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https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-p ... uthorities
Death of terror guide Tabarak Hussain | Body to be handed over to Pak authorities
Sumit Bhargav, 04 Sep, 2022

Rajouri: Authorities on Sunday evening conducted the postmortem of the body of PoK terrorist Tabarak Hussain in Sub District Hospital Surankote through a board of doctors after which body has been handed over to Army authorities who are expected to return the body to Pakistan on Monday.
Tabarak Hussain son of Mistri Malik was a resident of Sabzakote in PoK and was infiltrating from the Line of Control on August 21 when Army troops fired upon him and later he was captured alive in injured condition.
Tabarak was under treatment in Army General Hospital Rajouri since than where he died on Saturday late evening.
Officials said that postmortem examination and medico legal formalities of the body of Tabarak Hussain were conducted in Sub District Hospital Surankote by a board of doctors in presence of investigation officer of the case after which body was handed over to army authorities.
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J&K: Captured Pak fidayeen attacker Tabarak Hussain dies during treatment
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Sep 3, 2022 Pakistan fidayeen attacker, Tabarak Hussain, died of cardiac arrest in J&K on Saturday. Tabarak Hussain suffered a heart attack during treatment at an Army hospital in Rajouri district. He was captured by the Indian Army on August 21 at LoC in Jhangar sector of Naushera during an infiltration bid.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnIzndp ... ustanTimes
J&K: Netizens awed by breathtaking images of World's highest railway bridge on Chenab
Sep 13, 2022 The world's highest railway bridge J&K - The Chenab bridge, an engineering marvel being constructed in J&K's Reas on the Chenab river. The project aims to boost connectivity in J&K.

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Pak will refuse to take the body, deny he is a Paki and accuse India of defiling the body by performing post mortem which is against Sharia, thus preventing this shaheed from getting his promised 72.
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Cyranoji, the body of the terrorist Tabarak Hussain has already been accepted by Pakistan, unless I am missing something. I do not know what type of funeral he got though.
https://www.firstpost.com/india/tabarak ... 88781.html
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May be they did the 'post mortem' deservingly when he was alive.
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Theatres re-open in kashmir. Lt. gov Manoj Sinha announounces the re-opening of theatres in kashmir region and if reports are to be true then RRR and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag have been screened. the re-opening of theaters have taken place after 32-33 years in the valley.

the new set of theaters are supposed to open in October with the screening of Vikram Vedha and Ponnian Selvan-1.

https://www.123telugu.com/mnews/rrr-bec ... -1990.html

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ ... 910501.ece

https://www.republicworld.com/india-new ... eshow.html
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https://www.rediff.com/news/report/cons ... 220920.htm
Conspiracies hatched across the border being foiled daily: J-K DGP
Utkarsh Mishra, September 20, 2022

Conspiracies hatched from across the border to disturb peace are being foiled by security forces on a daily basis in Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said on Tuesday.
Singh asserted that the security forces were fully alert to scuttle infiltration attempts by terrorists before the onset of winter.
"We are fully alert to the threats as conspiracies being hatched from across the border are being foiled on a daily basis by police and other security agencies," Singh told reporters after unveiling a wall dedicated to police personnel who died fighting terrorism in Reasi district.
He said attempts to push terrorists and smuggle weapons from across the border were going on but the alertness of the police and security agencies had thwarted most of these bids.
"Terrorists are infiltrated to sustain militancy. Most of the time, these attempts are foiled but sometimes they succeed. Those who are successful are neutralised by police and security forces (in the hinterland)," the DGP said.
He said many such terrorists were neutralised in successful anti-terrorism operations in Jammu, Poonch-Rajouri and different parts of Kashmir valley.
"Two 'fidayeen' (suicide squad) were eliminated in Jammu ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir (in April). The conspiracy was hatched across the border but they were neutralised on time," Singh said.
He said the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch also saw several infiltration attempts and subsequent successful anti-militancy operations.
"Some of them crossed into Kashmir and were neutralised," he added.
The DGP said launching pads and training centres for terrorists are active across the border and attempts would continue to push terrorists and weapons into this side.
"Our effort is to frustrate their designs and as a result, we are having successful operations against terrorists in every district," he said.
He also defended the arrest of some prominent Muslim preachers in the Valley under the Public Safety Act (PSA) and said strict action would be taken against anyone who violated the law.
"Law does not believe in religion or sect and is equal for everyone. Anyone who violates law will be dealt with accordingly," he said.
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Another set of important news from J&K, posting it as i don't see it posted elsewhere.

Govt to declare Sept 23 as a holiday for J&K on the account of the birthday of erstwhile King of J&K Maharaja Hari Singh. Hopefully this is beginning of the steps to reduce the Sainthood of Sheikh Abdullah and restore some semblance of importance to the rightful Kashmiri rulers. Btw, Sheikh Abdullah is described as a nationalist in Delhi, communist in Jammu and communalist in Kashmir in the Kashmir Files movie, which is what all the Kashmir centric parties seem to be playing all the time.

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/holiday- ... ndication/
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/j-k/c ... mmu-432455

Hopefully this also brings into mainstream the game played by Abdullah who hoodwinked the Central govt to increase his own influence and power to the detriment of the Jammu & kashmir people and scrubbing of the intentions of the Maharaja Hari Singh and his requests to then Central govt.
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Govt set to provide land ownership to people who migrated from West punjab and Pak Occupied Kashmir in the 50's

Govt giving ownership of the land to the migrants from West Punjab and Pak Occupied Kashmir that moved to India after partition and in the early 50's. The people who moved to kashmir during that time Valmikis, Sikh, Gorkhas were given domicile at that time but no land ownership. Hopefully this helps to settle the people long term and gives them rights on equal footing after the abrogation of article 370 and 35A. the govt seemed to have paid them 5.5 lakhs just a little while earlier as compensation to the families.

from the excelsior link below

"On their migration to Jammu and Kashmir, the PoJK refugees were allotted plots on their names as they were treated as State Subjects. However, the West Pakistani refugees were given 46,666 kanals of land on May 7, 1954 in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts but were not conferred with ownership rights as they were not treated as the State Subjects."

".. On their migration to Jammu and Kashmir, the PoJK refugees were allotted plots on their names as they were treated as State Subjects. However, the West Pakistani refugees were given 46,666 kanals of land on May 7, 1954 in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts but were not conferred with ownership rights as they were not treated as the State Subjects.
The land was mostly allotted in Pargwal island in Akhnoor, RS Pura and Bishnah tehsils in Jammu, parts of Samba and Hiranagar in Kathua district besides some other places".

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/after-rs ... es-others/

The above highlighted from the excelsior shows the idea of kashmiriyat already flowing in the 50's to hoodwink rest of the country.
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https://www.rediff.com/news/report/in-k ... 221005.htm
In Kashmir, Amit Shah says there'll be no talks with Pak
Utkarsh Mishra, October 05, 2022

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday ruled out holding dialogue with Pakistan and asserted that the Modi government will wipe out terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir to make it the 'most peaceful place in the country'.
ddressing a public rally in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, Shah also said that assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be conducted with 'full transparency' once the Election Commission completes the exercise of publishing the revised electoral rolls.
Urging the youths to shun the path of violence, Shah said terrorism has claimed 42,000 lives in Jammu and Kashmir since the 1990s and asked whether it has ever benefited anyone.
He blamed the families of the Abdullahs (National Conference), Muftis (People's Democratic Party) and Nehru-Gandhi (Congress) for the lack of development in Jammu and Kashmir as they ruled the erstwhile state for most of the years since the country's independence.
The Union minister lashed out at those advocating dialogue with Pakistan.
"Some people say we should talk to Pakistan. Why should we talk to Pakistan? We will not talk. We will talk to the people of Baramulla, we will talk to the people of Kashmir," he said.
Shah said the Modi government does not tolerate terrorism and wants to wipe it out.
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MUST-READ Article by friend of India, Michael Rubin.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ ... ves-205316

Pakistan’s Worst Nightmare: Indian Kashmir Thrives
October 12, 2022
Please click the link and read it on the site-- the more clicks the URL receives, the better it is for the author, and the higher the article will be boosted among the ranked articles on the site (for greater visibility).
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-ne ... 39164.html
Pakistan raises Kashmir at CICA Summit in Kazakhstan. India gives it back, hard
India News, Oct 13, 2022
India and Pakistan have not had any sustained and substantive engagement since the 2008 Mumbai attacks that were carried out by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba

India and Pakistan squared off on the issues of Kashmir and meaningful engagement at a regional summit in Kazakhstan on Thursday, with minister of state for external affairs Meenakshi Lekhi calling on Islamabad to immediately end cross-border terrorism to create conditions for any dialogue.
Addressing the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures (CICA) Summit in Astana, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused the Indian government of committing atrocities in Jammu and Kashmir and said the onus for a result-oriented engagement was on New Delhi.
Lekhi, who represented India at the summit and spoke after Sharif, contended that Pakistan had again misused the CICA platform to “propagate false and malicious propaganda” against India and to distract from the focus of discussions among the grouping’s member states.
“The union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have been and will remain an integral part of India. Pakistan has no locus standi to comment on India’s internal affairs,” she said.
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I think just keep reiterating JK is integral part of India at different forums for years is not making much difference in the mindset of international audience. There be education of some historical context for people to understand what happened and going on.
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Harpreet/cestMoz/Kancha has a series of tweets on J&K.
Let me see.
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If the Indian UT is a problem for the west. Then nothing stops us from raising Alaska and California with the US.

Facts of the case be damned.
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Hawaii as well. And then there is Puerto Rico
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ ... 013662.ece
Kashmiri Pandit shot dead in Shopian, say police
Hindu Bureau, SRINAGAR:OCTOBER 15, 2022

A Kashmiri Pandit, who was a farmer by profession, was shot dead by militants in south Kashmir's Shopian on Saturday. The incident evoked criticism by regional parties in Kashmir, as at least six members of the minority community have been killed in targeted attacks by militants this year.
The victim, identified as Puran Krishan Bhat, was on his way to an orchard in Chowdari Gund Shopian when he was fired upon. His relative shifted him to a nearby hospital but he died on the way.
"Initial investigation suggested that one militant was involved in the act. The others may be nearby. A guard was monitoring the cluster (of minority community) at the time of attack. If any security lapse is found on part of the security guards and any official in charge of the area, definitely action will be taken," Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), central Kashmir, Sujit Kumar, said.
Deputy Commissioner, Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya said assistance was being provided to the family, which is planning to hold the last rites in Jammu. "The administration has made all the arrangements for the same," he added.
The victim, who owns orchards in Shopian, is survived by two children and wife.
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10 Pandit families flee Kashmir fearing targeted killing by terrorists
Senjo M R, October 25, 2022

As terrorists carried out a number of targeted killings recently, 10 Kashmiri Pandit families have left their village in Shopian district in south Kashmir out of fear and reached Jammu.
The residents of Choudharygund said the recent terrorist attacks have triggered a fear psychosis among the Pandits who lived in Kashmir through the most difficult period of terrorism in 1990s and did not leave their homes.
Kashmiri Pandit Puran Krishan Bhat was gunned down by terrorists outside his ancestral house in Choudharygund village of Shopian district on October 15. On October 18, Monish Kumar and
Ram Sagar were killed in a grenade attack by terrorists while they were asleep in their rented accommodation in Shopian.
"Ten families comprising 35 to 40 Kashmiri Pandits have migrated out of our village due to the fear psychosis," a resident of Choudharygund village who faced a death threat recently told PTI.
He said the village was now empty.
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August 5 mission will complete when Gilgit-Baltistan, PoK reunite with India, says Rajnath Singh
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ ... 060067.ece
October 27, 2022
Describing the Indian Army as “the greatest army in the world”, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on October 27, 2022 said the mission of full integration of J&K that started on August 5, 2019 “will complete when Gilgit-Baltistan and areas of the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) will reunite with India. The Defence minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 5, 2019 ended special provisions of Article 370 and walked the talk, a dream nursed for more than 70 years.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who arrived in Kashmir on October 27 morning, was speaking during the ‘Shaurya Diwas’ in Budgam district to commemorate the Indian Army’s successes made after the landing of soldiers in J&K on October 27, 1947, a day after Indian signed the Instrument of Accession with then J&K ruler Maharaja Hari Singh.

“The situation Kashmir was in, the silence of these so-called intellectuals was also responsible for it. Kashmir saw ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits and their forced migration too,” he added.
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J&K administration says there's no migration but Kashmiri Pandits disagree
Main stream media (especially Deccan Herald) has been trying to prove that Pandits are fleeing again due to BJP's moves in J&K and things are worse than the 1990s when "secular forces" (like Congress) was in power. The Pandit organisations also seems to be fully cooperating and making demands after demands; some thing which they could not even do during their first exodus (in 1990s). The Pandit organisations seems to be interested in spiting some one who actually tried to improve things.
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यह जो माल फुकती है, वोह मुझे भी चाहिए......


@PTI_News · Oct 27

India's presence in Jammu and Kashmir will be rendered illegal if conditions of Instrument of Accession signed by Maharaja Hari Singh in October 1947 are not restored: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti

10:39 PM · Oct 27, 2022 ·Twitter Web App
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Came across a blog post by a veteran armyman who went back to Kashmir, this time working in the civvie street. The observations that he made are really heartwarming. More so, since the places he visited were once the hotbed of insurgency - Anantnag, Badgam, Baramula, Pampore.
Have added some thoughts of my own as well. Sharing them here. The blog post referred above is linked within the same.
It is a must read for all!

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Now this is something really interesting since in a decade plus of my Twitter existence I don’t think I ever came across such an account of viewing Kashmir Valley from a different perspective.

I’ve read the blog post a quite few times since this morning. It is a short account of an army officer who has served in the Valley with a gun in his hand, and now returns for a different business altogether, in his new role in the organized retail sector.

A wonderfully penned chain of thoughts that has triggered this thread. The contrast in both the situations couldn’t be more different, as is aptly depicted by the two photographs used in the blog.

The first picture depicts the person while in uniform, a gun in hand, possibly on a shooting range since one can just about make out what seems to be a practice target ahead.

The second pic of of the same person, this time NOT in uniform, standing in what looks like a saffron field. You can still see some uniformed persons in the background, however they aren’t there because of the blogger, or for him!
I’ll go thru the blog post in a while. But what I intend to write before that is a perspective from two different perspectives – One of a fauji and the one from the locals that @different_take interacted with as part of his new job.

Firstly, the young employees of his organized retail chain that he had gone to meet and possibly, assess/review their work.
One strand that stands out constantly is the optimism in their hearts, regarding their future.
This is a HUGE marker of current situation.
I’ll explain how.

You see, this is a generation of Kashmiris that was born AFTER the Valley erupted in violence in the 90s. Most of them would be under 30 years old. All that they would have seen in their young lives would be the fight between Pakistan sponsored terror and Indian security forces.

In short, I would call this a generation brought up in the shadow of guns and death ever since they first opened their eyes.

An entire generation that would, in all probability, be suffering from some sort of PTSD in varying degree, both individually as well as collectively.

If you think I am kidding, I’ll remind you that Burhan Wani was alive till just over six years ago, and the intense demonstrations and stone pelting after his killing would have had atleast a few of these same people or atleast their acquaintances too throwing stones.
Going further back in time, their school yrs would have seen long closures thanks to the never ending Bandhs called by various ‘stakeholders’!

Talking of bandhs, when was the last time you heard ANY news about Hurriyat Conference? Or anyone even talking about them? Get my point?

One can only imagine these kids growing up into the young adults that they are today – With not even a stray strand of hope for a ‘normal’ future.

Yet, here they are, excited to be on the cusp of a journey that will bring about prosperity to their lands.
A LOT have been accomplished by all concerned, especially since the abrogation of Article 370 and thereafter.
The govt has made the separatists and vested political interests, irrelevant.
The security forces have ensured continuing peace, occasional incidents notwithstanding.

But most importantly, the LOCALS have embraced the change. They are the ones that are working hard towards a better future for themselves. And mind you, those born after 1990 are doing so without any prior reference point, or experience of any bit of lasting peace in their lands!
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Sachin wrote:J&K administration says there's no migration but Kashmiri Pandits disagree
Main stream media (especially Deccan Herald) has been trying to prove that Pandits are fleeing again due to BJP's moves in J&K and things are worse than the 1990s when "secular forces" (like Congress) was in power. The Pandit organisations also seems to be fully cooperating and making demands after demands; some thing which they could not even do during their first exodus (in 1990s). The Pandit organisations seems to be interested in spiting some one who actually tried to improve things.
Sachin Saar,
In most of the cases of the targeted killings, where the reporting seems to have gone into an overdrive of sorts with the hindus or pandits fleeing from the valley, seem to be mostly sourced from the local reporting from certain newspapers/channels. There is a vested interest in trying to show that situation has completely gone off rails after the article 30 abrogation while silently trying to imply that it was a paradise before with same article 3A and 370.
There have been killings and they will continue (nomatter how small a number in terms of incidents) until the people of Kashmir themselves put an end to it.
Also lest we forget there are certain individual Pandits and Pandit organizations that have stood with the Abdullahs and Mufti's and will keep playing for the scraps. the recent expose on Meta vs the wire also had some "kaul" guy whose father is a spokesperson for the National conference and was also demanding for the re-imposition of the said article 370.
Indians will have to bear with this loss and make structural changes to the polity and policy of kashmir to break the back of Abdullahs and muftis.
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Sachin wrote:J&K administration says there's no migration but Kashmiri Pandits disagree
Main stream media (especially Deccan Herald) has been trying to prove that Pandits are fleeing again due to BJP's moves in J&K and things are worse than the 1990s when "secular forces" (like Congress) was in power. The Pandit organisations also seems to be fully cooperating and making demands after demands; some thing which they could not even do during their first exodus (in 1990s). The Pandit organisations seems to be interested in spiting some one who actually tried to improve things.
Sachin Saar,
In most of the cases of the targeted killings, where the reporting seems to have gone into an overdrive of sorts with the hindus or pandits fleeing from the valley, seem to be mostly sourced from the local reporting from certain newspapers/channels. There is a vested interest in trying to show that situation has completely gone off rails after the article 370 abrogation while silently trying to imply that it was a paradise before with same article 35A and 370. The comment of Abdullah after evry killing that none will be left out (with respect to hindu killings) is also trying to stoke the same embers.
There have been killings and they will continue (no matter how small a number in terms of incidents) until the people of Kashmir themselves put an end to it.
Also lest we forget there are certain individual Pandits and Pandit organizations that have stood with the Abdullahs and Mufti's and will keep playing for the scraps. the recent expose on Meta vs the wire also had some "kaul" guy working in logicall.ai whose father is a spokesperson for the National conference and was also demanding for the re-imposition of the said article 370.
Indians will have to bear with this loss and make structural changes to the polity and policy of kashmir to break the back of Abdullahs and muftis.
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https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/mukhtar- ... g-scribes/

Mukhtar Baba mastermind behind threatening scribes
JK Police investigatrions after
" the emergence of the list of over a dozen Kashmiri journalists who were accused of being “collaborators”."

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An intelligence assessment based on inputs from Central Intelligence Agencies suggest that Baba, visits Pakistan frequently from Turkey and is behind propagating false narrative, grooming youngsters in the Valley for terrorism under the banner of The Resistance Front (TRF), which is an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
It said that Sajjad Gul who is originally from Srinagar is one of the main operatives of the TRF and is also involved in issuing threats. The agency has identified six persons who are in touch with Baba and are providing information to him.
The agencies have identified more than six persons including four journalists and two government employees on the basis of objective evidence. They have recommended a mission-based approach to expansively identify these elements, collect evidence by way of mapping their properties, their telecommunication usage, and their travel within the country and abroad to provide an effective response to the challenge.
Baba, originally a resident of Srinagar, shifted to Nowgam before escaping to Ankara, Turkey. He has built a network of informers from within journalists on the basis of whose inputs he has prepared the current hit list.
“He remained affiliated with terror outfit Hizbullah in the 1990s and was shunted out from the outfit after he was found involved in selling 40 AK series rifles belonging to Hizbullah to another terrorist organization,” a dossier about Baba read.
“Thereafter, he remained associated with Masrat Alam-led Muslim League and is notorious for his coercive means to compel journalists and media outlets in the Valley to toe Pakistani and terrorist line in reporting and opinions,” it read further.
Sources stated that he has always been close to Pakistani agencies while being active in Srinagar with several secessionist outfits. Baba has also been active on social media, making all out efforts to push the narrative at the behest hostile foreign agencies.
Baba, 55, had worked as a journalist with four Valley-based organisations earlier and is very familiar with the media environment in Kashmir. He was lodged in Jammu’s Kot Bhalwal Jail for quite some time in 1990.
As per reports, Baba was placed in Turkey sometime in 2018 by Jodha Carin Fischer, an American national of German origin who operated in Jammu and Kashmir as a deep penetration ISI agent for almost eight years before her cover was blown and she was forcibly deported out.

Srinagar Police on November 12 said that a case has been registered against handlers, active terrorists and Over Ground Workers of terror outfit LeT and its offshoot TRF for online publication and dissemination of a direct threat letter to journalists and reporters based in Kashmir. The FIR was filed under sections 13 of the UAPA, and sections 505, 153B, 124A and 506 of the IPC in Shergari Police Station.
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wig wrote:https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/mukhtar- ... g-scribes/

Mukhtar Baba mastermind behind threatening scribes
JK Police investigatrions after
" the emergence of the list of over a dozen Kashmiri journalists who were accused of being “collaborators”."

excerpts
An intelligence assessment based on inputs from Central Intelligence Agencies suggest that Baba, visits Pakistan frequently from Turkey and is behind propagating false narrative, grooming youngsters in the Valley for terrorism under the banner of The Resistance Front (TRF), which is an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
It said that Sajjad Gul who is originally from Srinagar is one of the main operatives of the TRF and is also involved in issuing threats. The agency has identified six persons who are in touch with Baba and are providing information to him.
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As per reports, Baba was placed in Turkey sometime in 2018 by Jodha Carin Fischer, an American national of German origin who operated in Jammu and Kashmir as a deep penetration ISI agent for almost eight years before her cover was blown and she was forcibly deported out.
A most interesting name has come out Jodha Carin Fischer, who was deported by India in 2016 and was living in the then CM's residence running policy for J&K with some NGO, also seesm to be related to that "hurriyet mom" Robin Raphael and seesm to be spewing venom on India day in and day out. She is currently operating out of Pak and DC looks like and still spewing venom on India.

She seems to blame Ajit Doval for her deportation. God knows how many more snakes are embedded in the various ministries across the country in different sates - kerala, TN, jharkhand, WB, Delhi all come to mind)
Delhi seems to have some Jasmine shah in its policy rolls that also seems suspect.

The video done by a telugu analyst with nationalist leanings. Sorry its in telugu, but encompasses most of the points listed in the news link below.

https://www.indianarrative.com/kashmir- ... 73823.html

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Omar Abdullah was chief minister from 05 jan 2009 to 08 jan 2015 and then after Gov rule for the intervening period was succeeded by the late M M Sayeed was chief minister , J&K from 01mar 2015 to 07 jan 2016 when he passed away. he was succeeded by his daughter Miss M Mufti on 4Apr 2016 and she continued till 20 jun 2018
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https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/day-2-af ... of-mirpur/
Day 2 After the fall of Mirpur
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the author has detailed the murder of fleeing Hindu civilans from Mirpur, J&K the rape of women in the aftermath of partition
this is the truth of the Pakistan Army
We could also see the soldiers in Pakistani uniform crossing the valley as they were being chased by the Indian soldiers from across the valley. Gunshots could also be heard as the fleeing Pakistani soldiers were firing as they passed through the villages. Large columns of civilians could be seen on the ridge line across the valley, probably they were the lucky ones from among us who had reached the safety of the Indian army. Even before we could make up our minds on what to do next, we were surrounded by a bunch of uniformed Pakistani soldiers.
A burly sergeant fired a shot from his service revolver to draw our attention and announced that no harm shall come to us if did as per his bidding. Much relieved one of the elders from our crowd approached him with folded hands and requested that some water and food could be arranged for the children and the sick on a priority basis. He assured him that he will do whatever is possible within his means and ordered his men to share little water from their hip bottles with the very small children. My baby brother and I too got a drought of water each. Then he ordered us to retrace our steps and we were led to a downhill path on our right side after covering about one hundred meters. It was quite a steep slope and was covered with loose gravel people grabbed the shrubs to prevent skidding. As we climbed down the slope the vale narrowed down and we reached a pond of water when he asked everyone to quench their thirst and move on. Seeing water after about thirty-six hours we all had our fill splashed all over soaked Dupttas and turbans to carry some of it along with.
We were to climb the opposite side which was equally steep. It must have taken us almost one hour to cover the steep climb of about three hundred meters after which there was a level ground spread over a vast area comprised of many fields after the harvest. Starved and dehydrated we moved at a languid speed and were held back in our steps when we spotted a dead body with his throat slit with a sword, blood was still oozing from the wounds. He was recognized by many as Sohan Lal a prominent businessman of the town, a few yards ahead there was another body and then another and yet another some of them were axed while others were butchered with swords and bayonets. There was no doubt that we were nearing our end as we spotted a group of fifteen to twenty armed civilians ahead of us, they were sitting guard over their recent achievement. Twenty to thirty dead bodies were heaped up one above the other, some of them were still breathing and writhing, probably they must have clumped up together to ward off the blows when the marauders were hitting them with swords spears, and axes. We stopped moving when we spotted a bunch of about fifteen marauders armed with swords, spears, axes, iron rods and harvesting sickles, and wearing clothes soaked in fresh blood, waited for the worst but soon some Pakistani soldiers overtook us and ordered us to move on with the assurance that nobody is going to be killed. As we passed by the dead and not so dead many of them were dear ones. One of my mother’s aunts with a wide gash across her shoulder called out my mother by her name and very meekly requested her for a drought of water, we moved on without any response but heard her calling out to her killer (Prava ek aour phat mar te miki mukti dey) to deliver another blow to finish her life. My mother’s eyes were soaked in tears as she muttered Mammi ji. (Wife of her mother’s brother)
The mid-day sun was adding to our discomfiture when we reached a wide recently harvested field we heard the sound of hoofs advancing towards us from behind. Soon we were encircled by ten to fifteen armed riders on their horses. Their leader Fazal Ellahi was a prosperous farmer from a neighboring village and was a well-known face in Mirpur as he frequented the place for trade and commerce. He addressed the crowd and expressed sorrow for the fall of Mirpur and added that he was there to punish one Vipin Kumar who was a journalist and brought out a weekly paper by the name ‘Sadakat’ wherein he had written against the Muslim League and creation of Pakistan. He asked his men to look for Vipin Kumar in the crowd but before that the latter walked out of the crowd to face him. Vipin Kumar’s wife and children clung to him but Eiiahi’s men held them back. He was asked to stand in the field a little away from the crowd while Fazal Ellahi got down from the horse and aimed his rifle at him from a distance of about five meters. The first shot hit him on his stomach but he kept on standing with white turban still on his head, two more bullets pierced through his head and chest and he collapsed on the ground. Women in the crowd shrieked loudly while Ellahi and his men vanished.
We were ordered to move on even Vipin Kumar’s wife and children were not allowed to go near his body. Thirst and hunger had taken us backstage as we had walked through the valley of death since the morning. We reached the village by the name of Akalgarh and were taken to a school building and were pushed into the empty classrooms and packed like sardines with nothing to spread on the floor or cover our bodies. The room was bolted from the outside. There was pin-drop silence in our room barring cries of some infants, my kid brother was clinging to my mother’s breast though there was nothing for him. After about an hour or so the door opened with a bang and in came about five or six soldiers with torches in their hands throwing light on everyone’s face. The young girls and women were pulled out anyone who resisted or protested and held the hands of their daughters, wives or sisters were mercilessly beaten up with the military boots or rifle butts. They must have picked up six or seven women and taken them away and bolted the room once again. Everyone in the room started crying and kept groaning for the rest of the night. I was too young to know why the ladies were taken away.
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Administration in J&K have renamed the main chowk in Baramulla to "Bindaas chowk" after a braveheart that laid down his life in the line of duty.

constable Mudasir Ahmad alias "Bindaas" had laid down his life while fighting terrorists in Najibhat area on May 25th this year. The police of J&K have decided to honor him, hopefully this inspires local people to stand and fight against terrorists and shun the rhetoric from across the border. There is a video of the same in the daily excelsior link.

Police constable Mudasir Ahmad name was saved as Bindaas among RR personnel in their phones that were working with him during operations. His cousin bilal ahmed had died in August 2019 during freeing hostages in an operation in baramulla. I would like the administration to atleast take care of the family that has lost two of them in the line of duty.

the second url has more info on the braveheart. please click on the links if you want to drive traffic to that site.

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/adm-rena ... baramulla/

from the article above
He said Mudasir Ahmed alias Bindaas, who a constable in J&K police, was killed in an encounter in Najibhat area of Kreeri on May 25.
The Chowk was renamed after approval for it was given by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
Mohammad Maqsood Sheikh, father of the slain cop said he was thankful to J&K police and was proud of his son who sacrificed his life.
“He made the nation proud by his supreme sacrifice. My son is not going to return back, but we are proud of him,” he said.

https://www.newsbharati.com/Encyc/2022/ ... shmir.html
It is said that his Mobile number was saved under the name "Bindas" by almost all Army/RR Personnel who worked with him in Counter Infiltration/Terrorism Operations. He got this nickname for his fierce/unpretentious nature while undergoing training at Kashmir Police Training Center, his outstanding performance at the Army Commando School and his extraordinary bravery in Skirmishes. With passage of Time, a Fine, Ruthless, Daredevil Police Commando shaped in persona of Mudassir.
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He was reluctant to carry/use Hand Grenades. Reason being; a Hand Grenade is always thrown from a distance, thrown through a Window/Door and while doing this he could not/was not actually able to see person he was/were throwing the Grenade at. This is True. And Mudassir did not like it. He wanted to see who he is harming/injuring/killing. As per his Colleagues, Mudassir always used to enter the Terrorist Hideout from front, his AK 47 blazing, firing directly on Enemy
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His Cousin, Special Police Officer Bilal Ahmed, was killed in August 2019 during an operation undertaken by Security Forces to free innocent Civilians Hostages in Baramulla. He was honored for his Valor with the award of Shaurya Chakra. Since then, Mudassir has been depressed. He became Philosopher. Mudassir was fully aware that Sword of Death always dangles on heads of Army/RR/Police Commandos operating in the Valley. He believed in maxim that; Inexplicable Destiny has kept/marked name of every agile, physically fit, always ready for battle and skilled in wielding weapons Soldier on "that one bullet". "Jitni Zindagi Hai, Utnihi Honi Hai; Na Kam, Na Ziada”.
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A five year old video:
Sushil Pandit, Well-Known Kashmir Activist In Conversation with Rajiv Malhotra.
Some details that people may not know are revealed by Sushil.



We are past the 370!
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Very intresting points of view from 2 former army officers about taking back POK
some of the statements made by them were shocking to me, if you do watch it please do so with an open mind.

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Another set of news coming from J&K,
The security apparatus has seized the properties of the now banned Jamaat-e-Islami organization in J&K and are in the process of sealing/confiscating further properties belonging to them.

So far close to 90-100 crores worth of property has been identified (funny how a donation based organization running/projecting itself like an ngo has property worth crores).
The second daily excelsior link points to the Geelani's house built on propreitary land that is also owned by jamaat and is now being sealed.

The govt has identified properties where some businesses have rented these properties and are paying rent to the Jamaat. the govt has decided to let them be as they didn't want to penalize businesses who might not have known about jamaat anti India activities.
My opinion is that the govt should take the rent itself rather than letting that money flow into the coffers of jamaat.

Some links about the same.

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/sia-atta ... -e-islami/
https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/jamaat-e ... -srinagar/
https://www.opindia.com/2022/12/jamaat- ... th-crores/
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Arming village defence comittee again how good effective is this measure
Has been tried in the past and elsewhere(there was Salva Judum to tackle Maoist)
My concerns is about : a. ready stores for terrorist to seize weapons b. how adequate the training for the defence committee in maintenance :roll:
On a lighter note reminds me of a passage in 'Grapes of Wrath' novel:
Training in a boot camp the Regimental SM(equivalent) drilling into the recruits with a ditty whilst holding a SLR in one hand and his own truncheon in the other and signing : this is my rifle & this is my gun, one for fighting and one for fun ! :rotfl: :rotfl:
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Pakistan: Protests rock PoK as Gilgit Baltistan demands reunion with India
Muzzafarabad: Furious at the discriminative policies of the Pakistan government that had exploited the region for several decades, the people of Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are now demanding a reunion with India.
In a video that has gone viral on several social media platforms, a huge rally in Gilgit Baltistan can be seen demanding the reopening of the Kargil Road and reunion with their fellow Baltis in the Kargil district of the union territory of Ladakh in India.
Meanwhile, slamming the Pakistan administration for its policies against Gilgit Baltistan, former PoK PM Raja Farooq Haider urged an end to the land grabbing by the security forces in the Himalayan region.
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Rsatchi wrote:Arming village defence comittee again how good effective is this measure
Has been tried in the past and elsewhere(there was Salva Judum to tackle Maoist)
My concerns is about : a. ready stores for terrorist to seize weapons b. how adequate the training for the defence committee in maintenance :roll:
On a lighter note reminds me of a passage in 'Grapes of Wrath' novel:
Training in a boot camp the Regimental SM(equivalent) drilling into the recruits with a ditty whilst holding a SLR in one hand and his own truncheon in the other and signing : this is my rifle & this is my gun, one for fighting and one for fun ! :rotfl: :rotfl:
These people need to be armed to protect their lives and families, and should be allowed to procure arms. The arms control regime/bureaucracy in India has failed them. It does not feel light to dismiss their needs and concerns with humor.

For you points of concern:

a. Terrorists in JnK UT have ready supply of firearms, and snatching them is high risk, low return. These fears should not come in way of self defence rights.
b. I have lived in Naxal terrorism affected areas. Even one person with a gun deterred them from brazen attacks, while earlier they'd lay seize to the whole village going house to house killing their targets. They'd wait for person with gun to go out to plan attacks. Something very similar has been happening in JnK with targeted attacks. Villagers with firearms will have great deterrence effect. Terrorists are after them as soft targets when beaten by security forces. With some armed villagers, terrorism and the ecosystem will be forced closer to its grave.

That being said, the concerns with villagers not being trained enough and handling firearms poorly is justified. This is an outcome of extreme levels of arms control that denied them having weapons (and hastily done photo ops make it look worse). If we had a steady program to enable training and arms licenses for people living in terror affected areas, the training aspect would have improved. The solution is not to delay this any further for want of training, otherwise we'd be complaining about the same in next few decades too.
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It is time to revive and strengthen the village defense committees. They should be provided with better lighter and easier to handle newer guns instead of the antique rifles. Ones that are enough to defend themselves easily but not worth for terrorists to loot and use. Also, hindu community should voluntarily train arms handling to one in every family to be able to defend in time of need.
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madhu wrote:Pakistan: Protests rock PoK as Gilgit Baltistan demands reunion with India
Muzzafarabad: Furious at the discriminative policies of the Pakistan government that had exploited the region for several decades, the people of Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are now demanding a reunion with India.
In a video that has gone viral on several social media platforms, a huge rally in Gilgit Baltistan can be seen demanding the reopening of the Kargil Road and reunion with their fellow Baltis in the Kargil district of the union territory of Ladakh in India.
Meanwhile, slamming the Pakistan administration for its policies against Gilgit Baltistan, former PoK PM Raja Farooq Haider urged an end to the land grabbing by the security forces in the Himalayan region.
They are not demanding a reunion with India.

They are protesting against the paki goverment (taxes and pakjabi land grab) and want reopening of kargil-skardu road.

The snakes are basically saying 'we the people of G-B (with our birathers in Kargil) deserve the right to self-determination'

In not-said words they are hoping to get special status (like their kashmiri Ms got for so many decades) to leech off India
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Rsatchi wrote:Arming village defence comittee again how good effective is this measure
Has been tried in the past and elsewhere(there was Salva Judum to tackle Maoist)
My concerns is about : a. ready stores for terrorist to seize weapons b. how adequate the training for the defence committee in maintenance :roll:
On a lighter note reminds me of a passage in 'Grapes of Wrath' novel:
Training in a boot camp the Regimental SM(equivalent) drilling into the recruits with a ditty whilst holding a SLR in one hand and his own truncheon in the other and signing : this is my rifle & this is my gun, one for fighting and one for fun ! :rotfl: :rotfl:
Rsatchi Saar,
The village protection committees are being revived with the Lt.Gov supposedly taking a favorable stand on the same of the reports are true. The village protection committees were disbanded by successive kashmir govts with false hopes of peace from across the border and also about paying them a stipend/salary apart from training them.
The village committees are generally armed with old 303 rifles, something which most J&K police no longer uses and generally there are two to three trained people per village.
The terrorists have much modern ak's so them trying to steal the old 303 will not be the case.
Also in the recent attack on hindus in Jammu, it is said that the firing by one of the village committee member with his old 303 in the air or in the general vicinity caused the terrorists to flee not withstanding their martial race otherwise the casualties would have been higher.

So steps are being taken as we speak, maybe a little faster implementation would be better.
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Another set of news from J&K,
The govt/office of the Lt.Gov seems to have released a list of persons/politicians who have illegally grabbed land under Roshini Act and it includes lot of people from political parties to bank officials, bureaucrats and many more.
The Roshini Act was brought in by Abdullah govt to regularize the encroachments on govt land for a "small fee". this fee was to help with generating power/electricity for the sate of J&K hence the name roshini. It had a cut off date of 2005 which was later extended multiple times after Gulam Nabi Azad led congress govt came to power with also watering down the rules. This fee was supposed to generate some 25000 crores but ended up generating something to the tune of 76 crores for regularizing 71000 acres of land in Jammu and 4000 acres of land in Kashmir. The red flag was raised by CAG in 2014 over this land scam/Roshini act.

The list includes PDP, National conference, Gulam Nabi Azad's brothers and also BJP leaders with bureaucrats and builders who tried to take land in the name of development.

links for the same. the first link has some prominent names of land grabbers with the details of the land.
the second provides the timeline and extensions for the regularizations and its constant extension. what was supposed to be a cutoof date of 1990 has been extended to 2005 and further after congress PDP govt came to power.

https://www.indianarrative.com/india-ne ... 95867.html

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/w ... 2020-11-25

https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-p ... the-hammer
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https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/kashmir- ... bulldozer/

Kashmir – The bluster against the bulldozer
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Bhatindi lies in the peripheries of Jammu. A vast upland stretch covering hundreds of kanals was handled by the Gujjars and Bakarwals for a long time. Perhaps they also paid a small tax for grazing the cattle and they would pitch temporary tents to live in. During the summers, they would migrate to cooler mountain heights either in Jammu or in the Kashmir region. This practice continued for so many decades.
The Gujjars became virtual owners of these state lands but without any official order or notification. During the time of Mehbooba Mufti as the chief minister, an order was issued to the administrative departments and the police establishment that the Gujjars will not be evicted from their possession of these lands. The government did not specify in that order the status of the Gujjars who used these lands as grazing fields for their cattle.
The Gujjars thought that they were now the de facto owners of the land and the government had issued clear orders of their non-eviction. But the Gujjars misunderstood the order and thought they were the real owners of these lands and had a right to its sale-purchase system.
is said that during the days when Farooq Abdullah was the chief minister, the Revenue Department had made a move to evict the Gujjars from these lands which were owned by the government as per the revenue records. Apprehending that the government would sooner or later confiscate the land, the Gujjars sold some land to very influential political andadministrative personalities. It is said that they gifted pieces of land measuring from 1 kanal to 25 kanals to VIPs and other highly influential personalitiesconnected with J&K politics and administration. But the understanding was that the lands should be sold only to the Muslims and not to Hindus or Sikhs.
In this way, Bhatindi became a fast grown Muslim locality because those who had purchased these lands for peanuts were influential persons in the political or ruling segment of Kashmir Muslim society. Farooq Abdullah is reported to have grabbed about 20 kanals of land on which he has built a palatial building.
Scores of Kashmir-based Muslim political activists and bureaucrats down to lower rungs managed to grab chunks of land and built houses. In a short time, a huge Muslim township came up. Since among the occupants of land and bungalows in Bhataindi were influential Muslims in the services or politics, it was very easy for them to divert maximum funds from the urban development department and the Jammu Municipality department towards the development of infrastructure at Bhatindi locality. Thus, the roads, drains, water supply, electricity and other civic facilities were provided in a very short time.
so much for the secular credentials of the Kashimr political parties
This was all because most of the Muslim bureaucracy was putting up in Bhatindi and the curious thing is that not a single non -Muslim was allowed to purchase land and raise a house as in the case of Sidra.
a scam by the name of Roshni and the Congress govt headed by Azad
When the rumours spread because some disgruntled elements had tried to approach the court and challenge the clandestine occupation of the government land, the political leadership was alerted. They tried to find a way out so that the land was turned into a legal occupation.
Thus was born the Roshni Act. The legislators were quick to pass the bill so as to have their pound of flesh. The Roshni Act stipulated that the lands belonging to the government in Jammu would be sold to the bidders and those who had already grabbed the patches and raised houses were also eligible for bidding. By a clandestine arrangement in which the government was a partner, the bids never crossed a specific low level. In other words, a kanal of land that would normally cost ten thousand rupees was sold through a bid to the successful bidder for ten rupees. And only Muslims were accepted as bidders. In this way, a general loot of the government landed property was distributed as munificence among the top political leaders, bureaucrats, influential personalities and even cronies who could have created a fus. Thousands of kanals of land was thus clandestinely passed on to theland grabbers against paltry cost. This practice was completed when Ghulam Azad was the chief Minister. He wanted to keep both PDP and NC in good humour.
and the land jehad- illegal occupation of land with a mind to subvert the population of jammu,
Some interested persons approached the court with a case of fraud committed by the government. The State High Court conceded that it was a case of huge fraud and ordered that illegal occupations should be evicted. However, the state administration sat on the files and the order of the High Court and did nothing. People thought and rightly that there was a nexus between the land grabbers and the government. That was the reason why until this day the government did not act on the orders of the High Court.
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