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Unprecedented security measures for Independence Day in Kashmir

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August 14 Unprecedented Security arrangements have been made throughout Jammu Kashmir ahead of 72nd independence day to be celebrated on 15 August tomorrow. Massive Security arrangements have been put in place as Militant activity and recruitment in Kashmir continues to rise at a drastic pace. Sources informed The Kashmiriyat that CCTV and bulletproof convoys have been deployed especially across Southern Kashmir where the security situation overall has worsened since 2016, when Militant commander Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter with Government troops. in Shopian barricades have been placed at various places and frisking has risen to 'avert any untoward incident.' Many Youth from Shopian and Pulwama have complained that their Mobile Phones have been checked and later s...

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Hizb Planning to Shift Base from South to North Kashmir- Agencies

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August 14 The Militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen is now shifting focus from South to North Kashmir. So far, their base has been South Kashmir, but after the Operation All Out and the heavy casualty the group has suffered, the Militant group, as per a report is planning to shift its base to North Kashmir. According to Intelligence Agencies of India, Hizbul is working on North Kashmir for two purposes. First, drawing more North Kashmir youth to Join Militancy and secondly, providing local support to the Militants who cross from other side of the border. More than 250 Militants are active in Kashmir and most of them are operational in South Kashmir. Of these, nearly 75 percent of the Militants are local. ALSO READ: No Let up in South Kashmir Militancy- More Youth Continue to Join ...

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No Let up in South Kashmir Militancy- More Youth Continue to Join

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August 14 A few days after the Kiloora encounter in South Kashmir's Shopian District in which five Militants including a top commander of Lashkar e Taiba were killed, as many as seven local youth have posed with a Gun. The Photograph of a young man named Adil Ahmed Wani son of Maznoor Ahmed Wani, a resident of Padgampora in Awantipora area of Pulwama District joined Militant outfit Lashkar e Taiba. Another young boy, Amin who was working as a distributor for Khyber Milk and is an orphan also joined Militant outfit lashkar e Taiba, he is from Pampore area. In April, A scholar identified as Zubair Ahmed Wani, Son of Mohammed Afzal Wani, a Resident of Dehruna Anantnag has posed with a Gun on social networking. A relative of zubair told The Kashiriyat that zubair has pursued M.P...

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Panic Grips Tanghdar- People Run for Safety

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August 14 Rayees Shah Panic has gripped the Tangdhar area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district On Tuesday after a cloudburst hit forest area of Shammas bari in the area. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a huge amount of water is flowing downwards towards the Tangdhar market. People have closed the market and are running towards safer locations.

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Panic Grips Lal Chowk After Non Locals Try to Hoist Indian Flag

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August 14 FIRDOUS QADRI Panic Gripped Srinagar's Lal Chowk area when local disallowed some unknown persons (non Locals) from hoisting an Indian Flag in the area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that some non locals (right Wing Activists) tried to hoist an Indian Flag at Lal Chowk Srinagar after which locals came out and snatched the flag. The Locals later staged a demonstration and shouted pro Freedom, pro Militancy and Anti India Slogans. The non-locals trying to unfurl the flag in the city centre were rescued by CRPF personnel deployed in the area. Some youth have also been detained by the Jammu Kashmir Police.

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Now Yasin Malik Summoned by Enforcement Directorate

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August 14 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has asked separatist leader and chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Mohammed Yasin Malik to appear before it in September with regards to a case involving violation of foreign exchange regulations. Malik has been asked to appear before the ED in person or through an authorized representative on September 5 or 6. The notice to Malik was issued under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) for an alleged foreign exchange regulation violation amounting to Rs 48.23 lakh in 2001. The Jammu Kashmir Police had seized $100,000 (about Rs 48.23 lakh the value in Indian currency at that time) from Mushtaq Ahmad Dar and his wife Shamima alias Shazia alias Bitti, Dar had revealed to police that the money was meant for Malik. He told police...

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Employees Lock Treasuries in Islamabad (Anantnag)

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August 13 The J&K Accounts employees Association including Tariq Ahmad Wani Deputy President, Shahid Mustafa Wani Vice President, Mohamad Shafi Bhat District Treasurer Islamabad (Anantnag) and Mohammed Ashraf Dar Assistant Treasury Officer of District Treasury Islamabad (Anantnag) conducted one day convention or 9/08/2018 at the Director Accounts & Treasuries premises to lay stress on the long pending issues. It was decided in one voice that fraternity would be constrained to take extreme steps like strike if their genuine demands are not conceded. Speaking on the occasion leaders from both the provinces of l&K expressed dismay over the lacklustre attitude of the authorities towards addressing their demands which are pending there for quite a long time. The prominent demands...

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1 Army man killed in North Kashmir Gunfight

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August 13 An Indian Army man was killed when Army challenged a group of infiltrators trying to barge into Indian side of Kashmir at Tanghdar sector along the line of control in North Kashmir. Reports suggest that the group of Militants upon being challenged by Army opened indiscriminate fire upon the Army men resulting in the death of one Army personnel.buy fluoxetine online buy fluoxetine no prescription The deceased Army man has been identified as Pushpendra Singh. Details emerging.

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Basit Mir- The Militant and his Two Best Friends

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August 13 MURTAZA GULL The Uprising of 2016 is one of the most memorable events of the recent past, Hundreds killed, thousands injured and of course for the pellet horror. In August that year, the Government Forces raided the houses of three friends in Islamabad township, one was the house of Yawar Nisar, a resident of Shirpora Islamabad (Anantnag), Majid Khan, a resident of Lazibal in Islamabad (Anantnag) and Basit Mir of Pushwara locality of the same township in South Kashmir. Yawar Nisar was constantly harassed by the state. He was profiled in the Police stations, then arrested, harrased both physically and mentally. On July 13, last year he went missing from his home, his parents looked for him everywhere till 04 August, when his bullet ridden body reached his wailing mother. ...

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Jammu Kashmir Likely to Have a New Governor in Two Weeks

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August 13 Jammu Kashmir is likely to have a new governor later this month, when incumbent N.N. Vohra exits office after a 10-year term. The BJP general secretary Ram Madhav while speaking to ThePrint said that, "I assume there will be a new governor soon." The tenure of the governor gets over in a couple of weeks. The government is obviously thinking about the future steps amid speculations. The state assembly has been in suspended animation since the BJP pulled out of the coalition government in late June. The Maharashtra governor C. Vidyasagar Rao, a committed activist of the RSS for several decades, and Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) and former home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi are being touted as possible successors to Vohra. In the 87-member J&K assembly, th...