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April 23 Four youth have been injured as forces fired tear smoke shells and pellets at the youth who were holding protests against the elections in South Kashmir's Islamabad (anantnag) area. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that four youth have sustained pellet injuries during intense clashes that erupted in Dehruna area of Dialgam in South Kashmir's Islamabad (anantnag) district. They said that one of them has been shifted to District hospital of Islamabad (anantnag) in Janglat Mandi while three were treated locally. Hospital Sources in DH Islamabad (anantnag) confirmed the identity of the youth as Adil Rashid Malik son of Abdul Rashid Malik. He has sustained pellet injuries on his face and throat. Intense clashes were going on in the locality when this report was filed.

April 22 With Night patrols and concertina wires beefed up in this South Kashmir district, people from distant areas were seen running towards their natives in the afternoon as Government Force personnel took control of the Polling stations in this South Kashmir township. on Monday afternoon, the entire township wore a deserted look as hundreds of government Force personnel and their vehicles started doing rounds of the Islamabad (anantnag) township ahead of the Lok Sabha 2019 Polls that are scheduled on Wednesday. ALSO READ: Polls for Islamabad (Anantnag) District- Everything you Need to Know Vehicles of Government Forces personnel are moving around the entire district in large convoys, shops and other business establishments shut early today in apprehension of any violent inc...

April 22 Sajad Hameed The Jammu Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a militant from Mirgund Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Sources said a militant was arrested by joint team of forces from Mirgund Pattan area. The militant has been identified as Aqib alias Chota Dujana a resident of Pakistan, as per sources the militant was affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba. Aqib was travelling in a Xylo vehicle when he was arrested.

April 22 An Election Commission general observer, who was suspended for checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter in Odisha’s Sambalpur in violation of norms for dealing with SPG protectees, has been sent back to Karnataka. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre. The Commission had last week suspended its general observer for Sambalpur in Odisha for violating its instructions that SPG protectees should not be checked. Mohammed Mohsin had tried to check some luggage in the convoy of the Prime Minister on Tuesday last. Modi had addressed a rally in Sambalpur on Tuesday. An order issued by the EC on Tuesday had said the general observer for Sambalpur, Mohammad Mohsin, acted in violation of existing instructions of EC. “It has been laid down that SPG pr...

April 22 Appealing the Jammu Kashmir Bank to allow them, if they are late to the exams, hundreds of aspirants appearing for PO examination of Jammu Kashmir Bank on Monday said that army stopped their vehicles on the highway to ensure the safe passage of their convoy vehicles. "They stopped our vehicles for nearly two hour on the National Highway, resulting in inordinate delay to reach examination centers, We had left home around 6:30 am for examination centers in Srinagar, it  normally taken two hours to reach the venues but we have been stopped on the road by the army to allow convoys," Peer Owais, an aspirant  from Islamabad (anantnag)  district told The Kashmiriyat. If they have already banned us from moving on the national Highway twice a week, why must they stop us on other days to...

April 22 The Government of India has decided to deploy 300 additional companies of security forces for the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls in the southern Kashmir spread over four districts. South Kashmir which has witnessed an escalation in Anti India protests after 2016 will be going to polls in three phases starting tomorrow, on Tuesday. Comprehensive and elaborate security measures will remain in place. Electoral officials say that in south Kashmir districts, there are more challenges on the security front compared to the northern or central districts of the Valley. A Security official said that a double-layer security protection has been planned for 300 identified locations. Quick Reaction Teams (of CRPF) are already on alert mode while as area domination and night patrolling ...

April 21 The South Kashmir’s Islamabad (anantnag) district is going to polls first in the three-phased schedule for Anantnag Parliamentary constituency on April 23 from 7AM to 4 PM. The District is spread over 6 Assembly segments comprising Islamabad (Anantnag), Dooru, Kokernag, Shangus, Bijbehara and Pahalgam. This South Kashmir District has 529256 electors including 269603 males, 257540 females, 2102 service electors (2091 male and 11 female) and 11 transgender voters. For smooth polling, the ECI has setup 714 polling stations in the district. The candidates in the fray are Hasnain Masoodi of Jammu Kashmir National Conference, Sofi Yousuf of Bhartiya Janta Party, Ghulam Ahmad Mir of Indian National Congress, Mehbooba Mufti of Jammu Kashmir People’s Democratic Party, Nisar Ahm...

April 21 The Hunger strike of the incarcerated Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front supporting Independence for Jammu Kashmir has entered day 11 in India's Tihar Jail A Press release by the JKLF said that the incarcerated and ailing chairman of JKLF Muhammad Yasin Malik who is on a hunger strike at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RMLH) against the illegal and obnoxious attitude of NIA. His hunger strike has entered in 11th day today. "Yesterday evening some magistrate also visited him and there are unconfirmed reports of him being shifted to Tihar Jail, Delhi. It is worth to mention that JKLF chairman was arbitrarily shifted to Delhi from Kot-Balwal Jail Jammu where he was lodged under draconian PSA." Yasin was was remanded to NIA custody till 22ndApril and shifted to some unknown place ...

April 21 The Government Forces on Sunday afternoon launched a Cordon and Search operation (CASO) in Nowpora area in North Kashmir's Baramulla District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a search operation has been launched by Rahstriya Rifles, Jammu Kashmir Police and CRPF jointly  in Nowpora  area Following specific inputs about Militant movement, All the entry and exit points of the area have been sealed on Sunday afternoon. A door to door search operation has begun, Locals told The Kashmiriyat. Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched as an Anti Militancy operation on May 2, 2017 amid a rise in the local recruitment into Militant groups in the Kashmir valley. The Forces jointly conduct search operations in a specific area, locking down the area virtually and fri...

April 21 Police on Sunday claimed to have rescued four youths from joining militant ranks in frontier district of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Kupwara police received a reliable information regarding some youth from different parts of Kupwara district being exploited for commission of militant acts and being motivated for their eventual induction into militant ranks by Pakistan based handlers,” Kupwara police said in a statement. Police Kupwara acted swiftly and raided four places in District Kupwara and apprehended four youths (names withheld), the statement said. After sustained questioning, all four of them admitted to the fact that they were being rigorously and regularly motivated since last few months by a Pak based militant handler to lob grenades on forces as thei...