Normal life remained affected in the Valley for the 119th straight day Friday due to the separatist-sponsored strike. Shops, business establishments and fuel stations across Kashmir were shut, but some were open in the civil lines and the outskirts of the summer capital Srinagar, the official said. While there were no curbs on the movement of people anywhere in Kashmir, restrictions on the assembly of people under Section 144 CrPC were in place throughout the Valley, the official said. Meanwhile, authorities on Friday again did not allow congregational prayers at…
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Protests in Soura; Injured elderly man on ventilator
A peaceful protest march was staged on Thursday in Anchaar area of Soura in Srinagar against the security forces raid that left over 40 civilians injured a day ago. Reports said that hundreds of people staged peaceful protests against the forces. The residents said that forces raid was unjustified and unprovoked. Reports said that the condition of an elderly man from Ilahibagh area of Srinagar who was hit by a tear gas shell on his head continues to be serious. The man identified as Ghulam Muhammad Khan alias Naqash was…
Read MorePrivate schools ask parents to deposit fees of ‘Unrest Period’
The attempt has drawn criticism from the parents who demand waiver of the fee since their wards could not attend the schools for about past four months. Even as all educational institutions continue to remain shut owing to the 118-day long ongoing unrest in the Valley, the private school authorities are flashing messages to parents asking them to deposit the fees of their wards of the closed period. Most of the schools are charging full tuition fee from the students for the unrest period, besides 50 per cent bus fee…
Read MoreKashmir Economic Forum demands 1 yr moratorium on loan repayments
In view of ongoing crisis, the Kashmir Economic Forum (KEF) has demanded one year moratorium on repayment of loans by the affected borrowers. The forum has urged the state government to approach the Reserve Bank of India in this regard. The forum said the banks in the state were deducting the EMI along with interest from the accounts of Valley-based borrowers, especially the businessmen who have been badly affected by the ongoing crisis. Chairman KEF Showkat Chowdhary said the deduction of EMI was depleting the “borrowers’ deposits in the banks.”…
Read MorePrivate firm to get contract of New Ganderbal hydro project
After nearly two decades, the PDP-BJP government is finally handing over the construction of the 93 MW New Ganderbal power project on the left bank of the Sindh in central Kashmir to a private firm —- Hindustan Construction Company (HCC). The decision to handover the construction of the hydropower project to HCC will be taken in the Cabinet meeting likely to be held in the third week of this month. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has directed the officials concerned to keep the construction of the power project in the Cabinet…
Read MoreGovt offers 50% Syllabus deal to reluctant students, adamant on exams
Ignoring the students appeal for deferring exams to March, the government on Thursday declared that there will be no postponement of exams and announced reduction in syllabus for the students appearing in Secondary and Higher Secondary examinations. The announcement was made by Chairman JK Board of School Education (BOSE) Zahoor Ahmad Chatt in a press briefing here. “The only purpose to hold exams in November is to save the academic career of the students who have to appear in other national and international level competitive exams,” Chatt told reporters. As…
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