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Kashmir

Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover to miss 3rd deadline this year

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Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover is all set to miss another deadline this year as over 150 laborers from other states have left their work after some of their colleagues were roughed up by mob. Officials said the laborers were roughed up after reports of presence of braid choppers in the adjacent vicinity. “Few of our colleagues were roughed by agitated public after they suspected them of being braid choppers,” said Suraj Kumar of Kolkata who works as a laborer at Rambagh flyover. “I am also leaving to my native place tomorrow…

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Clashes erupt in Srinagar over increasing braid-chopping cases

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100 braid chopping incidents in Kashmir, say police Fresh incidents reported in Srinagar Uri; 3 arrested for ‘spreading rumours Police on Wednesday said that 100 braid chopping incidents have taken place in Kashmir, even as it vowed to “seriously investigate the role of anti-national elements who seem to be getting benefited by the protests triggered by the acts of mysterious hair cutting.” “There have been 100 braid chopping incidents in Kashmir so far. Not a single victim has approached any police station with her hair sample,” Kashmir range inspector general…

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Braid Chopping claims in Kashmir spark mass panic and mob violence

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Briton and Australians among several people briefly detained by vigilantes in unrest over alleged attacks on women’s hair A British woman and three Australians have been briefly detained by vigilantes amid mass panic in Indian-administered Kashmir over a spate of alleged “braid choppings”. Police in the Himalayan region say they have received reports of at least 40 instances of women’s hair being forcibly cut by unidentified assailants. Though the veracity of the claims has been questioned, they have sparked mob violence and mass protests, and some young women say they…

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Traffic jams pester Srinagarities

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Commuters faced tough time on Tuesday due to massive traffic jams in various areas of the summer capital. Traffic came to a grinding halt in city centre areas including Jehangir Chowk, Budshah Chowk, Residency Road, Maulana Azad Road, Regal Chowk, TRC, Polo View, and Ram Bagh— causing inconvenience to commuters. The problem was compounded by absence of traffic cops at vital intersections and wrong parking. Some of the VIPs were also stuck in traffic jam near Jehangir Chowk. However, the traffic cops ensured their passage amid traffic jams. “It took…

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Militants attack CRPF cavalcade near Sanat Nagar

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Militants attacked a cavalcade of paramilitary CRPF in Sanat Nagar in Srinagar area in outskirts of Srinagar on Tuesday. According to sources, two motorcycle-borne militants attacked CRPF convoy comprising two to three vehicles belonging to Charle/29 headquarters, Sanant Nagar at around 7 pm. “The convoy was coming back from secretariat duty to its Sanat Nagar camp when militants fired on the vehicles from automatic weapons,” they said. CRPF spokesperson in Srinagar, Rajesh Yadav told Kashmir Post that no CRPF man was injured in the militant attack. “The CRPF men returned…

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Fresh incidents of braid chopping in Ganderbal, Budgam

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Two incidents of braid-chopping were reported from Ganderbal district on Sunday evening, triggering scare among the residents, especially women. Locals said that braids of two teenage girls were found chopped off at Rabitar and Naraian bagh villages on Sunday evening. A police official told Kashmir Post that a girl, aged 15, at Rabitar area alleged that some unknown persons chopped off her braid while she was in her room. The girl claimed that after chopping off her braid, the braid chopper jumped over the two-storied building of her house and…

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Lost foreign tourists mobbed in Kashmir as locals suspect them of braid-chopping

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The situation was beginning to turn unruly when police and few other locals and calmed the mob down. Six foreign tourists who had lost their way and were mistaken as braid choppers by locals in the interiors of Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar were rescued by police owing to the intervention of some good Samaritans, police said on Sunday. The six tourists – three Australians and one from South Korea, Ireland and England – were travelling from Leh to Srinagar in a vehicle and lost their way near the old city…

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Unassuming youths bear the brunt as cops grope in dark for Braid chopping culprits

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The soaring number of braid-chopping incidents, which are showing no signs of relenting, have claimed an unlikely victim in Kashmir: Lovebirds! As braids of more than 180 women have been chopped off in Jammu and Kashmir in over a month, the boys are falling prey to hysterical mobs who seek explanations about their presence in and around the homes of their girlfriends. Strangers roaming on the streets are seen with eyes of suspicion, and on many occasions, have been manhandled or assaulted if they weren’t able to explain their presence…

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No let up in braid chopping incidents, KEA asks Govt to stop the menses

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People stage protests at many places, blame admin of shielding culprits Most victims are psychiatric patients or 10 standard failures: IGP KEA asks Govt to stop braid chopping incidents A series of fresh braid chopping incidents were reported from south, north and central Kashmir Thursday triggering protests at several places with people blaming the administration for “shielding the culprits”. The braid of a 40-year old woman was chopped by unknown persons at Nowdal village of Tral in South Kashmir’s district Pulwama last evening. According to her family members, the victim…

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Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent protests against growing incidents of braid chopping

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“These restrictions have been imposed to maintain law and order in the city,” police said. Authorities imposed restrictions in many parts of Srinagar on Friday to prevent separatist called protests against growing incidents of braid chopping in the Valley. Police said that restrictions under section 144 CrPc will remain in force on Friday in areas under the jurisdiction of Khanyar, Nowhatta, Rainawari, MR Gunj, Safa Kadal, Maisuma and Krakkhud police station in Srinagar city. “These restrictions have been imposed to maintain law and order in the city,” police said. Over…

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