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July 06 A student identified as Rahil Raja studying at ML Higher Secondary Bijbehara studying in class 12th Class has been mercilessly assaulted by teachers inside the school premises on Friday. A family members of Rahil told The Kashmiriyat that Rahil was rounded up by three teachers inside the schools ground and assaulted Mercilessly with hockey sticks. He said that one of the teacher snatched the bag of one of his friend when they were hanging around in the school ground after which Rahil requested the teacher to return the bag to them "The teacher got furious and started assaulting him and two others joined later in the merciless thrashing," the family member said. Rahil has been admitted at Sub District Hospital in Bijbehara where his condition is stated to be critical....

July 06 After the Bhartiya Janta Party has pitched for a Hindu Chief Minister in Jammu Kashmir, the name of Sajjad Gani Lone is popping up as a chief ministerial candidate, if a Government is ever formed in Jammu Kashmir. As per a news report, Sajjad Lone is a front-runner for the Chief Ministerial race in Jammu Kashmir as a consensus candidate between the BJP and dissenting PDP MLAs. The report has said that Sajjad Lone met Haseen Drabu in a meeting in Delhi in which a PDP MLC was also present in the meeting. Earlier in the day, it was told that BJP is pitching for a Hindu Chief Minister. As per sources, 14 PDP MLAs have expressed dissent from Mehbooba Mufti’s leadership and are ready to change sides. The Mehbooba Mufti-led government collapsed on June 19 after the coali...

July 05 A vital bridge in Wachi village of South Kashmir's Shopian district on rivulet Ranbiara that got damaged before ten years awaits for reconstruction. Locals accuse the government of step motherly attitude  towards the area in southern Shopian district. Commonly known as Wachi Bridge, the link lost the capacity to ferry heavy vehicles after it was partially damaged 10 years back. Before 4 years authorities started work on a new bridge, but after some time they stopped the construction for unknown reasons, Zahid Najar a resident of Wachi told The Kashmiriyat. Residents of Ganiepora, Fukipora, Dabalpora, Wachi and adjoining villages demand speedy reconstruction of the bridge. They say they face huge problems as the old bridge has no capacity to support heavy vehicles. ...

July 05 On 8 July 2016, as a colour photograph of a young man, dead, blood pooled in his open mouth, started circulating. The man in the photo was 22-year-old Hizb commander Burhan Wani. Near a butcher counter, where nowadays even “meat has become a luxury,” dozens of youngsters congregated, their voices melding to convey one message: this is the dawn of a war like no other. Network connections were soon to vanish from phones, but not before a movement had taken root. There was a crystallization of despair at the system, of the disaster confronting Kashmir today. Angry youth, who had found a spokesperson in Burhan, piled on to trucks, bicycles, two-wheelers, cars… and they set off to the hospital where their idol lay cold. Entire towns kept vigil all through the night, agitating, ...

July 05 A grenade was lobbed on Thursday on a SSB vehicle near Flyover at Jahangir Chowk here in the heart of Srinagar city. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that unknown persons hurled a grenade at an SSB security vehicle near the under construction flyover near Jahangir Chowk. As per initial reports nobody was injured in the attack. Details Emerging.

July 04 The year 2017 which was one of the bloodiest year since 2010 witnessed 284 causalities which included 93 Government Force personnel. The List included 52 Army soldiers, 33 Jammu Kashmir Policemen, 05 CRPF personnel, 02 BSF men and one security man from Sahastra Seema Bal. Even though the Indian Government claimed to have conducted Cross Border Surgical Strikes, but the stats prove that there has been no real change since the strikes were carried out. Excluding the killings along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, 34 troopers have been killed this year during Anti Militancy Operations. The year started with a Fidayeen attack on District Police Lines in Pulwama area of South Kashmir when 08 Government Force personnel were killed. On...

July 04 A cloudburst hit the Gutroo and Naristan areas of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama, triggering flash flood in these areas and the flood waters damaged a road in Aripal village. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a house was damaged and paddy fields were affected after flash flood hit the areas late night on Tuesday.buy remdesivir online gaetzpharmacy.com/remdesivir.html no prescription Meanwhile Two women and as many children were rescued from a flash flood in Udhampur district. They were crossing the Ghordi ‘nallah’ in the district last evening when flash flood occurred in the drain, a police officer said. (With Inputs from PTI)

July 04 A dead body was retrieved from Nigeen Lake in Srinagar a day after a boat carrying four people capsized in the lake after getting caught in a windstorm. The deceased has been identified as Umar Ahmed from Ellahi Bagh of Srinagar. Two among the four managed to swim back, while two were missing, the body of a missing person was retrieved today morning while as search for the other missing person is still underway.