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Why Shopian symbolises fight against Kashmir's new wave of militancy

Why Shopian symbolises fight against Kashmir's new wave of militancy

12 militants were killed in this district on April 1, in one of the Valley's biggest operations. Shopian has …

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Guns 'n' poses: The new crop of militants in Kashmir

Guns 'n' poses: The new crop of militants in Kashmir

They called him Newton. He was bright and his name, Ishaq, was the Arabic version of the famous scientist's f…

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In the ashes of an encounter in Kashmir, 30 yrs of a poet's work

In the ashes of an encounter in Kashmir, 30 yrs of a poet's work

Ghulam Mohammad Bhat and his family, comprising his wife, two sons Akbar Ali Bhat (24) and Asghar Ali Bhat (2…

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J&K Police told to crack down on big militant funerals

J&K Police told to crack down on big militant funerals

Citing "glamourised funerals" of militants as a reason for recruitment of local youths into militancy, Jammu …

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Kashmir: Friends struggle to connect schoolboy they knew with fidayeen

Kashmir: Friends struggle to connect schoolboy they knew with fidayeen

THE 16-year-old who became only the third local militant to be part of a fidayeen attack in the Valley was th…

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Calling J&K's lost boys back

Calling J&K's lost boys back

The police promised the parents that if their children wanted to return home, the doors to the mainstream wer…

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Hours after gunfight, security forces tighten cordon in Shopian, say 2 militants hiding

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By Bashaarat Masood Verified
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A joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army and paramilitary forces intensified search operations on Sunday morning. (File/AP Photo) A joint team of forces tightened its cordon around Chanapora village in Shopian on Sunday after a gunfight with militants on Saturday evening. A joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army and paramilitary forces intensified search operations on Sunday morning as they believe the militants are still hiding in the dense orchards of the village.
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He crossed the LoC for love. A month later, he was sent back to PoK

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By Bashaarat Masood Verified
| The Indian Express Verified
On his arrival in the Valley, Zeeshan was detained by the Army at Silikote, a fenced border village where access is restricted to soldiers and residents. (Image generated using AI) A month after he crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri to meet his love, Zeeshan Ahmad Mir, a resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK), was sent back across the border. Zeeshan, a resident of Pankedi village in Uri, crossed the border on May 31 to meet his love, Iram Majeed.
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Love across the border: From a village in PoK to Uri

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Iram Majeed’s phone buzzes with a message: “Main pahunch chuka hoon (I have arrived).” Half-awake, she tosses the phone away. A few seconds later, the same buzz. This time, it is a photograph — a frame from Silikote village, with its cellphone tower and slanted-tin-roof houses. She sits up, startled. Zeeshan has got to be joking. He couldn’t have come to Silikote, could he have? She reaches for her dupatta, tosses it over her head and runs — as she has never before.
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Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism

2012 - Reporting from Jammu Kashmir
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