March 2019 - Page 3 of 32 - The Kashmiriyat

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Pakistan Still Counting Dead Bodies of Militants Killed in Indian Air Strikes, Says Modi

INDIA

March 29 The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sought vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party and hit out at the rival parties referring to the Balakot strike by the Indian Air Force last month and the recent success of Mission Shakti at a public rally in Odisha’s Koraput. PM Modi slammed the Opposition parties for raising questions over the IAF strike at a terror camp in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack, in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing. “It has been one month, Pakistan is still counting the dead bodies and our rivals are seeking proof for Balakot strike,” said PM Modi adding, “When India takes action against terrorists, enters their home and kills them then some here ask for proof.” The prime minis...

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Will Seek a Judicial Probe to Investigate Rigging of 1987 Elections

INDIA

March 29 Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone today said that Abudullahs’ are the real architects of erosion of special status and that they can no longer going to befool educated masses of Jammu and Kashmir. While addressing a convention of workers in Tangdhar, Sajad said accountability must start from 1975 Accord when Sheikh sahab ratified previous erosions in lieu of power,” While taking a dig at Scion of Abdullah dynasty he said, “why is Omar pained when anyone gets killed in rest of the country while he preferred to remain, mum, when more than 120 young Kashmiris were killed under his watch as CM in 2010?”, he asked. “If the records of his regime were to be taken into account, he is the one who let trampling of masses in 2008 and 2010. Why isn’t he vocal about human...

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US Made M4 Makes Entry into Kashmir Through Jaish e Muhammad Militants

REGIONAL

March 29 Government forces on Friday recovered a US-made M4 assault rifle from the two Jaish-e-Mohammad militants, who were killed in an encounter in central Kashmir’s Budgam district of Jammu Kashmir. A police official said a joint party of police, CRPF and army launched search operation Nowgam area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district last evening after inputs that two Jaish militants were hiding there. “As the search operation started, militants hiding in the area fired on troops. The fire was returned by troops and in the ensuing gunfight, two Jaish militants were killed,” he said. Sources said four army men sustained injuries in the gunfight and have been hospitalised. DIG of police central Kashmir Vidhi Kumar Birdi told this newspaper that US-made M-4 assault rifle and...

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The Day Qazi Nisar Defied Jagmohan’s Beef Ban Diktat in Kashmir

WRITE-UPS

Dar Abdul Aziz Before I slip into telling you about the historic day, when the legendary Qazi Nisar defied the beef ban in 1985, let me introduce myself as someone who has had the honour of great personalities addressing the funeral of my late father, Ghulam Mohammed Dar. Qazi Ghulam Mohammed, Peer Abdul Gani and Mohammed Yusuf Shah had travelled on the same horse cart to attend the funeral of my father who passed away in 1981. Cow slaughter in this Himalayan region of Jammu Kashmir was banned during the Maharaja’s time in 1932 according to a ruling documented under Section 298-A and 298-B of the Ranbir Penal Code. The memories of this oppressive Dogra rule in Kashmir revived in 1985, when Governor Jagmohan imposed a ban on the consumption of meat on the demand of some Hindu extre...

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Facebook “Mistakenly” Names Kashmir as a Separate Country

INTERNATIONAL

March 28 Facebook on Wednesday named Kashmir a separate country though, The social media giant said it has removed the reference. “We mistakenly included Kashmir in our blog post when listing the countries and regions impacted by the Iranian network we disrupted for coordinated inauthentic behaviour,” Facebook said in a statement. On Tuesday, the company said that it removed 513 pages, groups and accounts for engaging in “coordinated inauthentic” behaviour as part of multiple networks tied to Iran. The company listed countries, including Egypt, India and Indonesia, where these networks operated. The list also included Kashmir. “Kashmir was the subject of some of the content shared by this network, but it should not have been included in that list,” said Facebook.buy eriacta ...

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Militant Active Since 2017 Arrested by Forces in Bijbehara

KULGAM

March 28 The Government Forces on Thursday have arrested a Militant from Bijbehara area of South Kashmir's Islamabad (anantnag) district. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Rameez Ahmed Wani, a resident of Hawoora in South Kashmir's Kulgam district who has been active since February 2017 has been arrested by Forces in Bijbehara. Rameez Joined Militancy along with his two friends, Younis and Dawood in February 2017 after they were released post 10 months in a murder related case. They had been arrested in 2012 also in a case related to the murder of a Sarpanch of Hawoora area of South Kashmir's Kulgam district namely Ghulam Muhammad Dar, who was killed on 08 February 2012. Hours after the killing, the village being cordoned off and the police rounding up fifteen youth. They al...

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Harassed Constantly by Forces- Aaqib had Joined Militancy in October 2017

WRITE-UPS

March 28 Skinder Gull In the ongoing heightened Anti Militancy operations, the Forces jointly laid a ambush around the Yawran forest area in Keller area of South Kashmir's Shopian killing three Militants, who were later identified as Locals. The Slain Militants identified as Aaqib Ahmad from Bhatnoora from Lassipora Pulwama, Basharat Ahmad from Wasoora Pulwama and Sajad Ahmed Khanday from Bamnoo in Shopian’s Keller were all associates of Hizb ul Mujahideen. Thousands of people gathered at the funeral of the slain Militants amid high pitch pro independence and Anti India sloganeering. People in droves of dozens and hundreds singing songs of freedom and dirges of bravery marched towards the house of Aaqib Ahmad from Bhatnoora from Lassipora Pulwama. Aaqib Ahmed, a resident of...

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These School Kids with Municipal Council Achabal are on a Mission to Save Water Bodies

EDUCATION

March 28 Sheikh Nadeem / Waris Shah Municipal Committee Achabal with Collaboration irrigation Department and Govt Girls High School Achabal on Thursday organised a sanitation drive with focus on cleaning and preserving water bodies in particular and ecology of the area. During the drive roads, foot paths, lanes and drains in the town were cleaned. Executive Officer Along With Secretary Municipal Achabal directed Locals maintaining clean sustainable environment and called for active participation of all. CEO and Secretary Municipal Committee Achabal also directed the citizens to work in cooperation and ensure cleanliness in every corner of the Town. During the drive many shopkeepers and members of civil society of the area put forth their demands related to dumping of garbage

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Send me to Kashmir for a Few Months, I will Resolve the Issue- Says Mamata Banarjee

INDIA

March 28 The Chief Minister of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has claimed she can expeditiously solve the Kashmir problem, The Statesman reported. Mamata spoke on her plans to solve the Kashmir issue during the release of her party’s manifesto. In a clear evidence that she nurses national ambitions, Trinamool manifesto included promises on simplification of the GST, revival of the Planning Commission, resolving the Kashmir issue, and 200 days’ work with double the pay for MGNREGA workers. On the Kashmir issue, Trinamool manifesto said “To restore peace in Kashmir, we will take the nation’s consent, trust and faith by our side. And we shall proceed towards a brighter future in this respect”. “Send me to Kashmir. I will stay there for a few months a...

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Shopian, Pulwama Shuts, Clashes Erupt, Gun Salute Offered as Thousands Gather For Funeral of Slain Militants

REGIONAL

March 28 Skinder Gul Thousands of mourning women and men shouting pro independence and Anti India slogans have gathered outside the house of Aaqib Ahmed in Bhatnoora area of Pulwama who has been killed in an encounter in Keller area of Shopian on Thursday. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that people in droves of dozens and hundreds singing songs of freedom and dirges of bravery marched towards the house of Aaqib Ahmad from Bhatnoora from Lassipora Pulwama. ALSO READ: Militants Killed in Shopian Identified as Locals Youth in large numbers in Pulwama township threw stones on the Forces who have been deployed in the area to thwart any kind of protests, the forces used immense force on the protesters. Students in Government Degree college of Kulgam also held massive demons...