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Burhan Wani's death and a year of living dangerously

Since the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, the Kashmir Valley has witnessed deaths of scores of protesters, lives and visions of many, including teens below 15, destroyed by pellet wounds, deployment of more soldiers, a terror attack on an Army camp, a farcical bypoll, the Army’s use of a civilian as a human shield and the brutal lynching of a police officer by a mob.

July 08, 2017 06:58 pm | Updated December 04, 2021 11:02 pm IST

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Children cover their nose as they walk away from smoke shells fired by police during clashes in Srinagar on July 8, 2017.

Curfew in Valley on Wani's death anniversary

New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar was on Wednesday appointed as the Director General of the CRPF, two days after 25 personnel of the force were massacred by Maoists in Chhattisgarh. PTI Photo (PTI4_26_2017_000247B)

Stone-throwing in Kashmir on the wane: CRPF

Burhan anniversary forces early vacation in J&K

Cannabis plants being destroyed in Awantipora.

The anonymous addicts

Peerzada Ashiq,Vidya Krishnan

Battling the vigilantes: A protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, in October 2015 against the Dadri lynching

The pathology of lynching

A CRPF Jawan stands guard outside the Jamia Masjid.

Police officer Mohammed Ayub Pandith lynched outside Srinagar's Jamia Masjid

As turmoil mounts in Valley, policemen at a crossroads

Pellet guns plastic bullets

‘Plastic bullets’ sent to Kashmir

Streets of dissent: A protester throws back a teargas shell fired by police during a protest in Srinagar on Friday.

Negotiations the only option, says Geelani

NIA officials conducting a search at the Khari Baoli wholesale market in New Delhi on Saturday.

On terror funding trail, NIA conducts raids on separatists

Peerzada Ashiq,Vijaita Singh

Mehbooba Mufti during the festival at the Kheer Bhawani Temple in Srinagar on Friday

Valley unrest takes a toll on Pandits’ festival

Militant Sabzar Ahmad Bhat (left) with his brother slain Hizb-ul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. The former was killed by security forces on May 26 night and the latter on July 8 last year. File photo.

Slain militant Burhan Wani’s successor killed in encounter

Farooq ahmad Dar and with his mother at Chil in budgam.Express Photo By Shuaib Masoodi 14-04-2017

"I did not throw stones. I was kept thirsty from 10.45 a.m. till 7.30 p.m."

A policeman prepares to fire teargas at students protesting outside a college in Srinagar on Tuesday.

Fresh protests erupt in Kashmir Valley

Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin addresses rally in Lahore on July 31, 2016.

Hizb ‘commander’ quits over ideological differences

Kashmir militants kill unarmed Kulgam Army officer on leave

IS, al-Qaeda have no role in Kashmir: separatists

Villagers take part in the funeral of a suspected local militant at Belov in Pulwama, south of Srinagar on March 26, 2017.

More locals take to militancy in Kashmir Valley

Kashmir’s unending tragedy

A man looks at his mobile phones in front of shuttered shops in Srinagar. File

J&K suspends 22 social media sites

Students during a protest at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Monday.

Women students join anti-police protests in Srinagar

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 17/04/2017: Students of Government college for women try to venture out of college to register their protest in Srinagar on April 17, 2017 after the students of SP College staged a protest on the MA Road to express their anger against the last week’s Pulwama Degree college incident where more than sixty students suffered injuries in forces’ action.

Srinagar, where campuses simmer with anger and anxiety

A grab from the video, purportedly shot in Budgam on April 9, showing a youth tied to an Army vehicle.

Army uses civilian as shield, sparks outrage

Face of fury: A bus that was torched at a polling station in Budgam district of central Kashmir on Thursday.

Only 2% turnout recorded in Srinagar

Bypolls in Kashmir: A prolonged protest

Back to studies: Schoolgirls on the first day after the winter vacation in Srinagar on Wednesday.

It’s school time again in Valley

Students lost months of classes as protests were held daily in Kashmir during much of last year after Burhan Wani, a militant from Tral, was killed.

Tral in a trance over young Shaheera Akhtar’s 498/500

Wani’s kin not paid compensation

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti during budget session at legislative assembly in Jammu on Tuesday.

J&K suffered Rs 16,000 cr loss during Kashmir unrest

A pellet victim undergoing treatment in SMHS Hospital in Srinagar.

J&K govt. announces ex gratia payment of Rs. 5 lakh to kin of deceased in 2016 unrest

Kashmiri protesters throw stones at paramilitary soldiers during a recent protest in Srinagar. — Photo: AP

Hope becomes the biggest casualty in restive Jammu and Kashmir

Illustration: Keshav

A year of living dangerously

Illustration: Keshav.

The new abnormal in Kashmir

Back to business: Normal life resumed across the Kashmir Valley on Saturday after a four-month paralysis. — Photo:

Kashmir Valley back to life after shutdown

Youth shout slogans against the government as they carry the body of 76-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Khan on the outskirts of Srinagar on Thursday. Khan died after he was allegedly hit by a tear gas shell fired by the security personnel.

‘All pass’ for 9 lakh students in Valley

THE WAY FORWARD: Examinations under way at a centre in Srinagar on Monday.

Students take exams amid shutdown in Valley

Awantipora: A jawan providing free coaching to students during operation 'School Chalo' by Army at Awantipora in South Kashmir. PTI Photo (Story DES 31, 32)(PTI11_6_2016_000123B)

Army launches ‘School Chalo’ operation in South Kashmir

Amnesty slams burning of schools in Valley

SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, 08/10/2016: Kashmiri women shout slogans during funeral procession of 12-year-old boy Junaid Ahmad who was hit by pellets in Saidpora area of Eidgah on October 08, 2016, has succumbed to his injuries. Photo: Nissar Ahmad

More than a hundred days later

Abida Malik, sister of jailed JKLF chief Yasin Malik, in anguish after police fired teargas shells at protesters in Srinagar while they were demanding his release. Photo: Nissar Ahmad

In 100 days, India’s facade crumbled: Geelani

Rare visitors: Tourists from Thailand strolling on the banks of the Dal Lake in Srinagar on Tuesday.

Gun-snatching in Valley worries Army

Forebodings come true in Valley’s season of violence

People shout slogans at the funeral procession of 11-year-old Nasir Shafi in Harwan on the outskirts of Srinagar on Saturday. He was allegedly killed in pellet firing.

3,000 more soldiers deployed in Valley

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti address a press conference in Srinagar on Thursday. Photo: Nissar Ahmad

Rajnath promises alternative to pellet guns, says he is willing to talk to all

Junaid undergoing treatment in Srinagar on Sunday after being hit by pellets in the chest. Photo: Nissar Ahmad

14% of pellet gun victims in Kashmir are below 15

Iconic '60s 'Kashmir Ki Kali' poster portrays pellet pain, no romance . Photo : special arrangement

A ‘Kashmir Ki Kali’ poster wakes world to pellet blind spot

A morphed image of Shah Rukh Khan.

‘Pellet-hit’ images of leaders and stars go viral in Valley

Newspapers in Kashmir refuse to publish

Last week, about 2,800 CRPF troops were sent to the State. Photo: Nissar Ahmad

Centre rushes 2,000 additional troops to Kashmir

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea for Governor’s rule in the strife-ridden State of Jammu and Kashmir.

Behind the rage in south Kashmir

Mehboob Jeelani

Mehbooba govt. gags media, blocks cable TV

Women too bear the brunt of pellet guns

J&K Education Minister Naeem Akhtar. File photo

Will relook into circumstances leading to Burhan’s killing: J&K govt.

A woman requests a policeman cross the road in Srinagar on Tuesday. A curfew remained in place in most parts of Kashmir for the fourth consecutive day as authorities struggled to contain protests following the killing of top militant commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani.
Photo: Nissar Ahmad

Living in denial on Kashmir

A woman and her daughter cross a deserted bridge in Srinagar on Tuesday.
Restrictions are still in force in most parts of the Kashmir Valley after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.

PM asks security forces in J&K to exercise absolute restraint

Calming the Valley

Boys walk in front of closed shops during a curfew in Srinagar on Monday. —Photo: Nissar Ahmad

The rise of Kashmir’s rock star ultras

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. File photo.

Sharif attacks India after Opposition ire

Suhasini Haidar

An injured man at the SMHS hospital in Srinagar on Sunday. — Photo: Nissar Ahmad

19 men injured by pellets may lose vision

Mehboob Jeelani

Protesters throw stones amid tear gas smoke fired by police during a protest against the killing of Burhan Wani in Srinagar.

Burhan's funeral: Dangerous writing on the wall

Securitymen patrol a deserted street at Maisuma area in Srinagar on Saturday. Photo: Nissar Bhat

Burhan Wani killing: Amarnath Yatra suspended

Stone pelting incidents were reported from many areas of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Photo: Nissar Ahmad

Wani’s death triggers fury, 11 killed, 200 hurt in Kashmir

Screenshot from a video of Burhan Wani, commander of terror group Hizbul Mujahideen.

Burhan Wani, Hizbul poster boy, killed in encounter

Screenshot from a video of Burhan Wani, commander of terror group Hizbul Mujahideen.

Amarnath pilgrims won’t be harmed: Hizbul

These young militants are selfie buffs and trendy

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