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Kashmir

Hurriyat (M) Condemns Mysterious Killing of 3 Youth in Pattan, Demands Investigation

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Expressing shock over the Pattan incident in which three bullet ridden bodies of young boys with torture marks was found in mysterious circumstances in an apple orchard at Seeru Dangarpora in North Kashmir’s Pattan town, the Hurrriyat (M) strongly condemned the killings and said that the gruesome incident raises suspicion and needs to be investigated and the culprits brought to book. The Hurriyat (M) expressed solidarity and sympathy with all the three bereaved families. According to a statement issued to KNS, meanwhile paying tributes to slain militant Irshad Ahmad Ganaie…

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Youth Didn’t Eve-Tease Any Participant at ‘Kashmir Marathon’: Hurriyat (G)

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Hurriyat Conference (G) Monday out rightly rejected the accusation levelled by the PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and the police that the youth misbehaved and passed lewd comments over the girl participants. Hurriyat Conference (G) said, “whatever happened at the marathon race is the inner voice of the people of Kashmir and the PDP president tried to change discourse of the event by speaking blatant lie.” In a statement to KNS, the Hurriyat (G) spokesperson said, “the organization of the marathon race by the Big 92.7 FM was not any simple…

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Effect of Article 370 & Laws Not Applicable in J&K

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Whenever there is discussion about law and order in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, a blame game starts and both side (State of Jammu & Kashmir and the Indian Government) accuses each other for deteriorating the law and order situation of the state. Article 370 is also accused for entire mess and few people came up with their own laws, even if they are non-existing. The article 370 is one of the main reason for current tug of war as it empowers the state of Jammu & Kashmir to…

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BJP leader to organize beef party in South Kashmir

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Even as BJP, a coalition partner in Jammu & Kashmir government, has welcomed the high court ruling asking police to strictly implement beef ban in the state, a party leader from south Kashmir will organize a beef party to send across a message of religious tolerance. “I have decided to organize a party for both Hindus and Muslims. The Muslims will be served beef and the Hindus an exclusively vegetarian meal. They will share a table and it will send a message of brotherhood and religious tolerance,” Khurshid Ahmad Malik,…

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Hardline Geelani eclipses moderate Mirwaiz

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With several mid-ranking and veteran separatists gravitating around Syed Ali Geelani, the aging pro-Pakistan politician is overshadowing moderate Hurriyat chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Geelani’s position strengthened last week when three senior separatists, who have been associated with anti-India politics for more than two decades, announced their decision to join his hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference. Since the split in the region’s main separatist amalgam Hurriyat Conference in 2003, the moderates had remained more acceptable to Pakistan than Geelani’s hardline camp, which is now reversing. The entry of Shabir Ahmad…

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Salute Students’ Courage for protest at KU: Geelani

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Hailing the courage exhibited by the students in foiling the Marathon event at the varsity here on Sunday, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani said the educational institutions in valley are with the deliberate attempt being used for immoral acts and cultural aggregation by the government. Training guns against the PDP, BJP coalition, Geelani said the students who protested against the much hyped event at Kashmir University on Sunday proves that the youth here are politically mature enough to understand the difference between the friends and foes. The Hurriyat…

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Can Economic Package solve Kashmir issue, asks Omar

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Opposition National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today doubted if an economic package could address the Kashmir issue as he referred to the huge crowd that the funeral procession of an LeT militant had attracted in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. “1000’s attend a LeT (Lashkar-e-Toiba) militant’s funeral in Padgampora, Kashmir (I heard 20k-30k). Still believe an economic package is the solution, do you?? (sic),” Omar wrote on Twitter.Com. Omar was referring to the funeral of the militant killed in an encounter with security forces yesterday in Pulwama district of…

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Clashes erupt in Pulwama

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Clashes erupted today between mourners and security forces in Padgampora village, native village of the slain militant commander killed in an encounter yesterday, leaving at least three persons injured. Irshad Ahmad Ganaie, the second-in-command of Lashkar-e-Toiba in Kashmir, was killed on Saturday in the Kakapora area of Pulwama after a brief gunfight with security forces. Hundreds of people reached Padgampora village in Pulwama this morning to attend the funeral of the slain militant. After Ganaie’s burial, people clashed with police and CRPF men. Youths threw stones while the police used…

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She weaved a career out of handicrafts

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Jameela Majid, 35, from the militant bastion village of Takiya Niloora, Pulwama, south Kashmir, feels empowered as her art is getting a lot of praise and attention at the 10th regional SARAS exhibition in the heart of Srinagar. After passing her middle school exams, Jameela followed her mother’s footsteps and started making handmade curtains and cushions covers. “We had nothing as we suffered a lot economically due to the conflict. We were poor as for our family it was really difficult to afford two square meals a day, but today…

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Kishanganga Project: Villagers want resettlement policy redrafted

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J&K HC tells state govt, NHPC to file response within four weeks The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today issued notices to the state government, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) authorities and other officials, respondents in a petition seeking to quash the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy-2007. The policy was drafted by the NHPC and J&K Government to rehabilitate the villagers affected by the Kishanganga hydroelectric power project in Bandipora district. The High Court has given these respondents four-week time to respond to the averments made in the petition filed by…

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