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Youth Allegedly Murdered Over Love Affair with a Girl in Shopian

Youth Allegedly Murdered Over Love Affair with a Girl in Shopian

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Meer Irfan A 21-year-old youth was allegedly murdered over a love affair in the Shopian district of South Kashmir on Tuesday night. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat a Police official said that the body of Shahid Ahmed Ganie son of Manzoor Ahmed Ganie, a resident of the Urpora area in Shopian Nagbal was found in the Tukrwangam area of Shopian. The Locals called the Police who rescued the body and have taken it for autopsy. Shahid's family memembers speaking to The Kashmiriyat have alleged that he was murdered by the family of her girlfriend in Turkwangam where Shahid had gone to meet his girlfriend. "He was in love with the girl who lives in the Tukrwangam locality of Shopian for the past five years, however, the family of the girl never accepted the relationship," one of the fami...
Police Officials Snatch ID Cards of 3 Journalists Covering 8th Day of the Muharram Procession

Police Officials Snatch ID Cards of 3 Journalists Covering 8th Day of the Muharram Procession

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Umar Farooq It has come to the fore that as events unfolded on the 8th day of Muharram processions in Kashmir Valley's Srinagar, the Jammu Kashmir Police assaulted journalists who were covering the processions in the city. As reported by The Kashmiriyat earlier, on Tuesday morning, the photojournalists who were covering the Muharram procession around Jehangir Chowk were assaulted. These included Waseem Andrabi, Sajad Hameed, Mehran Bhat and Burhan Bhat. It was reported that Sajad Hameed's equipment was damaged, too. Later, in the afternoon, three Kashmir based journalists - Abdul Hamid Khan, Irshad Hussain and Basit Ali Rajput, alleged that their IDs were snatched by the police officials at around 3:15 p.m., while they were covering the Muharram procession. The Kashmiriyat got ...
Journalists Assaulted, Their Cameras Broken while Covering Muharram Processions in Srinagar

Journalists Assaulted, Their Cameras Broken while Covering Muharram Processions in Srinagar

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Mehran Bhat The Government forces on Tuesday morning assaulted Journalists in Srinagar when they were covering Muharram procession in the city’s Jahangir Chowk area. Photojournalists including Waseem Andrabi, Sajad Hameed, Mehran Bhat and Burhan Bhat were assaulted by the forces personnel and the equipment of Sajad Hameed was also damaged.buy priligy online https://healthcoachmichelle.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/css/new/priligy.html no prescription https://twitter.com/pzfahad/status/1427520947750244353 "We do not know why do we often come under attack, We were just doing our job, They hit us without any provocation,” a journalist told The Kashmiriyat. Mehran Bhat who reports for The Kashmiriyat was also assaulted by the Forces. "Goverment forces beat up journalists at Jah...
Radical Mob Attempts to Descrate Dargah in Delhi, Threats to Place Idols Inside it

Radical Mob Attempts to Descrate Dargah in Delhi, Threats to Place Idols Inside it

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In yet another incident of hate, the a group of Hindutva radicals allegedly attempted to desecrate Dargah Madad Ali Shah situated in Rohini Sector 25 in New Delhi. As per reports, the group forecefully stormed into the Dargah and performed Hindu rituals near the premises after threatening the Dargah caretaker Aqeel Ahmad with dire consequences if he does not leave the shrine within ten days. The group also threatened to place an idol of Hindu deity inside the dargah. A delegation of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (M) demanded protection of the shrine and action against the perpetrators. They also met with Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer Delhi),Rajiv Ranjan Singh at his office and filed a complaint about the incident. The delegation,as per reports, said a radical group tried to desecrate...
Coming of Age in Kashmir: Between Barbed Cradles and Caged Playgrounds

Coming of Age in Kashmir: Between Barbed Cradles and Caged Playgrounds

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Mehran Bhat The armed conflict in Kashmir has rendered thousands of people homeless and traumatized since it broke out. The generations born after the '90s in Kashmir have a very unusual sense of the word, 'normal'. As far as I can remember, I was a little child the first time I visited Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid for Friday congregational prayers for the first time with my father. All of a sudden, loud bangs from the outside were heard. Everyone began to rush here and there and there was complete chaos. My father grabbed my arm and started walking me out of the mosque. I asked my father what was happening around, to which he responded, “Yete loug Kanejung." I was too young to make sense of what all was happening. With the passage of time, I became familiar with the word “Kan...
In Frames: Partial Shutdown in Parts of Srinagar, Kashmir on the Second Anniversary of Abrogation

In Frames: Partial Shutdown in Parts of Srinagar, Kashmir on the Second Anniversary of Abrogation

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On the second anniversary of the abrogation of the special status of Jammu Kashmir, most of the shops remained closed in parts of Srinagar city including Lal Chowk. India Today reported that in several areas of the city, the shops were closed. However, in other areas including Budgam, Ganderbal, Anantnag and Kupwara, the shops were open. The former Chief Minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti termed the day as a "Black Day." "No words or pictures are enough to depict the pain, torment & upheaval inflicted upon J&K on this black day two years ago. When unbridled oppression is unleashed & gross injustice heaped there is no other choice but to resist to exist," the former Jammu Kashmir chief minister said in a tweet. The Bhartiya Janta Party organized celebrations in va...
A collective memoir of despair amidst one of the longest communication blackout in the world

A collective memoir of despair amidst one of the longest communication blackout in the world

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Mehran Bhat Zainab was puzzled when a young boy knocked at her door to deliver a parcel which she had never ordered. On opening, the parcel turned out to be a surprise and she was out of words. Inside the parcel was a letter from the love of her life. It had been almost one-month since the couple had last communicated. In 2019, Jammu Kashmir was under the longest communication cut off. All forms of communication was barred in the Valley after the central government ripped the erstwhile state of its semi-autonomous status and bifurcated it into two Union Territories. Inside the letter was a message from her fiancé Sahil, “I hope you are fine and in good health. I am missing you so madly. It feels like years of not talking to each other. I hope we meet again soon." For the couple...
Behind the Facade of ‘Naya Kashmir’ Lies Growing Alienation, Rise in Suicides and an Enforced Silence

Behind the Facade of ‘Naya Kashmir’ Lies Growing Alienation, Rise in Suicides and an Enforced Silence

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Kounsar Bashir/ Mir Faizan Qazi/ Aadil Manzoor The Articles 370 and 35 A granted a special, semi-autonomous status to the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir, which was scrapped by the BJP led central government on August 5, 2019. The article initially provided the erstwhile state with a limited autonomy, which included the freedom to make its own laws, even a separate constitution and a flag. It also barred the non-state subjects from purchasing land and permanent settlement in the state. The state even had its own Prime Minister but the said article was diluted a number of times with the coordination of elected governments in the state on the pretext of integrating it with the union of India and providing good governance and administration. Article 370 was still of great signifi...
Ashraf Khan, Yousuf Qantroo, Abbas Sheikh Appear in the List of 10 Most Wanted Militants-  Know Who They Are

Ashraf Khan, Yousuf Qantroo, Abbas Sheikh Appear in the List of 10 Most Wanted Militants- Know Who They Are

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The Jammu Kashmir Police has released a list of ten top most wanted Militants in the Kashmir valley on Monday evening. Some of the names in the list have been appearing on various lists for the past several years since the Indian Army launched operation all out in May 2017. In this fresh list Salim Parray, Yousuf Kantroo, Abbas Sheikh, Reyaz Shetergund, Farooq Nali, Zubair Wani & Ashraf Molvi have also appeared. The new militants that have appeared on the list given out by Inspector General of Police include Aaqib Manzoor, Umer Mustaq Khandey & Wakeel Shah. The Kashmiriyat in this report profiles the most wanted Militant commanders below  Mohammed Yusuf Dar, a resident of Kawoosa Budgam is one of the oldest surviving Militants, popularly known as Yusuf Qantroo and is categ...
Ruhullah Mehdi Raises Questions Over Lifting of Ban Over Muharram Processions After 30 Years

Ruhullah Mehdi Raises Questions Over Lifting of Ban Over Muharram Processions After 30 Years

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Former Member of Legislative Assembly Jammu Kashmir and one of the most outspoken politicians in the aftermath of Abrogation of Article 370 on August 05, 2019, Aga Ruhullah Mehdi has raised serious questions over the lifting of the ban over annual Muharram processions after a gap of thirty years. Taking to Twitter, the National Conference leader said that the isolated decision which comes at a time when all religious gatherings across the Kashmir valley have been barred raises more questions than it answers. ALSO WATCH: RUHULLAH MEHDI IN CONVERSATION WITH THE KASHMIRIYAT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbrx1TLXkls In a thread on his Twitter handle, Ruhullah Mehdi wrote, " There is list of decisions-taken in circulation, in which, if my reading of this order is correct, the administ...