March 2019 - Page 18 of 31 - The Kashmiriyat

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India Trends #BoycottChineseProducts as China Says Azhar Masood Not a Terrorist

INDIA

March 14 After China blocked the bid to designate Masood Azhar as a global terrorist for the fourth time, people of India taking to micro blogging site Twitter and made a top trend for the #BoycottChineseProducts. Many Twitteratis outpoured their anger against China for not declaring Masood Azhar as global terrorists and as a mark to show patriotism people started this trend. “Since China playing dirty & supporting Pak terror groups in UNSC, @narendramodi govt should put prohibitive duties on Chinese goods into India, ban Chinese mobile phones. They understand self-interest. If we make access to Indian market conditional, China likely to see sense” writes Madhu Purnima Kishwar a social blogger. She further added that even if the government cannot muster courage to ban Chine...

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Kashmiri Man to Challenge Modi on his Favourite Turf- Varanasi, in the Upcoming Elections

INDIA

March 14 Sajad Noorabadi, a political activist from Danew Kandimarg area of Noorabad in Kulgam district of volatile South Kashmir will fight against Modi in the upcoming General elections in India. Noorabadi said he will challenge the Indian Prime Minister in Varanasi, which is one of the favourite turf of Narendra Modi, and said, "It is not going to be a fight, not even a tough fight, i will defeat Modi on his turf in Varanasi," he said while speaking to The Kashmiriyat. Being provided a ticked by Mayawati's BSP which will go to polls with Mulayam Singh Yadav's SP, Sajad Noorabadi spoke to The Kashmiriyat and said that Indian Prime Minister Modi has created chaos in Kashmir and due to his policies Kashmir has been on the edge. "The steps of Narendra Modi are such disastrous th...

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Cleric Mushtaq Veeri Booked Under PSA, Shifted to Jammu Jail

REGIONAL

March 14 Mushtaq Ahmed Veeri, a religious cleric from South Kashmir, has been booked under Public safety act and shifted to Jammu jail early morning on Thursday. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Veeri was arrested on 24th of February 2019 along with several other members of religious groups after government started crackdown on religious leaders in Kashmir valley. ALSO READ: Forces Ban Clerics From Leading Friday Prayers in South Kashmir The family of Veeri, who is the Vice President of Jamiat Ahli hadith religious group in Jammu Kashmir, refuted the reports that he had been released on Wednesday evening. Sources in the Police confirmed the news and said he was shifted to a Jammu jail early morning. Intense crackdown began against religious groups in October last year, w...

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India Asks Imran Khan to Handover Azhar Masood to them

INTERNATIONAL

March 14 The Indian External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj on Thursday challenged Imran Khan, the Pakistani prime minister, saying that if he wants peace then he should hand over Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar to India. Speaking at a conference Swaraj said if Imran Khan is such a big statesman and wants to have good ties with India, then he should just hand over Azhar to India. “Imran Khan is showing a lot of gratitude. He wants to conduct peace talks. If Imran Khan is grateful, why can’t he handover Masood Azhar? Let us see his big heart. He should give us Azhar. Why doesn't he give us Masood Azhar?” she said. Meanwhile, China blocked India’s bid in the UN Security Council for the fourth time to get JeM Chief Masood Azhar listed as designated “global terrorist” by putti...

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Early Morning CASO Launched in Pulwama Area

PULWAMA

March 14 A cordon and search operation (CASO) has been launched by Government Forces in Maczpuna area of South Kashmir's Pulwama District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday morning, 55 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police jointly launched a search operation in the area around KCF College in Maczpuna. Following inputs about Militant movement in the area, the forces blocked all the entry and exit points of the area. A door to door search operation had been launched when this report was filed.

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Umbrella Time- MeT Predicts Wet Weather for Three Days

REGIONAL

March 14 Weatherman on Thursday predicted rainy days ahead with three days of dry weather conditions in the valley. According the forecaster the sky over Valley will be generally cloudy with occasional light rain till March 15 morning. “Thereafter mainly it will remain dry weather upto 19th. Again from 19th evening one more rainy spell will occur,” Meteorological department said.

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Users Loose Access- Outrage Hits Facebook and Instagram

INTERNATIONAL

March 14 Facebook and Instagram users lost access to the social network’s applications in parts of the world Wednesday as a result of an outage of undetermined origin. The California giant which has more than two billion users acknowledged the outage after users noted on Twitter they could not access Facebook or had limited functionality. “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible,” a Facebook statement said on Twitter. ALSO READ: Facebook, Twitter under fire, As They continue Censoring Voices from Kashmir A short time later, Facebook indicated the outage was not related to an attack aimed at overwhelming the network. “We’re focused on working to resolve the issue...

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CASO Launched in Pulwama Areas

PULWAMA

March 13 A cordon and search operation (CASO) has been launched by Government Forces in Panzgam area Litter in South Kashmir's Pulwama District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Wednesday evening, 55 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police jointly launched a search operation in Panzgam area of Pulwama District. Following inputs about Militant movement in the area, the forces blocked all the entry and exit points of the area. A CASO has also been launched in Rathsuna area of Tral by 42 RR of Indian Army, 180 BN Of CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police. A door to door search operation had been launched when this report was filed.

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Another Kashmir Father Shoulders the Dead Body of His Young Son

REGIONAL

March 13 Shouldering the coffin of their sons, is the toughest job for fathers, however in Kashmir, the same has become a norm now. The weight of such a heavy coffin fell on the shoulders of Farooq Ahmad Khan, the father of slain militant Mudasir Ahmad Khan, who was killed in an encounter in Tral on Monday morning. The Forces laid down a siege around a few houses in Pinglish Tral and an encounter soon raged between Militants and Forces, three Militants, all charred, were shot and then burnt to death. "The security forces told me that one of the two completely charred dead bodies belonged to my son. I could not identify Mudasir's body and had little choice other than pick one of them and go home and mourn", Farooq Ahmad Khan said. He said that the villagers had seen Mudasir that...

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Forces Launch CASO in Bandipora Area

REGIONAL

March 13 A cordon and search operation (CASO) has been launched by Government Forces in Shah Gund area of North Kashmir's Bandipora District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Wednesday evening, 13 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police jointly launched a search operation in Karnia Mohalla Shah Gund Bandipora District. Following inputs about Militant movement in the area, the forces blocked all the entry and exit points of the area. A door to door search operation had been launched when this report was filed.