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TopicHizbul Mujahiddeen

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ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from India.

J&K Police arrest 2 Hizbul terrorists ‘involved in 1990 killing of Mirwaiz Farooq Shah’

On 21 May 1990, Mirwaiz Farooq, the head priest of Srinagar's Jama Masjid, was killed by Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists who are believed to have seen him as a 'peacenik' and an 'Indian agent'.

Kashmiri jihad has disappeared. Its only hope now is for New Delhi to make big mistakes

Since 2001, jihad in Kashmir has often been perched on the edge of the abyss—only to claw its way back because of the failure to build a democratic political order.

Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander killed in encounter with security forces in J&K’s Kupwara

Mehrazuddin Halwai, a top commander of the militant group who was involved in several terror crimes, was killed Wednesday in retaliatory action, the police said.

2019 communication blackout, Pakistan — why 2020 saw spike in Kashmir youth joining militants

Police data shows 2020 saw the highest number of youth join militant groups after 2018. Experts say Pakistan's agenda is to project militancy as 'local resistance'.

Hizbul chief Salahuddin, Indian Mujahideen’s Bhatkal among 18 designated as terrorists

Home affairs ministry designates 18 new names as terrorists under the amended UAPA 2019. Prior to the law, only organisations could be tagged as terrorist entities.

Hizbul Mujahideen trying to re-establish base in North Kashmir, says Army

This came a day after 3 Hizbul militants were killed in an encounter in Northern Kashmir where only ultras from Lashkar-e-Toiba & Jaish-e-Mohammad had been neutralised in recent years.

118 militants, 11 of them Pakistanis, killed in 6 months, 48% dip in recruitment: J&K Police

Of the 118 slain militants, 57 belonged to Hizbul Mujahideen, 24 to Lashkar-e-Taiba and 22 to Jaish-e-Mohammad, IGP, Kashmir, Viijay Kumar said.

J&K Police arrests slain militant’s mother for posing with gun, ‘recruiting men for terror’

55-year-old Naseema Banoo was arrested in connection with an FIR filed in 2018. A photograph showed her posing with a machine gun, sitting next to her militant son.

How the Riyaz Naikoo encounter unfolded, as his Beighpora village watched in ‘surprise’

Security forces took three days to zero in on and kill Riyaz Naikoo, who was one of the Valley’s most wanted and longest surviving militants.

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Piyush Pandey brought the language of small towns into ad agency corridors: Prasoon Joshi

Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.