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Forces Thrash Residents, Brother of Active Militant in Shopian During CASO

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April 11 The Locals in Sugan area of Zainapora of South Kashmir's Shopian District have accused the Government Forces of vandalism in the locality during nocturnal raids. Locals from the area told The Kashmiriyat that forces barged into the house of an active Militant Sameer Ahmed Seh in the Herpora area of Sugan and thrashed his brother without any provocation. They said that Army also thrashed a few neighbours of the Militant after laying a siege at the area around 9 pm on Wednesday night, they lifted the cordon at 7 am today. "People normally think, house (shelter) is a safe space, but we Kashmiris are not safe even in our houses, Forces enter our houses and do whatever they want," a Sugan resident told The Kashmiriyat. They said that forces also abused men and women and ...

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“My Vote is not Against Azadi,But for my Everyday Issues,” Voters Queue up in Large Numbers in North Kashmir

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April 11 Sajad Hameed After a high voltage campaign, polling begins for the first phase of Lok Sabha Election 2019 in ninety-one constituencies spread across 18 states and two union territories amidst a strict security cover. In Jammu Kashmir, Baramulla and Jammu will go to polls in this initial phase, as Valley is expecting two power-houses, National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to lock horns, while representatives of the national parties, Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will also have a say in Jammu, Engineer Rasheed and Sajjad Lone's People's Conference may also surprise the two main regional parties. The voting began by early morning on Thursday at 1,749 polling stations at 1,387 locations in Baramulla constituency for 13,12,148 registered v...

Apr102019 by News DeskNo Comments

Better Chances of Peace if Modi Wins Elections in India, Says Imran Khan

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April 10 Pakistan’s Premier Imran Khan has said he believes there may be a better chance of peace talks with India and settle the Kashmir issue if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party BJP wins the general elections. India will go to elections in seven phases beginning from Thursday. “Perhaps if the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)….wins, some kind of settlement in Kashmir could be reached,” Khan told a small group of foreign journalists in an interview. He said other parties would be afraid of right-wing backlash in case of settlement on the Kashmir issue. Khan said Kashmir was the central issue between the two countries. India maintains that the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of the country and Pakistan is in illegal occupation of a part of the state’s...

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Policeman Caught by Locals while Stealing Cattle in Shopian

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April 10 A Special Police Officer (SPO) was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stealing the cattle at Zarkan area in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. A police official said that Jahangir Ahmad Wani of Balpora was arrested by local residents and later handed over to the police. Wani, according to the official, was caught in Zarkan village while he was trying to steal the cattle from the area.buy Viagra Black generic newonlineandblo.com over the counter

Apr102019 by News DeskNo Comments

Hurriyat Now Calls for a Valley Wide Shutdown Tomorrow

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April 10 The Hurriyat leadership has called for a complete shutdown tomorrow (thursday) against the elections that are being held for Baramulla seat tomorrow which includes three districts of North Kashmir. The shutdown has also been called against NIA aggression which includes the shifting of JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik to Tihar jail Delhi and the questioning of Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq at NIA headquarters in Delhi.buy flomax online www.mabvi.org/wp-content/languages/new/buynoprescription/flomax-no-prescription.html no prescription ALSO READ: Tehreek ul Mujahideen Graffiti Appears in North Kashmir- Asks People to Boycott Polls In a statement appealing people to stay away from upcoming parliamentary polls, JRL said that besides a complete shutdown across the valley ...

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Tehreek ul Mujahideen Graffiti Appears in North Kashmir- Asks People to Boycott Polls

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April 10 Shabir Khan A graffiti asking people to boycott the upcoming Lok Sabha polls has appeared on the shops shutters, walls and other open spaces in North Kashmir's Langate township on Wednesday morning. The graffiti asking people to boycott also reads, by Tehreek ul Mujahideen, a Militant outfit has appeared in nooks and corners of Langate township asking people to stay away from polls that will be held for North Kashmir's Baramulla seat on April 11. As the valley's separatist leadership remains caged and summoned by NIA, the separatist leadership, for the first time, in many years, has not called for a shutdown on the election day. Also, the Leadership has not run any boycott campaign. The National Investigating Agency of Indian has tightened noose around the separatis...

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Ban on Kashmir Highway is a Dumb Idea, Former Chief of Indian Army

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April 10 The Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army General Ved Prakash Malik on Wednesday said that closing the Srinagar-Jammu highway for civil movement is a dumb idea. In a tweet, the army chief said that ban on the civil movement on the highway is a dumb idea and goes against the core object of winning hearts and minds. He also said that the civil administration of the state must look into the other aspects of the decision as well. Kashmir. Ban on move of civ vehs on NH twice a week is a dumb idea 1. Goes against core object of winning hearts & minds. 2. Civil Adm must weigh pros & cons 3. Instead of strengthening local police & int, & improving move security, shows forces becoming over defensive,” army chief tweeted. Earlier, the State Government of J...

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Indian Couple Charged with Spying on Kashmiris in Germany

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April 10 An Indian married couple accused of spying on Germany's Sikh community and Kashmir movement have been charged with espionage, German prosecutors announced on Tuesday. They named the suspects only as 50-year-old Manmohan S. and his wife Kanwal Jit K., 51, in keeping with German privacy rules for defendants. "Manmohan S. agreed by January 2015 at the latest to provide information about Germany's Sikh community and Kashmir movement and their relatives to an employee of the Indian foreign intelligence service Research & Analysis Wing," they said in a statement. His wife joined him in monthly meetings with the Indian intelligence officer between July and December 2017, and in total the couple were paid 7,200 euros ($8,100) for their work. The charges, which can carry...

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Kulgam Youth Joins Hizb ul Mujahideen, Poses with a Gun

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April 10 Despite repeated verbal attempts of the Director General of Jammu Kashmir Police, SP vaid, Militancy is showing no signs of declination. In fact the Army General of India has been constantly asking the local Kashmiri youth to give up arms and asking people to keep their wards away from militancy. Though Militancy is growing swiftly as more local youth are picking up arms to strengthen the Militant ranks, Figures available to The Kashmiriyat suggest that at least 37 youth have picked up arms in the first three months of this year. One more youth from South Kashmir has picked arms and posed with an AK 47 rifle to tell his family that he has joined Militant ranks. The youth has been identified as Shahid Sadiq Son of Mohammed Sadiq Malik a resident of Khulll area in Noo...

Apr92019 by News DeskNo Comments

On April 09, Milk Packets Packed on April 10 Found in Kashmir

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April 09 Tawseef Nazir A diary company Delicious has landed into a controversy on Tuesday after the food Safety department found a mislabel on its packet of curd as well as Milk. The photo and video that was being circulated on Social media regarding the mislabel read: “Today is 09 April, 2019 but this milk was packed on 10 April, 2019 !! Think how fresh this milk could be?” The company however denied the allegations and said that the milk packets were still under process when the Food safety Department raided their factory and seized all the packets. The director of the company upon being contacted refuting the allegations said that the Curd processing has to undergo a due process, before finally getting into the market. "The Milk is initially packed, then fermented into cu...