March 10, 2016 | Kashmir POST

Geelani Suffers a Heart Attack in Delhi; Admitted in ICU

March 10, 2016 Editor

Hurriyat Conference (g) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani has suffered a heart attack in Delhi Thursday and was rushed to Max Hospital for immediate treatment. He is in ICU right now. Family sources from Delhi said the ailing leader was driven to Escorts Hospital in the morning for routine health check up. He returned within two hours and was at his Malviya Nagar residence. It was there that he suffered a heart attack. His daughter who was attending to him drove him to Max Hospital which is the closet to his…

Militants escape after brief gunfight in Ganderbal

March 10, 2016 Editor

Militants gave slip to security men during a brief gunfight in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Wednesday. A senior police official told KP forces launched a combing operation in Wanihama Bala area of Shuhama in Ganderbal district following inputs about presence of militants there. “The hiding militants fired towards the security men. The fire was returned by the troops. Both sides exchanged fire for some time,” he said. The official said after the brief gunfight, militants managed to escape under the cover of dense forest. “An AK-47 rifle was recovered by…

Guv sanctions land for old-age home in Jammu

March 10, 2016 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has approved the transfer of two acres of state-owned land for establishing an old-age home in Jammu district. The Governor has transfered two acres of land to Social Welfare department (SWD) for setting up a composite home for elderly at village Ghaink in Tehsil Bhalwal of Jammu district, an official spokesman said. The state government had enacted the Jammu and Kashmir Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2014. The spokesman said that Vohra has directed the Secretary, Social Welfare Department, to urgently…

Migratory birds bid early adieu to Kashmir as temperature rises

March 10, 2016 Editor

Thousands of migratory birds are bidding an early adieu to Kashmir this year because of unusually hot temperatures and scant rain and snowfall. “Normally, the migration back to summer homes from the Valley by the migratory bird species starts by the middle of March, but due to unusual rise in temperatures and scant precipitation during the winter months, these avian visitors are leaving earlier this year,” said Imtiyaz Ahmad Lone, wildlife warden (Wetlands Kashmir). Lone said many species of migratory birds including Pintails, Mallards, Pochards, Wigeons and Shovellers have already…

Work on 1856 MW Sawalkot project likely to start next yr

March 10, 2016 Editor

After much delay, the work on 1856 Mega Watt (MW) Sawalkot Power Project is likely to start next year, according to sources. The proposed power project will come up on the bank of Chenab River in Tinger Panchayat, about 40 kilometers from the Ramban town. According to sources, “Originally JKSPDC had planed 600 MW power project and anMoU was signed by Sawalkot consortium which comprised SPAS of Norway, HCC of India and Ozaltin of Turkey to develop the project. However the project never took off.” Thereafter, a revised DPR estimated…

Cellular companies vandalise roads

March 10, 2016 Editor

Throwing norms to winds, the cellular companies operating in Srinagar have come under severe criticism among people who accuse them of damaging roads after laying underground optical fibre or cable wires. The cellular companies have dug up various roads across the summer capital for laying pipes. However despite the government spending crores of rupees on black-topping, these companies have once again left the roads defaced much to the dismay of common people. “There is no coordination between government agencies and cellular companies when it comes to public works. It is…

Vohra-led administration asks PDP-BJP ministers to vacate official bungalows within 7 days

March 10, 2016 Editor

In a significant development, the Governor-led administration in J&K has asked former ministers of the PDP-BJP government to vacate ministerial bungalows under their possession within next seven days as “they have no right to occupy them.” “….You are requested to kindly handover the possession of the ministerial bungalow allotted to you in your capacity as Hon’ble Minister to the Estates department within seven days from the date of issuance of this communication,” reads the notice served to the former ministers individually by the State’s Estates department. The notices were slapped…

Govt to take over NGO-run school for special children

March 10, 2016 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir government is considering taking over a special school run by an NGO for differently abled children here to meet financial requirements of the institute. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Asgar Samoon directed the Srinagar Deputy Commissioner and Director Social Welfare, Kashmir, to consider the modalities for taking over of the school at Solina in uptown city for blind, mute, and speech-impaired children by the Department of Social Welfare. Samoon gave the direction while chairing a meeting to review the functioning of various facilities for differently-abled children in both…

‘Courage of Kashmiri, Palestine, Western Sahara women highlighted at UN’

March 10, 2016 Editor

The courage of women of Kashmir, Palestine and Western Sahara was highlighted at UN in Geneva on International Women’s Day, a Hurriyat statement from Geneva said. Statement said the African Commission for Human Rights arranged a sideline event parallel to the 31st Human Rights Council where Kashmiri, Palestinian and Western Sahara activists briefed the world on the plight of women in their respective regions. The organization chose a Kashmiri activist, Shagufta Ashraf, to lead the event, statement said, adding, “Ashraf told international rights defenders that India’s army is responsible for…

Tourism and trade bodies seeks night flights for Kashmir

March 10, 2016 Editor

Representatives of various tourism and trade bodies met Principal Secretary, Tourism, Sandip Naik here today to discuss the issues being faced by them. “A detailed discussion was held on the issues raised by the travel and trade bodies who sought government’s intervention in addressing problems being faced by them in running their business activities. They demanded operation of night flights, checking of unnecessary air fare hike during peak season, introduction of chartered flights, giving industry status to the tourism sector and stopping frequent traffic police checks of vehicles ferrying tourists,”…