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    • Posts Tagged ‘Kashmir’

    Tremor Again Shakes Kashmir's Bhaderwah Valley

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    BHADERWAH: A moderate intensity tremor shook Bhaderwah valley and adjoining areas of Doda-Kishtwar belt of Jammu and Kashmir in the wee hours Thursday, triggering panic among the people after a week of lull. The tremor measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck the Doda-Kishtwar belt at around 2.38 AM, MeT officials said. The epicentre of the quake was in Bhaderwah, they said. There was no immediate report of any casualty or injury. However, due to fear, most of the people remained outside their houses. On May 15,...

    Posted 1 day ago

    Kashmiri Separatists to File Case Against Pellets, Pepper Gas Use

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    SRINAGAR: Concerned over continued use of pellets, pepper and chilly gas against peaceful processionists in the Kashmir valley, the moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) has decided to approach High Court for total ban on their use, sources said today. Meanwhile, the condition of a teenage, who received pellet wound on his chest and back on May 21 was still critical in S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). Additional general secretary of ruling National Conference (NC) Sheikh Mustafa Kamal said if youths will stop...

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    'Lashkar Militant Killed in Kashmir Capital Shootout, 3 Police Hurt'

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    SRINAGAR: Security forces killed a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant in a gunfight in the heart of Jammu and Kashmir capital Srinagar Thursday morning, police said. "Hilal Molvi of LeT was killed in an encounter with police in Narparistan (Fatah Kadal) area of old Srinagar city," Syed Ashiq Bukhari, senior superintendent of police (SSP), Srinagar was quoted by IANS as saying. Three police officials -- one sub inspector and two constables were injured in the gunfight, he said. The shootout started in the early hours of...

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    Ban on Pepper Gas : HC gives Govt Two More Weeks to File Response

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    Ishfaq Tantry SRINAGAR:The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today granted the authorities two more weeks to file their response to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on the use of pepper gas on civilian protesters in Kashmir. Earlier on April 17, the court had granted the authorities three weeks to file their response to the PIL. As the matter came up before a bench comprising Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey today, NH Shah, the counsel representing the...

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    Another Woman raped in Jammu Kashmir

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    JAMMU: A 23-year-old was raped last evening when she was alone at home in village Bhour Kullian of Gadi Garh area, police sources here today said. The victim narrated the incident to her family members following which they lodged a complaint with the police. "Acting on a complaint, raids were conducted and the accused identified as Rajinder Kumar alias Munna was arrested," a police official said. He said a case has been registered and investigations are in progress.

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    'Rapist Dervish' Was Preaching Religion for Nearly a Decade in Kashmir

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    Azhar Qadri SRINAGAR: The ‘fake’ dervish, who was arrested on charge of raping four minor girls, was preaching mysticism for the past nearly one decade in different parts of Kashmir region and had gathered a network of followers. Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Shamsabad area of Budgam district, was arrested by the police on Tuesday on charge of raping four of his ‘disciples’ - all minor girls. Bhat’s youngest victim was a 14-year-old girl from south Kashmir and the other three...

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    New Delhi Toughens Stand on Kashmiri Leaders' Travels Abroad

    Umar Farooq's

    "There is no difference between Mirwaiz and Syed Ali Shah Geelani for us," a senior official said.  Shishir Gupta and Toufiq Rashid NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: Hurriyat leader Umar Farooq's statement last Friday that "Kashmir would have naturally gone to Pakistan given its religious-political affinities" has strengthened the home ministry's belief that the Mirwaiz was no different from fellow separatist leader...

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    Prime Minister to Pay Two-day Visit to Kashmir from June 25: Soz

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

    SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Kashmir for two days from June 25, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Prof Saifuddin Soz said today. A statement issued here this afternoon by the PCC office said Prof Soz called on Dr Singh at New Delhi today and discussed many subjects of mutual interest. The social and political situation in Jammu and Kashmir also came up for discussion, Prof Soz said. He said the Prime Minister's proposed visit to Kashmir on June 25 and 26 was also discussed. The PCC chief...

    Posted 2 days ago.

    Protest Against Power Tariff Hike in Kashmir

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    SRINAGAR: Hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying tourists, were stranded on famous Mughal garden Nishat road on the bank of Dal Lake, where people were protesting against the hike in power tariff by the Power Development Department (PDD). Raising slogans against the government and PDD, the agitators blocked the main road near the garden and did not even allow security force and school vehicles. They alleged that the government has increased power traffic several times during the past few years when the supply...

    Posted 2 days ago.

    Fakes, Neglect Wearing Thin Kashmir's Pashmina Trade

    kashmir shawl

    Local legend has it that Kashmiri shawls came to Europe after French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte presented one to his wife Josephine more than two centuries ago.                     Kainaat Mushtaq SRINAGAR: They sell for thousands of dollars, grace the shoulders of celebrities and are coveted by women the world over, but the future of the famous pashmina shawl is tangled due to neglect and cheap copies. For centuries,...

    Posted 2 days ago.