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Kashmir

Kashmir’s maiden Cultural Centre to come up at Lal Mandi

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Drabu visits Academy office, Tagore Hall; Reviews functioning, pace of work Minister for Finance, Labour Employment and Culture Dr Haseeb A Drabu has said that the Government intends to set up a an integrated Kashmir Cultural Centre on the pattern of India International Centre, Delhi so that a platform can be created for the local thinkers, writers and artists for exchange of ideas. The Minister was interacting with the officers during his visit to the Central Office of the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages to review…

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Back to back FIR’s against Aasiya for hoisting Pakistani flags

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‘I have right to hoist flag on my own soil’ Police Monday registered an FIR against the leading woman’s face of Kashmir’s Islamist movement Syeda Aasiya Andrabi under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and according to Police she could be jailed for up to seven years, if found guilty. Chief of radical women’s outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Asiya Andrabi is accused of hoisting Pakistani flag along with her activists on the eve of Pakistan’s Independence Day on August 14 Friday. “A case vide FIR number 84/2015 under Section 13 of Unlawful Activities…

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Andrabi addresses Saeed rally over phone, triggers controversy

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Chief of radical women’s outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Asiya Andrabi, has stoked a controversy by addressing a rally organised by Mumbai mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamat-ud Dawa in Pakistan. In her telephonic address to the rally, organised in Lahore on August 14, Andrabi greeted the people of the neighbouring country on their Independence day. Saeed was seen sitting on the stage during Andrabi’s address. Hours before her address, the DeM chief had celebrated Pakistan’s Independence Day at her residence. Dozens of DeM activists had gathered in Bachpora area of the city where they…

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Badamwari Musical Evening

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Artists mesmerise audience with Dolwal’s poetry Popular artistes mesmerised audience at Badamwari on Sunday through their renderings of the poetry of noted Kashmiri poet, Ghulam Nabi Dolwal. Popular Kashmiri singers including Raashid Jehangir and Firdous Ahmad showed their skills in singing the verses of the popular versifier. The J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Bank arranged the show to provide quality entertainment to the fun lovers of Srinagar. Ghulam Nabi Dolwal’s poetry involved the audience to participate in soul soothing vocals that…

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Police excesses turned our son into militant, says HM Cmdr’s family

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Family members of one of the oldest surviving militants of Kashmir, Burhan-ud-Din Mohammad, said that he was forced to join militancy in his teen age due to atrocities committed by government forces. Father of the divisional commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahidin for south Kashmir , Mohammad Muzaffar Wani, said atrocities committed by government forces pushed his son into joining militant ranks at the age of 16 when he was in class 10th. “Burhan was pushed into joining militancy by government forces,” said Muzaffar Wani. ‘ I wished to see him as a doctor.…

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3 Boys Slapped with PSA; Half a Dozen Detained in Last Fortnight : Shopian

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In South Kashmir’s Shopian, which is on edge at the moment, three boys were slapped with controversial public safety act (PSA) in one last fortnight. Among the trio, interestingly, one is Sarpanch. One among the other two is the brother of the Hizb commander whose house was attacked with a grenade early Thursday morning. Notably, some unidentified men lobbed a grenade on Hizb’s district commander, Waseem Ahmed Malla’s house Thursday morning, which didn’t explode and was later diffused by a police team. Malla’s brother Saboor Ahmed Malla along with Mohammad…

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Srinagarities face inconvenience ahead of August 15

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People – mostly inhabitants in downtown area in summer capital Srinagar said that they were facing inconvenience due to the “high security” arrangements put across ahead of August 15 celebrations. Locals said they were irked by “unnecessary” accosting by the police and paramilitary forces. We received scores of complaints from last few days about “unnecessary accosting” by the police, who even “don’t leave small children and women for frisking”. Wednesday evening was a very tough time for the residents living around Bakhshi Stadium and Amar Singh College when the people returning…

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Shutdown, Clashes in Pulwama

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Complete shutdown was observed in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district for second consecutive day Thursday against a local youth’s death in BSF firing. Shops and other business establishments remained closed while public transport also remained off the roads. Police said the situation was under control and no incident of violence was reported from any area. “Compared to yesterday the situation throughout the district was under control,” said a senior police officer. Police sources said many youth who were involved in stone pelting would be detained soon “in order to restore normalcy…

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Hurling grenades at Masjid handiwork of Indian Agencies: Hizb

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Militant outfit Hizbul Mujhadeen Thursday blamed Indian Security Agencies for the blast that occurred in the courtyard of a Masjid in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. In a statement to CNS, Hizb spokesperson Salim Hashmi quoting United Jihad Council Chief Syed Salahuddin said that due to surge in attacks on Indian Security Forces, the Security Agencies have been feeling heat and out of sheer frustration these agencies have been targeting innocent and hapless people in Kashmir. “The grenade blast that happened in the premises of Masjid is the handiwork of Indian…

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Kashmiri children paint their reality on the banks of Dal Lake

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“I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality”– spoke famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Decades later, little children and the youth of Kashmir gathered on the banks of famous Dal lake here and did just that—paint their reality–from the devastating flood, to their yearning for peace, to the verdant surroundings. This was a unique competition organised by the Kashmir-based 15 Corps of the Army where the talent of the children and youth was brought on canvas recently on the lawns of Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre. “If paintings…

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