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February 27 India on Wednesday closed down the air space and the Srinagar airport after Pakistani Air force entered into the Indian Space. As per News reports, the commercial flights have been asked to stop operations on the airports. Commercial flights have been put on hold. ALSO READ: Indian Shuts Air Space, Closes Srinagar, Leh and Jammu Airports after Pakistani Jets Enter India The entire area has been on high alert amid warnings of retaliation after India's fighter jets crossed the Line of Control and destroyed a vast terror camp within Pakistan in a pre-dawn strike on Tuesday. There have been reports of Pakistani fighter jets violating Indian air space in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Rajouri sectors. Meawnhile Pakistan's Army spokesman, General Asif Ghafoor sai...

February 27 The National Investigation Agency of India on Wednesday raided the house of active Jaish-e-Muhammad militants in southern Kashmir. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the sleuths of NIA in the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday forces raided the house of Sajad Ahmed in Sangam's Marhama area who is believed to have provided vehicle for the deadly Pulwama attack. Sajad, however, went missing after the Pulwama attack and has joined Jaish e Muhammad. They NIA also conducted nocturnal raids in Tral and raided the house of active Militant Mudasir Ahmed Khan and a local Suraj Malik, a resident of Midoora who is presently in police lockup over the allegations of being an Over Ground of Worker of Jaish. The Investigating agency also conducted raids in Ratnipora area...

February 26 The Pakistan army on Tuesday violated the ceasefire line along the international border in KanaChak sector of Samba, reports said. The Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) retaliated, killing one Pakistan ranger, reports said. ALSO READ: Indian Air Force Entered into Pakistan, claims Pakistan The violation comes hours after India Air Force carried out strikes in Balakot area of Pakistan Administered Kashmir allegedly killing several militants. Details emerging.

February 26 The Gujarat Police on Tuesday claimed that a Pakistan drone was shot down near Gujarat border. The news comes hours after India launched strikes inside Pakistan Tuesday morning. A Pakistani unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was on Tuesday shot down near the International Border in Kutch district of Gujarat, police sources said. Debris of the UAV was seen near Nanghatad village in Abdasa taluka of Kutch, they said. On hearing a loud sound around 6 am, villagers went to the spot and found the debris of the UAV, the sources said. Asked if a Pakistani UAV had been shot down by the Indian forces, a police official, on condition of anonymity, said, “Such an incident has happened, we are investigating the matter.” The official, however, refused to elaborate further....

February 25 As many as 157 people, mostly tea garden workers, have so far died in Assam hooch tragedy and more than 300 others are still undergoing treatment in hospitals in the affected districts of Golaghat and Jorhat while 22 people have been arrested in connection with the incident, officials said on Monday. With death toll continuing to mount since Thursday night, the BJP government drew flak from the opposition Congress which accused it of being indifferent to the plight of victims and demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident saying “a tragedy of this magnitude has never taken place in Assam’s history”. Excise Minister Parimal Suklabaidya directed district officers to crack down on sale and production of illicit liquor. The state government has also banned the sale of ‘lali ...

February 24 Amid growing attacks on Kashmiris in various states of India, hundreds of students and business from kashmir have returned home to escape the backlash post the deadly Pulwama attack which left at least 45 CRPF men dead. The CGC College in Landran area of Chandigarh was a peaceful space for students of all communities, as per students, however the principal of the college, joined a protest lead by the students who were intimidating Kashmiris inside the college campus. ALSO READ: Attacks on Kashmiris Increase in Parts of India, Asked to Leave Bihar Within 24 Hours "This created panic among the students and a couple of days later, a Kashmiri student from a nearby college was thrashed by an unruly mob," a student of CGC College told The Kashmiriyat adding, the Anti Kash...

February 23 Three Kashmiri girl students of the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) have been booked for allegedly forwarding controversial comments, along with their own remarks, against the Indian Army on an instant messaging app following the Pulwama terror strike, police said here on Saturday. According to an official, after the deadly Pulwama attack on February 14, these girls allegedly made some adverse and objectionable comments on a WhatsApp group in which other students were also members. IVRI Director R K Singh said after the matter came to light, the institute conducted a probe, following which the fellowship and scholarship of two students were blocked while the name of the third, who had enrolled for masters degree and was absent since December, 2018, was stru...

February 23 In yet another brazen attempt to silence students dissent, the Kerala police has arrested two students from South India's Kerala for allegedly sticking posters on the Kashmir issue inside their college campus. The duo picked up from Kerala's Malappuram has been booked under sedition, following which students have protested against the police action. Identified as Rinshad Reera and Faris are B Com students at the Government College in Malappuram. The students have been accused of sticking posters condemning the violence against Kashmiri students after the Pulwama attack which killed 49 CRPF personnel last week. The posters condemned the violence against attacks on Kashmiris by 'Sangh Parivar workers.' The Malappuram DYSP Jaleel Thottathil however refuting the all...

February 23 The Article 35A of the Indian constitution empowers Jammu Kashmir legislature to define state's "permanent residents" and their special rights and privileges, It was added to the constitution through a presidential order of 1954. The High Court Bar association of Kashmir has constituted a panel of senior lawyers who would represent the state in the apex court. The Supreme Court of Indian in August last adjourned the hearing on a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35A till January. The Jammu Kashmir government had sought adjournment of the hearing Article 35A in the view of local body elections in the state.   WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO JAMMU KASHMIR? Through 1927 and 1932 notifications,the Dogra ruler, Hari Singh imposed a la...

February 23 The mass arrests in the Kashmir valley, and the additional deployment of hundred companies of Government Force personnel have prompted wide speculations on Social media. Some prominent political commentators speculate that the government may be planning for the abrogation of Article 35A, granting special status to Jammu Kashmir. A top Police official on condition on anonymity said, that the move is being made for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the state adding that, "these additional forces will remain stationed here till the elections are over." He said that the Government is planning to provide them a proper training regarding the landscape and make them familiar with the situation in Jammu Kashmir. "The Government is just being cautious post the deadly Pulwa...