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Kashmir teaches ‘Art of leaving’ to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Welcomed with ‘Azadi’ slogans

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Noisy scenes marred Art of Living founder’s peace conference in Srinagar on Saturday. Agitated participants from different parts of the Valley were allegedly ‘tricked’ to take part in the event  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of Art of Living (AOL), had to cut short his speech and a subsequent press conference in Srinagar as several people attending the function stood up and shouted slogans in favour of “Azadi” and militants on Saturday. Noisy scenes marred an otherwise well attended function organised by AOL at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre as…

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Five-Point peace formula for solving Kashmir Issue: Abdul Gani Bhat

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A senior separatist leader today said he was considering an outline for India and Pakistan to “move forward” on the K-issue and also listed a five-point formula for creating a “propitious environment” in the volatile region. Abdul Gani Bhat, an executive member of a separatist amalgam headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, also urged all parties to the dispute to “rise above hostility, intransigence and historical ironies.” “India and Pakistan as responsible nuclear states owe a duty to millions in the region who seek peace to rid them of the ghosts…

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Shopian civilian deaths: Let down by their government, people in Kashmir seek refuge in religion

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Following the deaths of four civilians on Sunday during an encounter between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday, the indications of a violence-hit summer are already being felt across the state. There is a worry that again the cycle of protests and arrests might soon take over the Valley only to be aggravated if further deaths of civilians happen in the process. The state machinery has already ushered into an alarm mode in a tragic continuation of the ritual of previous summers. On…

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All slain booked on Army’s complaint in Shopian case

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After an Army Major filed a complaint, the police have registered a case of attempt to murder against the persons killed in a shootout in Shopian on Sunday evening. The Army in its docket (complaint) to the police immediately after the incident, which left six persons dead, said apart from a militant, three persons were killed in the initial shootout. It said the three persons were “probably” overground workers (OGWs). In his complaint, Major Parveen Menon of 44 Rashtriya Rifles said the Army had set up a mobile vehicle check-post…

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Valley on boil after six killings, Four civilians killed in cold blood

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Restrictions, shutdown paralyse life in Valley; JKLF chairman detained Four civilians were killed in cold blood, 10 minutes after killing of militants: Locals Educational institutions closed till Wednesday; All exams postponed The tension prevailed in Kashmir after six people including four civilians and two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed by army in Shopian last evening. The normal life in Valley was paralysed by the shutdown called by separatists against the killings and restrictions imposed by authorities to foil restrictions and maintain law and order. A police spokesman said body of LeT…

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Proposed flyovers for Srinagar ‘Dumped’

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A government proposal to construct four small flyovers (grade separators) along Bypass here has been reportedly put in a “cold storage,” an official told Kashmir Post on Friday. He said that Roads and Buildings department had submitted the proposal seeking funding for the construction of small flyovers along Bypass at four intersections— Sanat Nagar, Nowgam, Bemina and Shalteng to ease the traffic movement along the highway. The proposal, according to the official, was cleared by then Road and Buildings minister, Syed AltafBukhari, whose portfolio was later changed. “He (Altaf Bukhari)…

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Understanding IS & Al-Qaeda in Kashmir: Tryst With ‘Branded Jihad’

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In November 2017, the Amaq News Agency, which is directly aligned with the so-called Islamic State’s (ISIS) operations, announced the first attack in Kashmir by the terror group in which a police officer was killed in Srinagar’s Gulabh Bagh area. Three months later, ISIS has claimed responsibility for a similar incident, this time in the city’s Soura area after constable Farooq Ahmed Yatoo was shot dead in front of separatist leader Fazal Haq Qureshi’s house, reportedly by ‘freelance’ militant Isha Fazli who also had connections with Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen.…

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Kashmir unfinished agenda of Partition: Syed Ali Geelani

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Separatist leader flags routine violence in State in address to Pak. varsity “The Kashmir issue is the unfinished agenda of the Partition plan,” Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Geelani told an audience in Islamabad on Tuesday. “It was India and not Pakistan that took the [Kashmir] case to the United Nations… Indian authorities are now desperate to the change narrative of the Kashmir issue. However, Kashmir issue is the unfinished agenda of Partition plan,” Mr. Geelani at an event hosted by the National University of Modern Languages in Islamabad.

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Under trial militant killed, policeman injured in grenade attack in Tral

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The attack comes a day after two policemen were killed by militants in two separate attacks. A militant was killed in a grenade blast as his attempt to escape police custody was foiled on Monday at police station in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said, adding that a policeman was also injured. “A terrorist Mushtaq Chopan died in grenade explosion when challenged by sentry while trying to escape from police station Tral,” director general of state police SP Vaid wrote on Twitter. The attack comes a day…

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Two policemen shot dead by militants in Kashmir

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Suspected militants shot dead two policemen, one of them the guard of Hurriyat leader Fazul Haq Qureshi, in Kashmir on Sunday. Their service weapons were also snatched. A police official said Farooq Ahmad was “grievously injured” when unknown gunmen fired upon him “as he was performing the duties of guarding Qureshi” in Bilal Colony at Soura of Srinagar on Sunday evening. “The injured policeman was shifted in a critical condition to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries,” said a police official. Earlier, a policeman guarding the Chrar-e-Sharief shrine…

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