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The Siasat Daily
April 29, 2018
JK Rowling reaches a 12 y/o Kashmiri girl after she writes essay for author. April 29, 2018, 7:23 PM IST. JK Rowling reaches a 12 y/o Kashmiri girl after she writes essay for author. JK Rowling.Pic: Twitter (@jk_rowling). New Delhi: A first generation English learner from Kashmir's Doda village, 12-year-old Kulsum wrote anÃâà...
Greater Kashmir
April 29, 2018
Four youth were arrested during a night raid by the government forces in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, reports said today. They said that the youth were arrested in Karimabad village of the district for alleged involvement in anti-state activities.
Kashmir Media Service
April 29, 2018
Srinagar, April 29 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has said that Kashmiri students, pursuing studies in different states and cities of India are being intimidated and harassed. The APHC spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar said pursuing education is a basic right; however,Ãâà...
NDTV
April 29, 2018
Doda, Jammu and Kashmir: A government middle school in a remote village in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir is in dire need of attention as only two ... The school located in the hill village of Dhadkai, five kilometers from Gandoh town, has been facing the staff shortage for a very long time despiteÃâà...
TRT World
April 29, 2018
She observed a pattern: many of those killed were passed off as rebels by the Indian police and army, and strangers in unrelated villages were forced to bury the dead ... Ghulam Mohammad Mir is a caretaker of single and mass graves in Kichama village in Baramulla district of India-administered Kashmir.
Kasmir Monitor
April 23, 2018
The city, however, has just 287 hectares (5,673 kanals) of such space spread over 169 parks in it. The information was revealed in a 'Draft Action Plan for Augmentation of Organised Green Spaces in Srinagar', a document recently formulated by Urban Development Department's Chief Town Planner,Ãâà...
Firstpost
April 23, 2018
Protests by angry students spread to towns and villages of Kashmir early this month after four more civilians were killed in encounters. Now, they have only swelled after a public furore over lawyers trying to scuttle Jammu and Kashmir Police's Crime Branch from submitting a chargesheet against the eightÃâà...
Hindustan Times
April 23, 2018
Clashes broke out at two places in Shopian and Pulwama districts on Monday after protesters in Jammu and Kashmir pelted stones at army personnel at these places. Informed sources in the police said protesting youth pelted stones at an army vehicle in Shopian's Pinjora village prompting the armyÃâà...
Firstpost
April 23, 2018
Srinagar: Clashes erupted in the Kashmir valley on Monday as people protesting against the rape and murder of a young girl pelted stones at soldiers. A student sustained pellet injuries in Anantnag town. The youth, identified as Wamiq Aijaz, was taken to a hospital. "He has sustained pellet injuries," aÃâà...
Kashmir Reader
April 22, 2018
Baramulla: Over 50 houses have been damaged in landslides and flash floods in several areas of this north Kashmir district since Wednesday. 38 houses were damaged in a landslide at village Frasthar but there was no report of any casualty, an official spokesman said. Baramulla Deputy CommissionerÃâà...
Goal.com
April 22, 2018
The draw kept LoneStar, who next face Real Kashmir FC on April 26, at the bottom spot with 2 points from 7 games. From as many games, Delhi United are currently on fourth spot while equal on points (7) with FC Pune City and the two sides come face to face on May 5. Currently topping the group areÃâà...
NDTV
April 22, 2018
Jammu: Ceasefire violation was reported along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir today as Pakistani troops targeted forward posts and villages in Poonch district, police said. The indiscriminate shelling from across the border started in Digwar sector around 7.30 am, prompting strong andÃâà...
DAWN.com
April 19, 2018
RASANA: There are no Muslims left in the village of Rasana, which has become a symbol of India's rape crisis after the brutal murder of an ... Her anonymous grave in orange earth partially covered by weeds is in a nearby village in Kathua district, about 60 kilometres from the region's main city Jammu.
BBC News
April 11, 2018
When she went missing on 10 January, her family was living in a village around 72km (45 miles) east of Jammu city. On that afternoon, her mother recalls, Asifa went to the forest to bring home the horses. The horses returned but Asifa did not. Ms Naseema informed her husband. He and some neighboursÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 4, 2018
The 23-year-old says while he was walking along with his friends towards Kachdora village when the group of boys were hit by a volley of pellets fired by Indian security forces. Three villages, including Kachdora, in southern Kashmir's Shopian district, was the scene of a bloody encounter on Sunday inÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 2, 2018
In many volatile parts, including the old parts of Kashmir's main city, Srinagar, hundreds of security personnel guarded the streets in light of the restrictions ... were killed in three villages of south Kashmir's Shopian district and one fighter was killed in a brief gun battle in Dialgam, a village in Anantnag district.
Kansas City Star
April 1, 2018
A security clampdown and a strike sponsored by separatists fighting against Indian rule shut down most of Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday, a day ... Authorities also imposed a curfew in some towns in southern Kashmir and in the old parts of the disputed region's main city of Srinagar, the urbanÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 24, 2018
On May 27, 2017, Indian troops martyred 11 Kashmiri youth including a top Hizbul Mujahideen Commander, Sabzar Ahmed Butt, in Indian occupied Kashmir. The troops killed eight youth in Rampur and Uri areas of Baramulla and three others including Sabzar Ahmed at Saimoh in Tral area of Pulwama.
Kashmir Observer
March 24, 2018
Srinagar—The unending construction work coupled with apathy of authorities, have aggravated the woes of commuters in Srinagar city here. It is been seen that dusts lying scattered over several roads in the city. “When a vehicle passes through the roads, suddenly a cloud of dusts appear and leave theÃâà...
Brighter Kashmir
March 24, 2018
The Metro Train and Smart City projects, costing Rs 18,781 crore, are in the pipeline for summer capital city, Srinagar, Minister of State for Health ... total Rs 4.29 crore to beautify the area around historic Jamia Masjid premises including developing market and improving light system in the down town city,Ãâà...
Firstpost
March 24, 2018
Kashmir: New Hurriyat chief Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai's son joins Hizbul; image of him holding AK-47 goes viral ... Junaid, who has an MBA from Kashmir University, hails from Tikipora village in Kupwara, which is also the village of Mannan Wani, an AMU Ph.D student who recently joined the Hizbul.
Kashmir Reader
March 24, 2018
Hari Parbat Fort to be 'cynosure' of Srinagar city tourism: Minister. By reader on March 25, 2018 No Comment ... project at Hari Parbat Fort and Bagh-i-Sadiq in the city. Tassaduq Mufti stressed preserving and promoting the pristine glory of the monument so that it emerges as an epitome of Kashmiri heritage magnificence.
Scroll.in
March 24, 2018
Security forces on Saturday killed two suspected militants in Anantnag district's Dooru town in Jammu and Kashmir. The two men were Pakistani and belonged to ... The gunfight began late of Friday in Shestergam village in South Kashmir, according to the Greater Kashmir. A joint team of Indian Army's 19Ãâà...
The New Indian Express
March 24, 2018
JAMMU: The security forces on Saturday launched a massive search operation in the border villages of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said. Schools have been closed in these areas for the day after the villages were cordoned off late Friday evening. Police sources said the search operationÃâà...
Free Press Journal
March 24, 2018
Jammu: The security forces on Saturday launched a massive search operation in the border villages of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said. Schools have been closed in these areas for the day after the villages were cordoned off late Friday evening. Police sources said the search operationÃâà...
Global Village space (blog)
March 22, 2018
Artists and performers in the valley of Jammu and Kashmir have collaborated to create a subtle platform 'Kashmir Art Quest' to cushion their struggle for freedom against Indian rule. 'Kashmir Art Quest' also works to revive the indigenous Kashmiri artwork. Over the years it has established a worldwideÃâà...
The Tribune
March 22, 2018
Two serene villages in the remote area of north Kashmir are mourning the death of two security personnel, who lost their lives in the two-day-long gunfight ... and Mohammad Yousuf Baja (45), a special police officer (SPO) of the Special Operations Group of the J&K Police from Kachhama village in KralporaÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
She stood three and a half feet tall, completely defenseless. While protests of outrage have erupted in cities across India, and even internationally, here in Rasana, the village in Jammu and Kashmir State where the girl was killed in January, the mood is different. Rasana is tiny, about 20 homes, and walkingÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
December 31, 1999
The seaside town of Llandudno in North Wales has been home to a gang of long-haired Kashmiri goats since the 19th century who usually keep to themselves on the Great Orme. But the wind direction, rivals on the hill and recent poor weather has given the animals a taste for adventure, causing quite theÃâà...
The New Indian Express
December 31, 1999
RASANA: Rasana, a village 60 kms from Jammu has been polarized after the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl. The 14 Hindu and five Muslim families that were living in harmony for decades are now looking at each other with suspicion. Fault lines have emerged and these are growing,Ãâà...
CBS News
December 31, 1999
In a court in Indian Kashmir town of Kathua, where the premeditated crime was allegedly committed in January, the accused pleaded not guilty and asked to undergo chemical ... Over the weekend, protests and gatherings were held in several Indian cities and towns, including Delhi and Mumbai. PeopleÃâà...
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