Day: February 8, 2018

Major Aditya’s father moves SC for quashing of FIR in Shopian firing incident

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The father of Major Aditya on Thursday moved the Supreme Court for the quashing of an FIR lodged by the Jammu & Kashmir police in the firing incident in Shopian. In the plea, filed through advocate Aishwarya Bhati, Lieutenant Colonel Karamveer Singh says that “the manner in which the lodging of the FIR has been portrayed and projected by the political leadership and administrative higher-ups of the State, reflects the extremely hostile atmosphere in the State.” He said that the FIR – which booked Major Aditya and the 10 Garhwal…

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Five arrested for facilitating Naveed Jhatt escape in SHMS Hospital attack

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Jammu and Kashmir police say the four accused who helped Lashkar terrorist Naveed Jhatt escape had done a recce of the area and fired during the shootout. Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested four people directly involved in Tuesday’sraid on a hospital in Srinagar that allowed a Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist to escape, sources said on Thursday. Six other men, mostly overground workers, have also been detained for questioning, they said. The sources added that most of the arrested men belong to south Kashmir’s Pulwama area and were apprehended by the…

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Finally, Snowfall may end dry spell across J&K

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After the 40-day harshest period of winter, ‘Chilai Kalan’, passed off without any snow, the weather department has finally forecast precipitation in the Valley. “Heavy rain or snow is likely over Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on February 11,” the national forecast of the Meteorological Department said, adding that heavy rain or snow was likely on subsequent days also — from February 12 to February 14. “Fairly widespread to widespread rain/snow is likely over Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on February 12 and decrease subsequently,” it said. The…

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Protect army personals from stone-pelters: Army kids to NHRC

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At a time when FIR against Armymen and withdrawal of cases against stone-pelters is a subject of hot debate in J&K, children of two Army officers took an unprecedented step to move the National Human Rights Commission, asking it to protect army personnel’s human rights being violated daily by stone-pelters. Preeti, Kajal and Prabhav, children of two Lt Colonels and a retired Naib Subedar, presented NHRC chief Justice H L Dattu with a complaint, which complimented the apex human rights body and Amnesty International for zealously protecting the human rights…

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19 Killed during 4799 Stone pelting incidents across Kashmir in 2015-17

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Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said there were 730 stone throwing incidents in 2015, 2,808 such incidents in 2016 and 1,261 stone throwing incidents in 2017. Altogether 4,799 stone throwing incidents were reported in Jammu and Kashmir in last three years in which 17 protesters and two security personnel were killed, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said there were 730 stone throwing incidents in 2015, 2,808 such incidents in 2016 and 1,261 stone throwing incidents in 2017. During…

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JKLF announces protest programme on Maqbool Bhat & Afzal Guru anniversaries

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Ahead of twin anniversaries of Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front has announced its protest programme with its chairman Yasin Malik paying glowing tributes to the duo. In a statement, the front spokesperson announced the programmes ahead of twin anniversaries of Bhat and Guru. On 9th February, according to the JKLF statement, a memorandum will be passed in every masjid across Kashmir. This, he said, will be followed by protests to demand the mortal remains of Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru. On 11th February, JKLF has…

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In a first, BJP opposes central law for J&K

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Invoking the special status granted to J&K under Article 370 of the Constitution, forest minister Lal Singh says the central law is not in the interest of the state. It’s a role reversal of sorts for the partners of the ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir. For the first time the BJP, which has all along opposed special status to J&K, is opposing the implementation of a central law in the state. But the PDP is keen that the Forest Rights Act that was passed in parliament in 2006 be…

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Maqbool Bhat – The Martyr, A Teacher, A Scholar & A Politician

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Another 11th of February has come. A citizen of Kashmir, in whatever part of the world he is, remembers Maqbool Bhat, the martyr, on this day. This is the day on which Maqbool Bhat attained martyrdom by  ascending the steps to the gallows of the Indian government. It brought him immortality as he paved the way for the freedom of Kashmiri nation. People will copiously read and write on his political philosophy. Much has already been written. As a friend of humanity, a brother, a student and a politician, he had reached the pinnacle of glory.…

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150 Years old Mahraja era dispensary reduced to rubble in Srinagar

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Jammu and Kashmir government has demolished 150-year-old dispensary at Maharaj Gunj, Downtown area of summer capital, Srinagar which was built by Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1865. The locals blamed that there is a lack of coordination between government departments and its allied wings. “We don’t know who to blame now. The government took this faulty decision without consulting the right experts,” locals told Kashmir Post. This 150-year-old dispensary was two-story building which was made up of stones, mid-19th-century bricks on the banks of river Jhelum and had a great architectural…

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Twelve ultras give up arms in 3 years, but none opted for rehab policy

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Twelve militants have shunned the path of violence during 2015-2017, but no one has come forward for rehabilitation under the Rehabilitation Policy, 2004. Besides, 4,073 FIRs have been registered against 14,315 stone throwers during this period. This was said by the minister in charge, Home, in a written reply to a clubbed question raised by Qaiser Jamsheed Lone, NC MLC, and Ghulam Nabi Monga and Ali Mohammad Dar, Congress MLCs, in the Legislative Council today regarding government’s “surrender policy” for militants and FIRs registered/withdrawn against stone throwers since January 2015.…

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