August 30, 2017 | Kashmir POST

Wailing Zohra’s viral picture depicts many realities of Kashmir Conflict

August 30, 2017 Editor

The latest viral picture of a wailing school girl, Zohra has again depicted the many realities of Kashmir conflict. Zohra lost her father, an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police, Peer Abdul Rashid when suspected militants shot at him at Mehandi Kadal area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday. The press photographers, who had gone to cover the wreath-laying ceremony of the slain police officer at District Police Lines in Srinagar, could not ignore Rashid’s daughter in tears. Soon Zohra’s picture went viral on the internet and the netizens expressed…

Expect rain on Eid, says Meteorological Department

August 30, 2017 Editor

The Meteorological Department has forecast rain and thunderstorm in Srinagar city and other parts of the Kashmir valley on Saturday, the first day of Eid-ul-Azha. In a forecast bulletin issued today, the Meteorological Department said wet weather was expected in the region for three days beginning Friday later this week. The department said rainfall was expected at a few places in the Kashmir valley on Friday and Saturday. The downpour is also likely in Srinagar, the department said, where light rain is expected on Friday while thunderstorm with rain is…

Prayers mark annual Urs of Shah-e-Hamadan(RA)

August 30, 2017 Editor

The annual Urs of revered Sufi saint Mir Syed Ali Hamadani was observed with traditional fervour today at the Khanqah-e-Moula shrine on the banks of the Jhelum in old city. After night-long prayers (shab khawani) at the shrine that had started after ‘Isha’ prayers last night at 10.30 pm, the devotees today offered prayers and supplications at the shrine throughout the day on the Urs of the saint, popularly known as ‘Shah-e-Hamadan’. “The devotees thronged the shrine from all over Kashmir in large numbers on the occasion of the Urs.…

After Doklam, Line of Actual Control in Ladakh a worry for Army

August 30, 2017 Editor

Even as the two-month-long standoff at Doklam between soldiers of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) and the Indian Army near border tri-junction in Bhutan has ended, Chinese threat along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir continues to remain a worry. J&K shares 826-km long LAC with Chinese-occupied Tibet. While the recent scuffle and stone-throwing between border guards near Pangong Tso (lake), 165 km from Leh, on August 15 during the Doklam crisis holds a great significance in the border dispute along the 3,488-km…

Supporters, Opponents intensify campaign over Special Status

August 30, 2017 Editor

As the Supreme Court has accepted the plea of the J&K Government to hear the petitions challenging Article 35A after Diwali, supporters and opponents of the Article have intensified their awareness campaigns to mobilise support for their respective causes. The Peoples Democratic Party and the opposition National Conference (NC) have already started educating people on the benefits of Article 35A, which ensures special status to J&K. Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is on a tour of the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri to educate people about the Article.…

Dir Tourism inaugurates 25 day Kayaking, Canoeing camp at Nigeen on National Sports Day

August 30, 2017 Editor

On the occasion of National Sport Day, Director Tourism Kashmir Tuesday morning inaugurated 25-day Kayaking and Canoeing camp for students of various schools at Water Sports Centre Nigeen. Hundreds of the students from Kashmir Harvard School are participating in the camp which will be followed by the students from other schools also. The camp is being organized in collaboration with J&K Water Sports, Kayaking and Canoeing Association. National players of kayaking and canoeing will be imparting training to the students who will be supervised by national women coach and International…

In this new age of militancy it is the J&K Police which is at the receiving end

August 30, 2017 Editor

On 28 August afternoon, suspected armed rebels shot at Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Abdul Rashid Pir near Lal Chowk in volatile south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Pir, who received bullet injury in his abdomen, was first moved to district hospital Anantnag for treatment from where he was immediately referred to Indian Army’s 92 base hospital in Srinagar. ASI Pir could not survive. The slain policeman hailed from Panzath, Qazigund in south Kashmir. Pir was not the first policeman to be killed in a suspected militant attack in the…

Jammu sans waste disposal plan

August 30, 2017 Editor

The Swachh Bharat Mission has failed to achieve targets in the state as the agencies concerned have no waste management plan for Jammu city. Though the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), which has given two garbage bins to every household and shopkeepers in most of the localities in the city, it has failed to properly manage the city’s waste. According to experts, there are two kinds of garbage —- one is wet garbage and other is dry garbage. Dry garbage can be sold to junk dealers but wet garbage requires composition.…

Mystery shrouds death of two Rajouri youth in Shopian

August 30, 2017 Editor

Police recovered bodies of two youth from the orchards of Palpora Narwaw area of the south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. The duo were identified as Suhail son of Asif Iqbal,17, and Muhammad Ather son of Abdul Razaq, 20. Both are from Rajouri district of Jammu region. The bodies were handed over to police after which the identity was ascertained. “Two bodies found near Palpora Shopian. No injury mark on bodies. Both identified. Police takes cognizance. Syringes,spoon, powder recovered,” read a tweet of state police. A police official said they…

GST ‘Troubles’ keep Eid shoppers away from Kashmir markets

August 30, 2017 Editor

Traders say still adapting to new tax regime; Import of goods witnesses a decline With just three days left for Eid-ul-Adha or the festival of sacrifice, markets in Kashmir are yet to be fully abuzz with shoppers as factors like the recent implementation of Goods and Services Tax that has led to less import of goods to the Valley have proved to be a dampener. While traders and businessmen are hoping for footfalls to increase in next couple of days, they say an average rush of shoppers is doing no…