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Kashmir

Militant movement keeps security men on toes in CM’s hometown

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Heightened militant movement in Bijbehara, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s hometown, has been keeping security agencies on their toes for the last more than two months. At least four youths from Bijbehara town have joined militant ranks over the past few months, said Anantnag SSP Abdul Jabbar. They had been actively moving around the town over the past couple of months. The SSP said the movement of militants increased considerably at any place in case they had locals among their ranks. Militant presence was not new for the security grid…

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Four Youths arrested while trying to cross LoC for arms training

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Army’s 6-Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group on Tuesday arrested four youths when they were trying to cross Line Of Control in North Kashmir’s Kupwara area. According to the reports, all four youth belong to the Sopore area in North kashmir and have fled from their home on August 28. Police sources said that they were attempting to cross the LoC towards Pakistan for arms training, but were captured by army in Hafrooda forests area of Kupwara. The identity of youths are yet to ascertained. The news comes after a…

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Hurriyat (G) flays ‘RSS propaganda against Muslims’

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Hurriyat Conference (G) today strongly condemned, what it said, the venomous propaganda unleashed by the RSS and its partners against Muslims. “The hue and cry raised by the RSS and its allied communal and fascist partners over the increase in the population of Muslims in India is meaningless and reflection of their frustration,” a Hurriyat spokesman said, adding the issue came up for discussion at a meeting of amalgam central advisory council with general secretary Ghulam Nabi Sumji in chair. The central advisory council members on the occasion expressed grave…

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Kashmiri Hajj pilgrims face hardships in Makkah

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State Hajj Committee denies allegations, says CEO himself on pilgrimage has not received any complaint Hajj pilgrims from Kashmir Valley Monday accused the State government of leaving them in lurch in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. They said they have been spending nights under open sky for lack of accommodation and food facilities for them. A number of pilgrims from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district informed CNS over phone from Makkah that they have been facing a lot of hardship while the Hajj Committee has been doing nothing to redress their problems.  “Over…

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PDP of 2002 missing as peace fails to take off

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It loses ground in Kashmir buckling under BJP pressure In March, when Kashmir-centric Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) entered into an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), long-time Congress man Mufti Mohammad Sayeed defended coalition with the saffron party as the only way out for rehabilitation of flood victims in the cash-starved state and resolution of vexed Kashmir issue. However, in its six months of rule, the PDP led by Mufti not only failed to get Rs 44,000 crore funds from the Centre for rehabilitation of flood victims, but was…

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Geelani flays Govt’s silence over rehabilitation of victims

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‘Deliberate delay tantamount to vindictive mindset’ Expressing concern and anguish over the delay in rehabilitation of flood victims even after completion of one year of September 2014 devastating flood, Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Sunday said Delhi is deliberately subjecting Kashmiris to the ‘vengeance and they want us to beg for everything.’ He said at the time of formation of government in alliance with that BJP, PDP cited reasons that this alliance will help the state in obtaining sufficient financial assistance from New Delhi government and will stabilize the…

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When Batamaloo was reduced to ashes

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OPERATION GIBRALTAR Azam Inqilabi, a former militant commander whose association with separatism dates back to 1965, described Pakistan’s Operation Gibraltar as a “haphazard attempt”. Inqilabi, who has clandestinely travelled to Pakistan many times between the late part of the 1960s till the early 1990s, said Pakistan’s operation failed because the youth of Kashmir “were not groomed at all”.“I had a conversation with Major Kiyani (of the Pakistani army in 1969) and he taunted me (about the failure of Operation Gibraltar). He said we did not help. I objected to it…

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People killed stray dog after it attacked 9 persons

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In a freak incident, nine persons, including three children, were bitten by a stray dog at Dadsara area of Tral town in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday morning. While 8 patients, were rushed to the sub-District hospital Tral, a six-year-old girl, Maria, was rushed to SMHS Hospital as she was severely bitten by the stray dog. Eyewitnesses told CNS that a single stray dog appeared in Dadsara area and chased everyone who came in his way. “The dog bit at least 9 persons including two elderly persons, three children…

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A day in the life of Kashmiri separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani, under house arrest

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After 5 years of being kept confined to his house, the Hurriyat chairman admits he is “bored”. He may swear by BBC Urdu still, but he is eager to give the new LED set in his room a try. An LED television is installed on the wall opposite the sofa on which Syed Ali Shah Geelani is sitting. “The technician will come tomorrow and set up the cable connection,” Geelani’s deputy Peer Saifullah tells him. “So it is just a showpiece there,” Geelani responds with a smile. The Hurriyat Conference…

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India let flood victims suffer out of vengeance: Gilani

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The veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani has said that India has denied financial assistance to flood-hit Kashmiris out of vengeance. While talking to a delegation from Kashmir Economic Alliance at his Hyderpora residence in Srinagar, Syed Ali Gilani said, “A year has passed since the floods devastated the Kashmir valley but the rulers in New Delhi have made no efforts to rehabilitate the victims. In reality, they want Kashmiris to beg for everything.” according to a statement issued by his forum. He said that puppet chief minister Mohammad Sayeed…

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