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Kashmir

Slain Hizb militants were aides of Burhan, say police

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The police have said that the Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed in Thursday’s encounter in Shopian were close associates of the outfit’s tech-savvy commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani. The slain duo has appeared with Wani in a couple of videos, released by the outfit on the social media. Hizb militants, Adil Khanday, a resident of the Imam Sahib area in Shopian, and Irshad Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Maldair village in Shopian, were killed in a brief gunfight with security forces in the Mazimpora area of Shopian district on Thursday. Superintendent of…

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Restrictions in City Today

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KU, PSC exams postponed Authorities have decided to impose restrictions in several parts of the capital city on Friday. The decision to impose restrictions on the areas falling under the jurisdiction of six police stations in the old city was taken on Thursday evening, apprehending protests by people at the behest of separatist leaders. SSP Srinagar Amit Kumar told that restrictions will remain in place in the areas falling under five police stations in downtown Srinagar- Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, Safakadal and Maharaj Gunj- and Maisuma in the uptown. He said…

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21st century on, Kupwara village yet to see electricity

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Commanding a scenic landscape, Safawali village in Hayhama area of Kupwara district has least to boast of in terms of basic amenities provided by government to its residents who live about 26 kilometres away from here. The inhabitants of the village had seen a ray of hope when Beacon constructed a good road to the village five years ago. Soon a Middle school was established which further swelled the expectations of the residents and they started dreaming of other facilities in the village. However, nothing of that sort happened. Electricity…

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No hope of justice, India taken over by radicals: Er Rashid

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Member Legislative Assembly, Er Rashid, Thursday said he has withdrawn case against five people who smeared ink on his face in New Delhi as he had no hope of getting justice. “We had no hopes of justice there (New Delhi) because they (the attackers) were like government guests,” he said addressing a press conference here. “Our fight is not against those five rented goons, but against the ideology of RSS and Sangh Parivar. I wanted to show that Kashmiris have so much tolerance that we forgive those five people when…

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Curfew-like restrictions continue in Anantnag for the 5th day

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• Separatists barred from visiting Zahid’s house • Geelani detained; Mirwaiz, Shah, others under house arrest • Tanker driver critically injured after being hit by stone at Charsoo • Bijbehara 1993 massacre commemorated amid curbs The curfew-like restrictions continued to prevail in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district to prevent people from taking to roads and staging anti-government demonstrations against killing of 18-year-old trucker Zahid Rasool Bhat in petrol bomb attack in Udhampur while authorities barred separatist leaders from visiting slain trucker’s residence by either detaining them or placing them under house…

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22 October 1993 – Black Friday

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When BSF men butchered 51 protesters in Kashmir ‘Pain lingers and horror still haunts survivors’ Twenty-two years have expired and the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) personnel from 74th Battalion allegedly responsible for butchering scores of innocent and peaceful protestors in Bijbehara town of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district have not been brought to book and the ‘killers’ are still roaming free. Locals lament that justice has been eluding the families of the victims. Amnesty International reported that at least 51 people died and 200 were wounded on 22 October 1993, while the…

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Snap ties with BJP to protect Kashmiri Muslims: Karra to PDP

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Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Member Parliament from Srinagar Tariq Hamid Karra, who stayed away from the meeting on Thursday, said that the party should snap its ties with the right-wing BJP in the state if “it wants to protect the people of Kashmir”. “The RSS-BJP has unleashed terror across the country. And in Jammu and Kashmir the rabid Hindutva elements have also not spared Muslims. They attacked two Kashmiri drivers in Udhampur in which a youth was killed. Such incidents clearly indicate that Kashmiris are no longer safe…

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Govt won’t allow 8th Muharram procession

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Restrictions will be imposed in Lal Chowk: IGP IM chief threatens to defy restrictions The government won’t allow 8th Muharram procession in Srinagar on Thursday as authorities have decided to enforce restrictions in city centre to foil any procession by Shia mourners. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir SJM Gilani told that nobody would be allowed to take out the 8th Muharram procession in Srinagar tomorrow. “We will not allow any procession. Strict restrictions will be imposed in Lal Chowk area tomorrow to prevent people from assembling in city centre…

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Militants biggest stakeholders in Kashmir issue: MLA Rashid

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Independent MLA Engineer Abdul Rashid, known for courting controversy, was at it again today. Rashid here today batted for the militants to be taken on board by the Union Government, whenever it talks to the stakeholders to find a permanent solution to the Kashmir issue. “The militants are the biggest stakeholders in the Kashmir issue. Talks with only leaders of the Hurriyat Conference, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, will not be productive,” Rashid  said. In this regard, he singled out Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahudeen. The latter is a Kashmir-based…

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Hurriyat Chairman, Separatists under house arrest

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Top separatist leaders including chairmen of both the factions of Hurriyat Conference were on Wednesday placed under house arrest, a day ahead of their plans to hold a meeting in Anantnag for the youth who died of injuries suffered in a petrol bomb attack recently. Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, head of the moderate Hurriyat faction Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Khan and Zafar Akbar Bhat were placed under house arrest, a police official said. Chairman of JKLF Mohammad Yasin Malik, Javaid Ahmad Mir and…

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