August 25, 2017 | Kashmir POST

Viral photo of Lashkar militant carrying rocket launcher jolts Army

August 25, 2017 Editor

The picture has roused suspicion that militants in Kashmir indeed have destructive weapons at their disposal- ringing alarm bells amidst brass corridors. The picture above, reportedly of a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant roaming in freely in Kashmir, with a rocket launcher on his shoulder has stirred the security agencies. The viral picture has sent shockwaves among the security establishments in the Valley, as the militant identified as Shakoor Ahmad can be seen carrying two RPG (Rocket Projectile Gun) on his shoulders. Shakoor, a Lashkar militant has been active in the Valley…

Ram Rahim verdict leads to violent clashes in Punjab, Haryana; 25 Dera supporters dead

August 25, 2017August 25, 2017 Editor

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh rape conviction triggers riots across Haryana, Punjab; Section 144 imposed in Noida; 25 dead Massive violence has followed the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for rape. A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Panchkula, Haryana held the Dera Sacha Sauda leader guilty of rape. The situation deteriorated soon after the conviction was announced and Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was taken into custody. There have been nearly 300 incidents of violence reported from across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. LATEST UPDATES: Sirsa,…

Joint Resistance Leadership postponed August 29 Shut down call

August 25, 2017August 25, 2017 Editor

Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Friday withdrew the protest programme and August 29 shutdown call in view of deferment by the Supreme Court of hearing of petitions calling for scrapping of Article 35-A. Hurriyat (M) chief and chief cleric of Kashmir, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq made the announcement during his weekly address at the Jamia Masjid here today. Earlier in the day, the apex court agreed to hear after Diwali pleas challenging Article 35 A, relating to special rights and privileges of permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench headed…

Gurmeet Ram Rahim found guilty of rape, taken into judicial custody

August 25, 2017 Editor

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was found guilty of rape by a special CBI court in Panchkula, Haryana, on Friday. He was immediately taken into judicial custody; he will be sentenced on Monday. The Dera head was present in court when the judgment was read out. A rape conviction carries a minimum sentence of seven years and a maximum of 10 years. The court delivered its verdict in the case against the 50-year-old Dera chief after 14 long years and amid unprecedented security as thousands of Dera…

Night flights from Srinagar to start soon: Govt

August 25, 2017 Editor

The state government is all set to start night flights from Srinagar Airport after the Airport Authority of India and Indian Air Force gave security clearance and approval for the 24×7 flights. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today convened a meeting to review the modalities for starting round-the-clock flights from the airport. The operations of night flights from Srinagar Airport have been a long-pending demand of Kashmiri people. The process to start night flights picked up in May 2013 when the AAI and IAF gave the permission to the…

Right to privacy as fundamental right declares Supreme Court

August 25, 2017 Editor

‘Life and personal liberty are inalienable rights’ In a landmark verdict, the right to privacy was Thursday declared a fundamental right under the Constitution by the Supreme Court, which said “privacy is the constitutional core of human dignity”. The judgement, which will have a bearing on the lives of all Indians, said that “the right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution.” The top…

Will Supreme Court verdict have bearing on Article 35A, AFSPA, CASO?

August 25, 2017 Editor

The verdict of the nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Right to Privacy is being taken well across India but it has created apprehensions among the people in Jammu Kashmir with Article 35-A already pitting both the Hurriyat as well as mainstream parties against New Delhi. Soon after the apex court’s judgement that privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution of India, legal and political circles in Kashmir were keenly reading the verdict to see if it would impact the controversial Article 35-A, draconian Armed Forces Special…

Trader Bodies extend support to hurriyat’s bandh call for August 29

August 25, 2017 Editor

Several traders’ bodies, including Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (KTMF), Kashmir Economic Alliance and Kashmir Traders Federation (KTF) today extended support to the strike call given by the separatists for August 29. The call had been given to “resist attempts to abrogate Article 35A” that confers special rights and privileges to the state subjects. In a statement, KTMF president Mohammad Yaseen Khan said they were “ready to face bullets in order to protect the special status of Jammu and Kashmir”. “It will be an all-out war if the Centre scrapped…

Jammu, Udhampur on high alert after suspicious movement

August 25, 2017 Editor

Army, Police carried out searches in Miran Sahib area; Security strengthened in Udhampur too High alert was sounded in Jammu and Udhampur districts on Wednesday night following two reports of suspicious movement in the Miran Sahib area on the outskirts of Jammu city and possibility of infiltration on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri and Poonch districts. The police, Army and the administration were on their toes throughout the night. As a result, some schools in Jammu and Udhampur remained closed today. The police in Jammu said searches were…

Change of demography; A Myth or Reality?

August 25, 2017 Editor

Kashmir is turning away from its centuries–old diversity to preserve the Muslim majority at all costs and to rebuff the “designs of the Hindutva forces” to render the community into a minority. This time around a petition challenging Article 35A that grants exclusive rights and privileges to permanent residents of the state has been reduced to Kashmiri Muslims’ identity versus Hindus of the country to make it a religio-political issue. Right from the posh locality of Hyderpora where separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani lives to the VVIP Gupkar Road…