Category: Kashmir

Kashmir

Insaniyat, Jamhuriyat, Kashmiriyat only words, do not match deeds on ground: Geelani

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Hurriyat (G), chairman Syed Ali Geelani Friday said words like “Insaniyat, Jamhuriyat and Kashmiriyat by Rajnath Singh, do not match his deeds”. “Insaniyat” by India is proved in each and every nook and corner of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Forces have mutilated the face of Insaniyat to such an extent that it has lost its meaning as well. Unabated killings, blinding scores of innocents, maiming people from 8 to 80 years, injuring and crippling thousands, ransacking houses and beating inmates, dragging young people from their bedrooms and beating…

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Reasons why Mehbooba has adopted a new tough approach on Kashmir Unrest

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What explains Mehbooba Mufti’s sudden change in stance? The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister whom we saw on Thursday bears little resemblance to the one who a month back seemed almost apologetic that Indian security forces had killed Burhan Wani. Breaking her 20-day silence period following the Hizbul Mujaheedin commander’s death (an unusual reticence for a chief minister whose state was in throes of a violent turmoil), the PDP chief had appeared before the media on 28 July, also a Thursday, and suggested that security forces were unaware of Wani’s…

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Srinagar’s Silent Streets; Curfew brings summer capital to Grinding Halt

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Every day, Residency Road in Srinagar is packed with thousands of shoppers, commuters, students and office goers. It is the busiest street in the heart of Srinagar city. But, these days, it takes a while before you notice a moving soul. Shops are shut, business establishments are closed and no one has any inkling when the situation will return to normal. Srinagar, the summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, is a curfewed city; its days bear an uncanny resemblance to its nights. A city of more than…

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After Mehbooba Mufti’s ‘Confession’ of ‘Beegaar’, Er Rasheed demands action

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Awami Ittihaad Party chief and MLA Langate Er Rasheed on Friday “congratulated” CM Ms Mehbooba Mufti for her confession that army and task force have been subjecting people to unpaid forced labour and committing “atrocities” on unarmed civilians in Kashmir during last few decades. In a statement issued this afternoon, Rasheed said, “whatsoever the intensions of Mehbooba Mufti in making the revelations public would have been but it should act as an eye-opener for world community that a person not less than the rank of CM is authenticating the allegations…

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DGP sends list of 169 ‘Provocateurs’ to districts, says book them under PSA

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The Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to invoke the stringent Public Safety Act to book 169 persons who it accuses of being “organisers and provocateurs” playing a “leading role in the current unrest in Kashmir”. These 169 are among the estimated 1,000 people who have been identified as key players in the ongoing protests and clashes with security forces. On August 19, Director General of J&K Police K Rajendra Kumar wrote a letter to Inspector General of J&K Police (Kashmir zone) Javaid Mujtaba Gilani. In it, the police headquarters…

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Shaher-e-Khaas under day and night curfew since last 48 days

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The day and night curfew continued for the consecutive forty eighth day across Shaher-i-Khaas. Each locality’s entry and exit points are sealed. People are desperately adjusting their life to the security regime, spending time discussing politics and playing indoor games. Roads to Hazratbal are blocked and a heavy contingent of forces manning the roads don’t allow anyone to move. Forces have erected barricades and concertina wire at Habbak crossing, Nigeen and Malabagh. People buy the vegetables grown in Dal Lake. But in the absence of the supplies from outside, the…

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‘It is painful when your baby needs milk and you’re helpless’; Kashmir’s longest Curfew

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Srinagar sees the first light of day at 5.15 am; by 6.30 police and paramilitary personnel are manning every street, lane and bylane of Old City, the separatist stronghold. ONE HOUR 15 minutes. With Kashmir under its longest ever continuous spell of curfew, for many in Old Srinagar City their lives depend on what they can make of that time. Srinagar sees the first light of day at 5.15 am; by 6.30 police and paramilitary personnel are manning every street, lane and bylane of Old City, the separatist stronghold. Sheikh…

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Over 500 cases against ‘Rioters’ in South Kashmir during Unrest

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Over 500 cases have been lodged against “rioters and anti-national elements” in the four districts of south Kashmir in the last 44 days, with 381 “miscreants” arrested, officials have said. “All the police stations and posts in south Kashmir (comprising Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian districts) are fully functional and are working round-the-clock, along with the other security agencies, to bring the situation under control. “In the last 44 days, the police have registered 537 cases against rioters and anti-national elements. As many as 381 miscreants have been arrested and…

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Paralysed for nearly 50 days, Kashmir is living its worst nightmare in decades

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It is 9.30 pm on Sunday. Srinagar is tense. An 18-year-old boy has died after a teargas canister, reportedly fired by government forces, hit his chest. In the interiors of the city, some people are protesting. Pro-freedom songs are being blared through the public address systems of mosques. Night curfew is in force in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital. In the lanes and by-lanes of central Srinagar, security forces are deployed in large numbers round-the-clock to enforce what locals are describing as the harshest curfew in decades. It has been…

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If only 5% with Tehreek, why 7 lakh forces, police can’t contain them: Hurriyat (G)

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Reacting to the chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s statement that only five percent people are fomenting trouble in Kashmir, the Hurriyat Conference (G) termed it a sheer lie and reflection of her frustration. “We question you (Mehbooba Mufti) if it is only 5% who are in the movement why your seven lakh forces and one lakh police along with their artillery have failed to contain them. Why you are calling in more and more reinforcement from Delhi,” the statement issued by the pro-freedom faction read. “You have called in army for…

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