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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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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...

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Hizb Issues Poster Asking Students to Stay Away from August 15 Events

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August 13 The Militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen has issued a poster in Kashmir saying that people living in Kashmir should not be involved in any program related to Indian Independence Day. All the parents have been appealed in the poster to prevent their children from participating in parades and events on August 15, the poster reads. ALSO READ: Students being Forced to Participate in 15 August Function, Allege Schools It has also been threatened in the poster that if the things written in the poster were not considered, then the consequences would be very bad. A Police official said that they are checking the authenticity of the poster. Earlier private as well as Government Schools in District Islamabad (Anantnag) of South Kashmir had leveled allegations against the Dis...

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Coke Studio Pakistan Brings to Life Poetry of Iqbal

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August 13 The first episode of the Coke Studio Pakistan is out and it features Natasha Baig with the famous, Qawwals Fareed Ayaz and Abu Mohammad and brothers, performing the famous poet, Allama Iqbal's- 'Shikwa/Jawab-e-Shikwa'. According to Coke Studio, this "unique rendition explores the genre of rock and the signature sound of qawwali in [a] one of a kind track." We will not spend much time on the Iqbal's Shikwa but would like to linger more over its answer, Jawab-e-Shikwa, in which Iqbal imagines the voice of God answering the lamenter’s complaint. Some of the most moving lines of the poem include: “We are inclined to mercy, but there is no one to implore Whom can we show the way? There is no wayfarer to the destintion Jewel polishing is common but there is no proper j...

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Bullet Riddled Body Found in Pulwama, Elderly Couple Electrocuted in Poonch

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August 13 The body of a 24-year-old youth identified as Gulzar Ahmad Bhat son of Abdul Gani Bhat was recovered in South Kashmir's Pulwama district early morning on Monday. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Gulzar's bullet riddled body was found by the locals lying in a pool of blood in an Apple orchard at Bunpora in Muran area, who later informed the Police. The Police arrived on the spot and took the body for postmortem.buy isotretinoin generic buywithoutprescriptiononlinerx.net/isotretinoin.html over the counter Bhat who is a resident of Bunpora Pulwama was running an eye clinic at Bijbehara. Meanwhile an elderly couple was electrocuted to death after heavy rains triggered a flash flood in Surankote area of Poonch district of Jammu Kashmir last night. The deceased ...

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Tariq Khan- The Son of a Political Stalwart is a Militant Now

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August 12 In the corner of his three storey house, Nazir Ahmed Khan welcomes people who visit him as his son Tariq has recently joined Militancy. On July 25, bullets and grenades ripped through the building, walls damaged by the explosions, ceilings cracked, the windows and doors and glasses smashed to pieces. The house is one of the few testimonies left to a gunfight that raged in the South Kashmir township of Islamabad after a tranquil gap of 13 years. According to Official data, at least 5,368 shops, houses and other privately-owned structures in Kashmir suffered damage from 1989 to 2001. No such data is available for the last 17 years but the number can be reasonably estimated to have increased manifold. Credible Sources informed The Kashmiriyat that forces had raided the hous...

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TBF Expresses Grief Over Loss of Human Life, Demand Sanitization at Tosa Maidan

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August 12 The Tosa Maidan Bachav Front (henceforth TBF) is absolutely shocked by the unfortunate incident of a mysterious Tosa Maidan blast today which has taken life of our community member Wajid Ahmed, a resident of Zugo, Kharien. In a press release issued to The Kashmiriyat, the amalgam conveyed heartfelt condolences to the members of his family. TBF also expressed solidarity with the three community members and their families, who were injured today in the incident. The incident took place while the 4th annual Jashn-e-TosaMaidan-2018 of 5 days between 9-13 August, was ongoing. "In this hour of grief, TBF has called-off the Jashn today on its fourth day. Announcements in the area and the meadow for locales as well as tourists have been made to not fiddle with the unidentified ...

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Youth Injured in Tosa Maidan Blast Succumbs

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August 12 A youth identified as Wajid Ahmed Ahanger who was injured in the Tosa Maidan mysterious blast has succumbed to his injuries at JVC SKIMS in Srinagar. Four more youth were injured in the blast on Sunday morning and later shifted to SDH in Khag area of Budgam while the rest of the three were shifted to Srinagar for treatment. Wajid who had suffered multiple splinter injuries has succumbed to his injuries. Two of the injured have been identified as Wasim Ahmad Ganai aged 21 and Mudassir Ahmad Ganai, aged 20 both residents of Zwugu in Budgam.

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Police Arrest Three in Blind Murder Case

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August 12 Police on Sunday claimed to have solved a blind murder case by arresting the accused persons involved in the crime. A police spokesman said that on 27th of June 2018, Police at Chrar-i-Sharief received a complaint from Ghulam Mohammad Dar of Watkulu about missing of his son Samir Ahmad Dar from 24th of June 2018. Accordingly a missing report was lodged in Police Station Char-i-Sharief and investigation was started. On 10th of July 2018, body of the said missing person was found in irrigation Dam at Yousmarg. On the basis of evidence, a case FIR number 43/2018 under section 302 RPC was registered and investigation was initiated. To crack the case, a SIT headed by SDPO Khansahib Mohammad Aftab Awan was constituted, police said. During the course of investigation, three ...

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Stone Throwing Clashes in Batamaloo

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August 12 Stone throwing clashes began in Batamaloo area of Srinagar on Sunday morning when scores of youth started throwing stones on Government Forces in the area. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that youth in large numbers shouting pro Militancy and pro Freedom slogans threw stones on troops deployed in the area. ALSO READ: Cordon Lifted from Batamaloo- Full Story The troops in retaliation fired tear smoke shells to disperse the protesters, however the protests were going on when this report was filed. Earlier a gunfight had triggered in the locality, but the Militants managed to escape the encounter site.