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All not well within coalition, BJP ministers skip ‘Iftar’ hosted by Mehbooba Mufti

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All does not seem well within the PDP-BJP coalition government as most of the BJP ministers and its state party president skipped the ‘iftar’ party hosted by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in Jammu on Sunday evening. Only Legislative Assembly Speaker Kavinder Gupta attended the party. It was unlike last year when an army of BJP leaders, including ministers and party functionaries, had attended the iftar party hosted by Mehbooba Mufti on the lawns of her residence here. This time, the BJP leaders gave the iftar a miss and all party…

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2 Protesters shot by security men at the encounter site in Arwini

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Top LeT commander, aide ‘killed’ in Kulgam encounter A top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander is among two militants believed to be killed in an ongoing encounter in the Arwini area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, 42 km south of Srinagar. Two civilians have also been shot dead, allegedly by security forces, during clashes that erupted around the site of the encounter. Though the firing has stopped at the encounter site, the bodies of militants are yet to be retrieved and the operation is still not over, officially. According to reports, security…

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Youth killed after security forces open fire on stone-pelting mob in Srinagar

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In yet another incident, which could flare protests in Jammu and Kashmir, a man was killed after security forces opened fire on a stone-pelting mob, in Srinagar’s Rangreth Thursday evening. The incident happened when a group of youth pelted the security forces’ vehicles with stones at Rangreth. The security personnel opened fire to chase away the protesters in which one person was injured. The deceased, Nazir Ahmad, was rushed to SKIMS (Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences) hospital at Soura in a critical condition where he succumbed on the intervening night…

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Over a dozen hurt in five terror attacks across South Kashmir

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Over a dozen security men were injured in five separate terror attacks across Kashmir Valley on Tuesday evening. The terrorists also snatched four service rifles from cops on guard at the ancestral house of a former high court judge in Anantnag in south Kashmir. At least nine CRPF men were injured when Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists hurled a grenade at their camp at Lariyar village of Tral in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, the police said. “They lobbed a grenade on 180 Battalion CRPF camp at Lariyar on Tuesday . Nine…

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Militants lob grenade at CRPF camp in Tral, two jawans injured

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The security forces have cordoned off the area after the attack and a hunt was on to nab them. Two jawans were injured on Monday night when terrorists lobbed grenade on a CRPF camp in in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, prompting the security forces to cordon off the area. The incident took place in Tral in Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The security forces have cordoned off the area after the attack and a hunt was on to nab them. Earlier in the day, the security forces recovered a huge quantity…

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Kashmir Shuts against Shopian teen’s killing

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15 injured in clashes Prayers disallowed in Jamia Masjid Malik detained; Geelani, Mirwaiz under house arrest At least 15 persons were injured in fresh clashes across Kashmir on Friday, even as the Valley observed a complete shutdown against the recent raids on pro-freedom activists and businessmen by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) and the killing of 19-year-old Adil Farooq by government forces at Ganapora, Shopian earlier this week. The call for shutdown and peaceful protests was given by the Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and…

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Student’s killing sparks Shutdown, Protests, Clashes in Kashmir

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Thousands attend Adil’s funeral at Shopian village The killing of student Adil Farooq Magray in forces firing in a village in Shopian last evening triggered protests and shutdown in Valley while thousands of people attended the funeral prayer of the slain youth. Thousands of people attended the funeral prayers of the 20-year-old boy at Ganowpora village of Shopian district this morning amidst chanting of pro-freedom and anti-India slogans. Three rounds of funeral prayers were held due to a massive rush of mourners who marched to the village from several areas…

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Civilian killed after clashes break out between forces and protesters in Shopian

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One person was killed after a heavy clash break out between security forces and protesters in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. A student was killed when government forces opened fire on civilian protesters who disrupted a cordon-and-search operation in this south Kashmir district on Tuesday evening and helped militants escape, police and reports said. Giving details, a police official said following “inputs” about presence of militants, the government forces cordoned off Ganapora village in Shopian district, four kms from district headquarters, this evening and launched searches. “As…

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‘NIA raids expose anti-Muslim, anti-Kashmir mindset of rulers’: Resistance Group

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Amid ongoing raids by National Investigating Agency, Kashmir’s joint resistance leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Sunday said a policy of “witch-hunt and terrorization” has been launched by New Delhi against the resistance leadership and business community of Kashmir to “defame and weaken the people’s political struggle and simultaneously cripple the economy of Valley.” This, they said, is “despicable and deplorable.” In a joint statement here, the resistance trio said a joint meeting will be held at Hyderpora residence of Geelani where “future…

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United Nations concerned over tense situation between India, Pakistan at LoC

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The United Nations is concerned over the tense situation along the Line of Control between India and Pakistan and the Secretary General is following the developments closely, his spokesperson said. The United Nations is concerned over the tense situation along the Line of Control between India and Pakistan and the Secretary General is following the developments closely, his spokesperson said. “I think the situation that we’ve seen in that area continues to be of concern to us and, as I’ve said before, the Secretary-General is following the situation very closely,”…

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