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Aug272019 by News DeskNo Comments

Our Editor has been Arrested, Please Help us Find him

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Our Editor, Qazi Shibli was arrested on 28th of July, 2019. The Kashmiriyat Team members got a call the police station on 28th of July and we were asked to visit the police station for some sort of questioning. While, the other members of the team were asked to leave as the day ended, Qazi Shibli was asked to stay back for further questioning. And then he was detained for at least 7-8 days. The Kashmiriyat tried to confirm the “Reason for his Detainment” but we got NO answer. Finally, the police told the family of Qazi Shibli that they would release him by 5th of Aug, 2019. “I went to the police station to give him lunch and he sent me out to get a water bottle. As i went back with the bottle, i found him missing. I asked the concerned policeman and he said that my brother has been shift...

Aug172019 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Khidkiyan Bandh Karo’- Troops Snap at Locals in Kashmir, 24-Hour Long Curfew Mars Residents

ISLAMABAD

Several women and men in large numbers protested against the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35 A in the Lal chowk area of Anantnag township in South Kashmir on Friday. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that women and men in large numbers from the township gathered under the banner of Ummat e Islami Jammu Kashmir marched the township and condemned the Government plans to change the demography of Jammu Kashmir. Speaking to the crowd, a female protester said, "our youth are being flown outside the valley and the world is being told that there is peace, thousands of people are being confined to their households as thousands of troopers are outside their homes." The Police soon came out of the Police Station and fired dozens of tear smoke shells and pellets on the peaceful ...

Aug162019 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Is Kashmir actually calm?’ An interview with the locals of Downtown Srinagar

REGIONAL

16th Aug, 2019 Due to the ongoing clampdown in the valley, whats happening in the valley has been an absolute mystery. While BBC and Al-Jazeera came up with videos of protests at different parts of Kashmir, most of the National media channels simply denounced the credibility of the videos and the news. Indian authorities and media have been claiming that things are smooth inside the valley. However they did accept the killing of one youth protester who jumped into the Jhelum after he was chased by the policemen. The international media has been claiming that things aren’t VERY WELL. Pakistan based media channels including the DNA said that Six Youths have been killed till date. The Kashmiriyat Team was able to speak with a few students from different parts of downtown area i...

Jul272019 by News DeskNo Comments

Centre All Set to Abrogate Article 35 A

INDIA

The countdown for the removal of the Article 35A in Jammu Kashmir has started, according to top sources in the government. Highly places Sources informed The Kashmiriyat that two days after National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval returned from a visit to the Kashmir Valley, the Centre has decided to move in additional paramilitary troops to the valley to prevent the protests that might likely take place in the Kashmir valley on the ground. The NSA, as per the Sources said that during his three-day visit held detailed discussions with senior officers of the state administration, police, paramilitary forces, Army, state and Central intelligence agencies. "He directed the officials on how to deal with the protesters, the separatist, religious or social leaders in wake-...

Jul262019 by News DeskNo Comments

“I Could not Find the Way to Home, I Do not Recognize the Streets,” Doda’s Goni After 25 Years Of Imprisonment

WRITE-UPS

Mubashir Naik “Who will return all these 25 years i have spent in jail despite being innocent?” Abdul Gani Goni who is now 57 years old asks while looking at the daughter of his sister. “When i was arrested, we were finalizing the dates for my sister’s wedding, when i am released, they are speaking of the wedding of my daughter’s wedding,” Goni says as tear roll down his cheeks. Abdul Gani Goni was arrested in 1996 claiming that he was involved in the Sawai Man Singh Stadium blast in Jaipur in 1996- but the trial only began in 2011. ALSO READ: 1996 Samlate Blast Case- After 23 Years, Court Acquits Three Kashmir Residents- Says They are Innocent Twelve persons were accused in the Samleti case, seven have been acquitted so far. While one, Engineer Farooq Ahmed Khan was acqui...

Jul242019 by News DeskNo Comments

Artificial intelligence really close to replacing artists?

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Jun182019 by News DeskNo Comments

Masarat Alam Bhat exposes Hurriyat funding network, NIA claims

INDIA

Hardline separatist leader, Masarat Alam Bhat has exposed the Hurriyat funding network and also revealed how senior separatist leaders received large sums of money from abroad, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed. Alam also exposed how the funds were diverted them for personal gains ranging from amassing property to funding the foreign education of their children. According to the agency, several leaders of the Hurriyat Conference and allied organisations confessed during interrogation that funds were regularly routed from Pakistan to fuel unrest and sustain separatist activities in the Valley. A key disclosure, NIA officials said, came from hardline separatist Masarat Alam Bhat, who revealed deep fissures within the Hurriyat over both the collection and use of fun...

May292019 by News DeskNo Comments

Encounter Rages in Kashmir’s Kulgam

KULGAM

May 29 An encounter has raged between militants and Government forces at Tarzoo area of in Mohammad pora area of South Kashmir's Kulgam District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a team of 9 RR, jammu kashmir police and 18 BN of CRPF was fired upon by Militants in the Mohammad pora area, after which the Army retaliated to the firing. The Forces retaliated and the exchange of fire triggering an encounter, Officials told The Kashmiriyat that two to three Militants are believed to be trapped at the site of the encounter, while the firing at the encounter site is still going on. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that the firing started around 0400 AM. Meanwhile Internet Services have been snapped in Kulgam district of South Kashmir Details emerging. (The Kashmiriyat)

May292019 by News DeskNo Comments

Gunshots Heard During CASO in Kulgam

KULGAM

May 29 A few Gunshots have been heard during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Zangalpora area of South Kashmir's Kulgam District. Reports reaching to The Kashmiriyat said that a joint team of Army RR, CRPF and Special Operation Group (SOG) the area. A police Source Confirmed the incident and said that the cordon was launched following inputs about the Movement of some suspected militants. The searches operation was underway in the village when this report was last filed.

May292019 by News DeskNo Comments

Muslims Must stop eating Meat, Or We Will Take Law into Our own Hands- BJP Member threatens UP Police

INDIA

May 29 The former Mayor of Aligarh and BJP Member on Tuesday threatened to take law into her own hands after a few self-appointed ‘cow vigilantes’ stopped a vehicle allegedly carrying ‘beef’ to Aligarh. In a video of the incident, the former BJP mayor can be heard warning the Uttar Pradesh police officers that people would “do what they want” if the instances of cow slaughter are not immediately curbed. Shakuntala even urged her cadres to thrash those who are purportedly involved in cow slaughter. In a series of highly objectionable comments, Bharati mocked the Rozedars, criticising them for consuming meat even as they keep fasts during the holy month. The comments were caught on camera. Bharati told senior police officials, “This is not a Samajwadi Party govt, this is a BJ...