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  What Peace? Asks Angry, Grieving Kashmir Town
Pulwama: Headless bodies, bits and pieces of human flesh that became indistinguishable from fl, burnt pieces of metal and half- finished exam papers...
The bloody, scarring images left behind by Monday's car bomb attack in south Kashmir's Pulwama town - which killed 14 people and was said to be the most devastating in 16 years - are hard to shake off.
A television reporter was roughed up by locals as he went live telling viewers that a truck laden with explosives had been detonated by separatist guerrillas to cause the destruction.
www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2005/kashmir20050614c.html   (542 words)

  
 Hizb paid me 1000 rupees to hurl grenades: Pulwama attacker
The man accused of hurling a grenade outside a mosque in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama town on Friday, said on Saturday that he was paid one thousand rupees by Hizbul Mujahideen.
A resident of Litter village in Pulwama district, Nabi worked as a labourer and was instructed to kill particularly Sufi cleric Dawoodi.
Twice earlier, he was attacked in his hometown Anantnag after his sermons in audio-cassette form became very popular in the region.eanwhile, in a written communiqu sent to various news organisations, the Hizbul Mujahideen has denied responsibility for Friday's grenade attack, terming the news of its involvement as being part of a campaign to malign it.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20061111/505437.html   (305 words)

  
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And in the Vechi Degree area of Pulwama, army personnel loot the houses of suspected militants and torture Mohammad Ismail, Ali Mohammad and Abdur Rashid.
During a crackdown in Shopian Punu area of district Pulwama, troops raid several houses in the locality and torture the innocent civilians.
In Taranj area of Pulwama, occupation troops during a raid on the house of Muhammad Saeed Shah, took away valuables and arrest Manzoor Ahmed and Nazir Ahmed.
www.kashmiri-cc.ca /quarterly/kq2-4/REVIEW.htm   (5584 words)

  
 Pakistan Times | Kashmir: DNA test ordered to probe fake encounter in H-Kashmir
The Pulwama district magistrate ordered the exhumation and DNA sampling as villagers claimed that the two men killed on Feb 26 and declared liberation activists by the army were innocent civilians.
Villagers said Mukhtar Ahmad Butt, of Zaipora village in Pulwama district, worked in a bakery while Muhammad Rafiq Gania, of Augam village in Islamabad district, was a carpenter.
The bodies of the two villagers were exhumed after their relatives identified the photographs of the dead bodies of those killed by the Indian army.
pakistantimes.net /2005/03/06/kashmir4.htm   (288 words)

  
 Unjustified Killings in Kashmir - Page 2
Afzal Mir Residents of Chatergam, Shopian of District Pulwama.
SAMBOORA KAKPORA PULWAMA - 26.3.94, after a fire a shot was heard by the locals, the forces entered the houses and dragged out three boys and after ruthless beatings shot at them from a close range and killed these boys namely, Riyaz Ahmad Bhat, Ab.
Rashid and Fayaz Ahmad all residents of Kakpora, Pulwama.
www.ummah.net /kashmir/atroc/unjkil2.htm   (2459 words)

  
 Kashmir-Blast, 2nd Writethru
Residents carry a wounded civilian after police, unseen, fired warning shots and tear gas canisters to disperse local protesters, after a blast in Pulwama town, about 50 kilometers south of Srinagar, India, Monday.
The blast in Pulwama occurred in an area housing a post office, a school and a security forces' camp, deputy inspector general of police Owais Ahmad said.
Pulwama is about 50 kilometres south of Srinagar, the summer capital of India's Jammu-Kashmir state.
www.cbc.ca /cp/world/050613/w061314.html   (327 words)

  
 37 pc turnout in Anatnag, Pulwama civic polls - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Anantnag and Pulwama districts of south kashmir recorded 37 per cent polling for the civic elections held after a gap of 22 years.
Chief electoral officer Rakesh Gupta said the poll percentage was 56 in Pulwama district and 34 in Anantnag.
Polling in Anantnag and Pulwama districts was 17 per cent less than that of Srinagar elections to which were held on February 1.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/feb072005/n1.asp   (563 words)

  
 Hizb 'Bn Commdr' killed in Pulwama
Official sources said that Pulwama Police and troops of Rashtriya Rifles 55 Bn conducted a raid over a specific information on the residence of one Shaukat Ahmed Bhat S-o Jalal-ud-din Bhat at Sambora on Srinagar-Pulwama Road late last evening.
Mustafa was also wanted in the killing of head constable Muneer Ahmed of Naman on November 14, 2005, Haseena D-o Ghulam Mohammad Hurrah of Galbug on November 13, 2005, Reyaz Ahmed Hurrah of same village on December 12, 2005, and released militant Riyaz Ahmed Andrabi of Ratnipora on November 11, 2005.
Police identified some of the injured as Akbar Sheikh of Kakpora Pulwama, Dilshada of Gundar Pulwama, Ghulam Nabi Lone, Rafeeqa, Abdur Rehman Sofi, Abdul Khaliq, Ghulam Mohiuddin, Manzoor Ahmed, Wazeer Ahmed, Abdus Salam, Mohammed Yousuf Wani and Rehana Shabnum all from Pulwama town.
www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2006/kashmir20060429c.html   (606 words)

  
 Kashmir Sentinel
On 15/11/2001 I again appeared before the worthy DC District Pulwama requesting him again to provide me financial assistance and shelter to live in as the house owner where I am residing along with my family directed me to leave the room immediately.
The DC Pulwama forwarded my application to the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir requesting him that the returned migrant be paid financial assistance as per action plan duly sanctioned by the State and Central Government.
Besides, DC Pulwama also directed the Tehsildar Pulwama to accommodate the returned migrant in the safe zone of the identified cluster and report compliance immediately.
www.kashmirsentinel.com /jan2003/28.html   (2005 words)

  
 rediff.com: Militants target polling booth in Pulwama district
Militants on Sunday night attacked a heavily guarded polling station at Namblabal in Pampore constituency in south Kashmir, which goes to the polls on October 1.
Meanwhile, scores of officials brought from Uttar Pradesh for poll duty held demonstrations outside the office of the Pulwama district magistrate on Sunday afternoon complaining that the district administration was insensitive to their needs.
The Pulwama district magistrate does not bother to arrange food and other essential items for the poll staff.
www.rediff.com /election/2002/sep/29jk1.htm   (245 words)

  
 The Hindu : Front Page : 15 killed in Pulwama car blast
THE AGONY: Relatives of those seriously injured in the Pulwama car bomb blast outside the Srinagar hospital on Monday.
PULWAMA: At least 15 persons, including two schoolchildren and three Central Reserve Police Force jawans, were killed and 60 others injured when an explosives-laden car blew up at a market here on Monday.
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www.hindu.com /2005/06/14/stories/2005061407170100.htm   (503 words)

  
 Internet Haganah::Haganah b' Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Another terrorist, identified as Mohammad Imran Bhat alias Sajjad, was killed by the troops in an encounter at Wopalwan in the Awantipore area of Pulwama district on June 17.
At Shopian in the Pulwama district, terrorists lobbed a grenade targeting a Police camp.
Meanwhile, a Jammu and Kashmir Police spokesperson stated on June 17 that the Pulwama Police had achieved a breakthrough in the June 13th car bomb explosion case in which 16 persons had died and over a hundred injured.
haganah.org.il /harchives/004317.html   (312 words)

  
 Hizb denies involvement in Pulwama blast
Army claims the youth, Ghulam Nabi Mir, was tasked by the Hizb to carry out the blast in which five people died and more than 40 sustained serious injuries.
He insisted that Ghulam Nabi Mir of Litter Pulwama, who has been arrested, is an innocent civilian and that he was inside the mosque along with other Nimazis when the incident took place.
Hizb condemns the incident and is contemplating to punish the culprits,” said the spokesman.
www.kashar.net /kashmir/complete.asp?id=3076   (297 words)

  
 KashmirObserver » Pulwama school assaulted in road row
The deputy commissioner of Pulwama, Merajuddin Kakroo, and the SSP of the district, Nitish Kumar, personally rushed to the scene to bring the situation under control.
The SHO and the SSP of Pulwama and the executive magistrate are keeping an eye on the tense situation, and the police has made several arrests, with the district administration taking strong note of the incident of hooliganism.
The deputy commissioner Pulwama told the CNS that hooliganism would be firmly dealt with and no one indulging in unruly behaviour would be spared.
www.kashmirobserver.com /index.php?id=114   (297 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
The PDP won all the nine seats that went to the polls today in Bijbehara municipal committee, the native place of chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
The representatives for the municipal committees of Pampore, Khrew, Awantipore and Tral and parts of Shopian, Pulwama, Bijbehara and Anantnag had been elected unopposed while some wards in Anantnag and Pulwama districts were not contested as no nomination papers were filed.
Braving bad weather, many people in Qazigund, Dooru, Kulgam and in Pulwama came out this morning to cast their vote.
www.telegraphindia.com /1050207/asp/nation/story_4346649.asp   (352 words)

  
 Punjab Kesari NewsDetails
Srinagar : At least four persons, including a woman, were today killed and 22 others injured as unidentified persons hurled a grenade outside a mosque in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.
A group of unidentified men hurled a grenade outside the mosque as people were coming out of the mosque after offering their Friday prayers.
The grenade was lobbed by unknown assailants towards the mosque at Tahab, 31 kms from here, in Pulwama in south Kashmir at around 1.15 pm when a large number of people had gathered there to offer Friday prayers, the sources said.
www.punjabkesari.com /frmNewsDetails.aspx?uid=38383   (257 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Six BSF jawans were killed on the spot when an IED planted by militants near a BSF bunker at Madora (Pulwama district) went off at about 5 pm.
With the exception of Pulwama proper where 566 votes out of 2,174 had been polled at the two booths in Boys High School by about 2.30 pm, most other segments in Pulwama and Anantnag witnessed low voter turnout.
The lowest polling of 7 per cent was recorded in the Pampore constituency of Pulwama district in south Kashmir, while the Rajpora constituency of the district recorded the highest of 37 per cent.
www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20021002/main1.htm   (1185 words)

  
 Five Killed in Kashmir Mosque Attack - Irna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Giving details, police said grenade was lobed inside the mosque in Tahab village in Pulwama district, 42 km from here, when a large number of people had had gathered there after congregational prayers.
"The injured have been removed to the district hospital in Pulwama while those with serious splinter injuries were being shifted to Srinagar," a police official said.
Police fear increase in death toll as many of the injured were stated to be in a serious condition.
www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-234/0611109953160233.htm   (325 words)

  
 State VHAs
The "Shehjar" project at J and K is an innovative health and development project and has shown tremendous potential of bringing positive changes in the health seeking patterns of the people in Budgam distt.
Due to the suspicious nature of people, activities in Balhama were stalled as difficulties arose while organising a health camps in the area.
The Goa health collective is taking up public health concerns exp[ressed during the Goahealth meet and has initiated collaborations to activate a network to deal with issues related to migrant children, and on issues of HIV/AIDS.
www.vhai.org /state1.asp?id=InnovativeProjects   (796 words)

  
 Pulwama-like killings could provoke another crisis
The US must remain actively and effectively engaged in this region where 'our most vital interests are at stake', she said.
Meanwhile, US Congressman Frank Pallone, co-founder of the India Caucus, has condemned the massacre of 24 Kashmiri Pandits in Pulwama district and urged US President George W Bush to put more pressure on Pakistan to end its support to militants responsible for such acts.
In a speech in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Pallone said he feared that US military assistance to Pakistan would be turned around and used against India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir.
www.rediff.com /news/2003/mar/27jk.htm   (694 words)

  
 Kashmir Sentinel
Security forces gunned down a HUM terrorist in Aharbal area; terrorists killed a lady SPO at Lassipora, Pulwama and a civilian of Kharbatpora, Kulgam while a civilian injured in a blast in Tral earlier succumbed to his injuries.
Apr 12: An HM Commdr was killed in Pulwama while a physician was killed and 45 others injured in different blasts triggered by terrorists in South Kashmir.
Apr 16: Forces gunned down two terrorists in Kokernag area; terrorists gunned down a civilian at Hassanwani, Pulwama and a constable injured earlier succumbed to his injuries.
www.kashmirsentinel.com /may2003/17.html   (1212 words)

  
 Kashmir - Over 40 civilians killed as 'informers' in 2002 - Lashkar throat-cutters enjoy field day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Reban-Sursan-Munand, Matribugh-Chakora-Nilu, Sedav-Aharbal-Tangmarg, Tahab-Naunagri-Wasora and Tral-Shikargah-Panzgam are the five main belts, which are infested with foreign militants in Pulwama district.
He claimed that still around 300 militants—60% of them foreigners—would be present in Pulwama district.
In Pulwama district, even a minor slip of tongue means death.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/704052/posts   (1192 words)

  
 Geelani detained en route to Pulwama - Sify.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The separatist leaders were detained to maintain law and order as the situation in the town was surcharged following the blast which left 15 people dead and scores of others injured on Monday, official sources said.
Minor clashes between police and protestors were reported in the town on Tuesday morning, they said adding the situation was under control.
Geelani who was leading a delegation of his faction to Pulwama to condole the death of innocent persons in the blast was detained at Gadoora, they said.
sify.com /news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=13871966   (194 words)

  
 Terror strikes mosque in J&K; 6 killed : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Four teenaged girls and two boys of 13 years and 22 years age were killed and 60 others injured in a grenade attack outside a mosque at Tahab village in southern Pulwama district on Friday.
The grenade, local residents said, was aimed at a religious leader Abdul Rasheed Dawoodi, chief of Sawt-Ul-Awliya (Voice of Allah’s Friends), who too was injured in the attack.
Hemant Kumar Lohia, deputy inspector general of police (DIG) for Anantnag and Pulwama however said that it (capturing the boy) was only a rumour.
hindustantimes.com /news/181_1840396,000900010002.htm   (647 words)

  
 Militants attack SOG camp in Pulwama
Militants on Thursday attacked a Special Operations Group camp in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, triggering a fierce gun battle, official sources said.
A group of militants targeted the SOG camp at Imam Sahib in Shopian, 55 km from Srinagar, around 4.15 pm, they said.
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specials.rediff.com /news/2004/dec/09jk2.htm   (113 words)

  
 4 militants killed, officer injured in Pulwama-India-NEWS-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
SRINAGAR: At least four militants were killed while a Junior Commissioned Officer of 35 Rashtriya Rifles was injured in an encounter between militants and Army troops at Abhama in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Sunday late in the evening.
According reports, troops on a specific information laid a siege around Abhama village in Pulwama late in the evening where some foreign militants were reportedly hiding.
The militants hiding in a residential house opened fire on the troops as soon as the soldiers asked them to surrender.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/articleshow?msid=49882   (174 words)

  
 The Hindu : Front Page : Army captain, 2 Hizb militants killed in Pulwama gunbattle
In a gunbattle at Mirbagh in Pulwama, Hizb "district commander" Mujahideen Nissar Ahmed Sofi alias Tarabi and his deputy Sarfraz Ahmad alias Safi were killed.
Police sources said the area was cordoned off on information that militants were hiding in some houses.
In the encounter that followed Captain S.B. Singh also died and a jawan was injured.
www.hindu.com /2006/06/25/stories/2006062519030100.htm   (428 words)

  
 Daily Excelsior....News Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
While the car was destroyed beyond recognition, it caused extensive damage to a civilian tipper, laden with bricks, as also to about a dozen of other vehicle, including three Maruti cars, and a complex of 10 shops opposite to the school building.
Sources said that immediately after the victims of the blast were shifted to hospital, a crowd of nearly 1,500 residents of Pulwama and adjoining villages began shouting slogans against Police and the Government.
Chairman of the hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani argued that today’s blast in Pulwama was aimed at "damaging Kashmir’s freedom movement at a crucial juncture".
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/05june14/news.htm   (4147 words)

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