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First time, Chinese flags waved in Kashmir Valley

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This is the first time that Chinese flags have been seen in the Valley protests since the killing of Hizbul militant Burhan Wani. On the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Goa for the BRICS summit, Chinese and Pakistani flags were waved by some protesters who took to the streets after Friday prayers in Baramulla. This is the first time that Chinese flags have been seen in the Valley protests since the killing of Hizbul militant Burhan Wani. Soon after the Friday prayers ended at the idgah in…

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Kashmir issue can be solved politically, not militarily: Resistance Group

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The separatist groups, which have been jointly spearheading the 98-day-long unrest in the valley, today said the Kashmir issue can be solved politically and not militarily. The separatist groups — two factions of Hurriyat Conference and JKLF — conveyed this in a letter to Governor N N Vohra, which was released to the media after authorities imposed curfew and strict restrictions to foil their proposed march to Raj Bhavan. In the letter, they wrote, “… You very well know that the problem of Kashmir is essentially a political problem in…

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Mehbooba has sold her soul to remain in power: Omar

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Opposition National Conference (NC) working president and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday termed as “blatant partisan politics” the Government of India’s decision to set up an IIM in Jammu region and hit out at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, saying she had sold her soul to remain in power. “Jammu gets the IIT & gets the IIM also. Where have all those voices that called for balanced regional development in J-K disappeared?” Omar tweeted. He was reacting to the Union cabinet’s nod to establish an Indian Institute…

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Night protests in Chanapora against arrests

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Police arrested a man and his two sons during a nocturnal raid at Chanapora here triggering massive protests in the locality. Local news agency CNS said that forces in six vehicles raided few houses at Lone Mohalla Chanapora during night. “Police barged into the house on one Ali Muhammad Lone and bundled him into police vehicle along with his two sons Ishtyaq Ahmed Lone and Reyaz Ahmed Lone. Police also picked up two youth whom locals identified as Muhammad Maqbool and Abdul Qayoom,” “As the police started raiding the houses,…

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Among 92 civilian killings, Govt inquiring only 7

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The government is inquiring the killing of only seven of the 92 civilians killed by Police, Army and paramilitary forces during the past three months. According to sources in the Home department, the government is only inquiring the killing of Junaid Ahmad, 12, of Saidpora, Eidgah; Shabir Ahmad Mir of Tengpora, Batamaloo; lecturer Shabir Ahmad Mangoo of Khrew, Pulwama; ATM guard Riyaz Ahmad Shah; Showkat Ahmad Itoo, 25, Nabiza, and Saida Banoo, 42, of Churat, Qazigund. For the past 27 years, the State has been ordering three types of probes into…

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Curfew in Srinagar on Junaid’s Chaharum

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36 injured in fresh clashes Police ‘teargas’ Muharram processions 66 more arrested in 24 hours: Police At least 36 people were injured in clashes that erupted at some places in Kashmir on Tuesday, even as normal life continued to remain paralyzed for the 95th straight day due to shutdown and restrictions. In Srinagar, curfew-like curbs remained imposed in areas falling under jurisdiction of police stations Nowhatta, Khanyar, Rainawari, Safakadal and Maharaj Gunj. Official sources said restrictions were imposed in view of Chaharum (fourth day) of killing of 12-year-old Junaid Akhoon…

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Kashmir unrest prompts India’s biggest crackdown in decades

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Anxious to quell anti-India protests in Kashmir, Indian forces are carrying out their most severe crackdown in more than two decades against civilian protesters, arresting more than 8,000 this summer across the disputed Himalayan territory, police said Monday. That includes 450 or so civilians being held, possibly for up to six months without trial, under a harsh security law criticized as a human rights violation. India has said the separatist rebels — and civilians who help them — are undermining the country’s territorial integrity and forcing authorities to keep the…

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Forces need to be shown the red line: Karra

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Tariq Hameed Karra, who resigned from the Lok Sabha and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last month, today warned New Delhi of “dire consequences for waging a war” against unarmed protesting civilians. He said the security forces, whom he described as “trigger-happy”, needed to be shown “the red line”. “This unabated barbarism by security forces is not only aggravating the situation on the ground but also complicating it for both Central and state governments to restore peace and normalcy in the Valley,” Karra said in a statement. “The trigger-happy…

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Insaniyat / Kashmiriyat : Kashmiri youth rescue soldier trapped inside damaged vehicle

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Kashmiri youth today rescued a soldier who was trapped inside a mangled vehicle which had met an accident on Srinagar Bypass road near Lasjan area of the city, police said. An army vehicle veered off the road after the driver lost control at Lasjan and hit a tree, a police official said. He said one soldier was trapped inside the badly damaged vehicle and efforts of other army men to evacuate him did not fructify. “Local Kashmiri youth rushed to the spot and managed to bring the injured army jawan…

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Three months roundup during Kashmir Uprising

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In the aftermath of the Burhan Wani killing the district Budgam witnessed massive protests which forces tried to quell by resorting to force that resulted in killing of eight persons. As per data collected, 257 were injured in clashes with forces’ at different places during past three months of uprising in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district –which was once considered to be a ‘peaceful district’. Protest rallies have been carried throughout the length and breadth of the district though the intensity of these protests has been on decline in wake of…

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