Category: Today

Power pangs in Valley amid freezing temperatures

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With the onset of winter, the frequent electricity outages have adversely affected the living conditions across the Valley. The unscheduled electricity outage in both metered and unmetered areas in Kashmir is giving a tough time to the masses, particularly schoolchildren who are facing board examinations. Consumers from both urban and rural areas have been complaining against the extended electricity outage during evening hours, which has become a routine in Kashmir. “We are facing electricity outage for more than six hours every day for the past one month. It is very…

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Protests, Restrictions disrupt life across Valley on 140th Day, Jamia Masjid holds Friday prayers after 20 weeks

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Restrictions were enforced in downtown and other sensitive areas in major towns of the Kashmir valley to prevent protests after Friday prayers amid shutdown, while a relatively thin movement of traffic was observed on 140th day of unrest today. Protest demonstrations were held in downtown Srinagar and some other places after the Friday prayers today. The protesters raising slogans threw stones on the police and CRPF personnel deployed in large numbers in the downtown localities. The police lobbed teargas shells to quell the demonstrators and maintain law and order in…

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Vehicles damage in Sopore, Clashes rock Pulwama, Public transport makes reappearance

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Stray incidents of violence reported in Sopore and Srinagar Barring stray incidents of violence and protests, the overall situation across the Kashmir valley remained peaceful today as near normalcy prevailed for the second consecutive day today ahead of the 15-hour relaxation from this afternoon. The incidents of violence were reported from Sopore and Srinagar, amid near normal movement of vehicles in different parts of the Valley. Some unidentified masked youth in an attempt to disrupt traffic on the Sopore-Kupwara road indulged in stone-throwing near Sopore this afternoon. Many passenger and…

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Pellets terror makes a comeback 15 injured in Sopore, Resistance take summer protest calendar into winter

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After a lull of 10 days, pellets and tear gas shelling returned to haunt the residents of Sopore area of north Kashmir where at least 15 people sustained injuries in security forces action Wednesday. Reports said police and paramilitary personnel conducted search operation in village Zaloora in Sopore. “During the search operation, some people created law and order problem, after which we fired a few tear gas shells,” SP Sopore, Harmeet Singh, told Kashmir Post. He said police didn’t fire pellets. Locals of Zaloora, however, contested police claim and said…

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Surgical Strikes, Demonetisation serve double blow to Jammu

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The surgical strikes on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) terror camps on September 29 followed by the Prime Minister’s announcement of demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes on November 8 have impacted the Jammu region adversely. While the nation celebrated the surgical strikes, but the cross-border firing on the International Border as well the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu region gained momentum. Thereafter, it accounted for killing of many innocents and leaving others displaced and running for shelter and government aid, which seldom came their way. The contemporary…

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Shutdown continues across Kashmir post two days relaxation

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After two days of relaxation, Kashmir Monday observed shutdown again on the call of joint resistance leadership. Most of the shops and business establishments remained shut. In Lal Chowk Srinagar, vendors set up stalls and were selling winter stuff while private and some public transport could be seen plying. Educational institutions remained closed. Kashmir remained abuzz on Saturday and Sunday on the full-day relaxation call announced by the joint resistance leadership. However, in some areas on Monday, shops remained open for entire day which included Sanatnagar, Pandrethan, Sonwar and Athwajan in…

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Valley markets abuzz with activity for second day; don’t mistake it for normalcy: Separatists

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Day 2: Kashmir markets remain abuzz with business activity There were frequent traffic jams in the city centre and adjoining areas ‘Hustle and bustle in markets should not be mistaken’ Resistance Group Amid roaring Sunday Market in Lal Chowk, Kashmir remained abuzz with the business activities reflecting a semblance of normalcy on the second consecutive day of full-day relaxation announced by the joint resistance leadership. Though the schools and colleges remained closed on account of Sunday, transport— both public and private— plied normally. There were frequent traffic jams in the…

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Amid curbs, Valley peaceful, Post-paid mobile net restored after 133 Days

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No Friday prayers in Jamia Masjid for 19th week 10 injured in clashes across Kashmir School torched in Kupwara, another attacked at Rawalpora The government on Friday once again disallowed the congregational prayers at historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar while fresh clashes and protests were reported from various parts of Kashmir amid shutdown on 133rd consecutive day. There was heavy deployment of police and paramilitary forces outside the grand masjid in Nowhatta here and all roads leading to the masjid were sealed. “We were not allowed to proceed towards Jamia…

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Day 132: Hit by shell, Elderly man succumb in Srinagar

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The family members of Khan said that there were no protests going on in the area when he was hit. Large number of people attend his funeral prayers, protests in Soura Panchayat ghar, school building torched 2 persons involved in burning, ransacking of schools in Budgam arrested: Police An elderly man who was hit by a teargas shell outside his residence in Srinagar on November 2 succumbed at SK Institute of Medical Sciences here late last night. With the fresh death, the total number of people who died in the…

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With unrest receding, traffic trickles on Valley roads; 131st day, Ist protest free day since July 8

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Normal life across Kashmir continued to remain paralysed with the market places and educational institutions remaining closed even as the vehicular movement on the roads gradually increased during the past few weeks giving a semblance of normalcy in the Valley. The shutdown called by separatists and the counter restrictions to maintain law and order continued today on Day 131 of the current unrest triggered by the killing of militant commander, Burhan Wani and two of his associates in South Kashmir on July 8. The overall situation in the Valley remained…

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