57 km from here, a police officer said. He said while Rouf, Sayeed Ashiq and Tufail Dar suffered injuries in their eyes, Ayan Ahmad received injuries in…

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Kulgam areas shut for 2nd day to mourn killing of Hizb militant

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Complete shutdown was observed in Kaimoh and adjoining areas of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday to pay homage to Hizb ul Mujahideen militant Dawood Ahmad Sheikh. Violent clashes also broke out in the area resulting in injuries to several people. Sheikh died in a brief gunfight with government forces in Buchroo village of Kulgam on Sunday night. Shops remained closed for the second consecutive day in Kaimoh, Khudwani, Redwani, Frisal, Yaripora and adjoining areas while traffic was also off the roads. Witnesses said that police and paramilitary forces wearing…

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Six separate funeral prayers held for slain Hizb militant in Qaimoh

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• Thousands including masked militants participate in his Nimaz-e-Jinaza • 7 civilians, many cops injured in day-long clashes At least six separate funeral prayers were held Monday for the Hizbul Mujahideen militant Dawood Sheikh killed in a gunfight with troops yesterday after overwhelming number of people thronged the Qaimoh village of Kulgam to pay their last respects to the slain militant. 21 year old Hizb commander Sheikh Dawood was killed in Buchroo village of Kulgam district during a brief gunfight with forces yesterday. He was a resident of Qaimoh village…

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Two Army men arrested for extortion in Kulgam

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Four persons, including two Army men, have been arrested in Kulgam district of south Kashmir for allegedly extorting money on gun point while posing as Hizbul Mujahideen militants. The Army men have been found involved in more than one case of extortion, the police said. The police were investigating an extortion complaint by a doctor from Khrewan village of the district when the role of the two Army men came under scrutiny. The accused soldiers have been identified as Muhammad Yousuf Teli and Muhammad Rafiq Khanday of Jammu and Kashmir…

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Student arrested for attacking policeman

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A policeman was today stabbed in his head with a machete by a student with the intention of snatching his rifle at the Wanpoh railway station in Kulgam district. The policeman was hospitalised and is stated to be stable. He has been identified as constable Tinku Khushwaha of the 3rd Battalion of the Railway Protection Special Force. The attacker, Tariq Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Kulgam, was overpowered and arrested by the injured policeman’s colleagues. Police said Tariq, 22, a BA-II student, carried out the attack about 2 pm. “Bhat,…

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