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Month: February 2019

Feb202019 by News DeskNo Comments

Former DC Srinagar, Farooq Shah, Secretary PHE Resign, Likely to Join NC

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February 20 Secretary PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control & DMRRR, Farooq Ahmad Shah has applied for voluntary retirement from services and is likely to join National Conference. According to sources Shah applied to the retirement and has communicated same to higher authorities. ALSO READ: Professor Likely to Join Mainstream Politics to Protest Harassment by Forces Sources also confirmed that Shah is likely to join NC in coming days.
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Pulwama Attack- 40 Including 2 Minors Arrested in South Kashmir

PULWAMA
February 20 At least fourty people including two minors, have been detained by government forces during raids in Tral, Awantipora, Pampore and Khrew. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that various youth have been picked up during nocturnal raids from South Kashmir areas including Pampore, Tral, Awantipora. They said that two juveniles, 15 and 16 year old boy was picked up by forces during a noctunral raid in khasipora and Dadsara areas of South Kashmir's Tral Hamlet. A police official said the youth have been detained for questioning. Nocturnal raids and detentions have escalated post the Pulwama attack on CRPF in which at least 45 CRPF men were killed.
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Pulwama Attack- Amid Revenge, Kashmiris in India, Indians Deliver a Message of Love, Rescue Hundreds of Kashmiris

REGIONAL
February 20 Amid Attacks on Kashmiris, dozens of Kashmiris living outside Kashmir came to the rescue of Kashmiris threatened in various places in India. Through, whatsapp groups and other social media platforms, Kashmiris working in various Indian states gathered support for Kashmiris who were being attacked and intimidated by mobs. Lubna Syed, who is a human rights activist in Delhi jumped immediately into action and created a whatsapp group, gathering possible support for Kashmiris. The group has sheltered more than two dozen Kashmiris in Delhi and other Indian states, she also arranged travelling and other facilities for Kashmiris who had been threatened to 'leave India'. Lubna, through her network also helped Kashmiris in Mumbai, Pune, Punjab and other Indian states. ...
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India Pakistan Troops Exchanging Gunfire on LOC

INTERNATIONAL
February 19 Indian and Pakistani troops have started Firing at eachother on the Line of Control in Jhanger forward area of Nowshera sector of Rajouri district. Officials on the Indian side said, Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control at Jhanger forward area of Nowshera sector and later mortar shelling started. " Both small arms firing and mortar shelling is going on since an hour now," they said, adding that, firing is still going on.
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Pulwama Attack- JNU Proffessor Demands the Public Execution of 40 Kashmiris

INDIA
February 19 Amita Singh, a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University,  has accused former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti of removing the barriers on the highway which led to killing of 49 CRPF men. Taking to her  Twitter, she said that Mehbooba should hand over 40 Kashmiris for public execution for 40 soldiers’: “The RDX filled vehicle could not be checked as the 3 check barriers were removed by mehbooba mufti. Governor pl. reinstate everything removed by her. Mehbooba Mf. Should now hand over her 40 people for public execution if she really feels hurt for our 40 soldiers.culpability.” In response, the party’s handle wrote: “This is a professor at #JNU making up concocted stories & ridiculous allegations against @MehboobaMufti She does not stop at that, is a...
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Pakistan Seeks UN Intervention as Indo- Pak Tensions Escalate After Pulwama Attack

INTERNATIONAL
February 19 Pakistan has sought the urgent intervention of UN Secretary-General in defusing tensions with India and help facilitate dialogue between the two countries, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday, following one of the worst attacks in Kashmir that killed 40 CRPF soldiers. On February 14, at least 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in Kashmir’s Pulwama district in a suicide attack claimed by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Militant group. The attack has heightened bilateral tensions with both New Delhi and Islamabad calling back their envoys for “consultations”. India on Friday announced the withdrawal of the Most Favoured Nation status for Pakistan and hiked the customs duty by 200 per cent on goods originating from the neigbouring country. Pakistan Fore...
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Pulwama Attack- Boycott Kashmiri Products, Stop Going to Amarnath Yatra for Two Years, Meghalaya Governor

INDIA
February 19 The governor of the north eastern state of India Meghalaya, Tathagata Roy, has appealed the people of India to boycott visiting Kashmir in the aftermath of Pulwama Attacks. In a tweet, Roy said that people should not visit Kashmir and also not go to Amarnath Yatra for next two years. The ‘Right-wing Hindu socio-political ideologue’ said that the people should not but articles from Kashmir emporia and Kashmiri tradesman who every winter go to Indian states to sell Kashmiri products. He tweeted: An appeal from a retired colonel of the Indian Army: Don’t visit Kashmir, don’t go to Amarnath for the next 2 years. Don’t buy articles from Kashmir emporia or Kashmiri tradesman who come every winter. Boycott everything Kashmiri. I am inclined to agree (SIC).” In another t...
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Famous South Kashmir Islamic Preacher, Mushtaq Khan passes Away

OTHERS
February 19 Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, a prominent Islamic preacher from South Kashmir's Islamabad (anantnag) district has breathed his last on Tuesday afternoon. A resident of Mattan in Islamabad (anantnag) district, he was suffering from illness from the past one and a half year.buy lariam generic buy lariam generic The 70 year old cleric, was renowned for his sermons and had earned prominence in South Kashmir. He was the South Kashmir president of Jammu Kashmir, Tableeg ul Islam, one of the first religious organizations in the valley. A resident of Seer e Hamdan in Islamabad (anantnag), he breathed his last in Srinagar hospital around, 11 am today (Tuesday), a relative of Moulana Mushtaq told The Kashmiriyat.
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Pulwama Attack- Mob Sets Ablaze the House of Lady Teacher in Karnataka

INDIA
February 19 In Karnataka, a woman was arrested for writing "objectionable" posts on social media against the armed forces after the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF jawans on February 14. Angry with the post, police said that the locals tried to burn down the woman's house. The incident took place in Kadabi Shivapur village on February 16. News agency ANI reported that her house was attacked after police arrested her for allegedly posting an objectionable post on social media. "She has been arrested and sent to judicial custody. Locals tried to set her house ablaze," police said. While quoting a local police officer, ANI said that the case was registered after some people complained that the woman's post praised Pakistan. "We registered a complaint under sections...
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Curfew Relaxed in Jammu, Locals Demand Restoration of Internet

REGIONAL
February 19 The authorities on Tuesday relaxed Curfew in Jammu city for two hours. Authorities on Tuesday announced relaxation in curfew in Jammu in three areas from 11: 30 am to 1: 30 PM. They said that areas under the jurisdiction of three police stations including Peer Mitha, PS city, PS nawabad people can go out to buy daily and essential items. Meanwhile locals from Jammu division sought the immediate restoration of internet so that their routine activities are not hampered further.
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