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Graduation Student from Shopian Goes Missing

SHOPIAN
March 06 A 22 year old boy from Shopian in South Kashmir has went missing from his home since Tuesday morning. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Mohammed Amin Bhat son of Ghulam Mohuddin Bhat, a resident of Poterwal Area in South Kashmir's Shopian has been missing from his home. Amin, as per his family members, had left home to appear in the exams at Government Degree College (GDC) of Pulwama. The family has sought the help of people in locating the missing youth. Amin as per his family is pursuing Bachelor's in Arts at GDC Pulwama.

Will Create World Class University and Wild Life Reserve in Name of Guru Nanak, Imran Khan

INTERNATIONAL
March 06 The Prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, while propelling a spring tree ranch battle at Balloki, Nankana Sahib on Saturday, said that Pakistan’s backwoods would be secured no matter what. The head administrator planted a sapling at Balloki, where he was additionally advised about the tree manor drive. While tending to the group, Prime Minister Khan declared that his legislature will likewise make a natural life save under Baba Guru Nanak’s name and that Nankana Sahib will likewise end up home to the Baba Guru Nanak college.

UN Warns India Over Harassment of Muslims

INTERNATIONAL
March 06 The United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has warned India that its “divisive policies” could undermine economic growth. She said that narrow political agendas were marginalising vulnerable people in an already unequal society. “We are receiving reports that indicate increasing harassment and targeting of minorities – in particular Muslims and people from historically disadvantaged and marginalised groups, such as Dalits and Adivasis,” Bachelet said in her annual report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Pakistan was Planning to Hit Three Major Indian Cities After Indian Air Strikes- Report

INTERNATIONAL
March 06 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was stopped from attacking Pakistan by the United States and Britain once Pakistan informed them of its clear intention to hit back three times harder if its eastern neighbour violated its territorial integrity. India was also warned by the US that the international powers would not be able to stop the confrontation from progressing into a full-blown nuclear war. Well-placed sources based in Washington and London have shared information with The News that Indian Prime Minister Modi conducted a meeting with his three services chiefs for hours on February 27 in the wake of the suicide attack in Pulwama on February 14 killing at least 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel. Modi and his generals reportedly “selected to hit at least nine...

Militant Hideout Busted in Shopian

SHOPIAN
January 02 The Government Forces busted a hideout of Militant in the Shopian District of South Kashmir, Police officials said. They said that a hideout was busted on Wednesday afternoon at Kungoon area of Shopian in South Kashmir. "Incriminating materiel was recovered from the hideout," the Police officials added.

Families of CRPF Soldiers Killed in Pulwama Attack Demand Proof of Militants Killed in Air Strike

INDIA
March 06 The family of Ram Vakil, one of the CRPF troopers killed in the Pulwama attack echoing the opposition parties asked the Narendra Modi led Government to show proof of the Air strikes conducted by the Indian Air Force inside Pakistan territory. Ramrakhsa, the sister of Ram Vakil in a video that has gone viral over Social media has asked the Government to prove its claims of killing '250' Militants as claimed by Amit Shah, the BJP president during an election rally. ALSO READ: Satellite Images Reveal Madrasa buildings still standing at scene of Indian bombing "They must show us proof, otherwise we will not trust the Government," Ramraksha is heard saying. The brother of the deceased soldier said the Government asked us to wait for a proof when Ram Vakil was killed in the ...

In Pictures- Gunfight in Tral, Thousands Bid Farewell to Slain Militants

REGIONAL
March 06 Firdous Qadri The gunfight in Tral that raged on Monday morning between Militants and Government Forces ended with the killing of two Local Militants. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that 42 RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and 180 BN of CRPF laid siege around a cluster of houses in Reshi Mohalla of Tral after receiving a tip off about Militant movement in the area. The siege soon turned into an encounter when Militants opened fire upon the forces resulting into the death of two Militants. Also, a house in which Militants were holed up was completely damaged in the gunfire. On Wednesday , the Tral area is observing a complete shutdown for the second consecutive day to mourn the killings of Militants.      

Government Lies Exposed? Satellite Images Reveal Madrasa buildings still standing at scene of Indian bombing

INTERNATIONAL
March 06 Satellite images have emerged which show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pakistan appears to be still standing days after India claimed its warplanes hit the Islamist group's training camp on the site. The images produced by Planet Labs Inc, a San Francisco-based private satellite operator, show at least six buildings on the madrasa site on March 4, six days after the airstrike. ALSO READ: Bollywood to Make Movie on ‘Balakot Air Strikes’ The images cast further doubt on statements made over the last eight days by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the raids had hit all the intended targets at the madrasa site near Jaba village and the town of Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan has disputed India's account, saying the...

Houses Damaged In Kupwara Encounter- Families Appeal for Help

WRITE-UPS
March 05 On Wednesday, a four-day flare up between Pakistan and India began winding down, with Pakistan, Prime Minister announcing to hand back the Wing commander of Indian air force captured by the Pakistan army two days earlier. He had been shot down in the first aerial fighter combat between the two South Asian Nuclear powers, India and Pakistan since 1971. A few miles away from the border on thursday, when Indian public was out on the streets to welcome the pilot, the himalayan region of Kashmir was engaged in what has become a routine, encounters, protests and deaths. 'Collateral damage' has been one of the most noticeable change in these recent encounters between Government Forces and Militants in Kashmir. As more youth continue to take up Arms in Kashmir, encounters have be...

Bollywood to Make Movie on ‘Balakot Air Strikes’

INDIA
March 05 Ater the huge success of Aditya Dhar's Uri: The Surgical Strike producers have been in a rush to register titles for films on patriotism. Interestingly, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Abhishek Kapoor are some of the names that have come to light. In the light of the recent Balakot air strikes on February 26, a film is expected to be made on the subject and will co-produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, according to a daily. It is expected to be directed by Abhishek Kapoor. The casting is in process and several A-listers have shown their interest in it. An official confirmation is still to be made. It was said that after the air strikes, the representatives of at least five production companies rushed to IMMPA to reserve the movie titles. According to data provided by a tr...