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Kashmir

Tale of 2 funerals in Bandipora village

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A pale of gloom descended Ashtengoo village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday when bodies of a slain youth and a cop reached their homes. Naseer-ud-din Sheikh, 26, fell prey to the bullets of security forces in Rangreth Srinagar while Shahzad Ahmad Sofi, 28, a cop, became victim of a militant attack in Hyderpora on same day. Coincidently, the slain duo belonged to the same village and their houses are located at a walking distance from each other. Their death was mourned by everyone in the village. People from…

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SHO, 5 Cops killed in Achabal ambush; LeT claims responsibility

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In one of the deadliest militant attacks in recent times, six policemen including a station house officer (SHO) were killed in an ambush on a police party in Achabal area of this south Kashmir district Friday evening. The attack took place in Thajiwara village of Achabal, some six kms from Anantnag town at around 6 pm. Two civilians were also injured in the shootout. The attack came hours after two to three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants including district commander for Kulgam Junaid Matoo were believed to have been killed in Arwani village…

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Two civilians killed every week in police firing over 7 Years

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According to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), as many as 796 civilians died due to police firing between 2009 and 2015. Two civilians died every week, on average, in police firing in India, according to national crime data for the years 2009 to 2015. The data provide perspective to the death of six farmers in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district on June 6, 2017, when police fired on protesting farmers demanding better prices. As many as 796 civilians died due to police firing between 2009 and 2015, according…

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Govt heading for GST Showdown with Trade bodies, Opposition

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KTMF, KTF call for strike on Saturday ‘We don’t believe in ‘One India One Tax’, we have a special status’ Kashmir Joint Business Forum warns govt against ‘major confrontation’ Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (KTMF) and Kashmir Traders Federation (KTF) have called for state-wide strike on Saturday as a mark of protest and resentment against the proposed implementation of Goods and Service Tax (GST) in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference, KTMF President, Muhammad Yasin Khan, who also heads Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA), said: “We have given a call…

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One policemen killed, Two injured in different militant attacks in Kashmir

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A group of terrorists on Thursday open fired at a policeman in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The policeman identified as Shabir Ahmad Dar succumbed to his injuries after the attack that took place in Kulgam’s Bogund area. Dar was rushed to the Kulgam District Hospital where he was declared brought dead. Meanwhile, two policemen were injured when militants attacked a police `naka` (checkpost) here on Thursday evening, police said. Police said militants fired at the policemen near the J&K Bank branch in the Hyderpora area on the city outskirts.…

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Security tightened across valley after multiple militant strikes

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Police blames Jaish for attacks; HM, Al Umar claim attacks After the multiple militant attacks in Valley, security apparatus has been tightened and security personnel placed on high alert while police blamed Jaish-e-Mohammad for series of attacks. Official sources said the alert has been sounded after yesterday’s series of attacks in south Kashmir and a grenade attack in Sopore. They said the security personnel have been asked to remain vigilant to thwart any militant attack. “Besides, the security around forces camps and major government installations has been intensified,” they said.…

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Jaish-e-Mohammed, not Hizbul, behind multiple grenade attacks

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Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) SP Vaid on Wednesday claimed that the multiple grenade attacks taking place in Pulwama district were the handiwork of the Jaish-e-Mohammad as per intelligence reports gathered so far. Jammu and Kashmir’s top cop on Wednesday claimed that the multiple grenade attacks taking place in Pulwama district were the handiwork of the Jaish-e-Mohammad and not Hizb-ul-Mujahideen as per intelligence reports gathered so far. “Hizb-ul-Mujahideen has a larger presence, but the Jaish-e-Mohammad was behind yesterday’s incidents as per our intelligence report, though the HM…

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Ex-militant in NIA net, 19 Pandit families hope to get justice

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After a wait of 27 years, the families of those allegedly killed by former Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front militant Farooq Ahmed Dar, alias Bitta Karate, are hopeful of justice after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) started a probe into the shady financial transactions of separatists, including Dar. Dar is accused of killing 19 Pandits. In a video interview after his arrest in 1990, he had boasted of how he executed the murders. Among the victims was a social activist, Satish Tikku, 26, brutally gunned down on February 2, 1990, outside…

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Scores injured as forces go berserk in twin Shopian villages

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Government forces went berserk in two villages of south Kashmir’s Shopian district late Monday night, beating local residents and ransacking houses, shops and vehicles. Around 40 people were injured as forces rampaged through Turkwangam village, around 12 kilometres from the district headquarters. According to locals, personnel of Army’s 55 RR and SOG Shopian appeared in the village at around 11 pm. “They didn’t announce any cordon in the area and without any provocation barged into the residential houses and beat up the inmates severely. They didn’t even spare the women…

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BJP MLA spits venom against Kashmiri Muslims, video goes viral

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A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Raja Singh has asked Hindu pilgrims intending to visit Kashmir for the Amarnath Yatra this year not to buy anything from “traitor Kashmiri Muslims” to avenge the attacks on Indian soldiers in Kashmir. The video, which was first uploaded on his ‘Sri Ram Channel’ on YouTube, last month, has since been removed. However, the video has gone viral on Whatsapp and other file sharing websites. “To those who visit Amarnath and other holy sites in May, June and July, my request is that don’t…

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