Category: Kashmir

Kashmir

‘Chidambaram supported execution of my husband’

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Hours after former Home Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram said Afzal Guru’s case was “wrongly decided”, the family of Afzal said Chidambaram should have issued such a statement earlier so that execution of Guru could have been stopped. Terming Guru’s execution as “murder of justice”, Guru’s wife Tabassum said Chidambaram has made the statement for “his vested interest.” “It is he who supported the execution of my husband that time by acting as mute spectator. Now there is no need to issue such a statement. Everybody is well aware…

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Police crack whip on separatists

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Ahead of the Friday protest call against detention of JNU students, the police today cracked down on separatists. While most senior leaders of the hardline Hurriyat Conference have been under detention for some time, police detained its low-rung activists to thwart protests in Kashmir. The separatist outfit asked people to hold sit-ins on Friday afternoon in all the districts to support the JNU students and seek release of Professor SAR Geelani. The police lodged Hurriyat secretary general Shabir Ahmad Shah in the Rajbagh police station while provincial president Nayeem Ahmad…

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Hurriyats criticizes authorities for ‘disallowing’ proper burial of slain militants

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Hurriyat (G) calls for funeral prayers in absentia The two factions of Hurriyat Conference Wednesday criticized the authorities for not handing over the bodies of three slain militants who were killed in a gunfight with government forces at JKEDI Pampore to the locals for last rites. Hurriyat (G) held an Executive Body (Majlis-i-Shoura) meeting which was presided over by the senior Hurriyat (G) leader and the Secretary General of the forum Shabir Ahmad Shah at his Sanat Nagar office and was attended by the heads or the representatives of most…

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Udaan trainees from JK ‘axed’ for wearing black bands on eve of Kunan-poshpora anniversary

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Six youths from Jammu and Kashmir were allegedly laid off from a training programme by Mohali-based Sebiz InfoTech for expressing solidarity with the mass rape victims of Kunan-Poshpora. Rights groups say more than 30 women were raped by soldiers of 6 Rajputana Rifles on the night of Feb 23, 1991 in the twin villages of Kunan and Poshpora, a charge denied by the army. The youths, undergoing training under Udaan scheme, had put on black bands on their arms to express resentment against the delay in justice to the victims…

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Public support for militants worries police

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When three militants were fighting government forces in EDI building at Pampore  Monday, hundreds of women from about 20 surrounding areas gathered on the opposite side of Jhelum, singing wanwun in praise of the militants. Braving hundreds of peppers gas and tear gas shells fired by police, these women left no stone unturned to express solidarity with the militants. In Pampore town, some 500 youth engaged police and paramilitary CRPF in one of the toughest street battles. Youth blocked Srinagar-Jammu highway with big rocks, electricity poles and iron pipes in…

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Kashmiri boy chosen for officer training directly from NCC

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Javeed Ahmad Parrey, hailing from Bandipora district, was the only NCC cadet from Jammu and Kashmir to be selected for the training.  In a special case, a Kashmiri boy has been selected for training as a Commissioned Officer in the Army directly in view of his extraordinary performance in the NCC as a cadet. “NCC Cadet Javeed Ahmad Parrey, hailing from Bandipora district, has made the entire (Kashmir) valley proud by being selected to undergo training for Commissioned Officer in Indian Army,” said the Army spokesman in a statement. He…

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Bright sunny day hints at early arrival of spring in Kashmir

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Even as night temperature at a few places in Kashmir continued to stay below the freezing point, the Valley today witnessed a bright sunny day, giving a feel of early arrival of spring. With the sprouting of plants and blooming of some flower varieties, signs of spring in Kashmir have started at least a month ahead of the natural process due to favourable temperature. However, the development has led to concern among farmers and environmentalists who fear that it could be an effect of climate change. Apart from occasional snowfall…

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End of siege, diversions on National Highway lifted

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The traffic on the Pampore-Pantha chowk stretch of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was allowed to ply normally today after remaining in absolute disarray for about three days. Traffic on the NH remained diverted from Saturday afternoon to Monday evening in the wake of the 48-hour gun battle between security forces and militants in Sempora area of Pampore near here. Nine people, including three Army men, two CRPF personnel, three militants and a civilian, were killed in the gunfight. Security agencies, keeping the safety of commuters in view, diverted Srinagar and…

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Affection for militants slain in Pampore shows Kashmir struggle not a terror movement: Hurriyat (G)

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Hurriyat (G) on Tuesday said that the “affection” shown by people towards the militants slain in Pampore gunfight proved that Kashmir struggle had nothing to do with terrorism. “The level of affiliation and affection which the local people showed with the Mujahideen fighting with the Indian forces was amazing and it also proves that the Kashmiri brave hearts struggling for the freedom for Kashmir have nothing to do with the terrorism and they are sacrificing their precious lives for the dignity and freedom of their nation,” Hurriyat (G) said in…

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JNU row escalates; Kashmir University erupts with pro-Kanhaiya Kumar, ‘azaadi’ slogans

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As Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) continues to simmer over the ‘pro-Afzal Guru’ event, slogans in support of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar were raised in Kashmir University on Tuesday. While raising their voice against the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar, some students were seen shouting slogans like, “Tum kitne Kanhaiya pakdoge, har ghar se Kanhaiya nikalega” and “Hum chahate azaadi”. Meanwhile, in its latest report on the JNU row, Delhi Police has cited evidence collected by the varsity’s internal inquiry committee suggesting that eight students, including the JNUSU president , allegedly indulged…

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