Day: December 24, 2015

Kashmir faces power crisis amid bone-chilling cold

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People aghast as PDD resorts to over 15-hour power cuts  No respite in power outages despite protests Kashmir is reeling under power crisis as Power Development Department (PDD) is resorting to frequent power cuts at a time when the valley is in the middle of intense cold spell with night temperature falling many degrees below freezing point. The power cuts have thrown life out of gear across the Valley and people complain that PDD is resorting to more than 15-hour power cuts in a day.  None of the area is…

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Mother-son duo killed after VDC member opens fire in Rajouri

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A mother-son duo died after a member of Village defence Committee (VDC) allegedly opened fire on them in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, said an official. News agency GNS reported that the VDC member Mushtaq Ahmad, son of Mohd Sharief R/O Mohra Dhaveen village in Budhal area of Rajouri district opened fire upon the woman and her four-year-old son after barging inside her kitchen at Samote village today morning. “In the firing incident, the duo sustained serious bullet wounds”, GNS reported, adding that the injured were immediately shifted to…

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Senior Police Officer critically injured in militant attack in Bijbehara

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At least two policemen were injured in south Kashmir on Thursday when militants opened fire at a police party on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway. Preliminary reports suggest the militants opened fire at a police party headed by sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) in Bijbehara area, Anantnag district, around 48 km south of Srinagar. The two injured cops, including a DSP-level officer, were shifted to the Army Hospital, where their health condition is said to be critical. The attack comes just a day after security forces pasted posters of militants in Tral, south…

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Temperatures dip in Kashmir, Pahalgam records Minus 8.5

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Jammu and Kashmir reeled under intense cold weather as minimum temperature dipped further across the state on Thursday. The weather office has forecast dry weather for the next two to three days. “Minimum temperatures are likely to fall further due to dry weather in all regions of the state,” an official of local meteorological office told IANS. Dry weather coupled with clear night sky has intensified cold and chilly conditions. Mercury dipped below the freezing point in Srinagar and settled at minus 4 degrees compared to previous night’s minimum of…

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Redeeming for lost Pride of Kashmiri Pandits

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Recently I read a story about a teenage boy who was complaining his mother about the way he had been ridiculed among his peers and friends. His friends were taunting and making of fun him. Reason being he did not know about his aboriginal place, his family history and was unable to converse in his mother tongue. That narrative was about a young boy belonging to an indigenous tribe in Papua-New Guinea. He had been adopted by the Christian family and taken away from his ancestral village to New Zealand. He had…

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Utilize services of Wadoo, Ishfaq, Parvez: Sports fraternity to Govt

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Sports fraternity of Kashmir has stressed upon Government to utilize the services of the star players like Mehrajuddin Wadoo and others for the development of sports in the State. The football governing body of the State, J&K Football Association (JKFA) has asked the Government to utilize services of the star players like Wadoo and Ishfaq Ahmad and others for the development of sports. JKFA District President Fayaz Ahmad Sofi while talking to us said:  “Players like Wadoo have played at highest level of football in India. He along with Ishfaq…

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Pahalgam to host maiden ice climbing event

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With the aim to add new dimensions to the itinerary of the adventure sports activities in State, Tourism Department, Kashmir is all set to organize first ever ice climbing event at Pahalgam. The event would open new avenues of the adventure sports activities in the State as it would be first time that such an event or attempt would be carried out. For the purpose the adventure wing of Tourism department in collaboration with J&M Mountaineering and Hiking Club (JKMHC) has identified the two spots fall in the Aru and…

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BJP to protest non-inclusion of Oct 26 as holiday: Nirmal Singh

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The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on Wednesday said it would lodge a “strong protest” over the decision of the state Government for not declaring October 26 as holiday. Talking to media on sidelines of press conference here senior BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said the party would register strong protest with the Chief Minister for not conceding to its demand of declaring October 26, When Jammu and Kashmir “acceded” to Union of India, as holiday. To a query that it was a major demand of BJP while…

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Temp dips as higher reaches of Valley receive fresh snowfall

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Met department predicts more showers, snow   The higher reaches of Kashmir Valley Wednesday received fresh snowfall while many areas in the plains received rains leading to drop in temperature, as the MeT department predicted more showers and snow. Fresh snowfall was recorded in the famous tourist resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam and many areas in the higher reaches of the Valley, while the plains, including Srinagar, received rains during the night, a MeT Department official said here. Around one inch of fresh snowfall was recorded at Gulmarg and Pahalgam…

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Eid-i-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW) today

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Eid-i-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW) is being celebrated with full reverence, devotion and religious fervour across Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. The day marks the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Religious processions, special prayer meetings and Seerat conferences are being organized across the State to mark the occasion. Special functions will be organized at various shrines and Masjids across Kashmir. The biggest congregation will be held at Hazratbal Shrine here, where the devotees in large numbers would offer special prayers and have glimpse of the holy relic of Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Meanwhile,…

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