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    • Posts Tagged ‘protest’

    Protests Over Quake Relief Continues in Jammu and Kashmir

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    JAMMU: Protests rocked Doda and Bhaderwah areas of the district for the second consecutive day today as the quake-hit people alleged failure of the Jammu and Kashmir government to provide relief and demanded immediate tented accommodations. The agitated mob blocked roads in Bhaderwah, Doda and Thathri areas and held anti-government slogans in protest against the government's failure to provide them relief and rehabilitation on account of damage caused to their houses due to earthquake and after shocks. They claimed...

    Posted 5 days ago.

    Kashmiri Separatist Denied Permission for Delhi Protest

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    NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik has been denied permission to stage a hunger strike in Delhi from May 3, police said Thursday. "The request sent by Malik for holding a protest at Jantar Mantar has been rejected," a Delhi Police officer told IANS. The request was rejected on the grounds of anticipated law and order problem, the officer said. On Wednesday, separatist leader Malik told IANS that he would hold a hunger strike to demand the return of the mortal remains of...

    Posted 19 days ago.

    Majlis Issues New Programme, Calls Shutdown in Kashmir on Thursday

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    SRINAGAR: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Mashawarat or a joint advisory council of separatist parties in Kashmir has called for a shutdown on Thursday. The council, formed to chalk out a strategy of protests to demand the body of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat for burial in the valley, issued a new protest programme Sunday. A statement mailed by the council says there will be no shutdown on Monday, but urged people should stage protests after Maghrib prayers. “On Wednesday, students of...

    Posted 58 days ago.

    Life Returns to Normal in Kashmir Valley

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    SRINAGAR: Life is back to normal in Kashmir, at least for now, after five days of shutdown and curfew in the valley. Nearly 200 people have been injured in clashes between the protesters and the police and paramilitaries. Shops, offices, business establishments and banks opened Saturday after five days as authorities lifted curfew imposed in most parts of Kashmir. Public transport also started plying normally on all routes of the valley. Curfew was imposed in parts of Kashmir, and almost the entire valley on...

    Posted 73 days ago.

    PDP Holds Protest in J-K Assembly Over Curfew

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    JAMMU: The Opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) today protested in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly over imposition of curfew and demanded reply from the government. Expressing concerns over the situation in Kashmir Valley, PDP MLA Abdul Rehman Veeri stood up along with other members of the party, as the House assembled this morning and raised slogans demanding a reply from the government. Blaming the Omar Abdullah-government for its failure to control the situation, Veeri alleged that the government has turned...

    Posted 74 days ago.

    Protests Continue in Hyd University Over Kashmiri Student's Death

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    SRINAGAR: Protests continued for the second consecutive day Monday at English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) Hyderabad over the death of a Kashmiri student, the Press Trust of India reports. Tension prevailed at EFLU campus in the Osmania University Monday as students gathered outside the administration block, raising slogans against the vice-chancellor and demanding immediate arrest of the proctor. Police tightened security to prevent any untoward incident, the PTI wrote. Twenty-nine-year-old Kamran,...

    Posted 78 days ago.

    Kashmir Govt. Offers Peon's Salary to Engineers

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    Ashiq Hussain SRINAGAR: The J&K government's new recruitment drive for unemployed youths has had the youth up in arms. Reason - the salary offered puts an engineer, designer or an architect on par with a roadside painter. Worse, for at least five years, a civil engineer will get half the money the government pays a peon or a driver. This flies even in the face of the labour...

    Posted 83 days ago.

    Guru Hanging: Separatists Issue Joint Protest Programme

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    SRINAGAR: The joint advisory council of various separatist and religious organizations in Kashmir - which was formed to chalk out a protest strategy for return of Afzal Guru’s body - has issued its first programme. In a mailed statement, the Majlis e Mashawarat has asked people to observe a strike this Friday and attach red ribbons on their vehicles,...

    Posted 85 days ago.

    Businesses to Resume in Kashmir on Saturday

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    SRINAGAR: The hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani has asked people to resume businesses on Saturday. There will not be any shutdown from Saturday till Monday, senior leader of the group, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai told freepresskashmir.com. He said the future programme regarding the ongoing protest would be chalked out in consultation with other resistance groups. Sehrai has asked people to offer special prayers for "Afzal Guru in particular and all the martyrs in general" after the...

    Posted 88 days ago.

    Guru's Hanging: Kashmir Shutdown To Resume From Wednesday

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    SRINAGAR: The Hurriyat Conference faction led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani has asked people to continue their protests till New Delhi returned Afzal Guru's body for "proper Islamic burial" in the valley. Geelani has been placed under house arrest in Delhi and has not been allowed to return since Guru was hanged at the Tihar jail on Feb 9. However, a spokesperson for the alliance asked people to observe a 'civil curfew' on Wednesday and Thursday besides a complete shutdown after Friday prayers. "Every nook and corner of...

    Posted 92 days ago.