Day: October 24, 2017

Kashmir to observe Shutdown on 27 October: Joint Resistance Leadership

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Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for shutdown on October 27, saying “it is an unfortunate day for the Kashmiris when we were deprived of our freedom and liberty”. Calling it as “black day and the day of mourning” for the Kashmiris, JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik called for complete shutdown on the day. “71 years back India without any constitutional and moral justifications forcibly occupied the state of Jammu & Kashmir on the same day and since then Indian forces are mercilessly…

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NIA arrests Syed Shahid Yusuf, Hizb chief Syed Salahuddin’s son in Terror funding case

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In a major swoop, NIA has arrested Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin’s son Syed Shahid Yusuf, a J&K government employee, in a 2011 terror funding case. Yusuf was found to be in touch with Saudi Arabia-based Hizbul Mujahideen operative Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, who is also an accused in the case, and had received money to allegedly fuel and fund secessionist and terrorist activities in the Valley. The arrest of Shahid Yusuf, who works with the J&K agriculture department as village agriculture extension assistant and has a family home in Soibugh…

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I would like to talk to everyone across Kashmir: Dineshwar Sharma

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Hope we will together bring peace in Kashmir The clock has turned full circle for former IB chief Dineshwar Sharma, who was appointed the Government of India (GoI’s) special representative in Kashmir, 25 years after his first posting for the bureau in the Valley. It was May 1992. Militancy was at its peak and Sharma, then 36, arrived in Srinagar after completing a year of customary training at the Intelligence Bureau headquarters in New Delhi. The Kerala-cadre officer, who was posted as assistant director between 1992 to 1994, went on…

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City residents perform rituals to get rid of Braid-chopping fear

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At a time when the “braid-chopping” scare has led to mass hysteria in the Kashmir valley with many innocents facing mob fury, people in Jammu preferred to go for religious rituals to come out of the fear psychosis. Sheela Devi, 45, a native of Deoli village in Bishnah, whose braid was allegedly chopped in September, is regularly performing religious rituals to get rid of the fear. Instead of raising a hue and cry over the incident, the alleged victim has been quietly performing rituals along with her family. Sheela Devi…

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Despite offensive, Kashmir sees rise in locals joining militancy

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94 youths turned militants this year, the highest in last seven years The security forces have launched a massive offensive against militants, but apparently that has failed to dissuade local youth from joining militancy. This year so far nearly 100 Kashmiri youths have joined militancy, the highest in the last seven years. A senior police officer said 94 local youth had joined militancy this year and a majority of them belonged to four districts of south Kashmir – Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian —- which have remained on the edge…

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Kashmir Valley’s political class faces rising militant ire

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Militants either lobbed grenades at residences of politicians or masked gunmen barged into houses and ransacked them and also threatened the inhabitants. Suspected militants attacked eight houses of political workers in south Kashmir in the past one week — from October 16-22 — with observers saying the sudden spike indicates the failure of security apparatus in the state. Though such attacks by insurgents on political workers, perceived to be “pro-india”, have been occurring sporadically in the Valley for a long time now, the current spate has caught attention because of…

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Fed up with corruption in RTO, Govt outsourcing issuance of driving license

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In a bid to tame corruption and reform the system at Regional Transport Office, the state government has decided to outsource issuance of driving licenses to third party. Moreover registration certificate of new vehicles will be issued by dealerships from November with a view to discourage agents who were charging hefty sums from applicants. The decision, as per sources in the Transport department, was taken after complaints of rampant corruption and hijacking of RTO’s functioning by agents. Officials privy to the development informed Kashmir Post that government is finalizing a…

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New initiative brings new hope: Dialogue on Kashmir

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A fresh initiative attempting peace through dialogue has been brought into sight by the Centre when it was needed the most to deliver tangible results to uplift the mood in Kashmir. The appointment of former Intelligence Bureau chief Dineshwar Sharma is a substantive action to find a way out to resolve the vexed Kashmir problem that has caused a huge crisis for the state and embarrassed the country at the international level. This has the obvious imprint of Narendra Modi who had been seeking to resolve the Kashmir problem since…

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Center opens door for dialogue on Kashmir

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Appoints former IB director Dineshwar Sharma as interlocutor Special representative to hold talks with all sections of people and organisations He will initiate sustained dialogue to understand legitimate aspirations of people In a fresh move for peace in Jammu and Kashmir, the Government of India (GoI) Monday announced a “sustained dialogue” process with all stakeholders in the Valley and appointed a former Intelligence Bureau director as its special representative. Dineshwar Sharma would hold talks with all sections of people and organisations, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said at a hurriedly…

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PDP, NC MLA’s urge police to refrain from attacking militant families

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The PDP and NC MLAs have urged on the Police to desist from attacking the families of the militants stating that this was risking the lives of the workers in the militancy infested areas of South Kashmir. A number of PDP workers that Kashmir Post spoke to said that they were apprehensive about the lives of their families MLA Tral, Mushtaq Ahmed Shah, said the security forces should “stop harassing the families of militants. “It has only landed poor workers in trouble. When you ransack their houses, they (militants) will…

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