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Kashmir

PDP, NC MLA’s urge police to refrain from attacking militant families

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The PDP and NC MLAs have urged on the Police to desist from attacking the families of the militants stating that this was risking the lives of the workers in the militancy infested areas of South Kashmir. A number of PDP workers that Kashmir Post spoke to said that they were apprehensive about the lives of their families MLA Tral, Mushtaq Ahmed Shah, said the security forces should “stop harassing the families of militants. “It has only landed poor workers in trouble. When you ransack their houses, they (militants) will…

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Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha chief asks youth to strengthen BJP in Valley

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On her maiden visit to the Valley, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president and MP Poonam Mahajan asked the youth to join the BJP and strengthen the party in the Valley. “India’s future is sitting here… despite hardships and tough circumstances, Kashmiri youth didn’t lose hope and they want to live with India for prosperity. It is our duty to carry forward the youth of Kashmir… our hearts are also open to support Kashmiri,” Poonam said while addressing a rally at the Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium. Expressing happiness that a good…

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Our Sisters, Mothers not safe: Braid Vigilantes Prowl Kashmir Valley

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Armed with sticks, knives and small axes, groups of men have mushroomed in the past month across Kashmir that has seen at least 100 incidents of ‘braid chopping’ – mysterious instances in which women wake up to find their braids cut off. It is around 9:30pm. A dozen young men, armed with sticks, knives and small axes have gathered at a small four-way intersection in a congested locality on the outskirts of Srinagar. The autumn night is chilly and the men light a bonfire before turning to their phones for…

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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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