January 27, 2016 | Kashmir POST

Fresh snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir Valley

January 27, 2016 Editor

The higher reaches of Kashmir, including the tourist resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam received fresh snowfall during the night, while some areas in the plains were lashed by rains, even as the Meteorological department here predicted a wet spell over the next few days. There was light snowfall in the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg and the hill resort of Pahalgam during the night, an official of the Meteorological department said today. He said while the department keeps no record of the snowfall in most of the higher reaches of Kashmir,…

Strike paralyses life across valley, Republic Day celebrated peacefully

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 Editor

R-Day passes off peacefully amid tight security measures Mobile internet service suspended for 3 hours Complete shutdown was observed in Kashmir on Tuesday in response to the strike called by separatist groups while tight security measures were put in place across the valley and authorities snapped mobile internet services for at least three hours. All shops and business establishments in Srinagar and other parts of the Valley remained closed while public transport was off the roads. Petrol pumps also remained closed and people also preferred to stay indoors. A heavy…

Encroachments eat up Aanchar lake

January 27, 2016 Editor

With authorities failing to take measures for conservation of Aanchar lake here, unscrupulous persons are having a field day to encroach upon the water body and undertake constructions on it. In absence of any regulation, constructions of several structures is in full swing on the banks of Aanchar lake at Upper Soura. A vast stretch of land near the lake overlooking the Kil Khan lane is abuzz with construction activity. “Though constructions are prohibited in the area, however the officials have failed to take any measures to prevent encroachments and…

Jan 27, 1994: When 27 civilians including 3 cops were gunned down by Indian Army

January 27, 2016 Editor

It was on 27 January 1994 when the troopers of 31 Medium Regiment allegedly gunned down 27 civilians including three policemen in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district for observing shutdown on the eve of India’s Republic Day. Justice continues to elude the families of victims even after the expiry of 22 long years. The First Information Report vide number 19/1994 under section 302, 307 lodged in Police Station Kupwara reads that, ““in a criminal assault, the soldiers of 31 Medium Regiment who were on road opening party duty led by field…

Udhampur DC gets state award

January 27, 2016 Editor

Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary has been conferred the state award for outstanding contribution to the field of electoral participation and showcasing best electoral practices at the Global Electoral Exhibition and Matdata Mahotsav, organised by the Election Commission in Delhi. Shahid received the award for the best District Election Officer (DEO). He was awarded for his contribution to various fields of electoral enrolment, participation and awareness. He was the DEO, Kathua, during the Assembly elections and the DEO, Reasi, during the Lok Sabha elections which registered record enrolment and…

Sagar aghast over conferring award to Jagmohan

January 27, 2016 Editor

‘He was mastermind of every massacre in Kashmir’ National Conference General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar Tuesday said that he is shocked and surprised how come Government conferred highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan to former Governor Jagmohan who was the ‘mastermind of all massacres’ in Kashmir Valley. Sagar told CNS on phone that awarding an infamous and notorious man like Jagmohan depicts moral bankruptcy. “Whole world knows how Jagmohan butchered people in Kashmir and how he planned and organized things to put people of Kashmir in trouble. Jagmohan played major role…

US-based Kashmiri group asks India to accept ground realities in Valley

January 27, 2016 Editor

A US-based Kashmiri organisation reminded India on the country’s Republic Day, which was observed on Tuesday, that Kashmir was a disputed territory as recognised by the United Nations and its obduracy to accept the ground realities were a major hurdle in peace in the region. “For Kashmiris this is not a day to celebrate but a day of mourning, a day of catastrophe when their power of self-determination was taken from them by the occupiers,” Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Secretary-General World Kashmir Awareness, said in a statement issued in Washington.…

54 JK Police men given President’s Police Medal

January 27, 2016 Editor

On the eve of 67th Republic Day, 54 personnel of the Jammu and Kashmir Police were awarded the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry, Distinguished and Meritorious Service. Officers honoured with the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service are Inspector General of Police, Technical Services, Hemant Kumar Lohia and Deputy Inspector General of Police, Central Kashmir range, Ghulam Hassan Bhat. The President’s Police Medal for Gallantry was awarded to Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) Sheikh Zulfikar Azad, Mohammad Aslam, Imtiyaz Hussain Mir, Abdul Waheed Shah, Abdul Qayoom, Shoket Hussain, Imtiyaz Ismail…

Mehbooba likely to form govt with BJP after Feb 3

January 27, 2016 Editor

Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti is likely to form the much-awaited coalition government with the BJP after February 3 if all goes according to her plan. By the evening of February 3, she would have consulted her party men in both the major regions of the Kashmir valley and Jammu province. Sources privy to her next course said although Mehbooba had kept her choice open-ended, a larger section of the legislators, particularly former ministers, were of the view that she should form the government without further delay as people…

Mehbooba, Omar attend R-Day function in Srinagar

January 27, 2016 Editor

Amid tight security arrangements, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and former chief minister Omar Abdullah attended the Republic Day function at Bakhshi Stadium, the venue of main function in Kashmir valley here today. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Asghar H Samoon was the chief guest at the Bakshi stadium, who unfurled the national flag. He took salute at the parade of the contingents of various wings of J&K Police, Fire Services, CRPF, BSF and school children. Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, both attired in the traditional Kashmir ‘pherans’ with Mehbooba wearing a headscarf…