April 11, 2016 | Kashmir POST

KU students march in solidarity with students harassed outside Kashmir

April 11, 2016 Editor

A solidarity march was staged at the University of Kashmir on Monday for the Kashmiri students studying in various colleges outside Jammu and Kashmir. More than 300 students assembled outside the Humanities block at the varsity and raised slogans to condemn the attack on Kashmiri students outside the state. The protesting students also raised slogans in favour of Kashmir’s independence. “It is a shame that the government is silent at the attacks on Kashmiri students studying in various Indian colleges. They are worried only about non-locals students at the NIT…

Saffron league at NIT

April 11, 2016 Editor

By DAR WASIM Well known illustrator, Jim Benton has rightly said, “School prepares you for the real world… which also bites”. It all started in the Hyderabad University, then reached JNU and now is spreading in Kashmir. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s failures on development and good governance fronts, the right wing and his Hindu nationalist supporters started attacking premier institutions invoking the “nationalism” card. Rohit Vemula paid the price of being a dalit and JNU students were arrested for speaking the truth about his ‘institutional murder’. The crime of these…

Constructions set to become costlier in Kashmir

April 11, 2016 Editor

Building constructions in Kashmir are set to become costlier, as the government has introduced SRO 105 making quarrying pricier. The government has issued Jammu and Kashmir minor mineral concession, storage, transportation of minerals and prevention of illegal mining rules 2016, vide SRO 105 dated 31.03.2016. As per the rules every mineral concession holder i.e. stone quarry, sand extractors, soil excavator has to obtain various clearances including mining plan, environment clearance, etc., before any type of extraction of building material. The united quarry association in Kashmir has opposed the rules enshrined…

Stop ‘bad cholesterol’ production to prevent tumour growth

April 11, 2016 Editor

Cancerous tumour cells expand in the human body by feeding on “bad cholesterols” found in the lipid metabolism, finds a new research. Tumour cells grow as a result of scavenging on very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) and low-density lipoproteins (LDL) — commonly known as “bad cholesterol” — in the body. The findings of the clinical trials showed that minimising the liver’s production of LDL would deprive a tumour from its constant supply and therefore reduce its possibility of growth. Tumours not only use lipids as “building blocks” to grow, but they…

The Show Must Go On!

April 11, 2016 Editor

By Basharat Ali The security bandobast, in and outside National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hazratbal, Srinagar. A Kashmiri student studying in India finds a mention in news these days. For raising a slogan, for cheering for his favourite cricket team, for not cooking beef, or, for simply being a Kashmiri student in India, anywhere in India. This Kashmiri student is not one individual but numbers in thousands. But since these thousands have many common threads, one of them is being a Kashmiri, we can talk of them as a single…

‘Medium danger’ avalanche warning for Jammu and Kashmir

April 11, 2016 Editor

A ‘medium danger’ avalanche warning was issued for higher areas of Jammu and Kashmir, advising people not to venture in these areas over the next 24 hours. An advisory to this effect was issued today by Chandigarh-based Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment ( SASE), which comes under the Ministry of Defence, here. ‘Medium danger’ avalanche warning exists for avalanche prone areas above 3500 metres altitude of Kupwara, Ganderbal, Baramula and Kargil districts of Jammu and Kashmir, the advisory said.

Growing attacks on Kashmiri students flayed

April 11, 2016 Editor

Rights bodies urged to stop attacks on students The All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, other Hurriyet leaders and High Court Bar Association have denounced growing attacks on Kashmiri students in different parts of India. Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar deplored that the Indian government had not taken any serious step to stop such brutalities. He criticized the puppet authorities for not fulfilling their responsibilities regarding protection of the Kashmiri students. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in his statement pointed out that extremist…

Several demands of outstation NIT Srinagar students met

April 11, 2016 Editor

Peace returned to NIT on Sunday as its authorities met several demands of the outstation students, like relaxation on their movement and celebrating of festivals, in a bid to defuse the tension that has been prevailing on the campus for over 10 days, officials said. However, the demand for shifting the institute out of Kashmir has been rejected. “We have issued formal orders for the implementation of many of the demands raised by the students during their meeting with the team of MHRD (Ministry of HRD) and Chairman, Board of…

NIT Students to continue protest, Section 144 remains in force

April 11, 2016 Editor

Outstation students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar today decided to continue their agitation, saying the authorities had failed to fulfil their demands. The protesting final-year students met on the campus and decided not to end the agitation till major demands were met and they were given full assurances by the administration. “The meeting continued for two hours and we decided to continue the agitation till our demands are met,” said one of the students who did not want to be named. He added that they were…

BJP Playing Double Game, exposes Mumbai Paper

April 11, 2016 Editor

Mumbai based newspaper DNA has exposed the double game that BJP is playing in Kashmir. While Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh said termed the NIT Chalo campaign as “rumours”, his party has cleverly flagged off a yatra from Delhi. Besides, its two foot soldiers Anupam Kher and Ashok Pandita have already landed in Srinagar to coincide with the arrival of the yatra. Ms Rohinee Singh of DNA has done a detailed copy on this subject. It is being reproduced here: “At a time when the PDP-BJP government in Jammu…