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Mirwaiz tries to march towards secretariat against civilian killings, arrested

Mirwaiz tries to march towards secretariat against civilian killings, arrested

Srinagar: Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was Monday detained after he defied his house detention and tried to march towards Secretariat. Mirwaiz along with his supporters came out of his residence at Nigeen in Srinagar and tried to march towards Secretariat however, a police party detained the Mirwaiz and lodged him at Nigeen police […]

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Darbar Move: JK Secretariat opens in Srinagar

Darbar Move: JK Secretariat opens in Srinagar

Srinagar: Civil Secretariat, the seat of the Jammu and Kashmir government, today opened in Srinagar after functioning in winter capital for six months as part of the nearly 150-year-old practice known in the state as ‘Darbar Move’. Civil Secretariat and other offices, affiliated to it had closed in Jammu. Raj Bhawan also started functioning in […]

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South Kashmir : Thousands participate in funeral prayers of Sadam, Bilal

South Kashmir : Thousands participate in funeral prayers of Sadam, Bilal

Srinagar: Thousands of people on Monday participated in the funeral prayers of Sadam Hussain Padder and Bilal Ahmad, were killed by government forces alongwith three other militants in Shopian on Sunday. Reports said that multiple funerals were held for Saddam on Sunday evening as well. Eyewitness said, “Since morning, several more funerals were held for […]

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Police detain, foil marches to civil secretariat

Police detain, foil marches to civil secretariat

Police on Monday foiled many marches towards civil secretariat including from mainstream political parties. Engineer Rashid with his supporters was arrested with his followers in Srinagar while marching to secretariat. Taking to media before his arrest he said that there should be an immediate end to the civil killings and unconditional cease fire should be […]

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KUTA’s call for end to bloodshed has lot of takers

KUTA’s call for end to bloodshed has lot of takers

Kashmir university teachers accusation on Monday in a statement has demand from state and central governments an immediate end to bloodshed and innocent killings in Kashmir. Earlier independent MLA engineer Abdul Rashid has demanded immediate announcement of cease fire and blamed the central government for planned genocide in Kashmir. KUTA in its statement has called […]

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JRL calls for Shopian Chalo tommorow.

JRL calls for Shopian Chalo tommorow.

Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Sunday asked people to march towards the civil secretariat tomorrow to protest ‘continuous bloodshed’ in Kashmir. JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik made the announcement after five militants and equal number of civilians were by government forces today. Announcing JRL programme, Hurriyat(M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar […]

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Body of third youth fished out ar Baramullah.

Body of third youth fished out ar Baramullah.

The body of third youth, Anzar Farooq Wani, was fished out from the Jhelum river in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday. The body of Anzar of Dewanbagh Baramulla was handed over to the family for the last rites, police said. The body was recovered by joint teams of State Disaster Response Force, Marcos and […]

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Internet Services snapped in District Ganderbal.

Internet Services snapped in District Ganderbal.

Internet was suspended in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district following killing of a native militant in Shopian gunfight on Sunday. Muhammad Rafi Bhat who was a professor of sociology in Kashmir University hailed from Chunduna village of the district. Soon after the news about Bhat’s killing spread, district witnessed a tense situation. He was reported missing […]

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Civilian death toll in clashes reach to 5.

Civilian death toll in clashes reach to 5.

Srinagar Two more civilians succumbed to their injuries as clashes with government forces after the encounter in Badigam village south Kashmir’s Shopian district,intensified across south kashmir. According to police and hospital sources , that a civilian identified as Zubair Ahmad a resident of Rajpora area of Pulwama, succumbed to bullet wounds in hospital.. Army has […]

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Protests clashes multiply, scores referred to Srinagar hospital

Protests clashes multiply, scores referred to Srinagar hospital

By VOV special correspondent Soon after Badhigham encounter was over, protests and clashesProtests clashes multiply, scores referred to Srinagar hospital Soon after Badhigham encounter was over, protests and clashes have spread and multiplies across Kashmir especially in South Kashmir. According to our reporter from SMHS hospital of Srinagar, scores of youth have been admitted with […]