Day: October 13, 2017

Braid chopping incident triggers Shutdown, Clashes in Sopore, Restrictions imposed in Srinagar

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Clashes erupted in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday after the braid of a 40-year-old woman was chopped off by unknown persons in Khushal Matoo village. Reports said that the woman (name withheld) was in the kitchen of her home when unknown person sprayed something on her, knocking her unconscious, and chopped her braid. She was later taken to SDH Sopore in an unconscious state. Soon after the incident, hundreds of people assembled at main chowk area of the town and staged a protest demonstration against the…

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Heads of religious bodies stress for communal harmony in Ladakh

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Heads of various religious bodies here have underscored the need to maintain communal harmony in Ladakh. “Religious heads of all the communities should meet and resolve problems internally before spreading it to a larger scale,” said Ashraf Ali Barcha, president,Anjuman Imamia Ladakh. Tsewang Thinles, Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) president said “communal harmony in a society cannot be maintained by the efforts of only one group of the same faith.” “It needs the involvement of all the religions striving for peace and harmony in the real sense,” he said. He said…

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Pellet guns, Jails, Braid cutting can’t restore peace in Valley: Bhim Singh

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Chief Patron of Jammu Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) Bhim Singh Thursday said pellet guns, jails, braid cutting cannot restore peace in Jammu Kashmir. He appealed President Ramnath Kovind to act in accordance with the mandate of Constitution of India and special powers vested in the President in Article 370 that the President has constitutional mandate to amend or effect any change in any provision contained in Article 370 of the Indian constitution. Singh appealed President Kovind to invoke his authority to remove or declare proviso in Article 370 (3)…

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Roll back GST on Kashmir Arts demands NC

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National Conference Thursday expressed serious concern over the ‘continuous indifference of both state and central governments’ towards the plight of artisans, carpet workers, shawl embroidery workers, wood carvers and other skilled, semi skilled workers following the imposition of GST in J&K. The party demanded that the government initiates process of declaring handicrafts and other allied sectors GST exempted. Criticising the PDP BJP government over what he called ‘its inability and inaction to make handicrafts and allied sectors GST free’, NC Provincial Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar, in a written statement, said,…

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RSS has launched campaign to convert Muslim majority State into Hindu Rashtra

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Since Narendra Modi took over charge of Prime Minister of India, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has intensified its aggressive campaign to implement its age old agenda of converting this Muslim majority State into a Hindu Rashtra, speakers said on a function on Wednesday. While addressing the Media and Civil Society Groups over launch of Flag Foundation of Jammu and Kashmir, its Chairman Abdul Qayoom Khan said RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat on 6th October in New Delhi has created a controversy again over the demand “to abolish the exclusive rights of…

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Fresh Braid-chopping incidents in Srinagar, Kangan, Protests spreading across Valley

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Fresh incidents of braid chopping were reported from Batamaloo, Palapora Noorbagh and Umar Hair localities in Srinagar, while another incident was reported from Kangan area of Ganderbal on Thursday. The braid chopping incident in Batamaloo made a large number of men and women hit the streets in protest, a witness said. People also took to streets at Palapora Noorbagh against a braid cutting incident in the area, another witness said. In Nowgam, the police resorted to teargas shelling to disperse the protesters who were demanding action against the braid choppers,…

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Braid Chopping aimed at creating mass hysteria: Mehbooba Mufti

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said braid-chopping incidents were an attempt at creating mass hysteria in the state. Mehbooba on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting on the alleged braid-chopping incidents that have triggered widespread panic and are threatening the fragile peace in the region. Besides, the J&K High Court has also taken cognisance of these mysterious incidents and has sought the government’s response in the matter. “Braid-chopping incidents are attempts to create mass hysteria and undermine the dignity of the women in the state,” Mehbooba tweeted today. “The government will…

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JK will get back power projects from Center says Haseeb Drabu

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Contradiction Coalition While New Delhi continues to rule out any return of power projects to Jammu Kashmir, the State government continues to pin high hopes on it with Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu Thursday reiterating that the State would get them back from Government of India (GoI). Talking to Kashmir Post in his civil secretariat office chambers at Srinagar, Drabu said, “It is my word that we will get back the power projects from GoI.” The finance minister was referring to the assertions of Union Power Minister, R K Singh who…

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Grenade attack on parlour in Pulwama two girls injured

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Two girls suffered minor injuries after militants lobbed a grenade towards a beauty parlour near Shaheed Park in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district this afternoon. The police said the attack took place around 3.45 pm and was aimed at Rani Beauty Parlour. The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the district said a girl identified as Shubeena was brought to the Pulwama District Hospital with a minor injury on her arm. The CMO said she was discharged after treatment. Confirming the incident, Pulwama Senior Superintendent of Police Mohammad Aslam Choudhary said the…

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New incentive scheme under GST regime death trap for J&K units: Jammu traders

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Threatening to launch an agitation, traders of Jammu today criticised the Centre for its recently announced incentive scheme under the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime. They said “if the scheme is not revisited, it will serve as a death knell for majority of nearly 10,000 units in Jammu and Kashmir and render lakhs of people jobless”. The traders also sought intervention of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and threatened to hit the streets “if the promises made to them prior to the implementation of the GST regime…

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