March 2019 - Page 28 of 32 - The Kashmiriyat

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17 Year Old Boy Alleges Torture By Army, “They Bloodied my Whole Body with Knives”

ISLAMABAD

March 03 A 17- year old boy, Ikhlas Ahmed Bhat, resident of Adar area of Khanabal area of South Kashmir's Islamabad (anantnag) has alleged torture by Indian Army on the wee hours of Sunday morning. Ikhlas speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that early morning he left home for Fajr prayers, when Army men face palmed (Covered my mouth with Hands) him and assaulted him for nearly an hour and also cut his body parts with sharp knives. "As soon as i stepped out of my house towards the Masjid, which is nearly 200 meters away from my home, the Army men covered my mouth so that i would not shout and took me to a nearby scrub land," he told The Kashmiriyat. He said that first they pushed him to the ground and later started thrashing him, after which they took out his clothes. "Later the...

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Artcile 370- A Brief Introduction For Every Kashmiri

WRITE-UPS

March 02 Touseef Hameed Immediately after the independence of Pakistan and India, Confronted with the chances of losing Kashmir to Pakistan, Maharaja Hari Singh requested help from India. Immediately, Patel’s aid V.P.Menon arrived in Srinagar and told the Maharaja that India could take action only if Kashmir acceded to India. It is widely believed that Maharaja wanted to keep Kashmir independent but reluctantly acceded to India due to the grave situation at that time as per him. Thus, on October 26, 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession. Here, the important point is that the accession was partly provisional. For example, clause 7 of this instrument read that Maharaja was NOT committed to accept the future constitution of India. Similarly, clause 8 said that ...

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CASO Called off in Shopian Area, Nothing Found

SHOPIAN

March 03 A cordon and search operation (CASO) that was launched by Government Forces in Malikgund area of South Kashmir's Shopian District has been called off. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Sunday afternoon, 44 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police jointly launched a search operation in Zainbathoo area of Malikgund in South Kashmir's Shopian 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 was conducted by the forces jointly During the search operation, nothing was found in the area after which forces called off the operation.

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Indian Media Claims Azhar Masood is Dead

INTERNATIONAL

March 03 A day after Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar is "unwell", a report by News 18 on Sunday, 3 March claimed that Azhar is dead. Azhar-led JeM last month claimed the attack in Pulwama district that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF jawans. According to the report, top sources in Pakistan told News 18 that Azhar died on Saturday. The cause of death is unknown.

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Kupwara Encounter- The Complete Story

REGIONAL

March 03 Shabir Khan/ Sajad Hameed At around 6 pm on Thursday, the Forces including 22 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF laid a cordon and search operation in the Babagund area of Langate in Handwara belt of North Kashmir's Kupwara District. After conducting siege for nearly six hours, contact was finally established with Militants when they opened fire upon Forces around 1215 am on Friday, and immediately reinforcements were rushed to the spot. Around 6 am on Friday morning, the firing stopped, however it restarted within half an hour, after an intense gun battle of nearly four hours, the firing stopped again. "We presumed that the Militants were dead, however while conducting operations to search the body of dead Militants, they rose from the rubble and...

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After 62 Hours- Kupwara Encounter Over, Two Dead Bodies Recovered

REGIONAL

March 03 One of the longest encounters in the recent past has been officially declared over in the Babagund area of Langate in North Kashmir's Kupwara. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that 22RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police, and CRPF laid a siege in the area following specific inputs about Militant movement in the area. ALSO READ: Kupwara Encounter- Intense Clashes Erupt As Forces Start Search Operation The Militants opened fire upon forces at around 12 am on Friday. In the ensuing gunfight, five Government Force personnel and two Militants were killed. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the bodies of Militants have been recovered from the site of the encounter. Intense clashes have also erupted near the site of the encounter.

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Kupwara Encounter- Intense Clashes Erupt As Forces Start Search Operation

OTHERS

March 03 Shabir Khan Intense clashes erupted as hundreds of youth hit the streets of Babagund area in Handwara in North Kashmir's Kupwara District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that hundreds of youth hit the streets as soon as the firing near the encounter site stopped. ALSO READ: As Kupwara Encounter Enters Day 3, Journalists not Allowed to Report, Paramedics Stopped from Reaching the Site The Forces fired tear smoke shells to disperse the protesters, however the clashes were going on when this report was filed. Meanwhile a search operation is going on at the encounter site as two Militants have been killed.

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ICC Rejects BCCI Proposal to Ban Pakistan from Entering Cricket World Cup

SPORTS

March 03 The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday rejected the proposal of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to ban Pakistan from entering the cricketing world cup, 2019. Post the Pulwama Attack, BCCI had asked the ICC to bar the Pakistan cricket team from entering the World Cup. ALSO READ: BCCI Might try to Block Pakistan’s Entry into Cricket World Cup India and Pakistan are scheduled to face-off in the World Cup in Manchester on June 16. The International Cricket Council (ICC) rejected the proposal saying it has no role to play in matters like these. The ICC chairman made it clear that the decision to ostracize a nation is taken at the government level and ICC had no rule. In the wake of the Pulwama attack, in which more than 40 CRPF personnel wer...

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As Kupwara Encounter Enters Day 3, Journalists not Allowed to Report, Paramedics Stoppedfrom Reaching the Site

REGIONAL

March 03 As the Kupwara Encounter entered day three, reporters working with various media outlets said that they have been disallowed to cover the encounter by the Forces. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, a reporter said that Forces did not allow any journalist to carry out his professional duty, "They disallowed all the journalists to cover the encounter," a journalist told The Kashmiriyat. ALSO READ: Longest Gunfight in Kashmir in Many Years- No Militant Body Found in Kupwara, One More Trooper Succumbs Wishing to remain anonymous, he said that the Journos have been stopped by the forces and are not being allowed beyond that point. Meanwhile ambulances carrying paramedic staff have also been disallowed to reach the encounter area where dozens of families are believed to be tra...

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‘Why Should i Allow You? You Might be a Terrorist’- Student Disallowed into a Library in Poonch

INDIA

March 03 Amid Anti-Kashmir protests that gripped many Indian states, another shocking incident has surfaced in Poonch area of Jammu district when a student was disallowed inside a library. A college student of Degree college Poonch speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that on 28 February, a College student was disallowed to enter the library after being told he was a Kashmiri. "Why should i allow you to enter the Library, you might be a terrorist as well," the librarian told the student, he informed The Kashmiriyat. The student was disallowed to enter the library which angered other students and they held a protest against the librarian inside the college premises. The video of the protest is available with The Kashmiriyat. He said that they reported the issue to the college ...