Year: 2015

Thousands bid tearful adieu to slain Pulwama youth

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Thousands of people on Wednesday morning bid a tearful adieu to the civilian killed in the firing of Border Security Force (BSF) amid massive anti-India and pro-Azadi slogans in Padgampora village of Pulwama district. Since early morning, people from different villages of Pulwama started to reach Padgampora, the ancestral village of the slain, and participated in his funeral procession. The protesters, which include men, women and children, shouted anti-India, pro-Islam and pro-freedom slogans. Many pro-freedom leaders and activists also participated in the funeral. The slain was laid to rest in…

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Nayeem Akhtar inspects education institutions in Anantnag

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Education Minister, Naeem Akhtar inspected several educational institutions in district Anantnag during his extensive tour yesterday. The Minister was accompanied by Farooq Andrabi, MLA Devsar, DDC Anantnag, Bashir Ahmad Khan; Director, School Education Kashmir, Showkat Ahmad Beig, CEO Anantnag and officers of R&B and PDD. While inspecting GHSS Hakura, the Minister ordered establishment of Smart Classrooms and evening classes. He also directed for immediate development of cluster system in the institution under Model School concept so that constant vigil is kept on educational institutions coming under the purview of cluster Hakura.…

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3 National Conference leaders resign, join Congress

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Three National Conference (NC) leaders today resigned from the party and joined the Congress. “M N Pandita, Convenor and Spokesman of National Conference Minority Cell alongwith M L Labroo and Karan Choudhary, members of the NC Minority Cell (NCMC) resigned from the NCMC and joined the Migrant Cell of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee”, a Congress spokesman said today. Pandita said that they have resigned from the National Conference because of some “wrong polices and not taking members into confidence in different matters regarding migrant problems.” He said that…

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Grenade attack at naka party in Srinagar, 5 Injured

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Three policemen, a paramilitary CRPF trooper and a civilian were injured in a grenade blast at Khanyar in Old City of Srinagar district on Wednesday evening. Official sources told GNS that at around 8:33 pm, militants lobbed a grenade towards a naka party near Khanyar Police station resulting in injuries to three policemen, one of them an ASI, a CRPF trooper and a pedestrian. This is the first grenade attack in Downtown after about ten months. Last time such incident occurred during campaigning last year’s assembly election. Meanwhile, police and…

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Need time to put J&K on development track: CM

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Wednesday said the PDP-BJP government needed time to put the state back on the track of development and instill peace. “My government has been in power for less than six months and needed time to put the state back on track,” Sayeed said addressing a function organised to flag off 70 ambulances and vaccination vans, procured under National Health Mission (NHM) at SKICC. He said that his government wants to end uncertainty and instill peace in the state to take forward…

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Eleven People Injured in Shopian mosque explosion

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At least 11 people were injured in a grenade explosion in a mosque compound in Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday, an official said. “Eleven people were injured in a grenade explosion when they came out of the Jamia Trenz mosque in Shopian after offering morning prayers. “The `Nimazis` (those who offer daily Muslim prayers) discovered an inverted metallic tumbler in the mosque compound. When one of them tried to turn the tumbler straight, the grenade kept under it exploded,” a senior police official told IANS here. On Wednesday, four people,…

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Orphans of Conflict: Forgotten by Society and the State

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DR MUDASIR FIRDOSI Kashmir valley had just one orphanage in 1986, now there are more than 700. An estimate by a UK based charity Save the Children; Kashmir valley has 215,000 orphans out of which more than 37% have lost one or both parents to the prevailing conflict. More than 15% of these children live in orphanages. Before 1990 most orphans were rehabilitated within extended families and adopted by relatives without any financial help from the State. Due to the ongoing conflict, the number of orphans increased exponentially and families…

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Withered Springs in Pulwama

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After the extinction of more than three dozen fresh water springs in Pulwama’s Inder village many more including famous Indraaz Naag are dying their slow death. Encroachments and unwanted interference pose a threat to many freshwater springs including Indraaz Naag in Inder, a village about 6 Kilometres from Pulwama town. Villagers of Inder said that around 40 springs have become extinct by way of encroachments and unwanted interference from various government agencies. Villagers said that there were more than five dozen springs in Inder. They said that the surviving ones,…

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Ways to avoid back pain at office

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Long hours at office can result in terrible back ache. Staring at the computer, carrying a purse over the same shoulder, carrying heavy things, driving or just an uncomfortable chair at office are some of the main reasons why one gets a back ache. We suggest you follow these tips to avoid back pain. – Pull your chair close to the table so that you avoid leaning forward. – Make sure your keyboard and mouse are at the same level. – The computer monitor should be directly in front of…

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2 illegal constructions demolished in pahalgam

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A defeated People’s Conference candidate had planned to grab 40 kanals of state land Two illegal structures of a retired government officer and a leader of Peoples Conference (PC) were demolished on Tuesday by the Pahalgam Development Authority. The demolitions were carried out on a day when reported how dozens of illegal structures have been built in Mawura and Yanner areas despite the high court ban on constructions. According to a senior official, both the structures were demolished because they were being raised up in violation of the court orders.…

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