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February 11 The Kashmir valley is observing a shutdown on the hanging anniversary of JKLF founder, Maqbool Bhat. Reports fro North to South Kashmir said that restrictions have been imposed in the major townships across the valley to thwart any kind of protest. Mabqool Bhat, a champion of pro Freedom struggle was hanged inside Tihar Jail on 11 February 1984. Meanwhile the current Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik while paying tributes to Muhammad Maqbool Butt on his 35th anniversary said that he was an ideologue, a statesman, a warrior, a political leader and a diplomat who led nation of Kashmir on all fronts and sacrificed his life for the sacred cause.

February 10 People of Kargil on Sunday staged a massive protest on Sunday against the governor’s decision of setting up the office headquarter only at Leh, after granting Ladakh the division stature. Thousands of locals including social activists took on roads and staged a protest demonstration against the decision of not giving an equal share to the people of Kargil following the announcement from the state governor to give the separate division to the Ladakh. The locals are demanding that the office headquarters of the new ‘division’ should be at a rotational basis. Citing reasons that in summers the secretariat is functioning at Srinagar and from Kargil, it would be easier to operate. And in winters it is being shifted to Jammu, so from Leh, it is easier to stay connected. ...

February 10 Firdous Qadri A grenade was lobbed by unknown pwrsoms on a CRPF party near Palladium lane at Lal Chowk in Jammu  Kashmir's Srinagar district on Sunday. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that three CRPF personnel, four JK police personnel and four civilians have been injured in the attack. The area has been cordoned off by the Forces.

February 10 The five slain Militants killed in Kelam encounter in Kulgam district of South Kashmir have been identified by Police. The Police identified the slain as Waseem Bashir Rather alias Zeeshan of Ashumji Kulgam, Zahid Parray of Gopal Pora, Damhal Hanjipora, Kulgam, Idrees Bhat of Arwani, Aaqib Nazir of Zangal Pora Kulgam and Parvaz Bhat (Hubaib) of Mukdampora, Quimoh, Kulgam. An Army official told The Kashmiriyat that five dead bodies were recovered from the encounter site on Sunday noon. ALSO READ: PhD Scholar Turned Militant Trapped at Kulgam Encounter Site He said that in the early hours of Sunday, the forces laid a siege around Kelam area after receiving inputs about Militant presence in the area. “Around 5:30 am, the holed up Militants opened fire on Forces, ...

February 10 Ummat e Islami Jammu Kashmir on Sunday paid rich tributes to Maqbool Butt, Mohammad Afzal Guru and the five rebels who were killed on Sunday in a gunfight in Kulgam. The party general secretary Waheed Khan said that Maqbool Butt has been the founding leader of the freedom movement of Kashmir, who sacrificed his life, gave his blood to fight for people's rights. His stature is grand and it is important for every Kashmiri to follow his footsteps to make the freedom movement successful. We shouldn't forget the sacrifices of thousands of people, who laid down their lives for the cause. It is significant that we continue our struggle and we shall achieve azaadi, one day," said Khan. The general secretary also paid glowing tributes to the five militants who were killed in a gunf...

February 10 A woman was assulated by Jammu Kashmir Policemen in Karewa, Manloo area of Shopian district in South Kashmir on Saturday night. Police has ordered a probe after a video went viral in which few cops were beating a woman in a Shopian village. The video showing police men manhandling woman at a village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district has started doing rounds on social media since Sunday morning. The police has taken cognizence of the video and initiated an enquiry. A police spokesperson in a statement said that the police received a complaint from a man that his minor daughter was abducted by Rameez Khan of Shadab Karewa. Khan, according to the spokesperson, is already married. The spokesperson said that as a police party raided the house of the accused to re...

February 10 A cold wave continued in the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Sunday as the weather office said same weather conditions were likely to prevail for two more days. "We are not expecting any major change in the weather conditions during the next two days till February 13 when a spell of light rain and snow is expected in the state," an official of the MET Department said. Srinagar recorded minus 3.4 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Sunday, while Pahalgam and Gulmarg it was minus 8.0 and minus 10.0, respectively. Most water taps were frozen in Srinagar. People lit small fires around the water pipes to defrost them. In the Ladakh division, Leh town recorded minus 6.6 degrees Celsius and Kargil minus 21.0. Drass town was coldest in the state with...

February 10 Amid intense clashes, four Militants have been killed in the ongoing encounter at Kelam in South Kashmir's Kulgam. On Sunday, Government Forces had laid a siege around a cluster of houses in Dangerpora area of Kelam. During searches, the holed up Militants opened fire on the forces, triggering an encounter. ALSO READ: PhD Scholar Turned Militant Trapped at Kulgam Encounter Site In the ensuing gunfight between 9 RR, 18 BN CRPF, JKP and Militants, four Militants have been killed. Defying strict restrictions, clashes have erupted in Dangerpora area of Kelam in Kulgam district of South Kashmir. The identity of the Militants has not been confirmed as of yet. However as per initial inputs, all of them are locals, The search operations are still going on in the...

February 10 The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed on Sunday for the fifth consecutive day due to snowfall and landslides, officials said. Traffic department officials said there has been fresh snowfall in the Banihal area, and landslides at some places in the Banihal-Ramban stretch of the road. “Around three feet snow accumulated on the road. Landslides have occurred at Anokhi Fall, Panthal and Kela Mode,” a traffic department official said. “No traffic movement will be allowed on the highway on Sunday except for the stranded vehicles and that too, only after the road is cleared,” the official added. Inclement weather has led to the closure of the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway this winter many times. Meanwhile the students of Kashmir University stranded o...

February 10 A Ph.D Scholar turned militant, Waseem Ahmed Rather from Quimoh area of South Kashmir's Kulgam District is likely trapped at the encounter site in Kulgam. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Waseem Ahmed was initially trapped at the encounter site, however some MIlitants have escaped from the encounter site in Dangerpora Kelam. An encounter raged when 9 RR of Indian Army, 18 BN of CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police were fired upon by Militants during a cordon and search operation in the area. Immediately the troops cordoned off the area during which the holed up Militants opened fire on the troopers triggering an encounter. ALSO READ: The Death of his Friend Forced a Ph.D Scholar to Join Militancy Waseem Ahmed Rather was initially trapped along with his three to four...