Wednesday, November 13News and updates from Kashmir

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Modi Supporters Assault Policemen in West Bengal

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July 17 BJP members thrashed Police personnel on the way to the rally of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday at West Bengal. Reports revealed that they were on their way to the PM rally, some of them that at Chowringhee area of Kharagpur, about 10 km away from the venue, beat up several policemen because their buses were stopped from reaching the venue. About 20 police officials including a security personnel of additional SP of Kharagpur Y Raghuvanshi had been injured in the attack. In a separate development, the Centre has sought a report from the state regarding the collapse of one of the tents as Modi was delivering his speech. Two senior officials of the Union Home ministry will be visiting the College Ground of West Midnapore district where the incident happe...

Minor Girl Sexually Assaulted by 15 people in Tamil Nadu

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July 17 An 11-year-old girl was assaulted by around 15 people over a period of time at various places inside her apartment campus in Chennai, Reports said. The 12 year old student narrated the sequence of events after which the incident came into light of her parents who immediately filed a complaint with the Police. The mother of the girl in her report to the Police has accused 15 people of sexually assaulting her 12 year old daughter at various places inside the apartment campus. Police has started investigation in the matter and is on a manhunt to nab the accused.

4 Year old Raped by Swimming Instructor in Noida

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July 15 A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a swimming instructor at a private school in Greater Noida, following which the accused was arrested on Saturday. The accused, Chandidas, raped the girl on Thursday evening while giving her swimming lessons at the school in Surajpur, Manoj Pant, the SHO of Surajpur police station, said. The girl later narrated her ordeal to the family members after which they lodged a case against the accused last night, he said, adding the accused was arrested.

Amarnath Pilgrim Found Dead in Srinagar

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July  15 An Amarnath Yatra Pilgrim belonging to Jammu was found dead at Yatra Bhawan in Srinagar on Sunday. Reports revealed that the dead body of a pilgrim identified as 22 year old Sunil Bhagat son of Ram Lal, a resident of Jagti Nagrota Jammu, was found dead in room number 405 of Yatri Bhawan at Durga Nag temple near UNO office in Srinagar.www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/cytotec.html The Jammu Kashmir police has launched an FIR in this regard and investigations are on.
2016 Civilian Uprising- List of Civilian Causalities

2016 Civilian Uprising- List of Civilian Causalities

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A Civilian Uprising that unfolded in Kashmir valley after the killing of Burhan Wani on 08 July 2016 took Kashmiri intelligentsia by storm. The magnanimous anger that poured on the Kashmir streets was simply 'unmanageable'  and could be managed only after 102 civilians had been killed. The Kashmiriyat has documented the list of the civilian causalities of the civilian uprising of 2016 in the aftermath of the killing of Burhan Wani on July 08, 2016. Ashraf Ahmad Dar, 32, Halpora Kokernag Shahid Hamid Magrey Larnoo Kulgam Danish Ayoub Shah ,15, Achabal Amir Bashir Khan ,27, Batpora verinag Safeer Bhat 23, Sarigam Ashmuqam Pahalgam Aijaz Thokar Fohar Silgam Ashmuqam Imtiyaz Ahmad Mandoo,30, Nandpora Khanbal. Bilal Ahmad Shah aged 28, from Ujar Qazigund, but was killed in Dooru. ...

First Batch of Hajj Pilgrims Leaves for Saudi

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July 14 To perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the first batch of 820 pilgrims from Jammu Kashmir left for Saudi Arabia on Saturday morning. Special buses were arranged which took the pilgrims from the Srinagar Hajj House in Bemina area to the Srinagar International airport early morning. The first flight carrying the pilgrims will return on 25th August and the last flight will come back on 7th September. Authorities informed that four Air India flights will be carrying them to Saudi Arabia. The last pilgrims are expected to leave on July 25. Over 10,000 pilgrims from Jammu Kashmir will perform this year’s Hajj. Earlier, an additional quota of 250 seats was allowed to the state by All India Hajj Committee.

Minor Girl Raped by Principal, 2 Teachers and 6 Students in Bihar

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July 11 A minor girl from Bihar has claimed that she was raped by the principal and two teachers of her school for months. She said 15 students also gang-raped her inside the school premises. The girl's ordeal continued for six months, but the Class 9 student reported the matter to police on July 06. The Saran Police has arrested the principal, a teacher and two students of the private school who were allegedly involved in this incident. Hunt is on to nab the other accused named in the FIR filed by the girl, police said. The girl, in her complaint has said that she was first raped by a student of her school in December 2017. The accused filmed the act and started blackmailing her. Later, other students also raped her. When she reported the matter to school principal, he and ...

Brother Kills Brother for Bread in Mumbai

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July 08 A teenager was allegedly killed by his elder brother for refusing to get bread for dinner from a shop located near their house in Mahim. The Incident took place on Wednesday when the elder brother, Imran Sayed, 24, an electrician, reached his home at Mumbai after work at around 9.30 pm on Wednesday to find that there was no bread for dinner, reports said. He then asked his younger brother, 18-year-old Irfan, to go to a nearby shop and get bread for him. Irfan refused to step out of the house and retorted that Imran should get the bread himself. This led to an argument between the two, which soon turned ugly with Imran beating up Irfan. “Their parents, who were also at home, tried to stop the duo. But Imran didn’t relent and kept hitting his brother,” a Police offi...

Army Colonel Involved in the Murder of Journalist Gauri Lankesh

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July 06 In a major breakthrough in the investigation to the murder of Bangalore based journalist Gauri Lankesh, the SIT probing the case suspects that four top-level leaders of a pro-Hindutva outfit were the ones who conceived the plot to kill her and other rationalists. The outfit is asserted to be the extremist cult known as the Sannatan Sanstha. According to a News story by Mirror Now, after questioning the accused, it has been revealed that the six accused in the case were the executors of the murder plot and investigators have launched a hunt for four more persons connected to the murder. “There is a suspicion that a retired Army Colonel, who became a member of a pro-Hindutva outfit is one of the four men who hatched the plot,” reports said.The SIT is in the process of gather...

Minor Girl Raped by Six Men in UP, 4 Year old Raped in Sleep in MP

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July 05 A 12-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped for three days by six youths after being abducted by them in Muzzafarnagar area of Uttar Pradesh. A case has been registered on Wednesday against the six accused, five of them being minor, aged between 14 and 16 years, SHO Anil Kapervan said, adding that the sixth accused is still not identified. The girl has been sent for medical examination, he said. All the accused are absconding. Earlier on Wednesday, the victim along with her maternal grandmother had protested outside the district magistrate's office here, demanding lodging of the complaint against the accused. They claimed that police had refused to lodge the FIR. According to the complaint lodged by victim's maternal grandmother, the girl was abducted by the accused...