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Kashmir

e-Curfew initiated in parts of valley

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Residents of north Kashmir’s Baramulla, Kupwara and bandipora district Wednesday said the mobile internet services were snapped there on Wednesday without any prior notice. “Mobile internet services went off exactly at 6 pm. We tried to contact customer care but couldn’t,” a group of residents from the area told . Similar reports poured in from Handwara and Kupwara towns. Police sources said the decision to snap internet was a “precautionary measure to maintain peace.”

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Geelani, Malik call for strike tomorrow; Mirwaiz appeals for Friday protests

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Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani have called for a strike tomorrow to protest against the fresh killing in Kupwara district of north Kashmir. Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has appealed for protests after Friday prayers. A spokesman of the JKLF, quoting Yasin Malik, appealed people to observe a complete shutdown against the killing of Jahangir Ahmad after being hit by a teargas shell in Drugmulla area. He also appealed people to hold protests after Friday prayers. In a statement, Geelani also…

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Restrictions in Srinagar today

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The authorities have decided to impose restrictions in some parts of the city on Wednesday in view of the shutdown call given by separatists against the killing of two youth in Handwara town. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Farooq Ahmad Lone said restrictions will be imposed in parts of the city that fall under jurisdiction of six police stations, including Rainawari, Nowhatta, MR Gunj, Khanyar, Safakadal and Maisuma. He said the Sikh community, celebrating Baisakhi festival tomorrow, will be allowed to move during the day. “Sikhs will be allowed to move…

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NIT row was ‘pre-planned’, says Kashmir civil society

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Kashmir civil society formation on Tuesday said people “won’t watch silently” the attacks on Kashmiri students in Indian states and asserted that the National Institute of Technology Srinagar crisis was “pre-planned.” The Kashmir Centre for Social and Development Studies (KCSDS)—along with Kashmir Bar Association members—held a press conference here, slamming few Delhi-based television news channels “for carrying out anti-Kashmir propaganda.” KCSDS chairperson, Prof HameedahNayeem, said the NIT unrest was “pre-planned” and “few New Delhi-based news channels are carrying out propaganda against Kashmiris.” “After conducting an internal inquiry, we came to…

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Geelani for joint strategy to safeguard Kashmiris studying outside JK

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Says will consult all separatist camps; thanks people for observing shutdown Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday thanked the people for observing a complete shutdown. He said Kashmiris were protesting the harassment of Kashmiri students and vandalizing of martyrs’ graveyard and warned that if something wrong happened to ‘our dear ones studying outside the J&K, the Government of India shall be wholly responsible.’ He said, “We will chart out a comprehensive program along with all separatist camps to defend our students studying outside J&K if such incidents are…

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Separatist shutdown call affected normal life in Kashmir

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The shutdown has been called by separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Muhammad Yasin Malik and others in protest against alleged harassment of Kashmiri students in educational and professional institutions outside the valley. Escalating the ongoing tension, Kashmir valley today witnessed a complete shutdown on the issue of attacks on Kashmiri students outside the state. Shops, public transport, other business establishments and educational institutions remained closed. The shutdown has been called by separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Muhammad Yasin Malik and others in…

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New traffic diversion plan leads to chaos in Srinagar

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The road from Bemina to Lal Chowk, via Batamaloo, remained choked on the first working day of the week as the new traffic diversion plan formulated in the wake of ongoing Jehangir Chowk- Rambagh flyover construction works came into effect today. The Bemina-Batamaloo road was jammed with passenger busses and private vehicles during the morning rush hour. The 5 km journey from Bemina, a major residential neighbourhood on the city outskirts, to Jehangir Chowk took nearly an hour as traffic moved at a snail’s pace. Two major bottlenecks were witnessed…

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Solina shopkeepers stage protest, close shops against delay in compensation

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Shopkeepers under the banner of Traders Coordination Committee, Solina Bazar, Rambagh Monday protested and observed complete shutdown against the delay in promised compensation. Scores of traders from Solina Bazar gathered around at 10 am at Rambagh Bridge. They staged protest against the district administration for failing to release the compensation. They blocked Rambagh Bridge which resulted to traffic jam for one and a half hour on the route. A group of Shopkeepers said, “Soon after the construction was started on the flyover. We were promised monthly 10,000 for each Shopkeeper…

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Forces attacked with stones during search operation in Pulwama

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In yet another such incident, protesters on Monday targeted government forces who had gone to a village to carry out a search operation following information that some militants were hiding there. Forces fired tear gas shells to disperse the mobs, police said, adding nobody was injured in it. Forces of 50 Rastriya Rifles and policemen conducted a search operation in Lelhaar village of Pulwama district, following information about presence of militants in the area, police said. The search operation yielded nothing and the forces called off the operation, police said.…

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KU students march in solidarity with students harassed outside Kashmir

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A solidarity march was staged at the University of Kashmir on Monday for the Kashmiri students studying in various colleges outside Jammu and Kashmir. More than 300 students assembled outside the Humanities block at the varsity and raised slogans to condemn the attack on Kashmiri students outside the state. The protesting students also raised slogans in favour of Kashmir’s independence. “It is a shame that the government is silent at the attacks on Kashmiri students studying in various Indian colleges. They are worried only about non-locals students at the NIT…

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