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Srinagar's Iconic Jamia Mosque To Reopen For Prayers After Long Closure
The mosque is located at Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar, it used to be a site of stone-pelting and clashes between police and protesters. The protests and stone-pelting incidents have effectively stopped in the last three years.
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Raging Gunbattle In Srinagar Leaves Trail Of Destruction, Dozens Homeless
Charred currency worth over Rs 1 lakh meant to repair his house, sewing machines to eke out a living and all personal records - 55-year-old Bashir Ahmad Darzi has lost everything he had built. On Tuesday, when bombs hit his three storey home in downtown Srinagar, Mr Darzi's dream to renovate home before his daughter's wedding was shattered.
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4 Foreign Tourists Enter Srinagar Despite Lockdown, Probe Ordered
A probe has been ordered into the entry of foreign tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, which has been under lockdown after first positive case of the highly contagious Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 was reported in a downtown area of the city. The group of four foreign tourists, including two Italians, had reached Srinagar yesterday despite a ...
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No Votes Cast In 90 Booths For Srinagar Lok Sabha Seat: Sources
As many as 90 polling booths, mostly in downtown Srinagar city, saw no voting in Thursday's elections to the Srinagar Parliamentary seat, sources said.
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CRPF Vehicle, Attacked By Protesters, Runs Over 3 In Kashmir; Police Cases Filed
A CRPF vehicle targeted by protesters in downtown Srinagar ran over three people in an attempt to get away, triggering a fresh wave of protests and criticism for the government. One of the three has received serious injuries.
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Showkat Ahmed Tak, "A++" Category Terrorist, Killed In Srinagar Encounter
Showkat Ahmed Tak, a Lashkar commander considered among Kashmir's deadliest terrorists, was killed in the eight-hour-long gun battle between security forces and a group of terrorists holed up inside a newly-constructed house at the congested Chattabal in downtown Srinagar. Two of the three heavily-armed terrorists killed in the operation have been ...
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3 Terrorists Killed In Srinagar's Chattabal; 3 CRPF Men Injured
An eight-hour-long gunbattle in Jammu and Kashmir ended this afternoon with the death of three heavily armed terrorists who were holed up inside a newly-constructed house at the congested Chhatabal in downtown Srinagar.
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Policeman Killed, 10 Injured In Grenade Attack In Kashmir's Nowhatta
A policeman was killed and 10 others including an officer were injured in a grenade attack at Jammu and Kashmir's Nowhatta this evening. A police party was attacked near a police station in Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar when cops were returning from duty today around 7 pm.
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Tear Gas Shell Kills Man In Kashmir, 80-Year-Old Gets Pellet Injuries
Massive protests erupted in downtown Srinagar this evening after a young man was killed in tear gas shelling at Fateh Kadal area.
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Ambulance Driver Injured In Firing By Security Forces In Srinagar
An ambulance driver was shot at and injured allegedly by security forces in Safakadal area of downtown Srinagar while he was ferrying a patient from Ganderbal district to SMHS hospital.
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5 Terrorists At Srinagar's Nowhatta Dead. Encounter Claims Officer's Life, 9 Injured
Terrorists struck at Nowhatta area of downtown Srinagar this morning, triggering a nearly 5-hour encounter to flush them out. At the end of it, two terrorists were killed. A Central Reserve Police Force officer died and 9 others were injured in the encounter.
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Paramilitary Troops Deny Shooting Man Who Died Of Pellet Wounds In Kashmir
There was strict curfew in downtown Srinagar on Thursday - two days after a 20-year-old died from pellet injuries. But despite the curfew, protests were held near the home of Reyaz Ahmed Shah, who was found with 360 pellets in his body.
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On A Quiet Night In Kashmir, 20-Year-Old Shot Full Of Pellets. Murder Case Filed.
Anger spilled over the streets of downtown Srinagar as a 20-year-old died from pellet injuries. Post-mortem report says 360 pellets were found in the body of Reyaz Ahmad Shah - most of them were in his abdomen.
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12 Paramilitary Personnel Injured In Grenade Attack In Srinagar
12 Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF jawans were injured when terrorists threw a grenade at Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar this evening.
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No ISIS Link to Flag Waving in Srinagar, Say Kashmir Police
In the backdrop of the Paris carnage perpetrated by the ISIS, questions are being asked about the ISIS threat in Kashmir, in view of the increasing instances of ISIS flag waving at downtown Srinagar after Friday prayers.
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Srinagar's Iconic Jamia Mosque To Reopen For Prayers After Long Closure
The mosque is located at Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar, it used to be a site of stone-pelting and clashes between police and protesters. The protests and stone-pelting incidents have effectively stopped in the last three years.
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Raging Gunbattle In Srinagar Leaves Trail Of Destruction, Dozens Homeless
Charred currency worth over Rs 1 lakh meant to repair his house, sewing machines to eke out a living and all personal records - 55-year-old Bashir Ahmad Darzi has lost everything he had built. On Tuesday, when bombs hit his three storey home in downtown Srinagar, Mr Darzi's dream to renovate home before his daughter's wedding was shattered.
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4 Foreign Tourists Enter Srinagar Despite Lockdown, Probe Ordered
A probe has been ordered into the entry of foreign tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, which has been under lockdown after first positive case of the highly contagious Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 was reported in a downtown area of the city. The group of four foreign tourists, including two Italians, had reached Srinagar yesterday despite a ...
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No Votes Cast In 90 Booths For Srinagar Lok Sabha Seat: Sources
As many as 90 polling booths, mostly in downtown Srinagar city, saw no voting in Thursday's elections to the Srinagar Parliamentary seat, sources said.
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CRPF Vehicle, Attacked By Protesters, Runs Over 3 In Kashmir; Police Cases Filed
A CRPF vehicle targeted by protesters in downtown Srinagar ran over three people in an attempt to get away, triggering a fresh wave of protests and criticism for the government. One of the three has received serious injuries.
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Showkat Ahmed Tak, "A++" Category Terrorist, Killed In Srinagar Encounter
Showkat Ahmed Tak, a Lashkar commander considered among Kashmir's deadliest terrorists, was killed in the eight-hour-long gun battle between security forces and a group of terrorists holed up inside a newly-constructed house at the congested Chattabal in downtown Srinagar. Two of the three heavily-armed terrorists killed in the operation have been ...
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3 Terrorists Killed In Srinagar's Chattabal; 3 CRPF Men Injured
An eight-hour-long gunbattle in Jammu and Kashmir ended this afternoon with the death of three heavily armed terrorists who were holed up inside a newly-constructed house at the congested Chhatabal in downtown Srinagar.
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Policeman Killed, 10 Injured In Grenade Attack In Kashmir's Nowhatta
A policeman was killed and 10 others including an officer were injured in a grenade attack at Jammu and Kashmir's Nowhatta this evening. A police party was attacked near a police station in Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar when cops were returning from duty today around 7 pm.
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Tear Gas Shell Kills Man In Kashmir, 80-Year-Old Gets Pellet Injuries
Massive protests erupted in downtown Srinagar this evening after a young man was killed in tear gas shelling at Fateh Kadal area.
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Ambulance Driver Injured In Firing By Security Forces In Srinagar
An ambulance driver was shot at and injured allegedly by security forces in Safakadal area of downtown Srinagar while he was ferrying a patient from Ganderbal district to SMHS hospital.
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5 Terrorists At Srinagar's Nowhatta Dead. Encounter Claims Officer's Life, 9 Injured
Terrorists struck at Nowhatta area of downtown Srinagar this morning, triggering a nearly 5-hour encounter to flush them out. At the end of it, two terrorists were killed. A Central Reserve Police Force officer died and 9 others were injured in the encounter.
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Paramilitary Troops Deny Shooting Man Who Died Of Pellet Wounds In Kashmir
There was strict curfew in downtown Srinagar on Thursday - two days after a 20-year-old died from pellet injuries. But despite the curfew, protests were held near the home of Reyaz Ahmed Shah, who was found with 360 pellets in his body.
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On A Quiet Night In Kashmir, 20-Year-Old Shot Full Of Pellets. Murder Case Filed.
Anger spilled over the streets of downtown Srinagar as a 20-year-old died from pellet injuries. Post-mortem report says 360 pellets were found in the body of Reyaz Ahmad Shah - most of them were in his abdomen.
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12 Paramilitary Personnel Injured In Grenade Attack In Srinagar
12 Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF jawans were injured when terrorists threw a grenade at Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar this evening.
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No ISIS Link to Flag Waving in Srinagar, Say Kashmir Police
In the backdrop of the Paris carnage perpetrated by the ISIS, questions are being asked about the ISIS threat in Kashmir, in view of the increasing instances of ISIS flag waving at downtown Srinagar after Friday prayers.
