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Kashmir

Flood-victims of Rajbagh, Jawahar Nagar protest ‘govt apathy’

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Residents of Rajbagh and Jawahar Nagar areas here on Wednesday staged protest against delay in compensation for losses suffered by them during devastating floods last year. Raising anti-government slogans, the aggrieved residents blocked road resulting in disruption in vehicular movement. “Government has failed to fulfill its promise of providing compensation to us. Ironically, despite passing of over a year since floods, Government has left us to fend for ourselves,” they said. Out of Rs 80,000 crore package announced by Modi government recently, Rs 7854 crore were announced for flood relief,…

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Sopore, Pampore towns observe shutdown against militant killings

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Sopore town of north Kashmir on Wednesday observed complete shutdown against the killing of a local militant in a gunfight in south Kashmir’s Pampore area last evening. Police said Shakir Ahmad Bhat son of Showkat Ahmad of Nowpora Sopore was killed in a brief gunfight with forces in Pampore on Tuesday evening. Another non-local militant was also killed in the encounter. When the slain militant’s body was handed over the family on Wednesday, hundreds of people joined his funeral prayers and raised pro-freedom slogans, witnesses said. Meanwhile, commercial establishments remained…

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Folk singer Rashid Hafiz felicitated

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The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) regional centre, Srinagar, and the J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) today jointly felicitated noted folk singer Abdul Rashid Hafiz. A JKAACL spokesman said the function was held to celebrate conferment of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award to Hafiz. The function was presided over by well-known writer Ghulam Nabi Khayal while prominent poet-broadcaster Farooq Nazki was the chief guest on the occasion. In his welcome address, Regional Director, ICCR, Prof Ayaz Rasool Nazki highlighted the contribution of Hafiz to Kashmiri folk…

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UN failed to protect rights of J&K people: Mirwaiz

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‘SAARC should address regional issues including Kashmir’ • Suggestions on alternative to hartals taken from all sections of society  • Blames mainstream parties for human rights violations Terming denial of right to self determination as “biggest” human rights violation, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday accused United Nations of having double standards and failing to protect the rights of people of Jammu and Kashmir. “UN was dancing to the tunes of few international powers and does whatever suits them,” Mirwaiz said while addressing during a seminar titled, “Human…

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Met predicts rain, snow in Valley

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The Met Department has today predicted rain in plains and snow in the higher reaches of Kashmir over the next 24 hours while the minimum temperature stayed above the freezing point in most parts of the Valley last night. “Light rain predicted at isolated places in Kashmir over the next 24 hours while there are chances of snowfall in the higher reaches of the Valley during this period,” a Met official said. The ski-resort of Gulmarg was the only place to register sub-zero temperature last night, he said. Kupwara town…

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Accused Indian Army soldier handed over to police

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‘Abductor’ remanded to police custody ‘We are dying of starvation: Family members Indian Army soldier accused of abducting two civilians from Dardpora Kralpora of frontier district Kupwara was remanded to police custody till December 11. Earlier police approached Hari Thregam Army camp on Tuesday evening and detained the accused Territorial man Manzoor Khawaja who is posted there. Deputy Inspector General of Police for North Kashmir Gareeb Das confirmed to CNS that Manzoor was picked up by police from Territorial Army camp on Tuesday evening. “The Army cooperated with the police…

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Authorities sit on traffic mess, commuters suffer

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With people of Srinagar facing a tough time due to frequent traffic jams, authorities have failed to take measures for streamlining the traffic system. The problem has been compounded due to “vote-bank politics” which is hampering removal of encroachments from roads—to ensure smooth flow of vehicular movement. A senior SMC official admitted that the major hurdle in removing encroachments from footpaths and roads is “political backing”. “There have been several instances when officials, who took action against the encroachments of roads and footpaths were either transferred or warned. Had the…

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Machil-II? 3 persons missing in Kupwara since Nov 17

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Families accuse TA trooper for their disappearance  Court asks police to arrest accused army man in 24 hours Amid apprehensions of repeat of Machil-like fake encounter, families of two of the three persons of border district of Kupwara, who have gone missing since November 17, have accused Territory Army (TA) trooper of being involved in their disappearance and approached a local court here to seek his arrest. The court has directed police to arrest the accused TA trooper within 24 hours. Three persons identified as Gulam Jeelani Khatana 42, of…

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Police destroying career of Kashmiri youth: Geelani

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‘Majority of youth face police torture before joining militant ranks’ Taking strong notice of the arrest of six students of Pampore area by the police and not allowing them to appear in their exams, Chairman Hurriyat (G) Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday said the police in a planned manner is ‘destroying the career of youth.’ He said by ‘pushing them (youth) to the wall, the state administration is forcing Kashmiri youth to abandon the colleges and universities.’ Geelani appealed the local and international human rights organizations to take serious notice of…

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A month on, hunt for militants in Kupwara forests continues

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In the frontier area of Kupwara district, close to the Line of Control (LoC), army men are engaged in one of the longest anti-militancy operations to trace 2-3 “battle hardened” militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba. Though the Army has scaled down the size of the operation, the siege around the dense forests — around 15 km from the LoC covering five villages — continues. In the one-month battle, one militant was gunned down and another died of cold. But, the Army also lost an officer of Special Forces, Col Santosh Mahadik, who…

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