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Reacting on X, Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi said the teaser of Chauhaan "reopens a wound for Kashmiris who still carry the trauma of the years when pellet guns became a grim symbol of pain and permanent loss.” 28-year-old Tanveer Ahmad Bhat (name changed) of Baramulla district had ...

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Haryana’s director general of police Shatrujeet Kapur has denied the use of pellet guns against farmers, saying police had followed procedure and “only used tear gas, water cannons and lastly rubber bullets”.Ghrama remained adamant on the protest despite his injury. “This is a fight for our next generation. I ...

On Wednesday, Loitongbam Kishan Singh, a 17-year-old student, took his parents’ permission to join a protest in Imphal.Hundreds of students like Singh have descended on the streets of Manipur’s capital since Tuesday, after the state government confirmed the deaths of two students – a 17-year-old girl, Hijam Linthoingambi, and ...

Srinagar: Insha Mushtaq, who was blinded by pellet guns during the 2016 summer agitation in the wake of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, has passed the class 12th board examination with flying colours.The 22-year-old secured 319 marks out of 500 in the Jammu and Kashmir Board ...

MUMBAI: A huge majority of those who received eye injuries due to gun pellets in Srinagar between July and November in 2016 have suffered some degree of vision loss. About 80% of them have vision limited to “counting fingers”, according to a review research paper on 777 eye operations ...

After last year’s lockdown due to COVID-19, I couldn’t go for regular eye checkups to Srinagar. I have been confined to my home. I often think of my life before 2016, when I could see everything and study like other kids. Now, that life is a dream. It hurts ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over “grave violations” in Indian-administered Kashmir and has asked the Indian government to end the use of shotgun pellets against children. “I call upon the government to take preventive measures to protect children, including by ending the use of pellets against ...

#Pakistan News Every year, on Feb. 5, the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan commemorate the Kashmir Solidarity Day. On this day they renew their commitment to the Kashmiris’ inalienable right to self-determination. This right was promised to them by the United Nations more than 70 years ago. ...

ANKARA Indian forces are “maiming, blinding, and killing people” in Kashmir as they continue to defy international norms by using pellet guns as a means of crowd control, global watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday.“Time and again, Indian law enforcement’s use of shotguns in Kashmir has ...