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Jul32018 by News DeskNo Comments

CASO Launched in Shopian Area

SHOPIAN

July 03 Following specific input about Militant movement in Mughalpora area of Shopian, the government forces have laid a siege in the area. The Anti Militancy cordon and search operation is being jointly conducted by 44 RR of Indian Army and Jammu Kashmir police. The troops have insisted a search operation post blocking all the entry and exit points to the Mughalpora area.buy Nootropil generic buy Nootropil generic The search operation was going on when this report was filed.

Jul32018 by News DeskNo Comments

At least 60 Civilians Shot Dead in 2018 So far

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July 03 60 Civilians have been killed in Kashmir in the first six months of 2018, as per figures available to The Kashmiriyat. The year started on a bloody note when Fidayeen stormed into a Police Line in South Kashmir attack killing 08 Troopers. 105 Militants as reported earlier by The Kashmiriyat have also been killed during gunfights in Kashmir with Government Forces.’ The first civilian killings were reported on 06 January when a civilian was killed in Khudwani area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam District. On 24 January a teenager was shot dead during clashes at encounter site in Chaigund area of South Kashmir’s Shopian District, a girl was also injured during the clashes, she succumbed to her injuries later. On January 27, soldiers of the Indian Army opened fire on civili...

Jul22018 by News DeskNo Comments

105 Militants Killed So Far in 2018

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July 02 As of 30 June 2018, a total of 105 militants and 21 Government Force personnel have been killed in Kashmir this year, as per figures available to The Kashmiriyat. A unilateral ceasefire was declared by the Indian Government on 14 May when the Government forces were asked not to launch operations during Ramadan, during that month 24 Militants were killed. The Centre soon announced the resumption of intelligence-based cordon-and-search-operations in the state on June 17, 2018. The Indian home minister Rajnath Singh took to Twitter to announce that the government of India had decided not to extend the suspension of operations in Jammu Kashmir. The bloodiest day this year was 01 April when Encounters raged at three different places in South Kashmir, a total of 13 Militan...

Jul22018 by News DeskNo Comments

How Did we Save Tosa Maidan From Army and Gave it Back to People

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Lubna Syed Qadri July 02 Tosa Maidan is a high plateau (a 'marg' as in 'Gulmarg') and a splendid meadow in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. It falls in the Sukhnag range of Pir Panchal range of the Himalayan Mountains and lies at an altitude of 10,500 feet above mean sea level. It is located about 51 kilometres away from the soul of the valley - Lalchowk, Jammu & Kashmir. Background TosaMaidan has served as grazing land for the villagers’ livestock over centuries. However, in the year 1964, it was leased to troops of the Indian Army as a firing range for conducting artillery training. The military exercise came at a huge human and environmental cost. The firing range became a death trap for the cattle grazing communities such as Gujjars and Bakkarwals, Chopans and othe...

Jun262018 by News DeskNo Comments

At least 240 Militants Active in the valley, 59 Foreigners

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June 26 The Jammu Kashmir Police has said that 243 Militants are active in Jammu Kashmir which includes a healthy number of Locals Militants and only 63 Foreigners. As Per Figures available to The Kashmiriyat more than 80 local youth have picked up arms in the first six months of 2018 despite intensified Anti Militancy operations raising concerns of Agencies. The Jammu Kashmir Police also claimed that 15 Militants are operating in the Jammu region while the remaining are mostly operational in the southern part of Kashmir, which has seen a huge surge in Militant recruitment since the killing of Burhan Wani on 08 July, 2016. This year, Ph.D Scholar Manan wani, Professor Mohammed Rafi Bhat and an M.buy synthroid Canada langleyrx.com/synthroid.html no prescription Phil Scholar, Zub...

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71 % Of New Age Militants Are Hanfi, 23 % Jamaat e Islami, 2 % are Salafis, Claims Report

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June 10 The Jammu and Kashmir Police has conducted an intensive study of 156 local youth who joined militancy from 2010-2016. The 74 Page report as accessed by The Indian Express is based on the interviews of the families, friends, relatives and the affiliates of the militants. The report also negates the radicalization factor and says most (71%) of the new age militants come from Hanafiya families against 3 per cent of Salafi families and 23% from Jama’at e Islami families. Some of the Highlights of the report are: 32 percent of youths who joined militancy had passed Class X. 19 per cent undergraduates and graduates while 7 per cent were post-graduates constitute. 56 per cent had studied in government schools, 34 per cent had studied in both government and private school...

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...

Apr32018 by News DeskNo Comments

Shopian Killings- He was Sent inside the house by Army, Then Shot from Behind

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April 03 Thousands of people including women gathered early morning on Sunday to bid farewell to the ‘martyr’ at his funeral. Women later marched towards his house singing songs of bravery, “Qoum Ke Shaheedo, Goor Goor Karyo” (Farewell oh martyr of the motherland). The Kashmir valley witnessed a bloody Sunday on 01 April when 13 Militants and 4 Civilians were shot dead in South Kashmir. Among the killed Civilians, Mushtaq Ahmed Thoker aged 38 was shot dead in Dragad Shopian encounter. South Kashmir has turned into a hotbed of Militancy post the killing of Burhan Wani on 08 July, 2016. Security Agencies have dotted their eyes over the developments in this part of Kashmir. On 31 March, Around 11pm, the Government Forces including 44 RR, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir police after receivi...