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Kashmir

‘Win hearts of people’ in Kashmir, Azad tells PM Modi

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Opposition Congress on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “win the hearts” of the people of Kashmir, where the situation is turning “too dangerous”. “I would request your kind indulgence for taking urgent steps to win the hearts of the people of the state and also ensure that the law and order situation is restored at the earliest,” Ghulam Nabi Azad, a former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said in an open letter to the Prime Minister. Azad, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, regretted that there…

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Pro-freedom rally held in Pulwama despite raids; Geelani lashes out at Touseef Mir duty officer Khanabal

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Thousands of people held a pro-freedom rally in a village in Pulwama district in south Kashmir despite a forces raid to foil it. Reports said that forces thrashed the participants and ransacked the venue of a rally in Babgam-Chandgam village hours ahead of its scheduled beginning. People resisted the forces’ action and kept on marching towards the village where the rally was attended by thousands. Meanwhile, Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani Saturday strongly reacted and condemned the atrocities at Khanabal this morning. “According to reports reaching here at Hurriyat Headquarters…

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In Mufti’s Bijbehara change is fast and overwhelming

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At the central Jamia Masjid in old town Bijbehara, around 7,000 people offered Friday prayers, a third collective Jummah prayer in a row, following the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani. People from all walks of life had converged from adjoining villages to present a unified message amid a show of defiance and support for the ongoing uprising that has gripped Kashmir for over three weeks now. The speakers called for unity, asking people to remain steadfast and follow the Hurriyat calendar. A message from the Hizbul Mujahideen…

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Pro-freedom rally in Anantnag; 40 Injured in clashes including 7 women

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Government forces on Saturday resorted to aerial firing and used teargas shelling to prevent a fro-freedom rally in Chee village of Anantnag district of south Kashmir. 40 civilians, including seven women, were injured in the forces’ action, reports said, adding that the injured were shifted to District Hospital for treatment. The rally of different religious thoughts was scheduled at 11 am, said a local. “The forces raided the venue, ransacked the dias and took away tents when we were making preparations for the peaceful rally,” he alleged. “When some people…

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In Kashmir valley, it’s Officer Vs Officer on Facebook

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Woman IAS officer takes a dig at PDP for pellet death, police officer asks her to quit and join separatists A new clash has broken out in J&K, this time involving words and unlikely opponents. On Wednesday, a senior police officer and an IAS officer, both hailing from the Valley, took each other on in a series of Facebook comments over the death on Tuesday night of 21-year-old Riyaz Ahmad Shah due to pellet injuries. Shah, who was working as an ATM guard, was killed while on his way home…

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Violent Protests in Kupwara, Shopian, Dozens Injured one critical

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At least 22 persons were injured in south Kashmir’s Shopian district as protesters were tear gassed at two different places. Hundreds of protesters started their march towards Shopian from Pinjura and Trenz area. Raising anti-India and pro-freedom slogans, the protesters were intercepted in the midway near Sheikh Mohalla, by police and CRPF. Soon clashes started in the area and government forces used tear smoke shells and pellets to disperse the protesters. Sources said that twenty protesters sustained injuries in clashes which lasted for a couple of hours. However, they were treated locally. Another…

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Dozens injured in forces action at Sirigufwara; Pro-freedom demos rock Aishmuqam, Kanelwan

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At least 28 protesters were wounded when forces fired teargas shells and pellets to quell the protesters at Sirigufwara village in south’s Kashmir Anantnag district on Thursday, witnesses said. Forces also used force to quell the pro-freedom demonstration at Seer and Aishmuqam areas, witnesses said, adding that several people were injured in the forces action. A massive pro-freedom rally organized by different sects was held at Kanelwan village in Bijbehara and at Wachi Shopian in south Kashmir on Thursday, witnesses said. They said religious leaders of various sects and pro-freedom…

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Amidst shutdown ‘Azadi’ slogans raised in Kishtwar; Zuhr prayers offered on road in Bandipora

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Amidst complete shutdown a massive protest rally was underway at bus stand Kishtwar which was attended by more than two thousand people on Thursday to show solidarity with Kashmiris. Reports said that people raised anti-India slogans during the rally. “Enthusiastic protesters raised Azadi slogans as well,” sources said. Meanwhile, a complete shutdown was being observed in Kishtwar against the civilian killings in Kashmir valley at the hands of government forces. Hundreds of people offered congregational Zuhr prayers on road in Kaloosa area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora on Thursday. Soon after…

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Nocturnal Protests, Clashes rock Shopian; 500 Arrested across Kashmir as police seek to end protests

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Massive protests were held in Shopian town of south Kashmir after police and CRPF men allegedly smashed window panes of residential houses and broke their windows. Local sources said that police and CRPF men allegedly started smashing window panes of residential houses in Kannipora and Alyalpora areas of Shopian during last night. Soon after the incident loudspeakers of mosques went on and people were appealed to “come to the rescue of Kannipora and Alyalpora residents”. The appeal was followed immediately and hundreds of people marched towards the area raising anti-India and pro-freedom…

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Situation tense in Kulgam, dozens injured during violent protests, Geelani, Mirwaiz stages sit-in, lashes out at UN

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 25 injured reach Kulgam Hospital, situation very tense Reports from Kulgam in south Kashmir suggest that situation is very tense and more than 30 persons have sustained injuries in the ongoing clashes in the district however officials were not available for comments. District Hospital Kulgam sources told Kashmir Post that they received 25 injured persons who have different sorts of injuries. Intense clashes erupted in Adeejan area of the district after thousands of protesters were stopped from marching to DH Pora. Local people had called a prayer meeting at DH Pora in…

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