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Jul262018 by News DeskNo Comments

An Encounter in Islamabad Town after 13 years

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July 26 Many of Islamabad (Anantnag) residents have perhaps pompously come to regard their little town as a peaceful, untroubled, but that facade was shattered in just a few seconds with the acrid sound of gunfire filling the air and the blood of two dead men — Bilal Ahmed and Adil Hussain, soaking into the soil. The human cost of the shootout made it a repulsive event in the eyes of the Islamabad residents because Wednesday obviously has flipped the perception of nearly 13 years. The small town was supposedly a sophisticated place, but it was marred by horrible violence in the initial years of Militancy. "It is tough for us to forget what we have lived, one of the toughest thing to forget for anyone in the town is, 27 October, 1990, when Forces burnt down an entire locality, more...

Jul162018 by News DeskNo Comments

The Colour Palette of an Artist

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Lying here, in the corner of this street, next to the busy road, I have seen harsh winter freezing the water pipes, icicles hanging from tree tops, children laughing at each other when they stumble while trying to balance themselves on the frozen ice that covers the roads, and in spring, the town looks like an artist's colour palette, with orange, peachy- pink and white flowers and greenery all around, the fresh sunshine melts all the ice and the mountains are set free of the hard ice that had covered them for months. In the autumn nights, the street lights brighten up the crimson, golden and rust colored chinar leaves and make them look like they're on fire. Women sing folk songs on weddings, baandhs dance on the streets. In Ramadhan, the sahar khwaan beats his drum for pre-dawn calls. A...

Jul102018 by News DeskNo Comments

A Letter to My Brother in Heaven

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July 10 Reyaan Wani The flower of youth was yet to blossom And the smiling petals danced with breeze The memories of you, still bring tears Raze my heart with spears O brother, where did you vanish Alone! I am left to ravish Did you sleep alone in peace? Bringing tears, Gloomy faces voilently out of ease.. Restless, i can not even sleep My own breath chokes me Gazing from window i see The dreams of you rising in glee My heart is quenched by this fact And Sadness has covered my existence Come. Come from somewhere brother Hug your family, Hug your mother Your boy is just little and tender He needs you, he needs a mentor He still calls out for you O Dead nigh Cries himself and makes us also cry My heart is restless and full of sorrow Why you left us that way...

Jul52018 by News DeskNo Comments

The Tale of Burhan Wani and his 10 Associates

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Jahangeer Ganie Burhan Muzaffar Wani was the commander of a Kashmiri militant group Hizbul Mujahideen.He became popular and appealing among some Kashmiris due to his activity on social media and actions of militancy against India in the Kashmir. He was killed in an encounter at Bamdoora kokernag with the Indian security forces on 8 July 2016 at the age of 22 which made him a hero of Kashmir.Burhan was born in year 1994 at his maternal home dadasara, Tral, Jammu and Kashmir, Killed in Anantnag district and laid to rest at Martyrs graveyard Tral. It isaid that in his funeral over one lakh people participated. Widespread protests erupted in the Kashmir valley after Wani's death, causing 2016 unrest in the valley for nearly half a year,in which more than 96 people died, while over 1...

Jul32018 by News DeskNo Comments

Coalition or Governor Rule? Kashmiris Do not Care

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Mohammed Amin Shah July 03 After the Bharatiya Janata Party pulled out of its coalition with the People’s Democratic Party last week, Amit Shah held a rally in Jammu, and attacked his former ally.Mufti said that her party was betrayed in what many called as the ‘unholy alliance.’ When the Government was formed was clear it was an indication why the space for mainstream politics in Kashmir is shrinking, the election campaign of People’s Democratic Party, was run on keeping the right wing at bay. Later to prove their loyalties to the Indian state, they joined hands with the Bhartiya Janta party, perhaps the think tanks in the regional People’s Democratic Party had learnt a new fact, connecting North Pole to South Pole of different magnets makes the electrons all spin in the same dir...

Jul12018 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmir- Medical Officer Reaches Hospital to Save Youth Hit With Bullets, Finds His Son’s Dead Body

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Jahangeer Ganie Moments before he breathed his last, Faizan asked his friends to give his bloodsoaked shoes to his mother. His body was pierced by three bullets, one on the abdomen, two more in the chest and rib respectively. Son of a medical officer on duty at the same hospital where Faizan was treated after being hit with three bullets, he had told his father, "I will come back after Friday prayers, then we will have our lunch together." It was a normal wake-up call on a Friday morning on 29 June for Faizan, however, he chose to remain in the bed for a little longer on a rainy morning. He did not go to school, in fact, he spent his morning at his home in Pulwama town. At noon, he left for Friday prayers. As he reached the mosque, a few kilometers away the government forces h...

Jun302018 by News DeskNo Comments

Bashir Lashkar Encounter- An Eyewitness Account

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June 30 News spread in the wee hours of the morning on 01 July that the famous commander of LeT, Bashir Ahmed Wani (Lashkar) alias Abu Ukasha had been trapped in the Breenti area of Southern Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag) district. People in droves of dozens and hundreds gathered around the encounter site trying to help the militants escape. In the first attempt one lady named Tahira wife of Abdul Rashid Chopan was the closest to the house where Bashir was trapped. She covered the face of Bashir with her scarf to give a chance to the militant to escape. Hundreds of others gathered close to the house, an army men tried to hit her with the gun, she in self defence hit the army man with a wooden stick she was carrying. People approached closer and the army fired indiscriminately at the ...

Jun192018 by News DeskNo Comments

Aijaz had gone to buy Food for his Two Daughters when he was shot dead

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June 19 Qazi Shibli The Nowpora Village of South Kashmir's Kulgam District is in mourning as hundreds of teraful eyes have gathered here to bid farewell to Aijaz Ahmad Bhat who was killed in Army firing yesterday. Government Forces said that the youth threw stones on them and provoked them to fire, however the civilians in the area say not a single stone stone was thrown and Aijaz who was not a part of the crowd who hooted at the army was target fired. Aiman and Deebe besides the dead body of their father/ Zaffar Dar "Where is my father? Why has he not come home yet, I miss him," i heard the Aiman, 2 year old daughter of Aijaz Shouting, while Deeba, another 4 year old daughter is waiting silently, they both have been told that Aijaz has left for work and he will return soon....

May62018 by News DeskNo Comments

Nobody Informed Army, Our Phone Call was Traced, Saddam told Family in the last call

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May 06 I visited the house of Heff Shermal in Shopian the last month to meet the father of Saddam Padder; who suspiciously looked at me and fired a series of questions, who are you? Which Agency do you work for* *Ghulam Mohuddin Padder upon hearing that I am a journalist looked amazed. It was the first that some journalist had come to meet him. Lying in the corner of his one story house Ghulam Mohuddin Padder recited the ordeal of how his son Saddam up in Heff Shermal area of Shopian. “He was very active and a naughty child.” “He would ask for my permission to go to school, later when I went to cut wood in the fields, I would see him at a distance,” his father who is a wood cutter and an orchardist remembers. ‘‘Along with Waseem Shah (another local Militant), the Government Forces...

May22018 by News DeskNo Comments

“I am proud that My Son Died as a Martyr”- Says Father of Sameer Tiger

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May 02 Jahangeer Ganie On Tuesday, Sameer Bhat alias tiger became the thirteenth militant of Drabgam village of South Kashmir's since 90,s who was laid to rest at Martyrs graveyard Drabgam. His family has no regrets and feels proud of his martyrdom. He was killed along with his associate in his native village on Monday afternoon. Class 8th pass, good looking, and native of Drabgam of Rajpora, Sameer joined militant ranks few months before the killing of Burhan Muzaffar Wani. "After passing his class 8th examinations, Sameer started working in a bakery shop at Pulwama and was several times arrested by security forces over stone Pelting charges," says Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, father of Sameer Bhat alias tiger. Before joining ranks he worked as an over-ground worker to provide logistical ...