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Kashmir

In Shaher-e-Khaas, people navigate life under Curfew, Shutdown

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With unending curfew, restrictions and shutdown for the last two months, Shaher-e-Khaas has been turned into a ghost town where enforced desolation during the day has become a new normal and around a million residents continue to suffer from numerous seen and unseen miseries. The people are adjusting their daily routine to best suit the situation as they know the consequences of defying curfew. Forces arrive early in the morning in the city and seal the roads, with directions to the local population to stay indoors. “Its announcement every morning…

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Army deploys more men in south Kashmir

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With the situation in south Kashmir worsening with each day, additional Army personnel are being deployed in south Kashmir to mainly handle militants in the area. While the Army has been avoiding a direct confrontation with protesters during the past two months, there had been serious thinking of late among the security establishment in Delhi and Srinagar that it would be better to “involve” the Army in controlling the situation, especially in south Kashmir. Sources said Army columns were being withdrawn from “peaceful pockets” in J&K to be deployed on…

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Ahead of Eid, Srinagar comes to life by dusk

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A soothing freshness of early autumn is in the air, but the legacy of unrest that began during the summers looms large over the situation impacting the life of people from all sectors. Those belonging to varied sectors of education, tourism and harvesting of the agricultural and horticultural produce are badly affected due to the unscheduled restrictions or shutdowns over the last two months. While there is a complete shutdown during the days, shopping has been restricted to a couple of hours in the evenings as per the schedule given…

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Nocturnal raids continue, but people remain awake to foil arrests

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In Kulgam village, people keep hammer by their bed “In Sholay (the Bollywood blockbuster movie), people would fear ‘Gabbar’ and here our children fear Police and other forces.” Continuous nocturnal raids by forces have created a mayhem-like situation across Kashmir while people remain awake during nights to foil the arrest bids. The raids, conducted jointly by army, police and CRPF, have forced hundreds of youth to go into hiding, though hundreds have already been arrested on charges of stone-pelting and allegedly participating in street protests. Reports from Kashmir areas said…

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Life after 6 PM – Srinagar comes to life as shutdown is relaxed in the evening

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With Eid-ul-Adha around the corner, Srinagar comes to life at 6 pm as shutdown is relaxed and markets open amid the ongoing spell of unrest. There is bustle in the city’s commercial capital, Lal Chowk, with cars and motorcycles rushing to find a place to stop along the pavements. The shops lift their shutters as the clock strikes 6 pm. It is the first major sign of business activity in the past 60 days since the unrest began and coincides with the upcoming Eid-ul-Adha festival, scheduled for Tuesday next week.…

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Every injured youth at SKIMS ‘is Burhan Wani’

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Can you believe it, every wounded youth that arrives in SK Institute of Medical Sciences Soura (SKIMS) in Srinagar is Hizb commander Burhan Wani, at least on the records. With the fear of being implicated in cases of stone pelting, arson and other types of violence, injured youth who are being brought to the hospital for treatment use the name of Burhan Wani for themselves. “Every injured youth identifies himself as Burhan Wani. Go and check the tickets provided by the hospital authorities to these injured youth, you will find…

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Faceless protest leadership in Kashmir poses a major challenge: Centre

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Before an all-party delegation left for Kashmir, the government had informed it that one of the major challenges before them was the unidentifiable leadership of the protests and the growing radicalisation of local youths. A note circulated among the members of the team also admitted that infiltration attempts from Pakistan continued to take place and that in as many as 63 protests anti-India and pro-Pakistan slogans were raised. The unrest in the Valley has claimed lives of 75 civilians and two security forces personnel. The first week of the turmoil…

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Resistance group stick to their guns, say no to panel

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Say MPs lack mandate for engaging on a clear agenda While refusing to meet the all-party delegation to Kashmir, the separatists on Sunday said the delegation lacked the mandate of engagement on a clear agenda. “One fails to understand what hope to attach with a delegation which has not spelled out its mandate for any engagement on a clear agenda. It is the same Parliament which has given unfettered powers to their occupying force to use violence to hold J&K forcibly with India against all norms of civilised behaviour and…

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People ‘Patrol’ Kreeri village whole night to block Police Raids; Rally Commences

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A mass rally is going on in a village in Kreeri belt of North Kashmir on Sunday and thousands of people have already gathered in the village. Local eye witnesses reported that several roads leading to Nowpora-Jageer in Kreeri belt have been blocked by people with wires, huge logs and electricity poles. The move comes in the wake of police and CRPF raids on the local populace last night. “I am seeing such a situation first time in any North Kashmir village,” an eye witness said. The local sources said…

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In 56 days, 200 persons booked under PSA, over 2000 arrested

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More than 200 persons have been booked under Public Safety Act across Kashmir and over 2000 arrested, in a major crackdown by police across the region, amid ongoing uprising that entered its 56th day on Friday. Information accessed by Kashmir Post reveals that against 210 PSA dossiers prepared by police in different districts, the State Home Department has cleared at least 180 PSA orders. “While at least 110 PSA warrants have already been executed by booking equal number of youth who were playing frontal role in the ongoing unrest in…

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