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Social Media Blocked in Sri Lanka- Death Toll Rises to 207

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April 21 A series of bombs exploded in three churches, three luxury hotels and a guesthouse in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing some 207 people and injuring hundreds more. An eighth explosion took place in a residential building in Colombo in the most serious violence to strike the country since its decade-long civil war ended in 2009. The attacks took place at a peak period for foreign visitors to the tropical island nation, whose economy is heavily dependent on tourism. A police spokesman put the death toll at 207 on Sunday evening, with 450 injured. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. But Ruwan Wijewardena, defence minister, told reporters he believed security forces had identified the perpetrators and that those “involved in this unfortunate terrorist incident w...

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Forces Launch CASO in Baramulla Area

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April 21 The Government Forces on Sunday afternoon launched a Cordon and Search operation (CASO) in Nowpora area in North Kashmir's Baramulla District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a search operation has been launched by Rahstriya Rifles, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF jointly in Nowpora area Following specific inputs about Militant movement, All the entry and exit points of the area have been sealed on Sunday afternoon. A door to door search operation has begun, Locals told The Kashmiriyat. Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched as an Anti Militancy operation on May 2, 2017 amid a rise in the local recruitment into Militant groups in the Kashmir valley. The Forces jointly conduct search operations in a specific area, locking down the area virtually and fri...

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Police Prevents Four Yoth from Joining Militancy in Kupwara

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April 21 Police on Sunday claimed to have rescued four youths from joining militant ranks in frontier district of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Kupwara police received a reliable information regarding some youth from different parts of Kupwara district being exploited for commission of militant acts and being motivated for their eventual induction into militant ranks by Pakistan based handlers,” Kupwara police said in a statement. Police Kupwara acted swiftly and raided four places in District Kupwara and apprehended four youths (names withheld), the statement said. After sustained questioning, all four of them admitted to the fact that they were being rigorously and regularly motivated since last few months by a Pak based militant handler to lob grenades on forces as thei...

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“I Am proud that i Destroyed Babri, Will make Ram Mandir There, Nobody can Stop us,” Sadhvi Pragya

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April 21 Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Candidate for Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha seat, and 2008 Malegaon blast accused, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Sunday said she is “proud” to accept that she was involved in the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. Sadhvi Thakur said, “I will go to make the Ram Temple. I have said it yesterday and I am not denying it that I had gone there.www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/temovate.html I have demolished Babri structure. He is my Ram ji and no one can stop me from making a grand Ram temple. The nation is Ram, Ram is a nation” “We all will soon prepare a vision for it,” Ms. Thakur added. Ms. Thakur, who had joined the BJP on April 16, also accepted that she received two notices from the Election Commission, including on the iss...

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2 More Blasts in Si Lanka, Death Toll Mounts to 187- Government Declares Curfew

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April 21 ours after six simultaneous and coordinated explosions rocked churches and luxury hotels rocked Sri Lanka's Colombo on Easter Sunday, two more blasts hit the capital city, killing two people, police said. The first blast occurred at a hotel near Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo. The death toll in the Sri Lanka serial blasts has reached 187. At least two people have reportedly died in the latest blast at a hotel, a police spokesperson said. The injured have been taken to Kalubowila Hospital. The hotel is said to be in close proximity to the zoo which was closed for the public after the serial blasts. This was the eighth blast that has taken place in Sri Lanka's Colombo on Sunday. According to the reports, the Sri Lankan police had alerted the nation about ten days before S...

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Plebiscite Front and NC Stalwart Remembered on his Anniversary in South Kashmir

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April 21 The Fourth anniversary of late National Conference and Plebiscite Front stalwart, Abdul Gani Shah father of National conference south In charge, Dr. Bashir veeray was hel in Bijbehara on Sunday. As per a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat scores of people from nearby areas paid glorious tributes to the late NC Leader during a Fateh Khwani ceremony held at the grave yard where Abdul Gani Shah (Veeri ) is laid to reast, at Veeri area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir's Islamabbad (Anantnag) district. Veeri during his lifetime was jailed several times for his active role in Kashmir's Plebiscite Movement. The late NC leader was jailed along with Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah in early 1950s. Later he was released from the jail in late 1950 after which he joined the plebiscite f...

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At Least 138 Killed, 50 Injured in Sri Lanka Bombings

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April 21 Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and three luxury hotels killed 138 people and wounded more than 500, hospital and police officials said, following a lull in major attacks since the end of the civil war 10 years ago. In just one church, St. Sebastian's in Katuwapitiya, north of Colombo, more than 50 people had been killed, a police official told Reuters, with pictures showing bodies on the ground, blood on the pews and a destroyed roof.buy viagra black online https://www.mydentalplace.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwenty/inc/new/viagra-black.html no prescription Media reported 25 people were also killed in an attack on a church in Batticaloa in Eastern Province. The three hotels hit were the Shangri-La Colombo, Kingsbury Hotel and Cinnamon Grand Colom...

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Pulwama Youth Goes Missing

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April 20 A youth from Gulab Bagh area of Tral in South Kashmir's Pulwama District has went missing from his home since April 10 and the family members of a youth missing have sought the help of the public to trace him. Riyaz Ahmed Shah (30) of Gulab Bagh area spoke to his elder brother Nazir Ahmad Shah at 4 pm on April 10. “On April 10, at around 4 pm I talked with him over phone. He told me he is in Awantipora,” said Nazir. “His phone is not reachable since.” The family lodged a missing report at the local police station following which the police informed them that Riyaz was at a hotel in Jammu and not in Awantipora at 4pm on April 10. Nazir said that one of their family friends last saw Riyaz on April 14th at the general bus stand in Tral. “The family friend did not know that Riya...

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India Cannot Suppress the Voice of Kashmiri People, Says Pakistan

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April 20 Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan and India could not afford war because both were nuclear powers and had the capacity to destroy each other. Speaking at a ceremony in Multan, he said war was not an option for resolving issues and both countries would have to decide how they could end their disputes and live in peace, Dawn reported. He said he could not blame India for the April 12 blast in Quetta without evidence. However, he criticised India for using force against the people of held Kashmir, saying that India could not suppress the voice of Kashmiris by deploying a large number of troops in the valley. He said a number of forces at the international level wanted to destabilise Pakistan. They desired to see the country on the Finan...

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Two Militants Killed in Brief Exchange of Gunfire in North Kashmir

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April 19 Two unidentified Militants have been killed when they were intercepted by Indian Army's 32 RR at Watergam area of Sopore in Baramulla district of North Kashmir. Sources informed The Kashmiriyat that the Militants opened fire on a party of Indian Army when they were intercepted by them near the Sopore's Wategam area, to which the Army responded. In the retaliatory fire, two Militants, unidentified, was killed, however no dead body has been recovered from the site, they said. A massive search operation has been launched in the area as more Militants are believed to have escaped from the spot of initial contact between Militants and Government Forces. As per Locals, the firing has stopped, however a search operation is underway and more forces are being called to the ...