Month: September 2015

Internet radio launched by Sada-e-Hurriyet

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Radio Sada-e-Hurriyet-e Jammu Kashmir has launched its round-the-clock Internet transmission featuring current news after every hour, commentaries, reports, talk shows and revolutionary songs. The radio has been working for the last twenty-four years broadcasting programmes to strengthen the Kashmir liberation movement. It has been effectively projecting the human rights violations by Indian troops in occupied Kashmir. A link to the Internet radio of RSHK has been created at the website of Kashmir Media Service.

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Flood hit victims still waiting for relief

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Few days left for the anniversary of the last years flood, but nothing has been done to rehabilitate the flood victims in Jammu and Kashmir. Government have only paid lip service to flood-affected people and not released any rehabilitation package. The situation has not changed so far and around seventy percent of the damaged houses are still incomplete. The flood victims are still waiting for the relief, floods of 2014 left Kashmir reeling. Causing widespread devastation, the floods washed away houses and damaged orchids, agriculture land, which farmers used to earn…

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DoB certificates ‘on sale’ in SMC during admission season

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New Commissioner denies receiving any such reports It is 4 AM, Tanveer Ahmad (name changed), a government employee, is waiting in a long queue outside the main gate of one of the missionary schools in Srinagar. In order to enroll his daughter in Nursery class, Tanveer has to fulfill all the prerequisites including the stringent age criteria set by the school stating ‘Children born between Jan 2012 to Dec 2012 shall only be eligible’. Like Tanveer scores of other parents ensure they fulfill the criteria by any means even if…

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GoI ‘gives cold shoulder’ to proposals on JK tunnels

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The Government of India has given ‘cold shoulder’ to J&K government’s proposals to fund construction of tunnels in the State to provide round-the-year connectivity to far-flung and inaccessible areas. An official document reveals that GoI has “advised” the state government to “explore alternatives to tunnels”, citing their “high cost and time consumption.” “Minister of Road, Transport and Highways mentioned that construction of tunnels are very time consuming and involves a high capital cost, so alternative to tunnels may be explored by state,” minutes of a meeting held between J&K’s Chief…

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DCL T20 to kick off today

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The second edition of highly popular T20 league, Downtown Champions League T20 would start from Wednesday. The organizing body of the event had cancelled the inauguration ceremony that was scheduled to be held on August 31 at Sheri Kashmir Cricket Stadium and instead decided to go ahead with the organizing of the league matches. “Due to paucity of time we were not able to make arrangements for the inauguration ceremony up to our satisfaction. We thought of postponing the inauguration. However, seeing the pressure from cricket lovers who want to…

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Authorities sit on violation of official timings by private schools

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In violation of norms, many private schools in the summer capital are violating official school timings—subjecting students to inconvenience. The DSEK has notified the official timings in schools within municipal limits of Srinagar from 9 am to 3 pm. While outside the city municipal limits, the schools have been directed to function from 10 am to 4 pm. However, in brazen violation of norms, some private schools in the City open the schools early morning—subjecting students of lower class to inconvenience. DSEK had last month warned of strict action against…

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105 Persons detained under PSA in 18 months

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 At least 105 persons have been booked under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA) in Kashmir out of which 31 persons are lodged in Kashmir jails since 2014. According to the data maintained by police, the 105 persons include militants, Over Ground Workers (OGWs), stone pelters, All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) members, timber smugglers and drug peddlers. At least 18 civilians have been booked under PSA for stone pelting during the incidents of unrest in the Valley while 14 separatists were also booked under the provisions of the Act from…

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Supreme Court of India asks JK police not to arrest Indian army officer in custodial disappearance case

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The Supreme Court of India has directed police not to arrest an Indian army Brigadier in connection with the custodial disappearance of a man, Manzoor Ahmad Dar from Rawalpora here Srinagar, in 2002. However, a division bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy directed the Brigadier Kishore Malhotra to cooperate with the police in its investigation into the disappearance. “Brig. Kishore Malhotra shall not be arrested by the police authorities but he will participate in the enquiry and co-operate with the investigating agency,” the bench, according to…

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India can’t afford to ignore the growing Burhan’s of Kashmir

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New Delhi must start a dialogue with moderates like the Mirwaiz and Yasin Malik before more youth turn to armed uprising. 21-year old Burhan Muzaffar Wani — a local militant commander of the largest indigenous guerrilla outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen — is fast emerging as the new face of armed rebellion in the Kashmir Valley. He is the poster boy of new militancy and carries a cash reward of Rs 1 million on his head. Last Friday, a group of young boys were seen holding pictures and posters of Hizb commander, dressed in…

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Rs 56-lakh scam unearthed in ICDS

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The Vigilance Organsation today unearthed a scam worth over Rs 56 lakh in the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) in Samba district and booked officials for involvement in it. “Following allegations of irregularities in purchase of nutritional and non-nutritional items in the ICDS, a check was conducted by the Vigilance Organisation, Jammu,” said an official. “It revealed that the District Social Welfare Officer, Samba, in the capacity of Nodal Officer, ICDS project, Samba, had floated four tenders for purchase of nutritional items before the creation of a separate Integrated Child…

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