The Congress today staged a demonstration against the hike in prices of ration being supplied to the public at fair price shops in the state. Hundreds of Congress workers, led by Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) general secretary Manmohan Singh, assembled at Shaktinagar Chowk and took out a procession up to Gurah-Morh, Bakshi Nagar. Carrying placards, the protesters raised slogans against the ruling PDP-BJP coalition and slammed it for hiking prices of ration at government depots. Manmohan Singh, while addressing protesters, alleged that the PDP-BJP combine had failed to fulfil the…
Read MoreDay: December 6, 2016
Kashmir Valley Hit with below-zero temperatures
The Kashmir division reeled under sub-zero night temperatures, with the weatherman forecasting dry weather to continue in the Valley over the next 24 hours. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, witnessed a low of minus 2.8°C last night but it was Kupwara that was the coldest place in the Valley as the mercury dipped to minus 3.8°C, an official of the Meteorological Department said. Leh was the coldest in the Kashmir division, recording a low of minus 8°C while nearby Kargil town also witnessed extreme cold last night,…
Read MoreDo away with power cuts: CM to PDD
Asks officers not to halt works during winter months Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Monday directed the divisional administration not to let the winter season in the Valley become an impediment in the execution and completion of developmental works. She also impressed upon the PDD authorities to devise mechanism for doing away with unscheduled cuts in power supply during winters. Chairing an officers meeting here to review the winter arrangements in the Kashmir Valley, the Chief Minister asked the divisional administration to identify the components of developmental works which could be…
Read MoreDistressed environment: Kashmir startups facing money crunch
State government’s hindrance to declare Kashmir as ‘riot affected/ disturbed area’ as per RBI’s Reserve Bank of India guidelines to qualify stressed loan accounts for rescheduling has resulted in start-ups, entrepreneurs, businessmen and transporters to face the brunt of financial crunch. Thousands of unrest hit start-ups in Kashmir are in an immediate need of capital for resumption of business activities following five-month long shutdown in Kashmir that halted the commercial activities. While at the same time businessmen and transporters are finding difficult to repay EMIs due to prevailing situation which…
Read MorePresident Donald Trump ready to mediate & resolve Kashmir issue
US Vice President-elect Mike Pence has opined that President-elect Donald Trump, with his unparalleled negotiating skills, is prepared to play a pivotal role in the Kashmir issue. Speaking in NBC’s “Meet the Press” show, Pence noted that the rising tensions between India and Pakistan in recent times have exacerbated the Kashmir conflict, causing the thread between the two countries to become tense enough to break. “Well, clearly there’s been great tension between India and Pakistan in recent days, which resulted in violence along the Kashmir region. And I think what…
Read MoreKU likely to defer 3rd year exams by ‘Couple of weeks’ after facing Protests
After facing resentment from students for planning 3rd year exams in December, the University of Kashmir may defer the exams by couple of weeks, sources told Kashmir Post on Monday. The undergraduate students appearing in upcoming final year exams have opposed the KU’s decision to hold their exams in the last week of December. Scores of final year students from different government degree colleges assembled at Press Enclave here on Saturday to protest against what they called KU’s “flawed” decision to hold exams in December. “Our session started in mid…
Read MoreShutdowns, the last vestige of unrest, losing efficacy
The long and violent unrest in the Kashmir valley, now nearing the completion of its fifth month, is almost over and reduced to partially observed shutdowns that are increasingly coming under questioning and losing effectiveness in the region. The widespread protests, which formed the core element of the unrest and made many localities into a no-go zone during the initial months, have now subsided as demonstrators were arrested across the Valley and several hundred were detained under the Public Safety Act, the law allowing a lengthy detention without trial. The…
Read MoreGovt foils resistance ‘Lal Chowk March’
Separatists placed under house arrest The government Monday foiled the ‘Lal Chowk March’ called by separatists by imposing severe restrictions in and around the city centre in Srinagar. Heavy deployment of police and CRPF personnel was put in place in and around the Lal Chowk area to prevent people from taking to streets to hold protest marches. Tough restrictions were imposed in and around Ghanta Ghar, Maisuma, Amira Kadal, Regal Chowk, Budshah Chowk and its adjoining areas. Authorities had sealed the Amira Kadal bridge with concertina wires and placed barricades…
Read MoreFarooq Abdullah asks Resistance to pursue ‘Movement’, ready to unite with Hurriyat
‘NC is with you (separatists) till you lead the nation in right direction’ Offers support for ‘Azadi’, says NC not against plebiscite National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday offered a partnership to the separatist leadership, who have been steering the five-month-long unrest, telling them not to consider his party as an enemy and vowing to struggle for rights of the people. Farooq said his party was ready to follow the separatists “till they are on the right path and were leading the nation in the right direction”. Putting up…
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