Resistance Issue new protest calendar, Shutdown for only two day (Friday & Saturday)

Joint resistance leader, Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Wednesday issued fresh protest calendar with only two days of shutdown. The calendar is as follows: Activities Fridays (No Relaxation) Friday Freedom Congregation Post Friday prayer, hold Freedom Congregationsacross Jammu & Kashmir at the places identified and agreed upon locally and mutually; Resistance/Masjid Committees/Youth Volunteers of Villages/Localities coordinate & ensure the arrangements Saturdays (No Relaxation) Tehsil Headquarters Azadi March From 7 am, join Azadi March towards respective Tehsil Headquarters. March on two wheelers(Motorcycles & Bicycles) and…

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Patients suffering due to defunct machines at SMHS Hospital: DAK

An association of doctors today claimed that cancer patients were suffering due to defunct radiotherapy treatment machine, which was damaged in the floods of 2014, at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital here. The Doctors’ Association Kashmir (DAK) in a statement said the radiotherapy treatment machine at SMHS Hospital, which was damaged during September 2014 floods, had not been replaced yet. The association said cancer patients were suffering “immensely due to lack of radiotherapy facility”. “The radiation oncology unit of SMHS Hospital that was hit by floods has not been…

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‘Political Interference’ renders Kupwara headless, Er Rashid protests, locks main gate of DC Office

While J&K Government boasts of taking governance to the doorsteps of common man, Kupwara district in north Kashmir is without administrative head for almost a month, which has taken a toll on day-to-day affairs of governance in one of the sensitive districts in Kashmir. The “deep political interference” in the administrative matters in the district is seen as a reason for reluctance of officials to their posting in the district. The position of District Development Commissioner Kupwara is lying vacant for past 25 days after government removed former Deputy Commissioner…

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‘Best Film Award’ grabbed by Kashmiri Students

Two young Kashmiri students Purtaas and Zameen Jalal won the best Film Award in Category B for their filom Noori-the light. Thirteen-year-old Purtas and 10-year-old Zameen Jalal both studying in Linton Hall School Rajbagh respectively in 8th and 5th class directed and produced the award winning film on worlds’ first Pashmina Clone Goat. The award ceremony was held at National Physical Laboratory Auditorium. Another documentary film Saving the Saviour on Wular Lake Kashmir directed and produced by Jalal-ud-din Baba won Best Film Award at India International Science Film Festival 2016.…

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World Bank pauses Indus Water Treaty Arbitration

The World Bank (WB) has announced a pause in arbitration between Islamabad and New Delhi on the matter of the two dams being constructed by India, calling on both countries “to consider alternative ways to resolve their disagreements.” In the aftermath of rising cross-border tensions following the Uri army base attack and an Indian surgical strike, Prime Minister NarendraModi in November threatened to stop honouring the Indus Waters Treaty and block the flow of water into Pakistan. India is constructing two hydropower projects on the Chenab and Neelum Rivers in…

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Track-II team meets civil society members in Baramulla

The former union minister Yashwant Sinha led track-II delegation held deliberations with different groups at Dak Bunglow here in north Kashmir on Tuesday. Sources said the civil society members stressed upon the visiting delegation about the importance of settlement of Kashmir issue. While conveying the visiting delegation about the pain and misery which people of Kashmir are facing since 1947, the civil society members expressed their deep concern over the lack of meaningful dialogue over Kashmir dispute. “If Government of India is sincere about the peaceful resolution of K-dispute, then…

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Sub-Zero night temperatures in most parts of Kashmir Valley

Sub-zero temperatures prevailed at night in most parts of Kashmir division with a thick layer of fog engulfing the Valley, even as the Met department here predicted mainly dry weather in the state in the week ahead, expected to cause a drop in the mercury. Dense fog engulfed many parts of the Valley, including summer capital Srinagar, this morning, leading to poor visibility and causing difficulties to motorists, an official of the Met department said here. The city had witnessed mainly clear skies for the last two days after a…

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