Friday, October 07 (No Relaxation) UNMOGIP March From 9 am, Marchone & all from the entire Jammu & Kashmir towards the UNMOGIP Office, Srinagar and handover a memorandum to the military observers regarding India’s recent attempts of creating war hysteria to deflect international attention from ongoing People’s uprising for freedom from forcible Indian occupation of Jammu & Kashmir and also asking UNO to impress upon India to shun the violence and respect and adhere to UN charter and implement the UN resolutions on Kashmir; Offer Friday prayer Poloview ground, TRC ground and…
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Kashmiri Students robbed, held hostage at Ghaziabad hostel
Law students from Kashmir Valley admitted under Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) in Global College of Law in Dasna Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh were looted by armed robbers on Friday night (September 30). Robbers, according to these Kashmiri students who hail from different districts of Valley including Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara and Islamabad, broke into their rooms and held 12 students, two of them girls hostage at gunpoint for about three hours, and looted whatever they could lay their hands on, from computers to jewellery. A student from Islamabad who…
Read MoreUnion Territory Status demand divides Ladakh
Day after Leh’s united face over issue, Kargil district opposes demand The long-standing demand for union territory (UT) status to Ladakh today divided the region on religious lines with the Muslim-majority Kargil area telling the Centre that it was against the division of Ladakh and its separation from the state. The move came a day after the demand of a joint delegation of all political parties, religious organisations and civil society groups in Leh to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday. The Ladakh region comprises Leh and Kargil districts.…
Read More‘Scooty Boom’ amid Unrest
Sales of gearless two-wheelers have increased many times in past 2 months For past near about three months which were marked by shutdowns and government restriction with no public transport and almost invisible private transport, it is the ‘scooty’ which is riding on Kashmir roads these days. The gearless two-wheeler or scooters, commonly here know as a ‘scooty’, as brand named by the company which first introduced it in Indian market, has become the most viable option of transport during the prevailing transport. The gearless scooter which was first considered…
Read MoreCenter sanctions 20013 Solar Street lights for J&K
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission scheme State to get 30000 solar home lights also Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has sanctioned 30000 LED Solar Home Lights and 20013 LED Solar Street Lights for J&K under JNNSM special package against the proposal of 129863 SHLs and 20013 SSLs submitted by the state’s Department of Science and Technology. It is worthwhile to mention here that Jammu and Kashmir has tremendous hydro, wind and solar energy potential and the Department of Science and Technology has the mandate for harnessing and…
Read MoreSrinagar on Alert after Suspicious Movement
A sudden alert was sounded across Srinagar Tuesday and police carried out major frisking and search operations in various areas taking travelers by surprise. Police sources said they have inputs about ‘militant movement’ in the city. Witnesses said that police and SoG men, some of them with their faces covered, stopped vehicles at Sempora where they had placed a barricade. “They were stopping almost every vehicle, especially small vehicles and checking the identity of travellers,” they said. Abdur Rashid, who was travelling in his private vehicle from Pampore to Lal…
Read MoreUN Human rights head concerned over Kashmir situation
Seeks unconditional access to J&K, PaK to monitor human rights situation The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights was seriously concerned about the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir and wants India and Pakistan to avoid inflammatory remarks and de-escalate the situation through dialogue, a UN official said today. “We urge India and Pakistan to engage in a dialogue and to de-escalate the situation. The inflammatory remarks on both sides only fuel the tensions and could result in a further deterioration of the human rights situation,” a spokesperson for…
Read MoreClashes, Protests, Shutdown completes 88 days in Kashmir; Pro-Freedom rallies foiled, 50 fresh injuries
Two auto-rickshaws set ablaze in Srinagar Police fire pellets in house of TeH Gen Secy in Bijbehara, woman injured Police used force to disperse women rally at Tral Dozens injured in clashes between youth and cops 57 arrested in 24 hours: Police At least 50 persons were injured, majority of them women, when security forces foiled all-women rallies in various parts of Kashmir on Tuesday. Shutdown was observed across Kashmir on 88th consecutive day. Joint resistance leadership had called for organising all-women rallies at various district headquarters. In the ongoing…
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