June 13, 2016 | Kashmir POST

One gunman killed, Three CRPF men wounded in suspected militant attack in Udhampur

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 Editor

Terrorists on Monday attacked a CRPF camp on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Kud area of Udhampur District, according to SSP of Udhampur. One terrorist has been killed in encounter with security personnel while 3 CRPF jawans have been injured in the operation, according to CRPF sources. Traffic has been stopped at J&K National Highway by security forces for the safety of passengers, according to ANI. Reports say terrorists opened fire at the CRPF team when they stopped a bus for checking. This is the second attack in the state by…

BJP terms Kashmiri separatists as ‘Pakistani agents’

June 13, 2016 Editor

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 13 June dubbed the Kashmiri separatists as ‘Pakistani agents’ and blamed them for creating disorder in Jammu and Kashmir after they conducted a meeting on the Sainik colony issue. Saying that they are following instructions given by the kingpins in Pakistan, BJP leader Ravinder Raina told ANI: “These Separatist leaders are Pakistan’s agents. They take money from Pakistan and follow the instructions of their bosses in Pakistan and work on their command.” “As far as separatists are concerned, the turmoil that has been created…

Older Pandits yearn for past, Gen-next finds no future : Return to Kashmir

June 13, 2016 Editor

When a teary-eyed Mehbooba Mufti offered milk to Goddess Ragnya Devi at Kheer Bhawani, 27 kilometres from here on Sunday, she became first head of Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir in a long time to perform puja at Tulmul’s famous Hindu temple. The chief minister, later, raised her hands in prayer for peace and prosperity in the state, a gesture that touched the hearts of thousands of Kashmiri Pandits gathered for the ceremony, who seek separate colonies to be able to return to the militancy-affected homeland. “She is head of the…

Two devotees hurt in stone-pelting incident as thousands of Kashmiri Pandits throng Kheer Bhawani Temple

June 13, 2016 Editor

Mehbooba, who visited the shrine, used this occasion to reach out to the pandits. Two women devotees were injured in a stray stone-pelting incident even as thousands of Kashmiri Pandits thronged the shrine of Mata Kheer Bhawani to participate in the annual mela at Tulmula village in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Police said unidentified miscreants were pelting stones on a new police post when a bus carrying pilgrims to Mata Kheer Bhawani shrine was passing by at Wanpoh village in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Friday evening. “A stone…

Opposition fails to push for resignation of ‘tainted’ minister

June 13, 2016 Editor

Opposition parties in the state legislature have failed to mount pressure on the PDP-BJP coalition government on the issue of land grabbing by Minister for Animal Husbandry Abdul Gani Kohli. The Vigilance Organisation is probing a case against Kohli and has found that the minister has grabbed around 10 kanals of forest land. The Animal Husbandry Minister has raised a huge structure on the forest land at Nowabad in the Sunjwan area of Jammu city. A BEd college, ETT college, paramedical school, public school and a branch of J&K Bank…

Tulmulla sees Prayers, Protests & Communal Harmony

June 13, 2016 Editor

Scenes of communal harmony mixed with resentment among a section of the migrant Kashmiri Pandits were witnessed today at the shrine of Ragnya Devi at Tulmulla, 27 km from Srinagar city. Thousands of Pandits from all over the country prayed during the annual Mela Kheer Bhawani as the Hindu festival this time coincided with the fasting month of Ramadan after around three decades. A large number of local Muslims, ranging from street-side vendors and common residents to government officials, too were present at the shrine to welcome the devotees. Keeping…

Kashmiri Pandits welcome but not separate colonies’ : Separatists’ meet

June 13, 2016 Editor

The seminar, held at Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s Hyderpora residence, was jointly organised by the two Hurriyat factions and the JKLF. SEPARATISTS Sunday welcomed the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley but unanimously opposed setting up of separate townships for them or Sainik colonies. At the first such seminar of separatists from different groups in eight years, moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq proposed setting up of a committee for “people-to-people contact” with Kashmiri Pandits for their return to the valley. The seminar, held at Hurriyat chairman…

Dara emerging as new site for adventure tourism

June 13, 2016 Editor

Located on the outskirts of the city, the Dara locality is emerging as the new site for adventure tourism as the state government plans to promote it as the venue for paragliding. “In order to tap adventure tourism potential in Srinagar, the Department of Tourism is promoting paragliding at Dara which is close to Srinagar city,” a government spokesman said. The paragliding takes flight at Astan Marg in Dara and flies for about 10 to 15 minutes before making a landing at Harwan. Around five to six flights sail in…

Mehbooba’s U-turn, Separatists Geelani, Farooq freed : Sainik Colony Row

June 13, 2016 Editor

Ignoring the opposition from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday retracted her decision to put separatists leaders, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest to prevent them from holding a protest rally against the proposal to set up a Sainik Colony in Kashmir. The separatist leaders Geelani and Farooq, who were arrested earlier today ahead of their meeting on the Sainik Colony issue, have been released. Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chief, Muhammad Yasin Malik, who was also…