As meat is turned into a political issue across India, a Muslim ironsmith in Dadri pays the price

In the Uttar Pradesh village where a mob murdered Mohammed Akhlaq for allegedly eating beef, youngsters have been avidly following the debates on cattle slaughter in Maharashtra, Kashmir and other parts of the country. Supriya Sharma   Eighteen-year-old Vandana Rana is a second-year student in the Bachelors of Pharmacy course in RV Northland Institute in Dadri, about 50 kilometres from Delhi. She has read about the ban on beef in Maharashtra. As recently as last week, she watched news on TV that Kashmiris had slaughtered cows on Bakri-Eid despite a ban…

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Tourism department to hold plethora of adventure sports

The state tourism department is planning to hold a plethora of adventure sports activities to create maximum sporting action in the Valley.  These adventure sports includes events such as the “12th Tour de Kashmir rally” that would be flagged off from Pahalgam on October 3, Saturday. This event would see participation of 50 local and 50 national cyclists pedalling to win the title. Even as some events such as an international river rafting championship to be held last month was postponed but tourism department is enthusiastic to hold this event…

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CM to promote Aru as Lavender Village

Chief Minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, Friday morning took a quick round of Pahalgam resort to take a firsthand appraisal of works on the ongoing projects related to tourism and other sectors, an official statement said. According to the statement, the CM visited the Circular Road, which has recently been macadamised, and various parks maintained and developed by Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA) and the Floriculture, Gardens & Parks Department. Secretary Tourism, Farooq A. Shah, Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, Muneer-ul-Islam, CEO PDA, Riyaz Ahmad, besides several other senior officers accompanied the Chief Minister.…

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Domestic Violence in Kashmir, Eleven severely burnt women battle for their lives

The burn ward of SMHS Hospital here symbolizes the increasing domestic violence in Kashmir as 11 severely burnt women battle for their lives. The space and resource-constrained ward struggles to cater to the load of such patients coming from all districts of Kashmir and even from Jammu, as the state government sits on the sanctioned Rs 4 Cr project under National Burn Prevention Programme of Government of India. As soon as one enters the ward, the smell of burnt flesh coupled with the swollen, disfigured bodies of women who must…

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Swach Bharat Abhyan gathers ‘official dirt’ in Srinagar

Delay in funds keeps Srinagar out of top 100  list  On October 2, the ambitious Swachh Bharat Abhyan (SBA) launched across India completed its one year but Srinagar continues to be out of the list of top 100 clean cities. Top official sources revealed the reason lies in delay in releasing funds. They said central government released funds only on last day of September—two days before its maiden anniversary. Only one-fifth of the toilets promised have so far been built, way behind the target and the larger problem is of…

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Locals Censure SMC for failing to protect Khushalsar Lake

Locals and a group of concerned citizens have censured the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) for failing to prevent encroachment of Khushalsar lake by land mafia. The concerned citizens including inhabitants of Sazgaripora and Khayeewan Mohalla said despite repeated complaints, the SMC has failed to prevent encroachment of Khushalsar near Aali Masjid, Sazgaripora and Ali Jan Road. “We thrice apprised the SMC about the problem, however no action has been taken so far. Due to inaction, the land  mafia is encroaching upon embankments of Khushalsar and its Green Belt areas. The…

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Pak fudging facts on UN resolutions: Omar

Jitendra slams Islamabad for ‘exporting’ terrorism to India Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today knocked down Pakistan’s foundation on UN resolutions on Kashmir by reminding it that it had to vacate the Pakistan-occupied-Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) first. Omar, who is the grandson of first Prime Minister of J&K Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, blamed Pakistan for fudging facts regarding the UN resolutions on Kashmir. “Will someone please remind Pakistan that as per these UNSC resolutions, they were supposed to vacate ALL of J&K 1st,” he wrote on microblogging site Twitter. Omar said…

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JK Govt bans Rani juice

Jammu and Kashmir government has banned Rani juice and advised people to avoid its consumption till further orders. The direction has come after a Srinagar resident, Yaseer Ahmad complained to CAPD against the product. Yaseer got a shock of his life when a carton of Rani juice tins he had purchased from the market burst in his house. Ahmad had purchased the juice tins from a shop at Kani Tar, here. “We were shocked as the juice tins burst with loud crash in my house,” he told. “I didn’t know…

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Farmers depressed as unknown persons set harvest ablaze in Bandipora

The farmers of Bandipora in north Kashmir Friday alleged that some unknown persons destroyed their harvested paddy crop by setting it ablaze last night. At least seven heaps of paddy belonging to four different families at Ward No. 4 Bandipora were set on fire by unknown persons, they said. The famers whose harvest was destroyed include Ghulam Nabi Parra, Mohammad Anwar Mir, Ghulam Rasool Mir and Mohammad Ramzan Mir. “We worked hard throughout the year by different ways including plouging, irrigating, removal of weeds and spraying of manure during sowing…

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Residents run marathon for clean, green Jammu

The weeklong “Clean Jammu” campaign launched by the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on September 26 concluded today with a marathon on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. A large number of students and residents participated in the run to create awareness among people to improve sanitation conditions in the city and participate in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Before the start of the marathon, floral tributes were paid to Mahatma Gandhi at Satwari Chowk. Former Prime Minister Lal Bahudar Shastri was also remembered on his birth anniversary. The marathon was flagged off…

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