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Kashmiri villagers shout slogans during a funreal procession of Student Mudasir Ahmed Malla at Parigam village of Pulwama district 40 kms From Srinagar on Monday 04, March 2013. who allegdly committed suicide in his hostel at Hyderabad in Andrapradesh. Locals here claimed that the student was tortured to death.

Wounded valley

Chaos and confusion dominate the political landscape of Kashmir as no serious Central intervention has happened to soothe the anger over the Army’s ac
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A tomb stone for Parliment attack convict Afzal Guru (L), adjacent to the grave of JKLF founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat (R) is seen at the Martyres Graveyard in Srinagar on February 12, 2013.

Making of a ‘hero’

For Kashmiris, Afzal Guru is a martyr. For them he is one “who was condemned unheard”.
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Activists of the Jammu and Kashmir Libration Front (JKLF) staged a protest in Maisuma area of Srinagar on 08, February 2013. Demanding reamins of hanged founder of the party Maqbool Bhat be returned to the valley for a proper funeral. Bhat was hanged to death in New Delhi's Tihar jail on 11 February 1984, after he was sentenced to death for the murder of a bank manager in Kashmir.JKLF has called for a strike on 11, February 2013.

Back to the brink

The rise of militancy and the alienation of people in Kashmir can be traced back to the hanging of JKLF leader Maqbool Butt in 1984. Although an uneas
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Srinagar story

A tribute to the city through fond memories of its glorious past.
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Chief Minister Omar Abdullah addressing the State Assembly in Srinagar on October 1.-ROUF BHAT/AFP

Reaching out

Jammu and Kashmir: The Centre launches a serious political initiative to defuse the crisis that has been raging for more than three months.
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Key players

The hard-liner Syed Ali Shah Geelani is calling the shots in the current agitation, assisted by Massarat Alam and Asiya Andrabi.
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On the boil

Conciliatory gestures from the Centre fail to douse the flames of anger in the valley.
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Rapid Action Force personnel patrolling the streets on the eighth consecutive day of curfew in Srinagar, on August 6.-FAYAZ KABLI/REUTERS

Valley on fire

The State government watches helplessly as the youth vent their ire on the mainstream political parties and snub the separatists.
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Valley of unrest

Once again Kashmir erupts in violence, and the government's decision to involve the Army is widely seen as having affected the peace process.
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Shah Faesal athome with his mother (third from left) and the rest of his family.-NISSAR AHMED

Out of the vicious circle

WITHIN hours of the Civil Services Examination results being published, Shah Faesal had become a celebrity. The telephones in his Delhi and Srinagar h
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A new role model

in Srinagar
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Bumpy ride

in Poonch and Uri
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