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Aziz’s martyrdom widely condemned-Pakistan calls for immediate end to violence

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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SRINAGAR: The martyrdom of senior Huriyat leader, Sheikh Abdul Aziz has been widely condemned. Both factions of Huriyat Conference, JKLF and other liberation organisations have strongly condemned the killing of Sheikh Aziz. They have termed his killing as worst form of “state terrorism”. In a telephonic statement to Jammu based news agency, NAK, Lashkar-e-Toiba Spokesman [...]

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Hospitals running out of medicines, blood reserves

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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SRINAGAR: The hospitals in occupied Kashmir valley, which received hundreds of people injured in police firing are facing acute crisis and almost all are running short of essential equipments, medicines and blood. At least four persons were killed and over 300 injured in police action on the processions which were heading to cross the Line [...]

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Sheikh Aziz among 8 killed as sea of people comes on streets

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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SRINAGAR: At least eight persons including senior Hurriyat leader, Sheikh Abdul Aziz were killed as troopers opened indiscriminate fire at several places in the Valley to prevent massive processions from marching towards Muzaffarabad. A senior police officer was under attack in North Kashmir. His properties were attacked by strong mobs while several bunkers were demolished [...]

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March will continue-March worries Indian Army chief

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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SRINAGAR: Placed under house arrest, Heads of Hurriyat factions- Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq- have urged people to continue the Muzaffarabad chalo march on Tuesday. The two leaders talked over phone and unanimously decided to urge people to continue the march. “The march will continue tomorrow and people will join those who have [...]

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Peoples League Chief Sh. Aziz martyred

Monday, August 11, 2008

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SRINAGAR: Chairman Jammu Kashmir Peoples League (JKPL) and leader of APHC, Sheikh Abdul Aziz was killed in firing by Indian army on a mmassive public march towards Muzaffarabad at Bonyar on Monday. Sheikh Aziz and Shabir Shah were leading the march which was stopped by a massive use of force by Indian army. [...]

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Kashmiri moot for inclusion of Kashmiris in Pak-Indo talks

Thursday, August 7, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: First Kashmiri Leadership Conference has supported Pak-Indo dialogue process and demanded to include Kashmiris in the talks. The participants of the first Kashmiri Leadership Conference, organized by the Kashmir Institute of International Relations, (KIIR) Islamabad, met on August 7, 2008 at Margala Hotel, in Islamabad. Popularity: 15% [?]

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Hurriyat to announce joint strategy

Friday, August 1, 2008

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SRINAGAR: Buoyed by their recent successful joint agitation against the transfer of forestland to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, both the factions of Hurriyat Conference have decided to shortly announce a strategy to meet the challenge posed by the economic blockade of Kashmir, sources told Greater Kashmir. Leaders of both the factions met at Hurriyat (G) [...]

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Pak team inspects Baglihar project, meets IHK governor

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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UDHAMPUR: Although India has accepted the recommendations of Prof Raymond Lafittee, a neutral expert appointed by the World Bank, a team of experts from Pakistan has inspected the 450-MW Baglihar hydroelectric project under construction on the Chenab in Ramban district. Pakistan has raised some objections over this project following which the World Bank had appointed [...]

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Houses of Muslims burnt in Samba, Bajranj Dal targets Muslims in Kupwara

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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Indefinite curfew was imposed in Samba district after a mob of zealot Hindus torched houses of Muslims in the area. The mob also tried to burn houses in Bardian village near Vijaypur town, which was foiled by the police. The situation in Jammu district remained tense. Even after the imposition of curfew in Jammu, more [...]

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Gladni Grid Station in IHK burnt to ashes

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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JAMMU: A major fire broke out in Grid Power Station Gladini in Narwal in occupied Kashmir burning it into ashes. Minister of State (MoS) for Power Babu Singh said that enquiry was ordered into the fire as it was second incident of its type in Grid Station within last one month. Singh averred that the [...]

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Massive demons in IHK eye opener for world

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Executive Director, Kashmiri American Council/Kashmir Center said that the massive rioting and protests, throughout Kashmir is in response to the Indian Government’s attempt at confiscating 100 acres of Kashmiri territory for the development of ‘Indian’ settlements. He said that these protests are the largest demonstrations in recent years and are [...]

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Double standards: Protestors get bullets in Srinagar, rioters go scot-free in Jammu; Agitation first step towards ultimate goal: Geelani

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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SRINAGAR: While five youth were killed in the paramilitary CRPF and police firing in Srinagar during the past eight days of public uprising, police in Jammu acted a ‘mute spectators’ when rightwing Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists torched two vehicles and manhandled Kashmiri drivers in Jammu. Areas in Jammu like [...]

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Oslo asks Delhi to abide by UN convention on missing persons in IHK

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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The Norwegian government has termed ‘alarming’ the recent information about new discoveries of unidentified graves in Indian-controlled Kashmir despite India being signatory to UN’s Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Responding to a question by parliamentary Leader and Chairman Christen Democratic party, Member Kashmir Parliamentary Committee Dagfinn Høybråten (KRF), the [...]

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Uneasy calm prevails in Valley on 8th day, 47 injured in clashes

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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SRINAGAR: Occupied Kashmir valley, which witnessed violent protest over the transfer of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) for the past seven days, remained calm but tense on eight running day. However, 47 persons were injured in the violent protests that rocked twin districts of Baramulla and Bandipore in north Kashmir. Five persons have [...]

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Land row reaches Delhi

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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New Delhi: Bajrang Dal activists have held demonstrations outside the Jammu and Kashmir house here protesting any move to cancel a controversial land allotment to the Amarnath shrine authorities. ‘They were carrying swords and were throwing stones on the J&K house. They also damaged a police bus and broke its window panes,’ the police [...]

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Massive demos over forcible confiscation of Kashmiri land

Monday, June 30, 2008

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WASHINGTON: Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Executive Director, Kashmiri American Council/Kashmir Center said that the massive rioting and protests, throughout Kashmir is in response to the Indian Government’s attempt at confiscating 100 acres of Kashmiri territory for the development of Indian settlements. He said that these protests are the largest demonstrations in recent years and are [...]

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India accused of conspiring to convert Muslims into minority

Monday, June 30, 2008

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BIRMINGHAM: President Tehreek –e-Kashmir UK, Mohammad Ghalib has accused Indian government of conspiring to convert the Kashmiri Muslim into minority and disturb the Hindu- Muslim communal harmony in the valley. Commenting on the transfer of huge piece of land to Amarnath Shrine Board in district Islamabad of Occupied Kashmir by Indian government, he said move [...]

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