Protests In Sopore

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  Protests In J&K's Sopore Over Alleged Custodial Death, Internet Snapped

  All internet services have been snapped in north Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town after death of a shopkeeper, allegedly in police custody, led to protests. The family has alleged that Irfan Ahmad Dar was tortured to death after he and his brother, Javid Ahmad, were picked up by police from their shop on Tuesday afternoon.

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  Girl, 2, Critical After Terror Attack In J&K, To Be Flown To Delhi

  Four people, including a 2-year-old girl, were injured after terrorists attacked house of a fruit trader in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore district, for defying their warnings to shut shop to protest centre's move on revocation of special status to the state under Article 370, police said.The incident is seen as an attempt by terrorists to instilfear a...

• J&K: One Policeman Killed, Four Injured in Grenade Attack in Sopore

  One policeman was killed and four others were injured in a grenade attack by militants in the Sopore town of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir early today.

• Sopore custodial death: 2 cops suspended after protests

  Two policemen have been suspended and an MLA has been arrested for protesting against the custodial death of the 28-year-old Nazeem Rashid in Sopore.

• J&K: Moderate Hurriyat calls for dialogue

  After days of protests and clashes, there was some relief in Srinagar on Saturday. Curfew and restrictions were lifted from most parts of the city.And now there are positive signs from separatists to put an end to the vicious cycle of violence in the state. The moderate separatists have shown their willingness to renew the stalled dialogue with New...

• J&K: 3 die in 24 hours, Omar under pressure

  On Monday, thousands were out on the streets of Sopore, protesting against the deaths of civilians by security forces. But Sopore isn't just any ordinary Kashmiri town - it is the stronghold of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. So, the protests are louder and often more violent.Under intense pressure is the country's youngest Chief ...

• Will call in Army if the need arises: J&K Government

  The last 24 hours have seen the death of three young people in the Kashmir valley. In the second civilian casualty in the valley on Monday, a 9-year-old boy was killed in CRPF firing in Baramulla. Earlier in the day, a youth was killed in Sopore which has been witnessing violent clashes between protesters and security forces.

• J&K Govt orders judicial inquiry into Sopore killings

  Jammu and Kashmir Government on Saturday ordered a judicial inquiry into the killings of two civilians allegedly by CRPF personnel in Sopore in North Kashmir and directed it to submit a report within a month.The decision to set up the one-man commission of state Human Rights Commission Chairman Justice (retd) Syed Bashir-ud-din was taken by Chief M...

• Protests in Sopore after 2 killed in CRPF firing

  An indefinite curfew is on in Sopore since Friday evening after two civilians were killed and three injured in Centrtal Reserve Police Force firing.

• Firing in Sopore: Two civilians killed, five injured

  Two civilians were killed and three injured when CRPF opened fire at demonstrators protesting the killing of a suspected militant in an encounter, in Sopore town of north Kashmir this, on Friday. The victims were identified as 15-year-old Shakeel Ahmad Ganai and Firdous Ahmad.Police said that the trouble started when locals took out a procession an...

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  Sopore encounter stage-managed: Protesters

  In the aftermath of the encounter, protests have erupted in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir over an encounter between security forces and militants since Saturday evening.