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Kashmir

CM stresses need to improve Srinagar’s infrastructure

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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today promised to build a new summer capital by integrating modern elements into the city’s rich heritage. Terming Srinagar as a historic centre of authority and influence, the Chief Minister said: “Srinagar is the heart of the state and we need to appreciate its centrality. We also need to improve its fundamentals by working on core sectors like connectivity, businesses, transport, water and drainage systems.” Mufti Sayeed was speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the new Mehjoor Bridge at Jawahar Nagar and Kissan…

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Kulgam family claims Qasim was their son

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A family in Kulgam district today claimed that slain Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Abu Qasim was their son and not a Pakistani. Khutan Begum, a resident of Khandipora village in Kulgam, claimed that the slain was her son, Muhammad Yaqoob Hajam. “He had left home some 15 years ago and we knew nothing of his whereabouts,” said Khutan, who had come to Bugam village to claim the body. Khutan said her son had a small extra growth behind his ear, which was visible on the slain as well. Superintendent of Police, Shopian,…

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Kulgam shuts against the killing of Abu Qasim, Thousands participated in funeral

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As the news about the killing of LeT commander Abu Qasim reached Kulgam town of south Kashmir scores of youth took to streets and started anti-India sloganeering. Reports said that protests were going on in Kulgam amid complete shutdown. The most wanted LeT commander, Abu Qasim according to police was killed in an encounter at Khandaypora, village of Kulgma district last night. According to the Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone S.J.M.Gillani cordon and search operation was launched at village Khandaypora, Kulgam in south Kashmir which turned into an encounter…

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Protests hit Kashmir after India says it killed top rebel

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A top rebel leader in Kashmir was killed in a gunbattle with Indian forces Thursday, triggering street protests in the disputed Himalayan region, police said. Abu Qasim was a Pakistani national and operations chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, which India blames for several attacks across the country, including the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people, said police Director-General K. Rajendra Kumar. There was no independent confirmation or comments from militants fighting against Indian rule in Kashmir. But as the news spread, hundreds of people tried to march to…

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Protest in Betingo against Farooq Abdullah’s visit

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At least four female protesters and a lady constable was injured when the protests erupt against the emergence of National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah in Betingo hamlet of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses told CNS that Farooq Abdullah arrived in Betingo to express sympathy with the bereaved family of Zahid Rasool Bhat who lost his life after Hindu mobs attacked a Kashmiri truck on 9 October this month at Shivnagar Udhampur. “As Farooq Abdullah emerged in the hamlet scores of females took to streets and staged a…

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Kashmiri journalist faces life threat in New Delhi

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Noted Kashmiri journalist Bilal Bhat has been threatened by the house owner and a gangster to leave Delhi or face the consequences. Bilal Bhat has narrated his ordeal in an email. The text of his email is as: Jamia Nagar Okhla , New Delhi 110025 28 October, 2015 Subject: I am getting life threats and conspiracies are hatched against me because I am a Kashmiri. I am a Delhi based Kashmiri journalist and I want to bring to your notice how we are suffering in different Indian states. It’s no…

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Govt extends ‘Ladli Beti’ scheme to Srinagar

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J&K Government has extended ‘Ladli Beti’, an incentive scheme for the girl child, to Srinagar district. The scheme launched initially in six districts of the state earlier this month is aimed to reverse the declining child sex ratio that had plunged below the national average of 943. In the 2011 census, the sex ratio slipped in J&K to 889 females per 1,000 males from 901 in 2001. A senior official of the Social Welfare Department said the government had extended the scheme to Srinagar district where the sex ratio, as…

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Chilly weather in Kashmir ahead of winter

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People woke up here to a chilly Wednesday morning as the mercury dipped to below freezing point in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir. The lowest temperature of minus 6.1 degrees Celsius was recorded in Leh town of Ladakh region. “The overnight minimum temperature in Srinagar was 1.5 degrees Celsius, that is five degrees below normal,” an official of the local weather office told IANS. The official, however, said the weather would remain dry during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. “There will be clear skies today (Wednesday)…

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Thousands participated in funeral procession of police officer’s militant son

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Massive clashes in Pulwama, complete shutdown in Shopian Despite restrictions, extensive military deployment around Karimabad area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, thousands of people including females from adjoining hamlets participated in the funeral procession of local Hizb militant Afaq Ahmed Bhat, the 22 years old son of a police officer, who along with his associate Manan Ahmed Dar was killed during a gunfight with Indian Army on Monday evening in Drubgam hamlet of the district which witnessed violent protests after the culmination of the encounter. Eyewitnesses told CNS that the…

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‘Techie’ militant’s death ‘huge blow’ to Hizb’s recruitment in Kashmir

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The Jammu and Kashmir police are upbeat about having achieved “huge success” in halting further recruitment of local youths by the militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen. They said one of the two militants killed in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday evening was one of Hizb’s main recruiters. “We are hopeful that there will be a halt in the cycle of recruitment of local boys,” DIG south Kashmir Nitish Kumar told the HT. Sources said the militant, identified as Afaq Ahmed alias Afaaqullah, handled most of the “online…

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