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JK Police looking into militant draped in ISIS flag at funeral

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Pictures were shared on social media websites of a the funeral procession of a militant, Sajid Ahmad Gilkar, whose body was wrapped in an ISIS flag. The procession was taken out in Jammu and Kashmir The police are looking into a militant’s body being draped in an ISIS flag at his funeral procession in Jammu and Kashmir. Pictures are up on social media sites of Sajid Ahmad Gilkar’s body being draped in the flag of the terror group and being taken in a procession to his home in the Malaratta…

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In a first, Resistance Leaders call for end of ‘Bloodshed On All Sides In Valley’

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They hailed Kashmiris for condemning the attack on the Amarnath yatris In a significant development, three top separatist leaders hailed Kashmiris for condemning killing of Amarnath yatris unequivocally. They also described that “bloodshed on all sides uncalled for.” “All bloodshed on all sides is uncalled for, unfortunate and painful and should stop and that can happen only when the reality of Kashmir is accepted and ways and means of resolving the dispute addressed by the Indian State”, the leaders said in a rare statement, which seems to be asking for…

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Water transport trial held on Jhelum to boost tourism

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The trial of the water transport services was conducted today on the Jhelum river from the ghat near the GPO, Srinagar, to Fateh Kadal bridge. An official said for the trial run, two motor boats of Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC), and one motor-driven “shikara” were pressed into service. The service has been jointly launched by the JKTDC and the Department of Tourism, Kashmir, to promote water transport and heritage tourism. District Development Commissioner, Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Lone launched the service. He was accompanied by JKTDC Managing Director…

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Amarnath Yatra attack shows system has failed Kashmir, its youth: Situation is the worst in nearly a decade

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Monday’s attack on pilgrims of the Amarnath yatra is one more indicator of just how badly the situation in Kashmir has deteriorated. This did not snap out of the blue the moment militant commander Burhan Wani was killed a year ago. The process has progressed over the last nine years. It is easy to lose sight of the dimensions of the current threat to national security. Youth rage is very real. So is radicalisation, in both political and religious terms, among militants and teenagers. Pakistan’s involvement has increased. The Jamaat-e-Islami…

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Kashmiris vow strike won’t smear Valley’s famed hospitality: Amarnath Yatra terror attack

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It was 11 am on Tuesday at the Batangoo area in Khanabal of south Kashmir where an attack on the Amarnath yatris had occurred a night before. The area was buzzing with security forces. Online broadcasting vans of news channels were parked on the roadside. Many shops were shut in the area and journalists were sitting on the shop fronts, possibly waiting for their editors’ directions from newsrooms. Amid all this, traffic movement was normal. Everybody was aware of what had happened on Monday night. The local passengers were seen…

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Anantnag residents turn Good Samaritans, Rush to hospital to help injured

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Soon after the news of the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims in Anantnag started doing rounds, dozens of locals, including young and the elderly, thronged the Anantnag district hospital, volunteering to help and donate blood. Seven pilgrims, including five women, were killed while 32 others were injured after suspected militants attacked a bus carrying them in the Batengoo area of Anantnag. Doctors at the Anantnag district hospital described the scenes as overwhelming. “The injured were yet to reach the hospital and a cache of local men, young and old, already…

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Kashmir Freedom struggle is not terrorism: OIC tells India

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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Tuesday condemned state terrorism in the Indian held Kashmir and called upon India to implement the UN Security Council resolutions to resolve the Kashmir dispute.This condemnation came during 44th session of OIC Council of Foreign Ministers held in Cote d’Ivoire, a West African country. The council also called upon the United Nations and the international community to play their due role in stopping the continuing bloodshed in the Indian Occupied Kashmir. The resolution, adopted unanimously by the 56 member Council, noted that Jammu…

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Joint Resistance leaders to lead rallies on July 13 to pay homage to martyrs

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Reiterating the shutdown call on July 13, the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Tuesday said that a rally would be held at the martyrs’ graveyard in Naqshband Sahab after ‘Zuhr’ prayers. “The day (July 13) will be commemorated as ‘Youm Tajdeed Ahad’ (renewal of pledge ),” said the JRL, in statement today. “Syed Ali Geelani would lead a rally from Hyder Pora, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from Jama Masjid Srinagar and Mohd Yasin Malik from Maisuma,” said the statement. The leadership asked the Kashmiri diaspora world over to associate with the…

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Three Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed in Budgam

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Three Hizbul Mujahideen militants were killed in overnight encounter with security forces in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. The terrorists were eliminaed in a joint operation conducted by the Rashtriya Rifles, Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). After receiving intelligence inputs the forces cordoned off the area last night, following which an encounter took pl;ace. The security forces recovered arms and ammunition and war like stores from the gunbattle area. Terrorists on Monday killed seven Amarnath pilgrims from Gujarat, including…

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‘Kashmiri Islamist terrorists killed Hindu Pilgrims’ narrative is flawed: Amarnath terror attack

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The narrative is wrong because the police have said a bus carrying pilgrims was caught in the crossfire when militants attacked a police post About an hour after the killing of seven Amarnath yatris in south Kashmir on Monday, a childhood friend, now a management professional in Hyderabad, wrote on Facebook: “Do not shoot them. Kick them. Belch them. Cut them. Slice them. Desecrate them. Destroy them. Piece by piece. Hit them where it hurts the most. Kill them all.” It is unclear who he means by “them” in the…

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