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Joint Resistance Leadership warns of uprising, calls for protests today

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The joint separatist leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Thursday staged protests against the unabated incidents of braid-chopping across Kashmir, stating that attacks on women folk are “completely unacceptable.” They also called for protests against braid chopping incidents after Friday prayers while threatening to launch an agitation if “the hair cutting episodes don’t stop forthwith.” According to a joint statement issued here, the leadership said that the attacks on “mothers, sisters and daughters are not acceptable. If these attacks do not stop immediately,…

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Braid Chopping continue unabated, fresh incidents spark protests

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The braid chopping incidents continued unabated in the Valley on Thursday triggering anti-government protests. The residents of Zewan in Srinagar said a braid of a minor girl was cut by unknown persons inside her house last evening. “The house is a stone throws distance from JKAP headquarters,” they said. After the news spread that the braid of the minor girl has been cut, youth of the area took to roads and pelted stones on the policemen. The clashes continued in the area for some time. The residents of Zewan and…

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Srinagar continues to reel under braid chopping fear

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A knock at the door early in the morning makes Asiya Farash, a house maker, suspicious. Since the mysterious braid choppers cut her neighbour’s braids, she suspects everyone who passes by her house at Batamaloo here. The repeated knocks increase her suspicion and she yells, ‘who is at the door’. And Abdul Samad, the milkman replies, ‘Dood wala’, and Asiya takes a sigh of relief and opens the door. “She is not the only women who is reluctant to open the gate. Wherever I go these days to sell milk,…

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Police act faster than light in other cases, why braid-cutting still a mystery: Yasin Malik

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Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Muhammad Yasin Malik Tuesday questioned the police for not cracking the braid cutting cases, stating that ‘police act faster than light in cases of arresting masked stone pelters, pro-freedom leaders and foiling peaceful protests.’ Addressing a gathering at Chrar-e-Sharief on the Urs of revered Sufi saint Sheikh Noor Ud Din Wali (RA), Malik said Kashmir’s women were under the grip of fear for the past two months due to braid cutting incidents. “We as a society are living in continued fear and apprehension but…

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New deadline for Jehangir Chowk flyover is June ’18

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After missing several deadlines, the J&K Government has set a new deadline for the Rambagh-Jehangir Chowk flyover. The project, which has been hanging fire since 2013, would now be completed in June 2018. The statement to this effect was made by Advocate General before a division bench during the hearing of a public interest litigation dealing with streamlining transport in the summer capital. The work on the 2.4-km Rambagh-Jehangir Chowk flyover was started in 2013. It is expected that the journey on the Rambagh-Jehangir corridor, which serves as an important…

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No let up in Braid Chopping, Resistance Camp concerned about increasing incidents

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Police rules out lie-detection test of victims Hurriyat (G) concerned over braid chopping incidents Clashes erupted across Kashmir as there was no let up in the braid chopping incidents in the wake of failure of police to make any breakthrough in nabbing the culprits. Clashes between youth and forces were witnessed in Srinagar while protests by lawyers, students and women continued in Baramulla and Sopore. In Maisuma area of Srinagar, clashes were witnessed between youth and forces after a braid chopper struck in the area and cut hair of a…

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Men skipping mosque prayers to protect women in Kupwara

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Three recent incidents of braid-chopping in Kupwara have triggered such panic among people that men in some villages have begun skipping evening and late evening prayers in mosques to protect their womenfolk at home. A teenaged girl’s (name withheld) braid was chopped by two veiled miscreants in the remote Budkoote village of the district around 3 pm today, triggering panic among locals. The accused barged into the house and gagged the girl’s mouth before chopping off her braid, said a relative of the victim, whose pictures went viral on social…

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Joint Resistance leadership slams Govt over Downtown Curbs, Closure of Schools

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Joint separatist leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday slammed the government for once again turning Downtown Srinagar into a “military fortress”, barring people from offering prayers at Jamia Masjid for the third consecutive Friday and closing educational institutions in Kashmir. In a joint statement, the leaders said that caging or jailing them and detaining pro-freedom activists while “holding lakhs of people hostage in their own homes by sheer might reflects the military mindset of the government as the only way to exercise…

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Braid Chopping aimed at creating mass hysteria: Mehbooba Mufti

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said braid-chopping incidents were an attempt at creating mass hysteria in the state. Mehbooba on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting on the alleged braid-chopping incidents that have triggered widespread panic and are threatening the fragile peace in the region. Besides, the J&K High Court has also taken cognisance of these mysterious incidents and has sought the government’s response in the matter. “Braid-chopping incidents are attempts to create mass hysteria and undermine the dignity of the women in the state,” Mehbooba tweeted today. “The government will…

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Grenade attack on parlour in Pulwama two girls injured

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Two girls suffered minor injuries after militants lobbed a grenade towards a beauty parlour near Shaheed Park in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district this afternoon. The police said the attack took place around 3.45 pm and was aimed at Rani Beauty Parlour. The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the district said a girl identified as Shubeena was brought to the Pulwama District Hospital with a minor injury on her arm. The CMO said she was discharged after treatment. Confirming the incident, Pulwama Senior Superintendent of Police Mohammad Aslam Choudhary said the…

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