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Kashmir

Chief Minister salutes shikarawala’s brave act

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Body fished out after six days Along the banks of the Jhelum river near the Raj Bagh locality, a braveheart shikarawala’s body rested on a wooden plank inside a tent as men prepared to perform its ritual bath. Ghulam Mohammad Guroo’s body was retrieved from the the Jhelum after six days. “We are proud of him,” Noor Mohammad Zaindari, Guroo’s neighbour, said. “But the government should not forget him and help his family,” he added. In the region, where death has become a routine in the recent decades as thousands…

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Two devotees hurt in stone-pelting incident as thousands of Kashmiri Pandits throng Kheer Bhawani Temple

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Mehbooba, who visited the shrine, used this occasion to reach out to the pandits. Two women devotees were injured in a stray stone-pelting incident even as thousands of Kashmiri Pandits thronged the shrine of Mata Kheer Bhawani to participate in the annual mela at Tulmula village in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Police said unidentified miscreants were pelting stones on a new police post when a bus carrying pilgrims to Mata Kheer Bhawani shrine was passing by at Wanpoh village in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Friday evening. “A stone…

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Tulmulla sees Prayers, Protests & Communal Harmony

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Scenes of communal harmony mixed with resentment among a section of the migrant Kashmiri Pandits were witnessed today at the shrine of Ragnya Devi at Tulmulla, 27 km from Srinagar city. Thousands of Pandits from all over the country prayed during the annual Mela Kheer Bhawani as the Hindu festival this time coincided with the fasting month of Ramadan after around three decades. A large number of local Muslims, ranging from street-side vendors and common residents to government officials, too were present at the shrine to welcome the devotees. Keeping…

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Dara emerging as new site for adventure tourism

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Located on the outskirts of the city, the Dara locality is emerging as the new site for adventure tourism as the state government plans to promote it as the venue for paragliding. “In order to tap adventure tourism potential in Srinagar, the Department of Tourism is promoting paragliding at Dara which is close to Srinagar city,” a government spokesman said. The paragliding takes flight at Astan Marg in Dara and flies for about 10 to 15 minutes before making a landing at Harwan. Around five to six flights sail in…

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Mehbooba’s U-turn, Separatists Geelani, Farooq freed : Sainik Colony Row

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Ignoring the opposition from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday retracted her decision to put separatists leaders, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest to prevent them from holding a protest rally against the proposal to set up a Sainik Colony in Kashmir. The separatist leaders Geelani and Farooq, who were arrested earlier today ahead of their meeting on the Sainik Colony issue, have been released. Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chief, Muhammad Yasin Malik, who was also…

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Govt Seals Beerwah to Thwart ‘Abhinav Gupta Yatra’

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Fearing arrival of “Yatris”, Jammu and Kashmir Government has sealed central Kashmir’s Budgam district to thwart the proposed “Abhinav Gupta Yatra”. A New Delhi based group has planned “Yatra to a cave in Beerwah” area of Budgam. Reports and witness reports reaching here said that government has made strong deployment of forces personnel in and around Beerwah. The Delhi based group had planned movement towards the cave in second week of June. Police and CRPF men have sealed all the entry points with rolls of concertina wires. With separatist outfit,…

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Govt raking up sensitive issues to hurt Kashmiris: Mirwaiz

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Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said that Government was hell bent to disrupt peace by establishing Sainik Colonies, Pandit Townships and people of Kashmir will strongly oppose the moves. “The government itself is raking up issues that are very sensitive to the people of Kashmir and having the potential of harming their collective interests. The people of Kashmir and resistance leadership would strongly oppose any such moves,” Mirwaiz said addressing a congregation before Friday prayers at historic Jamia Masjid here. He said that in the name of…

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Strike cripples life in parts of South Kashmir

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Strike crippled life in several parts of south Kashmir, where people are protesting against the arrest of six youths, including brother of a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) commander, in connection with attack on a police party at Anantnag that left two personnel died recently. Shops and business establishments remained closed in Khudwani and Koimoh in north Kashmir and traffic was off the roads. Work in government offices and educational institutions was also affected. People alleged that six innocent youths were arrested by security forces after the Anantnag attack. Demanding immediate release…

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Abhinavgupta Shashaderi Samiti cave claim ridiculous and silly: Geelani

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Terming the proposal of starting yet another Yatra to a cave in Beerwah area of the Budgam district by some Delhi based Abhinav Gupta Shashaderi Samiti as ridiculous and silly, Chairman Hurriyat (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani said that this is an deliberate attempt to disturb the peaceful environment in the state and is aimed to divert the attention of the people from the present serious situations in Kashmir. He said that the communal forces of India with the backing of RSS government want hasty implementation of their cultural aggression…

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‘Better live in Tihar jail than separate colonies’ : Hindu business families

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As the controversy over establishment of separate colonies for Kashmiri Pandits is gaining momentum, more than 35 Hindu business families are living safely among Kashmiri Muslims in the heart of north Kashmir’s Kupwara town. It has been more than 21 years since they voluntarily returned from Jammu after their brief migration in 1995, but these families say they never experienced any kind of violence or threat here. They celebrate festivals together with their Muslim neighbors and attend weddings and funerals, and are an integral part of the local community. Manoj…

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