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Pellet Removed From Jammu And Kashmir's Youngest Survivor's Eye
Doctors on Wednesday successfully removed the pellet lodged in the right eye of an 18-month-old girl, Hiba Nisar, the youngest pellet victim in Kashmir who was injured after getting hit inside her house last month.
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Kashmir Infant, Hit By Pellet In Eye, May Not Regain Full Vision: Doctors
Eighteen-month-old Hiba Nisar, the infant who was injured with pellet gun fire in Shopian, has been discharged from hospital after surgery on her right eye. The doctors are not sure if her eyesight will be restored completely.
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Insha Lost Her Vision To Pellets In Kashmir, Not Hope. Clears Class X Exam
Nearly 18 months after Insha Mushtaq became the face of Kashmir's pellet gun tragedy, the 15-year-old has come to symbolise hope and resilience in the Kashmir valley. Once aspiring to be a doctor, the girl was blinded by the pellet gun injuries she had received in the summer of 2016 but nevertheless continued her studies and qualified her class X b...
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21,000 Plastic Bullets Sent To Kashmir To Reduce Usage Of Pellet Guns
The CRPF has sent 21,000 rounds of newly-developed and "less lethal" plastic bullets to the Kashmir Valley to tackle street protests, says a top officer of the force.
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After Comparing Haryana Violence To Kashmir, Omar Abdullah Retracts Tweet
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah questioned why pellet guns and human shields were not used to control mob violence in Haryana, wondering whether the forces kept them "only for protesting Kashmiris", but withdrew his tweets "unconditionally" after deaths were reported in the violence.
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To Educate IAS Daughter, Kashmiri Family Ate Less, Sold Jewellery
Last August was a difficult time in the Kashmir valley. Street protests had broken out in mid-July after Hizbul commander Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter. And every time the security forces controlled mobs throwing stones with pellet guns, they left people on Kashmir's streets angrier. Thousands had been injured in the protests and much of t...
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Opinion: The Supreme Court Has Got It All Wrong On Kashmir
I do not know what prompted the Bar Association of J&K to approach the Supreme Court for a ban on the use of pellet guns in Kashmir. I am not even privy to the arguments it put fourth for imposing such a ban. But if the plea of the Association came as a surprise, the observations of the court have left me completely baffled.
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Skunk Spray: A Stench From Israel May Be Used To Drive Away Protesters In India
Skunk water - Israel's weapon of choice for crowd control - is said to smell like a mixture of excrement, noxious gas and a decomposing donkey. And that is what the government is considering for use to break up protests in India. Under attack over the use of pellet guns that wreaked havoc during protests in Kashmir last year, blinding and injuring ...
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Grenade With Spicy Jelly Could Be Used To Tackle Protesters In Jammu and Kashmir. But Pellet Guns Stay
A grenade packed with spicy jelly, which causes irritation in the eyes on exploding, is likely to be included in the weaponry of security forces in Kashmir for controlling violent protests. Pellet guns will, however, stay.
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To Minimise Damage By Pellet Guns In Kashmir, Comes This Modification
The controversial pellet gun is going in for a modification to minimise its lethal effects. The shot gun has caused serious injuries, including blinding hundreds of people during the months-long unrest in Kashmir last year. The Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF has now come up with a deflector that will be fit on the muzzle of the gun so that th...
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Modified Pellet Guns To Be Used In Jammu And Kashmir
With pellet guns leaving hundreds of protesters in Jammu and Kashmir with severe eye injuries, a modified version of the weapon will now be used to ward off any protest ahead or during any anti-terrorism operations. CRPF Director General K Durga Prasad, who is retiring tomorrow, said the paramilitary force had taken the decision of modifying the pe...
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Apply Mind Before Using Pellet Guns In Kashmir, Says Supreme Court
Pellet guns cannot be used "indiscriminately" to control street protests in Kashmir, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. The authorities, the court said, can take a decision to use them only after "proper application of mind".
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Try Not To Use Pellet Guns: Mehbooba Mufti To Security Forces
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today asked security forces to restrain themselves from using pellet guns and differentiate between stone-pelters and their families, while noting that force was used to deal with law and order in the Valley during the recent unrest.
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Surgery Can Wait, Exams Can't, Says Teen Almost Blinded by Pellets In Kashmir
The pellets have almost blinded him in the right eye, but that has not deterred 16-year-old Suhaib Nazir from appearing for his Class 10 board exams. He has, in fact, requested doctors to postpone his second surgery till the end of his exams.
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Kashmir Calm, But Schools Still Face Lockdown
On the outskirts of Srinagar, a government girls school closed for last four months due to the unrest in Kashmir was burnt in a mysterious fire incident on Monday evening. Officials say 18 schools have been set on fire during the current unrest.
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Pellet Removed From Jammu And Kashmir's Youngest Survivor's Eye
Doctors on Wednesday successfully removed the pellet lodged in the right eye of an 18-month-old girl, Hiba Nisar, the youngest pellet victim in Kashmir who was injured after getting hit inside her house last month.
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Kashmir Infant, Hit By Pellet In Eye, May Not Regain Full Vision: Doctors
Eighteen-month-old Hiba Nisar, the infant who was injured with pellet gun fire in Shopian, has been discharged from hospital after surgery on her right eye. The doctors are not sure if her eyesight will be restored completely.
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Insha Lost Her Vision To Pellets In Kashmir, Not Hope. Clears Class X Exam
Nearly 18 months after Insha Mushtaq became the face of Kashmir's pellet gun tragedy, the 15-year-old has come to symbolise hope and resilience in the Kashmir valley. Once aspiring to be a doctor, the girl was blinded by the pellet gun injuries she had received in the summer of 2016 but nevertheless continued her studies and qualified her class X b...
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21,000 Plastic Bullets Sent To Kashmir To Reduce Usage Of Pellet Guns
The CRPF has sent 21,000 rounds of newly-developed and "less lethal" plastic bullets to the Kashmir Valley to tackle street protests, says a top officer of the force.
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After Comparing Haryana Violence To Kashmir, Omar Abdullah Retracts Tweet
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah questioned why pellet guns and human shields were not used to control mob violence in Haryana, wondering whether the forces kept them "only for protesting Kashmiris", but withdrew his tweets "unconditionally" after deaths were reported in the violence.
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To Educate IAS Daughter, Kashmiri Family Ate Less, Sold Jewellery
Last August was a difficult time in the Kashmir valley. Street protests had broken out in mid-July after Hizbul commander Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter. And every time the security forces controlled mobs throwing stones with pellet guns, they left people on Kashmir's streets angrier. Thousands had been injured in the protests and much of t...
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Opinion: The Supreme Court Has Got It All Wrong On Kashmir
I do not know what prompted the Bar Association of J&K to approach the Supreme Court for a ban on the use of pellet guns in Kashmir. I am not even privy to the arguments it put fourth for imposing such a ban. But if the plea of the Association came as a surprise, the observations of the court have left me completely baffled.
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Skunk Spray: A Stench From Israel May Be Used To Drive Away Protesters In India
Skunk water - Israel's weapon of choice for crowd control - is said to smell like a mixture of excrement, noxious gas and a decomposing donkey. And that is what the government is considering for use to break up protests in India. Under attack over the use of pellet guns that wreaked havoc during protests in Kashmir last year, blinding and injuring ...
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Grenade With Spicy Jelly Could Be Used To Tackle Protesters In Jammu and Kashmir. But Pellet Guns Stay
A grenade packed with spicy jelly, which causes irritation in the eyes on exploding, is likely to be included in the weaponry of security forces in Kashmir for controlling violent protests. Pellet guns will, however, stay.
-
To Minimise Damage By Pellet Guns In Kashmir, Comes This Modification
The controversial pellet gun is going in for a modification to minimise its lethal effects. The shot gun has caused serious injuries, including blinding hundreds of people during the months-long unrest in Kashmir last year. The Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF has now come up with a deflector that will be fit on the muzzle of the gun so that th...
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Modified Pellet Guns To Be Used In Jammu And Kashmir
With pellet guns leaving hundreds of protesters in Jammu and Kashmir with severe eye injuries, a modified version of the weapon will now be used to ward off any protest ahead or during any anti-terrorism operations. CRPF Director General K Durga Prasad, who is retiring tomorrow, said the paramilitary force had taken the decision of modifying the pe...
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Apply Mind Before Using Pellet Guns In Kashmir, Says Supreme Court
Pellet guns cannot be used "indiscriminately" to control street protests in Kashmir, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. The authorities, the court said, can take a decision to use them only after "proper application of mind".
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Try Not To Use Pellet Guns: Mehbooba Mufti To Security Forces
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today asked security forces to restrain themselves from using pellet guns and differentiate between stone-pelters and their families, while noting that force was used to deal with law and order in the Valley during the recent unrest.
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Surgery Can Wait, Exams Can't, Says Teen Almost Blinded by Pellets In Kashmir
The pellets have almost blinded him in the right eye, but that has not deterred 16-year-old Suhaib Nazir from appearing for his Class 10 board exams. He has, in fact, requested doctors to postpone his second surgery till the end of his exams.
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Kashmir Calm, But Schools Still Face Lockdown
On the outskirts of Srinagar, a government girls school closed for last four months due to the unrest in Kashmir was burnt in a mysterious fire incident on Monday evening. Officials say 18 schools have been set on fire during the current unrest.
