Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “Four-point Formula does not want to resolve the Kashmir dispute but to dissolve it.” Ambassador Yusuf Buch Abba Eban, an international diplomat is reported to have once said, “History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they exhaust all other alternatives.” That wisdom was apparent when, in 1995, Mian Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan reportedly told India’s then Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral at Male: “we cannot take Kashmir by force, and you cannot give it peacefully; we have to find a way…
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Civilian Killed, Four injured in Pulwama Grenade Attack, Arrest spear On
2 CRPF men among 3 injured 23 youth arrested in Ratnipora, Kakapora in night raids Photojournalist beaten while covering protests A civilian was killed and three other persons, including two CRPF personnel, were injured after militants hurled a grenade at a mobile bunker of the paramilitary force in Murran Chowk area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday. The slain civilian has been identified as Muhammad Ayoob Wani, son of Muhammad Ahsan, a resident of Wusoo village in Pulwama district. Talking to Kashmir Post, SP Pulwama, Rayees Muhammad Bhat said,…
Read MoreContractors to face penalties for delaying in power project
With the implementation of the Restructured Accelerated Power Development & Reforms Programme (RAPDRP) running behind schedule, the government has directed the Power Development Department (PDD) to impose penalties on defaulter contractors. The Centrally sponsored project was supposed to be completed by the end of 2015-16 but it is still incomplete with allegations of use of poor quality material and equipment being levelled against the contractors hired by IRCON International Limited which was awarded the contract in 2014. The project has seen long delays ever since it was announced during the…
Read MoreOmar hits out at PDP for ‘Complete Subservience’ to BJP
‘Multifold increase in pellet-guns shows no lessons learnt’ ‘PDP’s deliberate silence on Sakshi Mahraj’s comments shameful’ National Conference Working President and MLA Beerwah, Omar Abdullah Friday said PDP’s “continued subservience” to the BJP was alarming and could have long-lasting adverse implications on the State and its stability. Addressing party functionaries and workers in Beerwah, Omar said the multi-fold increase in number of pellet guns from around 600 to now around 6,000 showed that the present government had chosen to not learn any lessons from the recent unrest and the devastating…
Read MoreFour laning of Boulevard to begin from March 10
After getting clearance from Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA), work on the four-laning of Boulevard road along the Dal Lake is likely to be begin by March 10, officials informed. Decks from resuming work on the four-laning of the road stretch along the lake have been cleared after LAWDA gave its No Objection Certificate to the Roads and Buildings Department. “All the modalities have been fulfilled and now the work on the four-laning of the road will start from March 10,” said Chief Engineer, R&B Kashmir, Sheikh Abdul Hameed.…
Read MoreRules bent to give govt job to Geelani’s grandson during 2016 Kashmir Unrest
When scores of Kashmiri mothers were receiving bodies of their sons covered in shrouds everyday on calls of strike by pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani throughout the latter half of 2016, his grandson managed to get an out-of-turn job with the Jammu & Kashmir government run by the PDP-BJP coalition. Highly placed sources said Geelani’s grandson, Anees-ul-Islam, was appointed research officer in Sher-e-Kashmir international convention complex (SKICC), a subsidiary wing of the J&K tourism department, flouting all rules of recruitment policy of the state government. The pensionable job fetches…
Read MoreRestrictions in Katra after traders protest over track construction
Following the clash last evening, restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPC have been imposed in Katra. Authorities have imposed restrictions in Katra, the base camp of the Vaishno Devi shrine, after local businessmen opposing the construction of a new track to the pilgrimage site staged protests and clashed with police. Businessmen and pony ride operators contend that the New Ban Ganga-Tarakota-Adh Kuwari track will hit their trade. Following the clash last evening, restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPC have been imposed in Katra. “Peace and normalcy prevailed in…
Read MoreHC asks govt to consider rehabilitation issue of affected villagers of Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project within 3 months
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the government to consider and decide in three months rehabilitation issue of villagers affected by the Kishanganga hydroelectric power project in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “The cabinet sub-committee or the delegated authority may hear the grievance of the displace families. The Commissioner Secretary for Relief and Rehabilitation is also to take part in the deliberations,” a division bench of Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and Justice D S Thakur said in its order. While the bench directed the concerned authorities to hear the affected…
Read MoreClashes erupted in parts of Valley post Friday Prayers
The police today lobbed teargas shells to quell stone-throwing protesters in the Nowhatta area of Srinagar. Meanwhile, clashes were also reported from various areas of the Kashmir valley after the Friday prayers. The protests took place in response to the separatists’ call against the “killing of innocent youth” by security forces and as part of the protest calendar, jointly issued by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik. This was for the third consecutive week that the separatists had given no shutdown call for Friday. Soon after…
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