Stone pelting reduced by 40-45% after Article 370 abrogation: Amit Shah
5 years, 4 months ago

Stone pelting reduced by 40-45% after Article 370 abrogation: Amit Shah

India Today  

Incidents of pelting stones at security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have reduced by 40-45 per cent since the abrogation of provisions under Article 370, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday. The home minister said Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian refugees coming from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh because of religious persecution would be given Indian citizenship. The minister said the Ram Mandir issue had stalled for many decades and political parties have used it for their vote bank politics. The minister said as compared to Ram Mandir issue, Sabarimala issue is related to religious beliefs and faith and concerns with pilgrims praying in the temple.

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Modi government has zero tolerance towards terrorism: Amit Shah
1 week, 2 days ago

Modi government has zero tolerance towards terrorism: Amit Shah

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the security, development, and sovereignty of India have consistently faced three major challenges – terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, left-wing extremism, and insurgency in the northeast. During this period, the total number of deaths fell by 70%, civilian deaths decreased by 81%, and casualties among security personnel were reduced …

How Stone-pelting Incidents Fell in Kashmir Post Abrogation of Article 370
1 year, 3 months ago

How Stone-pelting Incidents Fell in Kashmir Post Abrogation of Article 370

News 18  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in Rajya Sabha on Monday that Article 370 gave rise to separatism and terrorism in Kashmir and suggested that its abolition had cleared the way for an end of terrorism in the valley. Addressing the Lok Sabha last week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that in 2010, there were 2,654 stone pelting incidents …

How stone-pelting incidents have fallen in J&K after abrogation of Article 370
1 year, 3 months ago

How stone-pelting incidents have fallen in J&K after abrogation of Article 370

Firstpost  

The Centre told the Supreme Court in July that Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed ‘unprecedented progress and security’ since it revoked Article 370. Let’s take a look at how stone-pelting incidents have fallen in the Valley since 2019: ‘Unprecedented progress and security’ As per Business Today, the Centre told the apex court that organised stone-pelting incidents – which had a …

4 years of Article 370 abrogation: Has security situation improved in J&K?
1 year, 7 months ago

4 years of Article 370 abrogation: Has security situation improved in J&K?

Firstpost  

Four years ago, on 5 August 2019, the Centre scrapped Article 370, saying the move was necessary to end terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. According to police data, 174 police and security personnel were killed in militancy violence in Kashmir between 5 August 2019 to 4 August last year, a decrease from the 290 personnel who were martyred over the …

Jammu mosque hate speech: Stone pelting on forces in Bhaderwah, curfew imposed
2 years, 9 months ago

Jammu mosque hate speech: Stone pelting on forces in Bhaderwah, curfew imposed

Op India  

Stone pelting on security forces has been reported in the Bhaderwah locality of the Jammu region in Jammu & Kashmir, as per sources. After ‘chop off’ threat by Jammu cleric, stone pelting reported from #Bhaderwah @DeepDuttaJourno with this report We need to stop this blame game as to who made provocative statements & who did not. This comes after a …

Stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir 'almost nil' since Article 370 was abrogated: CRPF DG
3 years ago

Stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir 'almost nil' since Article 370 was abrogated: CRPF DG

Op India  

Speaking about the present law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir, CRPF DG Kuldiep Singh on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, said that presently the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is ‘very good’ and is improving further. The Central Reserve Police Force chief also confirmed that since the repeal of Article 370 in 2019, there have been almost no incidents …

J&K witnesses massive decrease in stone pelting in 2020: Details
4 years, 2 months ago

J&K witnesses massive decrease in stone pelting in 2020: Details

Op India  

In a positive development, incidents of stone-pelting saw an 87.13% drop in 2020, as compared to 2019 in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Singh said, “There have been 255 stone-pelting incidents in 2020 as compared to the incidents in 2019 and the year, witnessed an 87.31 per cent decline.” He further emphasised, “Law and order situation is well …

Officials Say a Sharp Decline in Stone Pelting Incidents in J&K Since Aug 5 Last Year
4 years, 8 months ago

Officials Say a Sharp Decline in Stone Pelting Incidents in J&K Since Aug 5 Last Year

News 18  

Incidents of stone pelting have come down sharply in Jammu and Kashmir after abrogation of the special status of the erstwhile state, officials said on Wednesday. Comparing the figures of stone pelting incidents during the first six months of 2020 with previous years, they said the number has fallen down considerably from 944 in 2018 to 211 so far this …

Hurriyat linked groups behind stone pelting in Kashmir
5 years, 3 months ago

Hurriyat linked groups behind stone pelting in Kashmir

India TV News  

Organisations and activists which are part of the Hurriyat are behind stone-pelting incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, the government said on Wednesday. He also said that 5,161 persons were taken into preventive custody in the Valley since August 4, 2019, a day before abrogation of Article 370, that gave special status to Kashmir, and its bifurcation into two UTs. In …

J&K post Article 370: Only 609 out of 5,000 originally detained still under preventive custody
5 years, 3 months ago

J&K post Article 370: Only 609 out of 5,000 originally detained still under preventive custody

India TV News  

Over 5,000 people were taken into preventive custody since the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha regarding militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy said that to prevent breach of peace, activities prejudicial to the …

Jammu and Kashmir: 765 people arrested for stone-pelting post abrogation of Article 370
5 years, 4 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir: 765 people arrested for stone-pelting post abrogation of Article 370

Op India  

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that 765 people have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir for involving in stone-pelting since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5. Responding to another question, Reddy said the Jammu and Kashmir administration had informed that a total of 34,10,219 tourists, including 12,934 foreigners, visited Jammu and Kashmir …

Over 5,000 separatists, stone pelters, others arrested in Kashmir since Aug 4: Govt
5 years, 4 months ago

Over 5,000 separatists, stone pelters, others arrested in Kashmir since Aug 4: Govt

India TV News  

There have been 5,161 "preventive arrests", including politicians, separatists and stone pelters, in Kashmir Valley since August 4, the day before Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370 was revoked, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday. The Centre also announced its decision to bifurcate the state into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh on August 5. …

Kashmir saw 330 stirs since repeal of Article 370
5 years, 5 months ago

Kashmir saw 330 stirs since repeal of Article 370

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: There were over 330 incidents of protests in Kashmir in last two months after Article 370 was revoked in the state, according to internal security report of the government. Areas like Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian, Ganderbal and Kupwara reported five or less protests, said the report. The report said that seven locals joined militant groups in August against 48 …

No stone pelting in Kashmir Valley for last 48 hours
5 years, 6 months ago

No stone pelting in Kashmir Valley for last 48 hours

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Not a single stone pelting incident or protest has been reported in the Kashmir valley in the last 48 hours. Sources in the Jammu and Kashmir administration told Deccan Chronicle that the daily situation report of the last two days had “nil reports” of stone pelting and protests in the Valley. The stone pelting incidents rose by another 175 …

The Wire uses language of the enemy, terms Kashmir as ‘disputed’
5 years, 7 months ago

The Wire uses language of the enemy, terms Kashmir as ‘disputed’

Op India  

After complete integration of Jammu and Kashmir into India by abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, the left-liberal establishment in the country is completely rattled. The report starts with a sentence saying that “at least 152 people have suffered injuries from tear gas and pellets in disputed Kashmir”. Although international media using the highly objectionable terms like disputed Kashmir or …

Barring stray incidents of stone-pelting, situation 'comfortable' in all three regions of Jammu and Kashmir, say officials
5 years, 7 months ago

Barring stray incidents of stone-pelting, situation 'comfortable' in all three regions of Jammu and Kashmir, say officials

Firstpost  

Barring stray incidents of stone-pelting, the situation was “comfortable” in all the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. Jammu: Barring stray incidents of stone-pelting, the situation was “comfortable” in all the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. Follow Kashmir news LIVE updates here Some shops had opened in Srinagar and the movement …

103 terrorists killed in J&K this year, Pakistan violated ceasefire 1,170 times
5 years, 9 months ago

103 terrorists killed in J&K this year, Pakistan violated ceasefire 1,170 times

India Today  

Indian security forces killed over 100 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir till June 6 this year, according to defence sources. In 2019, the security forces eliminated 103 terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, while in 2018, 254 terrorists were killed, according to a report by ANI. The sources also revealed that Pakistan violated ceasefire 1,170 times in 2019 till June 6 …

Jammu and Kashmir: Stone pelters attack army vehicles to protest killing of six militants in Shopian encounter
6 years, 4 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir: Stone pelters attack army vehicles to protest killing of six militants in Shopian encounter

Op India  

As per reports, stone pelters in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir attacked vehicles of security personnel as the army neutralized six militants in the valley. #JammuandKashmir pic.twitter.com/0YHX3sFAX9 — ANI November 25, 2018 This news surfaced after it was reported that one soldier and six militants were killed in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian district early on Sunday …

Excerpt: A New Militancy & ‘The Generation of Rage in Kashmir’
6 years, 6 months ago

Excerpt: A New Militancy & ‘The Generation of Rage in Kashmir’

The Quint  

There was little awareness of the various nuances in the opinions and aspirations of young Kashmiris—or of differences across space and time—which the survey findings explained in Chapter 4, ‘Varied Opinions’, showed. Some Indian analysts described ‘stone pelting’ in 2010 as a new form of militancy. By 2015–16, common people at places near an ongoing encounter took to pelting stones …

Srinagar: stone pelting terrorists wave Pakistani and ISIS flags, disrupt Eid celebrations
6 years, 7 months ago

Srinagar: stone pelting terrorists wave Pakistani and ISIS flags, disrupt Eid celebrations

Op India  

According to an ANI report, the celebrations of Eid-Al-Adha were marred by violence when stone pelting terrorists came out on the street, chanted slogans waved the Pakistan and ISIS flags and clashed with police personnel on duty in Srinagar’s Eidgah area, soon after Eid prayers. In one such similar ghastly act, stone pelters had attacked the funeral procession of Lt …

Jammu and Kashmir: 41 security personnel killed, 907 injured in stone-pelting, militancy-related incidents
6 years, 7 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir: 41 security personnel killed, 907 injured in stone-pelting, militancy-related incidents

India TV News  

More than 41 security personnel were killed, including 20 police officers were killed and 907 others injured in militancy-related and stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir Valley this year, officials said on Monday. Giving details, the officials said 39 security personnel, including 17 Army personnel, 20 policemen and two CRPF personnel, were killed and 96 others injured in militancy-related incidents in first …

Dip in terrorist violence in J-K under Governor rule, marginal increase in stone pelting incidents: MHA data
6 years, 8 months ago

Dip in terrorist violence in J-K under Governor rule, marginal increase in stone pelting incidents: MHA data

India TV News  

Terrorist violence has come down in Jammu and Kashmir substantially ever since the state has been placed under Governor's rule but incidents of stone pelting have increased marginally, official data show. Fourteen terrorists and five security personnel were killed during the Governor's rule as compared to 24 terrorists and 10 security personnel killed during the suspension of operations. During the …

CRPF ready to deploy women commandos in Kashmir to tackle stone pelting Jihadis
6 years, 9 months ago

CRPF ready to deploy women commandos in Kashmir to tackle stone pelting Jihadis

Op India  

The Central Reserve Police Force has prepared a team of women commandoes to tackle stone pelters. Stone pelting jihadis often attack security forces during ongoing anti-terror operations and are known to aid terrorists in escaping. Former Jammu and Kashmir CM and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti had advocated for withdrawal of cases against jihadi stone pelters but the central government had …

India TV Exclusive: Migrant workers coerced to pelt stones against security forces in Kashmir | Watch video
6 years, 9 months ago

India TV Exclusive: Migrant workers coerced to pelt stones against security forces in Kashmir | Watch video

India TV News  

Innocent people are being provoked and forced to pelt stones at Indian Army soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, an India TV investigation has revealed. "When we told them, we have come here to work and not pelt stones they started abusing us," the worker revealed that one of the owners of his factory got into a heated argument with him …

India TV Exclusive: Separatists force poor migrant workers to pelt stones at security forces in Kashmir | Watch Video
6 years, 9 months ago

India TV Exclusive: Separatists force poor migrant workers to pelt stones at security forces in Kashmir | Watch Video

India TV News  

In Jammu and Kashmir, separatists are forcing poor workers, including migrants from far away places like Uttar Pradesh, to pelt stones at the security forces. According to these workers, the factory owner took them to an encounter site one day and asked them to throw stones at the security forces. One such worker, a resident of Baghpat, narrated to India …

Stone-pelters in J&K should be shot dead: BJP MP on Centre's move to withdraw cases
6 years, 9 months ago

Stone-pelters in J&K should be shot dead: BJP MP on Centre's move to withdraw cases

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhiwani: Lieutenant General and Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Dr D P Vats on Monday said that the stone-pelters in Jammu and Kashmir should be shot dead. Vats said, "I read about the withdrawal of cases against stone-pelters but I think those pelting stones should be shot dead." Speaking at the Jammu and Kashmir Sports Conclave in Srinagar, Rajnath …

Not in national interest: J&K BJP opposes CM's call for unilateral ceasefire
6 years, 10 months ago

Not in national interest: J&K BJP opposes CM's call for unilateral ceasefire

Deccan Chronicle  

Jammu: BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit on Thursday opposed Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's call for a unilateral ceasefire during the month of Ramzan till completion of the Amarnath Yatra claiming such a step was not at all in "national interest". The party's state unit said terrorists were demoralised due to Army action and a unilateral ceasefire would ease pressure and …

J-K ministers dismiss reports of stone-pelting on tourists as ‘fake news’
6 years, 11 months ago

J-K ministers dismiss reports of stone-pelting on tourists as ‘fake news’

Hindustan Times  

Jammu and Kashmir ministers Naeem Akhtar and Tassaduq Hussain Mufti on Tuesday dismissed the reports of stone-pelting on tourists and said media should desist from spreading fake news which hurt the state’s image. During an interaction with stakeholders convened at Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre in Srinagar, state Tourism Minister Tassaduq Hussain Mufti said the Jammu and Kashmir government has always …

Government mulling amnesty for 5,500 first-time stone pelters: J&K Police
7 years, 2 months ago

Government mulling amnesty for 5,500 first-time stone pelters: J&K Police

India TV News  

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said that it was reviewing cases of nearly 5,500 people against whom cases of stone pelting have been registered in last two years. Director General of Police SP Vaida said that stone pelting cases registered in 2016 and 2017 are under review and that the government was mulling to give amnesty to first-time offenders. …

After Dineshwar Sharma’s report, Jammu and Kashmir govt withdraws all cases against 4,327 first-time stone-pelters
7 years, 4 months ago

After Dineshwar Sharma’s report, Jammu and Kashmir govt withdraws all cases against 4,327 first-time stone-pelters

India TV News  

After Dineshwar Sharma’s report, Jammu and Kashmir govt withdraws all cases against 4,327 first-time stone-pelters The decision was taken after Union Home Ministry made the recommendation in this regard after the newly-appointed Kashmir interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma submitted his report. The Jammu and Kashmir government today withdrew all cases against 4,327 people who were put behind bars after being booked on …

90% dip in stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir in 2017: J&K police chief
7 years, 4 months ago

90% dip in stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir in 2017: J&K police chief

Live Mint  

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir police chief S.P. NIA raids, he said, were not alone responsible for the change in situation in the Kashmir Valley and maintained there were multiple factors at play including demonetisation and action against top militant commanders. “ a more than 90% fall in stone pelting in Kashmir Valley as compared to the last year.It is a …

90 per cent dip in stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir this year, claims DGP of Jammu and Kashmir
7 years, 4 months ago

90 per cent dip in stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir this year, claims DGP of Jammu and Kashmir

India TV News  

Stone-pelting incidents in the Kashmir Valley have seen a drastic fall in 2017 as compared to last year, Jammu and Kashmir Police chief S P Vaid has said, crediting the people of Kashmir for the markled improvement in the situation in the restive region. " NIA raids, he said, were not alone responsible for the change in situation in the …

Downward Trend in Stone-Pelting Suggests NIA Raids Have Hit Home
7 years, 6 months ago

Downward Trend in Stone-Pelting Suggests NIA Raids Have Hit Home

The Quint  

Officials told The Quint that the absence of adverse reaction to the NIA raids at around two dozen locations in Kashmir on 6 and 7 September, as well as earlier search operations held in June and July, are positive signs for the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh who is arriving in Srinagar on 9 September on a four-day-long tour. It …

Stone pelting cases decline in Jammu and Kashmir due to NIA: Rajnath Singh
7 years, 7 months ago

Stone pelting cases decline in Jammu and Kashmir due to NIA: Rajnath Singh

Live Mint  

Lucknow: Incidents of stone-pelting have reduced in Jammu and Kashmir due to the role of the National Investigation Agency, home minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. He said the incidents of naxalism, terrorism and extremism have “You have seen the role of the NIA in Jammu and Kashmir, where incidents of stone pelting have come down. Its name sends fear …

Stone-pelting mobs help Kashmir LeT chief Abu Dujana escape police dragnet in Pulwama
7 years, 10 months ago

Stone-pelting mobs help Kashmir LeT chief Abu Dujana escape police dragnet in Pulwama

Firstpost  

Disrupting an anti-militancy operation, a stone-pelting mob helped some terrorists, including the suspected Kashmir chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba, escape from the dragnet of security forces in Pulwama district on Wednesday Srinagar: Disrupting an anti-militancy operation, a stone-pelting mob helped some terrorists, including the suspected Kashmir chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba, escape from the dragnet of security forces in Pulwama district on Wednesday, police …

Not wearing burqa while stone-pelting is against Islam: Hizbul Mujahideen
7 years, 10 months ago

Not wearing burqa while stone-pelting is against Islam: Hizbul Mujahideen

Op India  

In past couple of weeks, pictures of school and college going Kashmiri girls and women pelting stones at Indian security forces went viral. These young women were reportedly from various government colleges of Kashmir and were protesting against alleged injustices by the Indian army and security forces. Zakir Musa, the man who succeeded Burhan Wani in the terrorist organisation, has …

Kashmir unrest: Between stone-pelters and pellet guns, security personnel pay a heavy price
8 years ago

Kashmir unrest: Between stone-pelters and pellet guns, security personnel pay a heavy price

Firstpost  

Stone-pelting is back in the news with the Budgam encounter on 28 March which killed one militant but left 43 CRPF and 20 Police personnel injured. Does the state keep tabs on the “unnaturally” naturalised Kashmiris of Pakistan origin that are present in Kashmir Valley through cross-border marriages or planted by design? The preface of the book is written by …

Kashmir sees sharp decline in stone pelting incidents after demonetisation move, says Parrikar
8 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir sees sharp decline in stone pelting incidents after demonetisation move, says Parrikar

India TV News  

Incidents of stone pelting on security forces in violence-hit Kashmir have reduced drastically since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said. Speaking at an event here on Monday, Parrikar thanked the Prime Minister for the ‘daring’ move, which, he said, will also help clamp down on the …

Demonetisation has ended terror-funding, stone-pelting in Kashmir: Parrikar
8 years, 4 months ago

Demonetisation has ended terror-funding, stone-pelting in Kashmir: Parrikar

Hindustan Times  

Since the demonetisation of high currency notes terror funding has come down to zero and there hasn’t been stone-pelting on security forces, defence minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday. Defence minister Manohar Parrikar Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the “daring” move, he added the recall of Rs 1000 and 500 notes will also help clamp down on narcotic drugs, …

Cops may book more than 100 govt employees for Kashmir protests
8 years, 5 months ago

Cops may book more than 100 govt employees for Kashmir protests

Hindustan Times  

Jammu and Kashmir police are in the process of booking more than 130 state government employees under the stringent Public Safety Act on charges of directly and indirectly instigating the present unrest in the Valley. Read | Kashmir curfew enters day 50, death toll rises to 70 The Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978, allows the state to detain …

In Kashmir, Hurling Stones Symbolises Taking a Shot at Azadi
8 years, 7 months ago

In Kashmir, Hurling Stones Symbolises Taking a Shot at Azadi

The Quint  

Not much has changed, it seems, since the summer of 2010, when young Kashmiri protesters took to the streets and hurled stones at army soldiers. It was a unique protest, not just because a stone was used to express anger and anguish but also the demographic profile of the protesters took everyone by surprise, for they included young graduates, doctors …

Understanding Kashmir's stone pelters
14 years, 7 months ago

Understanding Kashmir's stone pelters

The Hindu  

As tensions escalate in Srinagar between angry mobs led by stone pelting teenagers and the security forces, there is a real fear that the situation in Kashmir is fast spinning out of control. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in his press conference in New Delhi on Monday appeared to be at pains to balance the two imperatives of …

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