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Kashmir witnessed sixteen targeted killings so far this year

June 1, 2022 Editor

Kashmir Valley has witnessed at least 16 targeted killings, including police officials, teachers and sarpanches, since January this year. J&K Police DGP Dilbag Singh told The Indian Express that those targeting minorities, civilians and people in government are “only propagating fear, since local residents have stopped responding to their diktat”. He said that by attacking members from different parts of the Valley and from different sections of the society, “the terrorists want to show their presence”. By attacking people whose “right to residence in Kashmir is questioned by terrorists, they…

Chalo Kashmir: Shiv Sainiks ready to strengthen security grid for the Amarnath Pilgrims in Kashmir

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 Editor

Chalo Kashmir: Shiv Sainiks would reach the Valley to strengthen security of the pilgrims in Kashmir

Reacting to the threat by terrorist outfit, The Resistance Front (TRF) targeting annual Amarnath Yatra starting from June 30, Shiv Sena J&K has given a ‘Chalo Kashmir’ call to all the nationalist people of the country. Addressing media persons here today Manish Sahni, J&K Shiv Sena president said that nefarious design of TRF to create panic by threatening Shri Amarnath pilgrims will not be allowed to succeed at all. He said that a large number of Shiv Sainiks would reach the Valley to strengthen security of the pilgrims in Kashmir…

Yasin Malik, senior Kashmiri Separatist leader convicted in terror funding case

May 20, 2022May 21, 2022 Editor

Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik was today convicted by a Delhi court in a terror funding case. This comes after Malik last Tuesday pleaded guilty to all charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The court asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to assess his financial situation in order to determine the amount of fine to be imposed. Malik was also directed by the court to file an affidavit disclosing all sources of his income and assets The court will hear the arguments on the quantum of…

Shutdown: Hurriyat calls for Kashmir band on May 21 to pay tribute to Moulvi Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone

May 19, 2022 Editor

The Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday called for a bandh in Kashmir to pay tributes to Moulvi Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone on their death anniversary on May 21. The separatist amalgam asked people to visit Eidgah, where the two leaders have been laid to rest, and offer prayers for them. Abdul Gani Lone, a prominent Hurriyat leader, was assassinated in 2002 during a rally to mark the death anniversary of former Mirwaiz of Kashmir Moulvi Mohammad Farooq in Srinagar. Moulvi Farooq, the father of…

CRPF Jawan killed, another injured in militant attack in Maisuma Srinagar

April 5, 2022 Editor

A CRPF jawan was killed and another injured in a militant attack in Srinagar on Monday afternoon. Police said the CRPF jawans were patrolling in the area when militants opened fire on them A CRPF jawan was killed and another injured in a militant attack in Srinagar on Monday afternoon. Police said the CRPF jawans were patrolling in the area when militants opened fire on them. A police spokesman said that at 3: 30 pm, terrorists fired upon two CRPF personnel in Maisuma resulting in critical gunshot injuries to both personnel.…

Two non-local workers shot at by unknown gunmen in Pulwama

April 5, 2022 Editor

Two migrant workers were shot at by terrorists in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday, a day after a similar attack left two injured in the area, police said. Two migrant workers were shot at by terrorists in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday, a day after a similar attack left two injured in the area, police said. Patlashwar Kumar and Thaugh Chowdary, both residents of Bihar, were attacked by terrorists at Lajoora in Pulwama district, said officials. They said the two injured men were rushed to a nearby hospital,…

Two Non-locals shot at by unknown gunmen in Pulwama

April 4, 2022 Editor

Two non-locals were shot by unknown militants on Sunday at Bala, Nowpora village of Pulwama on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. Police sources said the two have been brought by locals to the district hospital of Pulwama. The two, identified as Surinder and Deeraj Dat are both residents of Pathankot, Punjab. The duo-driver and an associate of vehicle-carrying poultry have been shifted to the hospital. Surinder has a bullet injury near the chest and has been referred to Srinagar’s SMHS hospital for advanced treatment. Deeraj was…

Properties of aides of ultras to be attached: J&K Police

March 25, 2022 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday warned that properties of people providing shelter to militants or their associates will be attached under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). “Process has started for attachment of some immovable properties which have been used for purpose of terrorism as per section 2(g) & 25 of ULP (UAPA) Act,” Srinagar Police wrote on its Twitter handle. The police said properties will be attached as per the law apart from legal action in such cases. “Don’t give shelter or harbor terrorists/terror associates. Legal action will…

GoI made The Kashmir Files tax free to make people hate us to the extreme: Farooq Abdullah

March 23, 2022 Editor

Former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday, March 22, said that by making the Vivek Agnihotri directorial — ‘The Kashmir Files’ — tax-free, the BJP-led government wanted to push hatred into people’s hearts. “They want to further penetrate people’s hearts with hatred. They are saying that every policeman and soldier…everybody should see this movie so that they hate us to the extreme, as was in the Germany that Hitler and Goebles created. Six million Jews had to pay the price then. How many will have to…

Alert: In last 2 years Kashmir saw 340% rise in Intravenous Heroin abuse

March 22, 2022 Editor

Kashmir has been witnessing a sharp and shocking increase in Heroin abuse, the trends getting reflected in the records of the largest De-Addiction Center at SMHS Hospital: Between 2019 and the end of 2021, there was a 340 percent increase in the number of patients seeking treatment for Intravenous Heroin abuse. Psychiatrists working in SMHS Hospital said the fact that a large number, running into many thousands, is a monthly affair at the Hospital’s De-Addiction Center. Every day, distraught families accompanying their loved ones suffering substance abuse visit the hospital…