Month: September 2015

Kishanganga Project: Villagers want resettlement policy redrafted

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J&K HC tells state govt, NHPC to file response within four weeks The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today issued notices to the state government, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) authorities and other officials, respondents in a petition seeking to quash the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy-2007. The policy was drafted by the NHPC and J&K Government to rehabilitate the villagers affected by the Kishanganga hydroelectric power project in Bandipora district. The High Court has given these respondents four-week time to respond to the averments made in the petition filed by…

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Road contractors accept 3-year maintenance guarantee clause

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Blacktopping work starts in Jammu with New Plot-Kot Bhalwal Road After threat of getting blacklisted by the government, contractors involved in the construction and blacktopping of roads in Jammu have accepted the three-year maintenance guarantee clause to take responsibility for damage due to the use of poor material while executing works. Earlier, the deficit liability clause was applicable for one year, which has now been changed to three years, which means that the contractors have to repair or reconstruct any newly laid road if its condition deteriorates within first three…

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Rs 2,000 crore will be spent on road network: Mufti

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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today promised the people of a new dawn in Jammu and Kashmir and said the objective of forging an alliance with the BJP was to bring in equitable and balanced development of all three regions of the state. The Chief Minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was aware of the pains and problems of the residents of Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing party workers at a one-day party convention in Udhampur today, Mufti Sayeed hoped that the Central and the state governments would work more effectively…

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Bovine slaughter ban singes Valley

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Geelani, Mirwaiz put under house detention, clashes at several places The reiteration of the beef ban by the J-K High Court in the state is snowballing into a major controversy as the Kashmir valley today witnessed protests, clashes and bovine slaughtering in full public gaze. At many places in the Valley, including Anantnag, Tral and Pulwama, people in an open defiance of the court orders slaughtered bovine animals in full public view. While reiterating an over 150-year-old law banning “voluntarily slaughtering or killing cow or the like animals as being…

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Restrictions in Srinagar Areas : Police

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The J&K government Friday decided to impose curfew-like restrictions in areas falling under six police stations in Srinagar on Saturday, a police official said. He said the police stations include M R Gunj, Nowhatta, Rainawari, Khanyar, Safakadal and Kralkhud. “There will also be restrictions in Maisuma,” the official said. Separatist leaders have called for Valley wide shutdown on Saturday against the beef ban ruling.

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ISIS, Pakistani flags waved in Srinagar amid protests against high court directive to ban beef

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Clashes broke out here on Friday between police and people protesting against the Jammu & Kashmir high court directive to ban beef in the state with some youth displaying Pakistani and ISIS flags. After Friday prayers, a group of masked youth set ablaze the tricolor and displayed several controversial flags including that of ISIS, al-Jehad terror outfits and banners resembling Pakistani flag near the historic Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of downtown Srinagar. They also carried posters of Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar. Some protesters…

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Clashes, Protests in Pulwama, Islamabad , Bandipora , Srinagar over beef ban

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Clashes broke out between youth and government forces in Pulwama district of South Kashmir after police tried to stop the address of Hurriyat (G) leader Shabir Ahmad Shah after Friday prayers. Our Pulwama Correspondent Showkat Dar who was on the spot said Shah was addressing a big gathering in the town when a police team headed by the Station House Officer arrived there. All of a sudden, stone pelting and tear gas shelling started and everybody ran for cover, he said, adding that it was not immediately known whether Shah…

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How J&K beef ban is in turn popularising beef eating

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Soon after the court judgement, social media realised there was a law against cow slaughter. Naseer Ganai Jammu and Kashmir is the only state with laws against cow slaughter and beef eating. Almost all the laws enacted during Maharaja’s time in 1930s were subsequently adopted by the constituent assembly of the state. While with regard to penalty, amendments were made but the laws remained there including law against cow slaughter and beef eating. However, no government tried to implement the law against cow slaughter except governor Jagmohan in 1980s and…

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Teachers protest against SDM Sumbal for ‘thrashing’ tutor in official meeting

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Hundreds of teachers today morning as¬sembled in Block Resource Cen¬tre (BRC) here and marched to¬wards Administrative Colony Sumbal to lodge protest against Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Sumbal who on Wednesday al¬legedly thrashed a teacher during a meeting in his office. Protesting teachers were led by State President Jammu and Kash¬mir Employees Joint Consultative Committee (JKEJCC) Abdul Qayoom Wani accompanied by Provisional President Muham¬mad Afzal Bhat and General Secretary Muhammad Rafiq. The incident followed after Chief Minster Mufti Mohammad Say¬eed four days back directed gov¬ernment machinery during Teachers Day celebrations to…

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