April 2019 - Page 6 of 36 - The Kashmiriyat

Apr262019 by News DeskNo Comments

Polling Staff Reaches Kulgam’s Ashmuji to Set-up Polling Booth- Intense Clashes Erupt

KULGAM

April 26 Intense clashes erupted in Ashmuji area of Quimoh in South Kashmir's Kulgam District on Friday evening as the Polling officials reached the area to set up a polling booth in the area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that hundreds of youth shouting pro independence and Anti India Slogans attacked the polling party which included CRPF and Army men as well with stones asking them to go back from the area. Earlier similar incidents were reported from Muran area of Pulwama and Gagren area of Shopian, where Army resorted to Aerial firing to disperse the protesters. The police, however, denied any clashes having taken place in the area. Polling will be held in Kulgam district on 29 April, Kulgam, Islamabad (anantnag), Shopian and Pulwama in South Kashmir are a part of singe Lo...

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Pellets Rained on 11-Year old Boy in Kashmir’s Islamabad (anantnag) Township- Shifted to Srinagar for Treatment

REGIONAL

April 26 The Government Forces on Friday evening resorted to pellet firing on protesters in the Islamabad (Anantnag) township of South Kashmir, injuring an 11 year old boy. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that during a minor stone throwing incident near the Deputy commissioner's office in the township, the CRPF men deployed inside the DCs office fired innumerable pellets on the protesters. During the pellet firing, one kid identified as Muzammil Ahmed Darzi (11), a resident of Qazi Mohalla in the Islamabad (anantnag) township, who is a student of class 5 was ht with pellets in his abdominal area. He was rushed to the nearby hospital where the doctors shifted him to a Srinagar hospital for advanced care, A hospital official confirmed to The Kashmiriyat. Eyewitnesses told Th...

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CASO Launched in Native of Riyaz Naikoo

REGIONAL

April 26 The Government Forces on Friday evening launched Cordon and Search operation (CASO) in Beghpora area of Awantipora in South Kashmir's Pulwama District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a search operation has been launched by 55 Rahstriya Rifles, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF jointly in Beighpora area. Following specific inputs about Militant movement, All the entry and exit points of the area have been sealed on Thursday. A door to door search operation has begun, Locals told The Kashmiriyat. Beighpora, pertinently is the native of Hizb ul Mujahideen commander, Riyaz Naikoo. 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 ...

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Militants Attack Police Station in Srinagar

REGIONAL

April 26 Suspected Militants on Friday evening attacked a Police Station in Kashmir's Summer Capital Srinagar. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that on Friday evening Militants fired upon Police station in Srinagar's Chanapora area, injuring one Policeman critically. The Policeman has been shifted to the nearby hospital for treatment, a Police official told The Kashmiriyat. He said that Police have launched a search operation in the area to nab the attackers.

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Forces Launch CASO in Pulwama Area

PULWAMA

April 25 The Government Forces on Thursday evening launched Cordon and Search operation (CASO) in Tahab area of South Kashmir's Pulwama District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a search operation has been launched by 44 Rahstriya Rifles, Jammu Kashmir Police and 182 and 183 BN of CRPF jointly in Tahab area. Following specific inputs about Militant movement, All the entry and exit points of the area have been sealed on Thursday. 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 an...

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Five Gamblers Arrested in Bandipora

REGIONAL

April 15 Jammu Kashmir Police on Thursday arrested five gamblers and recovered stake money from them in north Kashmir district of Bandipora. A police official said that following specific information, a police team raided a gambling site at Sumbal in Bandipora. "During the raid, police apprehended five people, while they were gambling," they added.

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Efforts Underway to Bring Aafia Siddiqui Home, Says Pakistan

INTERNATIONAL

April 25 The Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal on Thursday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s statement during Iran’s official visit was taken out of context. Addressing weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, the spokesman while clarifying the statement of the prime minister in Iran said Prime Minister Imran Khan was referring to non-state actors using Pakistani soil under foreign influence to carry out activities in Pakistan or coordinating from Pakistan and the case in point is likes of Kulbhushan Jadhav and local facilitators. Dr Faisal said that the remarks regarding Kashmir in joint Pak-Iran declaration is a bigger success. Regarding Dr Afia’s return, the spokesperson said that efforts were underway to bring her back to Pakistan. He clarifi...

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“He Is Ready to Die, But Will not Surrender”- Farooq Abdullah Praises Yasin Malik

REGIONAL

April 25 The National Conference President and Former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said that the election boycott will not serve any purpose. Farooq Abdulllah said that people are continuously asking us to save Articles 370 & 35A but how can that happen when people are not coming out to vote and are boycotting elections. While praising the chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front who is in Jail, he said, "Yasin Malik is ready to die but not to surrender before Delhi for the sake of Kashmiri's self-respect, I congratulate him" He appealed people to vote for party’s candidate for the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency Justice Masoodi.

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Weapon Snatching Bid Foiled in Pampore

PULWAMA

April 25 The Jammu Kashmir police on Thursday foiled a weapon snathcing bid at a bank branch in Pampore area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district. A police official said that two pheran-clad unknown persons attempted to assault a police cop with an axe at main branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank in Drangbal Pampore .buy cytotec online https://pavg.net/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/fonts/new/cytotec.html no prescription He said that the attempt to assault the police man was not successful. "The unsuccessful assault was aimed to snatch a weapon from a cop depoloyed for guard duty at the bank branch," he said, adding that the suspected persons managed to flee from the spot. Soon after the incident, higher authorities of police reached the spot and were accessing CCTV footage fr...

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At Least 73000 Transgenders Arrested for Extorting Money From Railway Passengers

INDIA

April 25 More than 73,000 transgenders have been arrested for extorting money from railway passengers in the past four years, with over 20,000 alone last year, the railway ministry has said in a reply to an RTI query. The data assumes significance as passengers have complained of harassment by transgenders who often board trains and extort money from them. Some of these passengers also had to face abuses, in the worst cases of physical assault, incase they refused to give in to such demands, officials said. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has been regularly conducting special drives to check such instances, they said. In the reply to the RTI query, the railway ministry said a total of 73,837 transgenders were arrested during 2015 and till January this year while extorting mo...