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Kashmir

80 Additional paramilitary companies for violence Hit Kashmir Valley

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More forces for violence-hit Valley, 80 additional paramilitary companies to fan out across Kashmir The security grid engaged in maintaining law and order situation in Kashmir will get a boost in coming days. Over 80 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) will fan out across the Valley to contain the protests. This includes nearly 40 companies of additional CAPF, which are being rushed to Kashmir and also the 40 companies of the CRPF engaged in securing the Amarnath yatra route, which would be redeployed in parts of Kashmir…

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Seeing the new normal in Kashmir

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From all assessments, the protests in the Valley are frighteningly spontaneous. Mehbooba Mufti, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, faces a terrible identity crisis. She has begun blaming Pakistan for encouraging young Kashmiris to take up arms and accused the country of pushing infiltration. Her lexicon of blame now echoes that of New Delhi, where it is fashionable to reflexively drag all blame to Islamabad. Home Minister Rajnath Singh has done it; Minister of Information and Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu has done it; so also has Minister for External Affairs…

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Acknowledge Kashmir as political problem, Dialogue can follow later: Mirwaiz

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The government is not even acknowledging the sentiment, saying it’s a sponsored sentiment. It’s time India told the truth about Kashmir to its own people, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said   Moderate separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Thursday that the first step towards peace in the strife-torn state will be to acknowledge the political nature of the Kashmir problem, a day after the Centre’s committed to hold talks with all stakeholders. The Centre agreed to an all-party meeting on Thursday to discuss how to end weeks of violent unrest…

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Wakf demolishes illegal structures at Kathidarwaza; LAWDA undertakes demolition at Saida Kadal, Nigeen

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Wakf Board today demolished several illegal structures at Kathidarwaza area in Shaher-e-Khaas which had come up on its land. “Some unscrupulous persons had taken undue advantage of ongoing unrest in Kashmir and constructed illegal structures on Wakf land,” said an official of Waqf Board. He said that the demolition drive was undertaken in presence of a magistrate while police assisted the authorities to make the drive successful. “We warn the miscreants not to construct any sort of illegal structure on Wakf property or encroach upon it land,” he said. Peer…

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May need additional deployments if situation deteriorates: Police

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Urges people to open shops, assures safety Director General in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir Police, S K Mishra Tuesday said additional deployments may be needed if the situation in the valley deteriorates. Addressing reporters on the sidelines of an official function here, Mishra urged shopkeepers not to hesitate to open their shops in the day. “It’s really bad that the people hesitate to open shops during day, we ensure that they will be safe and we are also ready to provide security to each and every person. So I appeal…

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Curbs fail to prevent Protests, Demonstrations held across Valley

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There was no let up in protests in Kashmir even as police claimed improvement in the situation following massive deployment of forces in riot gears throughout the valley. Clashes erupted at various places even as army assisted police and paramilitary personnel to enforce curfew and restrictions. Normal life in the Valley remained affected for the 32nd consecutive day due to the curbs imposed by the authorities and shutdown call given by separatist leaders. The attendance in government offices and banks was also thin. Mobile internet services remained snapped in the…

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Why the protests this time are very different from earlier ones

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‘This time, the protests are not strictly speaking, protests but an endorsement of the path chosen by a 22-year-old militant.’ In the last ten years, Kashmir has witnessed all types of protests –small, big, massive, symbolic, peaceful and even stone-throwing protests. This time, it’s different: the protests seem to have been propelled by an unprecedented rage. These protests are not against the alleged attack on Kashmiri identity (Amarnath land row agitation 2008), they are not against the allegations of rape or murder (Shopian 2009) and they are not against a…

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Opp Parties slam Mehbooba for terming Kashmir situation as street noise

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The opposition political parties alleged that the Jammu and Kashmir Chief minister is being insensitive towards the people of the Valley. The opposition political parties have slammed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for terming the current situation in Kashmir as street noise and blamed her for being insensitive towards the people of the Valley. Soon after meeting the Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh in New Delhi, Mehbooba Mufti speaking to media said that in 2008, 60 to 70 people were killed and for one month street noise continued.…

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Detention of 8 Year Kid; HC directs SSP to hand over custody to mother

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Taking a strong note of the detention of an eight-year-old boy by the police in Pulwama, the J&K High Court today directed the Senior Superintendent of the district to immediately hand over his custody to his mother. Stating that “nothing is an offence which is done by a child above seven years of age and under 12 under the Ranbir Penal Code,” the court also asked the Principal District and Sessions Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pulwama, to get the child examined by a doctor and submit the report within…

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No end to Clashes, Protests despite strict Curfew

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Even as curfew and restrictions continued in most area of the Valley for the 31st day today, at least 20 persons, including 12 policemen, were injured in clashes between protesters and police personnel at Bijbehara in Anantnag district of south Kashmir today. Nearly 50 others, including 11 civilians and 38 police and CRPF personnel, were injured in clashes at Langate in Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Sunday evening. Three of them were referred to hospitals in Srinagar. A police spokesman said five minor incidents of stone-throwing were reported from…

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