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Security stepped up in Kashmir ahead of Independence Day celebrations

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Security has been stepped up across Kashmir region ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, in the aftermath of recent attacks by militants in the Valley. Militants carried out four attacks in Shopian district of south Kashmir and summer capital Srinagar in a span of 12 hours in which 15 persons including five security force personnel were injured. Police and CRPF personnel have been deployed in strength across the summer capital of the state and vulnerable spots in other major towns of the Valley to thwart any attacks by the militants…

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Clashes, Shutdown in Pulwama over Civilian Killing

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Army man injured in Shopian firing Clashes continued in many parts of Pulwama district amid complete shutdown on Wednesday, a day after the death of two militants in an encounter and a civilian in BSF firing. Shutdown was observed throughout the south Kashmir district in response to a call given by Hurriyat (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani. On Tuesday, clashes erupted in Ratnipora and adjoining villages while an encounter was going on between militants and government forces. The 18-hour-long gun battle ended with the killing of two LeT militants, triggering…

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Eleven People Injured in Shopian mosque explosion

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At least 11 people were injured in a grenade explosion in a mosque compound in Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday, an official said. “Eleven people were injured in a grenade explosion when they came out of the Jamia Trenz mosque in Shopian after offering morning prayers. “The `Nimazis` (those who offer daily Muslim prayers) discovered an inverted metallic tumbler in the mosque compound. When one of them tried to turn the tumbler straight, the grenade kept under it exploded,” a senior police official told IANS here. On Wednesday, four people,…

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Nobody can touch Article 370: PDP

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The ruling People’s Democratic Party Tuesday said that nobody can touch the Article 370 and that the Accession of the State with the Union of India was under the ambit of the special law which grants special status to the Jammu and Kashmir. “Everybody knows our stand. Nobody can touch Article 370. The Accession was under the ambit of the law,” senior PDP minister Altaf Bukhari said while talking to KNS and one of the National TV channel. He said that Prime Minister and even the Parliament accept that the…

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PM Modi may offer J&K Rs 1 lakh-crore financial aid

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce a financial package for Jammu & Kashmir on August 15 during his Independence Day speech from Red Fort in Delhi, about a month after the state government said it would be unveiled. The blueprint of the package, which could be worth over Rs 1 lakh crore, is ready and awaits just a green signal from the PM, people familiar with the matter said. J&K government had expected the package to be announced around Eid-ul-Fitr in July, according to an earlier statement by…

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Syed Ali Geelani appeals for complete shutdown on 15th

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The veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Geelani has appealed for complete shutdown on 15th August, the Independence Day of India. Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said: “We are not against the freedom of any country including India but until this country will accept the freedom right of the Kashmiri people and will provide them a chance to decide their future by allowing independent plebiscite in Kashmir, till then it doesn’t have any moral and constitutional right to organize the freedom celebrations on the soil of the…

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More Kashmiri youth joining militants becoming a source of major worry

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The surge in terrorist activity in Jammu & Kashmir in recent weeks coincides with an increasing number of local youth joining the ranks of the militants, say the Army and the state police. Seen with the evidence of extensive support for terrorists which helped Lashkar terrorist Naved and his accomplices remain undetected for several days, and which can help terror sleeper cells in future, this points to new level of support in the Valley for the jihadi message. An intelligence source told TOI that foreign mercenaries in 2010 formed around…

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BJP has not given up its stand on Article 370: Nirmal Singh

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Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh has said that entering into an alliance with PDP does not mean that BJP has given up its stand on Article 370. He also said the RSS was doing its work in Kashmir since 1940 and that the alarm raised by separatists on the issue was only to whip up communal passions in the state. “In the coalition our guiding book is the Agenda of Alliance. BJP has not given up agenda (on Article 370). Same is the case with PDP, they too have…

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After attack, rumour mongering troubles Udhampur authorities

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In the aftermath of Udhampur attack, various kinds of rumours are circulating on social media about fresh terror threats and other issues, causing concern to the authorities which has warned of strict action against those spreading false information and creating panic. Rumours circulating on Whatsapp are about 200 militants sneaking in, sighting of terrorist, capturing of terrorists in some areas, reports of encounter, feared attacks, emergency, closure of schools and so on, according to Udhampur District Magistrate Shahid Iqbal Choudhary. He said this tendency has been viewed very seriously and…

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Attack on police post may not be terrorist strike, says J-K govt

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The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday said the attack on Chanj police post near Basantgarh in Udhampur  district might not be a militant strike, but a result of a tiff between SPOs and members of the local village development council (VDC). Two SPOs were injured in the gunbattle which started at around 9.15 pm on Thursday and continued till 2.30 am Friday. ”It may not be a terrorist attack at all. We are getting the facts verified,” Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh told The Indian Express. There had…

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