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Braid Chopping

  • Not just social media: What is driving India’s mass hysteria over suspicions of child lifting

    Not just social media: What is driving India’s mass hysteria over suspicions of child lifting

    Abhishek Dey
    · Jul 12, 2018 · 06:30 am
  • Jammu and Kashmir: 12 arrested for trying to immolate man suspected to be a braid chopper

    Jammu and Kashmir: 12 arrested for trying to immolate man suspected to be a braid chopper

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 21, 2017 · 04:19 pm
  • Kashmiris heed separatists’ call for shutdown in protest against braid chopping incidents

    Kashmiris heed separatists’ call for shutdown in protest against braid chopping incidents

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 21, 2017 · 01:36 pm
  • Jammu and Kashmir: Mob in Sopore tries to immolate man suspected of being a braid chopper

    Jammu and Kashmir: Mob in Sopore tries to immolate man suspected of being a braid chopper

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 20, 2017 · 04:37 pm
  • 12 injured in Kashmir after security forces open fire on mob protesting ‘braid chopping’ incidents

    12 injured in Kashmir after security forces open fire on mob protesting ‘braid chopping’ incidents

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 18, 2017 · 02:33 pm
  • Jammu and Kashmir: Mob beats up soldier suspecting him of being involved in braid chopping incident

    Jammu and Kashmir: Mob beats up soldier suspecting him of being involved in braid chopping incident

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 17, 2017 · 05:13 pm
  • ‘Not mass hysteria but planned humiliation’: Reports of braid chopping stir protests in Kashmir

    ‘Not mass hysteria but planned humiliation’: Reports of braid chopping stir protests in Kashmir

    Rayan Naqash
    · Oct 15, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • Kashmir: Elderly man mistaken for braid-chopper dies after he is hit by a brick

    Kashmir: Elderly man mistaken for braid-chopper dies after he is hit by a brick

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 07, 2017 · 04:01 pm
  • Srinagar: Restrictions imposed to prevent separatists’ protests against braid chopping incidents

    Srinagar: Restrictions imposed to prevent separatists’ protests against braid chopping incidents

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 06, 2017 · 11:03 am
  • Who is chopping women’s braids in Kashmir? Depends on whom you ask

    Who is chopping women’s braids in Kashmir? Depends on whom you ask

    Rayan Naqash
    · Oct 04, 2017 · 10:30 am