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Massive door-to-door search operation conducted for 1st time since 90s in Shopian

May 5, 2017 Editor

Security forces called off a massive day-long cordon and search operation in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday evening after no contact was made with any militant, the police said. “We had inputs about the presence of militants and it was a coordinated operation by the police, army and the CRPF,” said deputy inspector general of police, south Kashmir, SP Pani. An official at the police control room in Shopian said the operation was launched in around 20 villages of the district around 7am after security forces received information about…

Cyber Cell begins snapping VPN’s: Blocking the blocked

May 4, 2017May 4, 2017 Editor

‘JKP taking measures to counter Lashkar’s 2017 social media-driven war’ To ensure a complete ban on the use of social networking sites in Kashmir and make sure access to the banned sites is completely blocked, J&K Police’s Cyber Wing is taking on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). “We are aware that VPN proxy services are being used to access the banned social networks and we have notified the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block them and some popular VPN applications have already been blocked,” a senior police official at Cyber Police…

5 Cops 2 JK bank guards killed in Kulgam attack, Hizb claims responsibility, says it didn’t kill bank employees

May 2, 2017 Editor

Attackers decamp with 4 rifles Hizb claims responsibility, says it didn’t kill bank employees Five police men and two guards of Jammu and Kashmir Bank were killed when militants ambushed a cash van of the bank in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday. The militant group Hizbul Mujahideen has claimed the responsibility of the attack. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir SJM Gilani said militants ambushed J&K Bank’s cash van near Pombai village of Kulgam district at around 4.15 pm. He said five policemen and two bank employees travelling in…

Pellet terror continues, Aerial firing in Pulwama, Clashes in Sopore, Srinagar

April 29, 2017 Editor

Forces Fire Pellets In Eyes of Rajouri Kadal Youth Massive protests erupted in Pulwama town on Friday. At least four persons were injured in the resultant clashes. Reports said that soon after congregational prayers, people staged pro-freedom protests outside the mosques. As government forces tried to disperse the protesters using force, they retaliated by stones. Forces lobbed tear gas shells. As the clashes intensified, the forces resorted to aerial firing. Soon more clashes erupted in Rajpora chowk, Muran chowk, Tahab chowk, Chatapora, etc. The whole Pulwama town was engulfed by…

Fidayeen storm army camp in Kupwara, Forces open fire on protesters demanding bodies of militants

April 28, 2017April 27, 2017 Editor

3 Army men, including captain, 2 attackers killed Civilian killed in Army firing on protesters demanding bodies of militants Three army men including a captain were killed and five others injured in a pre-dawn fidayeen attack on army’s Panzgam garrison near Line of Control (LoC) in border district of Kupwara on Thursday. Two militants were also killed in the retaliatory firing. A civilian was also killed in Army firing on protesters who were demanding bodies of militants. Defence spokesperson, Colonel Rajesh Kalia said two heavily armed militants stormed the army…

Demand for splitting J&K into 3 regions gets louder

April 26, 2017 Editor

Jammu pushes for separate statehood, Ladakh insists on UT status The prolonged unrest in Kashmir has deepened the regional divide in the relatively peaceful Jammu and Ladakh regions as the demand for separating the two regions from the Kashmir valley has gained momentum. The Jammu region has been pushing for statehood while Ladakh has been demanding UT status. People and representatives of Jammu and Ladakh contend that they have been suffering “immensely” due to the recurrent violence, uncertainty and “growing radicalism” in Kashmir. “We have been suffering due to the…

As Students clashes with forces, City centre turns into battlefield

April 25, 2017 Editor

2 students, 12 cops injured; 6 students detained Govt forces resort to tear gas shelling, aerial firing to quell protests Student, photojournalist, woman injured; SSP Srinagar among 12 cops hurt Cops showed utmost restraint: Police Massive clashes were witnessed between students and government forces in the heart of Srinagar city on Monday as colleges re-opened after remaining closed for a week in Kashmir valley. Government forces used tear gas and water cannons to prevent students of SP Higher Secondary School and SP College from taking out a protest march and…

Alliance in trouble as PDP, BJP drift apart

April 22, 2017 Editor

“When we arrest stone-pelters, we face enormous political pressure to release them because some of the stone-pelters are from both the PDP and the NC. Both parties use their own influence to subvert law and order,” From their political philosophy to socio-cultural idiom, every innate fault line within the PDP-BJP alliance is proving to be antithetical to governance and security in Jammu and Kashmir. Two years after they come to power in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP and the PDP are locked into a war of words both publicly and…