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Tuesday August 17, 2010
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Hurriyat Conference (M) strongly condemned the use of force on protesters during peaceful “pro-freedom” demonstrations in Rajouri, Banihal, Kishtwar, Doda and other Muslim majority areas of Jammu against the civilian killings in Kashmir.
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In a tragic incident, three small children died of drowning in Rajwar area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Identified as Ishfaq Teli, 11, son of Mugloo Teli, Mushtaq Khan, 10, son of Mohammad Ramzan and Ashiq Teli, 10, son of Mohammad Fakir Teli, all residents of Nagranad, Rajwar in Handwara area of Kupwara district.
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Paramilitary CRPF unleashed a reign of terror in Khaniyar localities in old city here by damaging window panes and house hold goods last night and this morning.
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Monday August 16, 2010
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Head Constable Abdul Ahad Jan of Ajas Bandipora has been sent to police remand till August 21. Jan hurled a shoe on chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday. Police produced Abdul Ahad Jan, suspended cop, before the court of Forest Magistrate, Masrat Roohi, for seeking the remand. An FIR no. 70 under section 447A, 352 and 124A of RPC was registered. If convicted Jan is likely to be sentenced for life or three years and fine.
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Police said that a 50-year-old house wife, Taja Begum, was beaten to death by her husband, Habib Doie, at Harden Khayar of south Kashmir’s Islamabad district. Husband is absconding and police have started search operation.
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A body of police ‘follower’ Mohammad Akram Piswal (No 39/F) son of Nizam-ud-Din resident of Gowalleri Uri was recovered from the bathroom of rented house at Rainawari, Srinagar. Cause of death is yet to be known.
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The much hyped peace bus service between divided parts of Kashmir seems to be losing steam as there was no fresh visitor from this part on board. Only a fresh visitor from Pak arrived via Chakandabagh crossing point in Poonch.
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Saturday August 14, 2010
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A 48-year-old man, Abdul Gaffar Khan son of Mohammad Sultan Khan of Shunglipora, was killed after a shell exploded in Tosa Maidan firing range area of Khag, Budgam district. On July 27 last, five persons, including an army soldier and a policeman, were injured when they fiddled with an unexploded shell in same area. Tosa Maidan is also a tourist spot apart from feed firing range.
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Border Security Force men exchanged sweets with the Pakistani Rangers on the international border in Jammu’s Suchetgarh as Pakistan celebrated its 63rd independence day on Saturday. Delegation of Pakistani Rangers was led by Lieutenant Colonel Zulfiqar Ali while as Vitnet Kumar of the 135 Bn led BSF delegation.
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Friday August 13, 2010
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District Magistrate Meraj Ahmed Kakroo said that curfew would be imposed across the Srinagar city on Saturday from 6 am. Violations won’t be allowed at any cost.
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CRPF trooper was among two persons killed while four others were injured in separate road mishaps in south Kashmir. Bagi Nath Singh (belt No. 031417732) of CRPF 90 battalion was killed and two persons injured in a collision between a tanker (JK01D-1117), force’s Truck (ASO1BC-1206) and a Santro (JK03B-8529) near Chachkoot Awantipora on Srinagar-Jammu highway. Motorcyclist Abdul Majeed Dar son of Ali Mohammad of Ladoo Pampore was killed at Khrew.
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Tursday August 12, 2010
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An Army man was killed when the surveillance picket he was manning collapsed, due to heavy rain, in Krishna Gati sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Krishna Gati sector of Mendhar of Poonch district. He was identified as Dilip Kumar (Belt No 6384542W-Acoy898AT) was killed while his colleague survived miraculously.
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At least two people were injured when a tipper (JK01-8087) plunged into river Jhelum in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. It was carrying construction material to Kalgay from Uri when it rolled down into Jhelum.
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Despite unrest in Kashmir valley, as many as 42 persons including two first time visitors from Pakistan administered Kashmir crossed over to Line of Control through Karvan-e-Aman bus service, plying on weekly basis across the divided parts of Kashmir.
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Tuesday August 10, 2010
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Administration likely to continue with curfew and curfew like restrictions throughout the Valley, on eve of Pampore March called by Hrriyat Conference.
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To foil the Pampore Chalo on Wednesday, the authorities put the Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, under house arrest.
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All Pro-India Parties meet called by Prime Minister ended in New Delhi with a hope that it will pave way for better and peaceful Kashmir.
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Security agencies have stepped up vigil along the line of control (LoC) in twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri amid reports of infiltration by militants.
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Police claimed to have recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunitions from twin districts of Reasi and Kupwara of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Saturday August 07, 2010
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A day after New Delhi tried to reach out to the separatists and asked them to participate in a dialogue; both factions of the Hurriyat Conference have rejected its talks offer, stating that India should first accept Kashmir as dispute.
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Curfew has been completely lifted from Budgam, Gandarbal and Handwara district while it was eased in phased manner in eight police stations of Srinagar district.
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The state unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad snubbed the union government for inviting Chairman Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Geelani for talks while demanding that the government should book him for " anti-national" activities.
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At least 11 people, four of them critically, were injured when the Tempo traveller they were travelling in from Rajouri to Jammu skidded off a road in Thanda Pani area of Jammu. Three of the critically injured have been identified as Rakesh Kumar (24) son of Kalu Ram, Charanjeet Singh (50) son of Anant Ram, both residents of Rajouri and Rasheed (28) son of Ahmad Beg , a resident of Uttar Pradesh.
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Friday August 06, 2010
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In Leh flash floods the death toll crossed the 121 mark and more than 500 are reportedly missing while as more than 400 are injured. On Thursday a series of cloudbursts in this Himalayan pocket prompted the worst floods in mountainous Ladakh region.
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Paramilitary Rapid Action Force (RAF) today held flag march in several areas of the city after their arrival in the capital city. A contingent of RAF personnel held a flag march from Dalgate to Khayam area of the civil lines.
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Three Children were killed and another injured after a house collapsed due to heavy rains in Mehkri Bohani area of Nowshera, Rajouri. They were identified as Ropi Devi (10) daughter of Pretam Dass and her brother Sumit Kumar (4) and Reno Devi (9) daughter of Babu Ram.
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Three army men of 4 RR were feared dead and another was injured after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a river near Kulighad in Kishtwar district of Jammu.
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Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has convened all parties meet on August 10, 2010 to discuss present situation in Jammu and Kashmir. All pro-India political parties from the state are expected to participate.
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BJP party will hold “Save Jammu & Kashmir Day” across India, on August 21. The party has decided to raise a voice against the law and order situations in the state. BJP believes in abrogation of Article 370 pertaining to the state.
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Thursday August 05, 2010
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Scores of people were injured and dozens of homes ransacked as paramilitary forces entered into the Nowpora locality of Bandipora this evening and beat up inmates and ransacked homes.
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Angry demonstrators have torched a vehicle (Gypsy) belonging to the paramilitary CRPF at Hiri village in this frontier district of Kupwara. When people approached towards it, CRPF abandoned the vehicle and ran towards the adjacent army camp.
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Former deputy Chief Minister and senior leader of People's Democratic Party Muzaffar Hussain Beigh reportedly resigned from the J&K Assembly but party president, Mehbooba Mufti, doesn’t have any information about it. Some people call it a hoax.
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Despite unrest in Kashmir valley, as many as 114 persons including seven first time visitors from Pakistan administered Kashmir crossed over to Line of Control through Karvan-e-Aman bus service, plying on weekly basis across the divided parts of Kashmir.
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At least 40 feet of timber was seized by forest officials from Raithan area of Budgam district last evening. Four boys have been identified and a case has been registered against them.
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Wednesday August 04, 2010
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Since June 11 the more than 43 people were killed by CRPF and Police during different protest and demonstration. Since Friday it has been worse, since than 29 innocent civilians lost their lives.
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In the last 53 days of curfew and shutdowns, schools and colleges were opened for just a day, shops and businesses were opened for a few days.
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Late in the evening, CRPF lobbed tear gas shells on protesters near Zadibal police station in down town area. Reportedly nobody was injured.
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JKLF condemned the arrival of Rapid Action Force and other additional troops in Kashmir and said the situation in the Valley is worse than Gaza strip in Palestine.
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Police fished out body of a 14-year-old girl who had drowned Tuesday in Mendhar Nalla of Poonch district. She was identified as Haleema Kounsar, daughter of Mohammad Qureshi of Pohlad in Mendhar, Poonch.
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Monday August 02, 2010
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The JKLF led by incarcerated Mohammad Yasin Malik said the fresh killings of Kashmiris under India’s “genocide” programme in Kashmir had proved once again that the police and troops were ruling the roost in the state. He condemned police action on senior Hurriyat leader Aga Syed Hassan Al Mosavi in Budgam district.
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There was no fresh visitor from either Pakistan Administered Kashmir or this part on board the weekly bus service between parts of divided region on Monday. No visitor from Pak arrived via Chakandabagh crossing point in Poonch. While no first time visitor from this part of the Kashmir crossed over to PaK, 34 residents of Pak travelled back after completing their allotted stay of 28-days in this part of the divided line.
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Shashi Kanth son of Parminder Kumar, a resident of Udhampur was killed and at least 36 others injured when a bus, in which they were travelling, skidded off a road at Manthal, 44 kilometers from the winter capital Jammu. They were returning from ‘Barat’ function.
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Friday July 30, 2010
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A middle-aged identified as Mohammad Akbar, 55, son of Mohammad Subhan Ganai of of Mulgam village of Tangmarg in Baramulla district has gone missing on way to Srinagar early this month. He left for Srinagar to purchase house hold goods on July 1. Since then, his whereabouts are unknown. Last week, the family approached police and filed a missing complaint.
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A devotee identified as Kumar Manth, 60, son of Nani Sahi of Madhya Pradesh died of cardiac arrest near Chandanwari en route the cave shrine of Amarnath. With his death, the toll in the ongoing two month annual Yatra reached 43.
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Sumesh Sharma son of Parwatu Ram and Babloo son of Madan Lal, both residents of Meerah Shah damaged the idols at the Ganesh Mandir temple in Meerah Shah locality of Jammu last evening. The duo committed the act in inebriated state.
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Wednesday July 28, 2010
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Police detained Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) Chairman, Professor Bhim Singh along with dozens of his activists from Lal Chowk area of city.
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Panic gripped Gojimode area of Surankote in Poonch district Wednesday after Army opened hundreds of fire in air fearing a militant attack. Actually the children in Gojimode village of Surankote were bursting crackers.
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Hurriyat Conference led by incarcerated leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani reiterated the call for protest and shutdown while as it hailed the village people for collecting and distributing relief among urban denizens.
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Army launched search operation in Kamalkote sector along the Line of Control (LoC) Uri following reports of infiltration by armed militants last night.
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Three persons including a three-year-old died of drowning in separate incidents across the valley. They were identified as Yaqoob Riyaz War, 3, son of Riyaz Ahmad of Warpora village in Sopore town, Hilal Ahmad Sheikh, 20, son of Gh Mohd of Brar Ashmuqqam, Islamabad and Umar Farooq Dar son of Farooq Ahmed of Nudresh colony Tengpora Batamaloo.
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An army trooper, Lakhwinder Singh of 8 Sikhli, was injured after his service went off accidentally in Macchil sector along the Line of Control in Kupwara district.
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As opposition Peoples Democratic Party boycotted District Development Board meetings in south Kashmir against civilian killings, the ruling National Conference took a dig at it, calling its three years in power as worst on human rights front.
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Tuesday July 27, 2010
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Army man Jahangir Ahmed Para,24; Irfan Ahmed Dar,22, working in telecommunication department of police; Mohammad Younis Para,20, and Sajad Ahmed Para 22, both students, and Zahoor Ahmed Dar 30, a shop keeper, all residents of Larkipora village of Budgam district were injured when they fiddled with an explosive device in famous Tosa Maidan tourist resort last evening.
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The arrest of a youth on the charges of stone pelting triggered protests in Kakpora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday. He was identified as Showkat Lone, son of Shaban Lone.
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Two minors died of drowning in Jagerpora and Bijbehara areas of North and South Kashmir. 9 year-old Danish Altaf Bhat, son of Mohammad Altaf Bhat, of Chamkhan, Bijbehara slipped into the Jehlum river while as Ishaq Ahmad, 7, son of Farooq Ahmad Dar drowned in River Pahroo in Jagerpora area of the frontier Kupwara district.
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Police on Tuesday arrested Abdul Ahad Para, senior leader of the Geelani led Hurriyat Conference from Parimpora on the city outskirts. He is also a member of Muslim League (Masrat Alam) faction.
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Monday July 26, 2010
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Famous saint of Kashmir Valley, ‘Ahad Sahib’ of Sopore died on Monday evening. The saint died at SKIMS, Soura where he was admitted for past more than a week. He would be laid to rest in his ancestral Noorbagh village in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district Tuesday.
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As many as 35 persons including two first-time visitors from Pakistan Administered Kashmir crossed sides along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu through weekly bus service between parts of divided region.
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80-year-old Lala Ji Bai, son of Mav Ji Bai of Veer Nagar of Panjkote district of Gujarat died of cardiac arrest en route the cave shrine of Amarnath in Baltal Base camp.
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Mohammad Tariq,28, son of , Abdul Lateef Malik, Abdul Ahad,72, and Ali Mohammad,51, sons of Kamal-ud-din Malik were killed when the tipper (JKO2W-5097) they were travelling in plunged into 400 feet deep gorge near Damni area of Mahore tehsil this morning. Imtiyaz Ahmad Lone, the conductor of the tipper survived miraculously with minor injuries.
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Zahida Kounsar daughter of Rehmutullah of Balakote critically injured when she accidentally stepped onto a land mine in Jammu's Balakote area.
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In a shocking incident of its kind, a man murdered his uncle in Jammu’s Poonch district late Sunday night. Roop Singh son of Vakil Singh hit his uncle Thakur Safook Singh son on Thakur Khajoor Singh with an axe at their house in Qazi Morda, Ward 1 Poonch, resulting in Safook Singh’s on spot death.
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Sunday July 25, 2010
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Some unknown militants hurled a grenade upon the bunker of 157 Bn CRPF located at Reck-Chowk Batamaloo, resulting in injuries to four CRPF personnel. All the injured were hospitalized.
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Twenty-three persons were injured in two different road accidents in Kashmir Valley. A passenger Bus bearing registration number JK01-0920 on way from Waterhail to Srinagar turned turtle near Tak-i-Pora Mirgund, resulting in injuries to 22 passengers. All the injured were hospitalized. A tipper bearing registration number JK04A-6187 hit and injured one girl namely Neelofar Jan daughter of Farooq Ahmad Najar resident of Wadwan, Beerwah, Budgam. The injured girl was shifted to Bone and Joint hospital Srinagar for treatment.
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A girl of Khatayama, U. P, presently lodging with her family at RBC Brick Kiln Utiligam, falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Beerwah in Budgam district died in mysterious circumstances. The deceased bore strangulation mark on her neck. Beerwah Police has initiated inquest proceedings under section 174 CrPC in this regard.
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Saturday July 24, 2010
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The sitting MLA from Langate, Er Rashid questioned the resolution by National Conference in demand for release of political detainees, asking the ruling party as to who it was addressing when Chief Minister Omar Abdullah belong to it.
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In a bizarre incident, A policeman, Muneer Ahmad, allegedly killed his father, Ghulam Rasool Lone, over a property dispute at his residence in Warpora area of Gurez, Bandipora. Police has arrested Muneer and his wife Zareefa.
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28 year old Vicky son of Jagdish Raj of Taragund Village of Gurdaspur, Punjab was strangulated and stabbed to death by four unknown assailants in Gangyal area of Jammu city.
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A young pilgrim, Dinesh Tiwari, 30, son of Mani Shankar of Jamnagar, Gujarat, was critically injured in a road accident near Ramban on the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Thursday. He succumbed to injuries at the GMC Jammu on Saturday morning.
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Friday July 23, 2010
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Panic has gripped several villages of Bandipore district in North Kashmir where a bear has mauled at least a dozen cattle in the one month.
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Despite unrest in Kashmir valley, as many as 79 persons including 18 first time visitors from Pakistan administered Kashmir crossed over to Line of Control through Karvan-e-Aman bus service, plying on weekly basis across the divided parts of Kashmir.
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Unidentified militants tossed a hand grenade on the picket of CRPF 29 Battalion near Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Chanpora around 2300 hours. Nobody was hurt.
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45-year-old Neelam, wife of Naresh Rawal of Kulpur, Maharashtra died of cardiac arrest en route the cave shrine of Amarnath in South Kashmir’s Islamabad district,
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Hundreds of people in Pattan and Ganderbal Wednesday staged anti-Power development department (PDD) demonstrations to protest the erratic power supply.
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JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik will sit on a day long hunger strike at Nadihal to protest the killing of local youths in fake encounter.
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Heavy winds injured 2 persons in Bemina and Amira Kadal areas of the city. Injured were identified as head constable Shareef-ud-Din and 2 year old Ashiq Hussain.
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A Beacon labourer, identified as Mohammad Akbar Khatana son of Suba Khatana of Fraw Haknag, died during the maintenance of a machine in South Kashmir’ Kokernag on Tuesday.
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Two people on Tuesday were killed when an oil tanker (JK01J-1302) fell into a deep gorge near Narsoo area of Udhampur district on the Srinagar-Jammu highway. Identified as Ramesh Kumar and Raj Kumar.
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Militants on Tuesday managed to give troops of 31 Para, 62 RR and police a slip after engaging them in a gunfight in far off Aharbal area in south Kashmir’s Islamabad district.
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BSF claimed that a trooper identified as Anchal Singh of 4 Bn was critically injured in cross border firing on the International Border in Hira Nagar sector of Samba district on Tuesday.
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Police on Tuesday released chairman of National Front Nayeem Ahmad Khan after more than four months incarceration.
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Murder attempt foiled, two held: Police
Kashmir Ethnic News Desk | 29 July 2010: Police on Thursday claimed to have foiled the attempted murder of a youth by arresting two people from Soura area of Srinagar.
Hilal Anchoo alias Sahba, a junior assistant in Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and his accomplice Sajad Ahmad Misgar, a daily wage employee of Public Health Engineering (PHE) department were arrested by a police party when they were trying to strangulate a youth identified as Haneef Ahmad Bhat on the Ali Jan Memorial Road, Soura last night.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Hazratbal, Maqsood-ul-Zaman told media that police received a tip-off from an anonymous caller and immediately rushed to the spot.
“The accused were trying to strangulate the youth inside a cab. The rescued youth had visible marks of injury on his body,” Zaman said.
Speaking about the motive, Zaman said Haneef and Hilal’s sister were in love and had entered into wedlock against the wishes of the family.
“To take revenge, Hilal conspired with his friend Sajad to murder his brother-in-law. Last night police foiled the attempt and arrested them red-handed. Sharp edged weapons, rope and iron rods were recovered from the spot,” he added.
Meanwhile, police has registered a case against the duo and started further investigations.
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