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‘Exam Boycott’ Student protest continue across Kashmir

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Seeking justice to those who were killed and injured by men in uniform, scores of students on Sunday morning held pro-Kashmir resolution protests in Lal Chowk. The students had come from Old Srinagar areas said that they won’t sit in examination until and unless Kashmir Issue is resolved. The students, wearing their school bags, marched on Residency Roads raising slogans against government. The students holding placards reading slogans in favour of Kashmir resolution reminded Education Minister of those killed and maimed in last 85 days. The students marched on Residency…

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BJP leaders come under increasing attacks in Valley

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Kashmir-based ground workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are saying they are being targeted by mobs and are going through hard times amid the ongoing unrest in the Valley. Before the encounter of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8 sparked widespread protests, the BJP’s Kashmir unit had been endeavouring to strengthen the party base. Earlier, it had claimed that it had made strong inroads in Kashmir and had enrolled over 3.3 lakh party members in the Valley. However, after eruption of the unrest, the BJP claimed that…

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84 Days of Uprising: Kashmiris Adapt, Innovate to Sustain

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Part innovation, part reorganizing economy, part charity and partly returning to traditional way of life have become new pillars of sustenance in Kashmir as the region continues its journey through 84 days of uprising. As government continues to hope that protesters will ultimately wear down and the cycle of marches and protests will give way to ‘normal’ life, the resilience shown by people has taken everybody by surprise. Despite attempts there has been no dent in the unity wave felt across length and breadth of Kashmir and resultant pro-freedom protests.…

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37 Electric transformers damaged by forces in Budgam since unrest

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The officials, wishing anonymity, said the forces “intentionally attacked the transformers with bullets and tear gas shells.” At least 37 electric transformers have been damaged allegedly by the forces during clashes in this district in the last three months, PDD officials said. The officials, wishing anonymity, said the forces “intentionally attacked the transformers with bullets and tear gas shells.” “Seven transformers were damaged in Beerwah town alone. Others were damaged at Narbal, Ompura, Wathoora, Gudsathoo, Kawoosa, Haknipora, Waterhail, Mazhama  and Wadipora. Transformers in Wanimohallah, Wazemohallah and Dangarmohallah were repeatedly rendered…

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5 Booked under PSA, Including one Cop

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Four people from South Kashmir including a policeman were booked under draconian Public Safety Act and shifted to Kathua Jail while four minors were lodged in Juvenile Jail from past 24 days. Police sources told news agency CNS that during different nocturnal raids in Karimabad Pulwama all but 8 people including 4 minor’s were arrested for their alleged involvement in stone-pelting. Sources added that an SPO working in police department was also arrested and booked under PSA. The four residents of Karimabad shifted to Kathua Jail under Public Safety were…

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Kashmiri Student detained for posting ‘Anti-National’ comments

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A Kashmiri student of a private college here was detained today for allegedly posting “anti-national” comments on social media site Facebook after the Uri terror attack, police said. Mudasir Rashid, a Srinagar resident, has been suspended by his college, Techno India NJR Institute of Technology. He has been detained for allegedly posting and sharing anti-national comments and material on Facebook, sub-inspector Hiran Magri police station Gordhan Ram said. They also damaged college property and hoisted the national flag atop a building, Ram added. “Rashid has been suspended initially for seven…

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India crushing Kashmir economy to break people’s resolve: Salahuddin

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Stating the ongoing Kashmir Movement in Valley is indigenous, United Jihad Council (UJC) Tuesday said, “Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s address to UN is testimony to this fact that India is suffering from frustration and in the garb of falsehood it wants to mislead world community about the prevailing situation of Kashmir.” “India blames Pakistan for Kashmir imbroglio. Is anyone who has been killed or blinded in Valley from Pakistan? India will get nothing by spreading lies and concocted tales. It depicts frustration on part of India that it…

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Kashmiris want peace more than anybody else: Geelani

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‘Poverty in India will be eradicated if Kashmir is resolved’ While commenting on Indian Prime Minister Narinder Modi’s statement that “Kashmiris want peace”, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani said once again they agree with Indian Prime Minister, that there is no doubt that Kashmiris were peaceful in the past and at present and are in need of peace more than anybody else. In a statement issued here, Geelani advised India rulers to go through the history. “When India got its independence from British rule, whole sub-continent was up…

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If India can’t forget 18 soldiers, how can Kashmiris ignore 6 lakh sacrifices: Geelani

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Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Sunday hit out at New Delhi accusing it of “giving bad name of cross border infiltration to the legitimate and just struggle of Kashmir for right to self-determination.” Commenting on PM Narendra Modi’s speech that “18 army jawans will not be forgotten and terrorism is a curse for humanity,” Geelani said in a statement, “We agree that terrorism is a curse. But but what concerns us is the dubious standards of these rulers who have gross contradiction in their words…

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Isolated, Cut off in Curfew Bound Valley

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Caught in the unrest for the past more than two months, people in the Valley remained caged in their homes. Most have lost contact with their relatives in various parts of the region as travelling to other districts has become near impossible. Sama Sheikh, 35, along with her husband and two children was visiting Kashmir from the UAE after three years and was excited about meeting her family in Kashmir, but hadn’t thought she wouldn’t be able to go out and meet her close relatives. “When I reached Srinagar on…

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