Boy’s killing sparks fresh clashes, curfew in Kashmir

Srinagar: Kashmir’s main city came under curfew again after thousands clashed with government forces during the funeral of boy killed in protests, police said Saturday.

Police and paramilitary troops fired tear gas, pellets and live rounds into the air to disperse the funeral procession of the 12-year-old as his body was carried to Srinagar’s ‘Martyr’s Graveyard’, a police officer said.

Residents said the boy was sprayed with pellets in the lawn outside his home, but police say he was part of anti-India protests that took place Friday.

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India to Pakistan: Stop dreaming about Kashmir

United Nations: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday told the United Nations that Pakistan should stop dreaming about capturing Kashmir because it is and will always remain an integral part of the country.

In a strong reply to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s address to the UN General Assembly last week, Sushma Swaraj hit out at the neighbour on the issue of terrorism and raked up the “human rights violations” in Balochistan.

She told the world body that India had offered an unconditional hand of friendship to Pakistan but got in return cross border terror attacks.

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