July 25, 2018 | Kashmir POST

NC wooing young faces, Zaffar, Shehla, Faesal likely to join party

July 25, 2018 Editor

To revive the party ahead of elections, National Conference (NC) is wooing young faces and three prominent figures from the Valley are likely to join the party fold. The three youngsters are Zaffar Mir (Lasjan), the grandson of former Congress leader and former minister Ghulam Muhamad Mir Lasjan; student leader Shehla Rashid Shora and 2011 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) topper Shah Faesal. Talking to Kashmir Post, a senior NC leader said the modalities were being worked out for these three young faces to join the party. “Shah Faesal is in…

Cops look for way out as militant funerals turn into recruitment hubs

July 25, 2018 Editor

Amid fresh worries that large funerals of militants are turning out to be fertile grounds to “lure and motivate” local youth to take up arms, the J&K Police is devising a mechanism to prevent such occurrences. Security and intelligence officials in Kashmir have been deliberating upon large militant funerals since 2017, but have not been able to do much on the issue. In many funerals, militants also turn up and give ‘gun salute’ to their slain companions. With these funerals becoming the new recruitment hubs, the police authorities have sought…

NC, Cong, PDP, BJP and 3 Guv-rule spells couldn’t build a 2.5 km flyover

July 25, 2018 Editor

The governments of all four major political parties of the State – National Conference (NC) and Congress, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – and the three spells of Governor’s rule have together failed to build a 2.5 km Ram Bagh-Jehangir Chowk flyover. Despite the added emphasis of the subsequent State governments as well as New Delhi on development and good governance, even after five years of its inauguration, more than 60 percent of the work on the flyover is pending. The project started in…

UN rights report on Kashmir raised in UK parliament

July 25, 2018 Editor

Lawmakers call on UK Govt to facilitate independent int’l inquiry into HR abuses in JK In a significant development, the United Nations human rights report on Kashmir, released last month, was raised in the House of Lords by British peers who called on the UK government to take steps to help implement the recommendations. Lord Qurban Hussain, whose origins are in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK), raised the issue in the Upper House of Parliament yesterday, calling for the UK government to facilitate an independent international inquiry into rights abuses in…

Kashmiri cricketer Zahid Nisar to captain England’s cricket club

July 25, 2018 Editor

A young cricketer from Tral town of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district will captain Saltaire Cricket Club which is one among the oldest cricket clubs in England established in around 1869. Taking to Kashmir Post on phone, Zahid Nisar, 24, of main town Tral, confirmed that he has been appointed as captain for Saltaire cricket club England which he says is a big achievement for an overseas player. Zahid , who completed his masters in automotive engineering from University of Leeds England last year, has been taking part in various domestic…

Cloudburst triggers flash floods in Shopian, Flashflood hits Dachigam, man drowns

July 25, 2018 Editor

Cloudburst caused flash floods in Sedow and Hirpora villages of Shopian on Tuesday damaging at least two residential houses, devastating a few apple orchards while several domestic animals perished, officials and witnesses said. At least six animals were washed away by the fast currents as the flash flood struck the areas, a district official said, adding two residential houses also suffered partial damage in Dachoo village. District Development Commissioner, Owais Ahmad said a team of officials had been sent to both the areas to take stock of the situation. One…

Muzzaffar Baig may be given bigger role in party overhaul

July 25, 2018 Editor

Peoples Democratic Party party’s founding member and Member of Parliament Muzzaffar Baig is likely to be given more responsibility as the party is all set for a major revamp after its foundation day on July 28. All six officer-bearers of the party had resigned on Monday to facilitate the reorganisation. Sources said that after the fall of the coalition government, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti during her interactions with lawmakers, MPs and district and zonal presidents had got a fair feedback on the brewing rebellion within the party and the need…

Rebels strike in heart of Srinagar, killed one CRPF personnel injuring another

July 25, 2018 Editor

Target security forces’ picket near high-security civil secretariat; Hizb claims responsibility Militants on Tuesday attacked Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel guarding the civil secretariat, killing a constable and wounding another in broad daylight. The attack occurred around 4.30 pm near the civil secretariat in the Batamaloo locality here. “The militants fired at our men who were deployed in the outer cordon of the civil secretariat from inside a building and ran away,” Inspector General of the CRPF (Srinagar sector) Ravi Deep Singh Sahi told Kashmir Post. “Two of our…

Maratha bandh begins with protest marches, buses targeted in Thane, Navi Mumbai

July 25, 2018 Editor

Stone-pelting and protests were reported from a few places in Mumbai on Wednesday as the state braced for a bandh called by the Maratha Kranti Morcha demanding reservation for the community in Maharashtra. The Morcha activists took out marches and held up traffic at several places as the shutdown began in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, and several other areas of Maharashtra on Wednesday morning. The train services are running as usual and security has been beefed up at several stations. Nearly 40 Railway Protection Force and Government Railway Police personnel…

Srinagar airport gets IAF approval night flights to start soon

July 25, 2018 Editor

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has given the permission to start night-landing operations at the Srinagar airport while the installation of runway lights by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is in its advanced stage of completion. This information was given to Governor NN Vohra at a high-level meeting of the civil, police and security forces officers at the civil secretariat here on Tuesday. Advisers to Governor K Vijay Kumar and BB Vyas; Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam; administrative secretaries; Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir; Deputy Commissioner, Budgam; and other senior officers concerned…