SIALKOT: Seven people were killed including two students, while over 200 persons were injured seriously when police opened fire and lathi-charged at various places in Srinagar yesterday [Jan 9], says a report received here from across the cease-fire line.
… [The] Police arrested over 500 persons from Ananatnag, Baramula, Srinagar and several places for defying Sec. 144 imposed earlier. The report added that workers of the Plebiscite Front, Awami Action Committee and several other organisations took out a long procession to voice their feelings of resentment against the decision of the Indian Government to ban the entry of Sher-i-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and Mirza Afzal Beg in the valley under Safety Act. … - Agencies
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HISTORY has placed an enormous burden on the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and its leaders; especially on its president, Dr Farooq Abdullah, leader of the National Conference, and Ms Mehbooba Mufti, its vice president and leader of the People’s Democratic Party. Both were elected to these posts on Oct 24, 2020. Sajjad Lone, the People’s Conference chairman, was elected official spokesman, while the veteran leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami was elected convenor and NC leader Hasnain Masoodi as coordinator.
Lone announced that day that the PAGD has decided to prepare a “research-based white paper” for creating awareness of the fallout of the derogation of Article 370. “It will be completed in the next one month,” he said. It is understandable that the deadline hasn’t been met, for it is a massive task. Article 370’s attempted derogation is not only illegal but