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Despite lowest per capita income, J&K leading in food consumption

August 12, 2015 Editor

At Rs 59279, J&K’s income low by 73% with Delhi, 62% with Chandigarh and Rs 55% with Haryana What if J&K has lowest per capita net income and is also deficient in production, but it is leading in per capita consumption of food in India. According to the official figures, the per capita net income of Jammu and Kashmir is only Rs 59279 for the year 2013-14 at current prices which is less by at least 73 per cent compared to Delhi, 62 per cent with Chandigarh and 55 per…

Trapped families recall 18-hr-long gunfight horror

August 12, 2015 Editor

The gunfight at Lajoora Pulwama left two families stranded in their homes for more than 18 hours. Imtiyaz Ahmad, a teenager, was trapped in his house near the encounter site at Frastibagh Lajoora, around 6 kilometres from Pulwama, leaving him with withered face, parched lips and red eyes. Imtiyaz was in the house with his father, mother and sister. “I saw two vehicles, a Sumo and a Tavera ferrying army personnel. They stopped ahead of our house before I went inside,” Imtiyaz said. Within minutes, he said, his house was…

2 LeT militants, 1 civilian killed in Pulwama

August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 Editor

Two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants died in a 20-hour gunfight in Ratnipora village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday, triggering massive protests and clashes in the area in which several people sustained injuries, police and locals said. The gunfight had started at 8 pm yesterday when militants attacked sumo vehicles, carrying army soldiers, between Nadoo and Bongaam Lajoora villages. After an hour-long gunfight last night, a police official said, the militants took advantage of darkness and took shelter in paddy fields in the area overnight. The forces including army’s 55 RR…

ACC’s hunger strike enters 22nd day over AIIMS row

August 12, 2015 Editor

The chain hunger strike demanding the setting up of AIIMS today entered its 22nd consecutive day even as the AIIMS Coordination Committee (ACC) came down heavily on the BJP for its “failure” to come-out with appropriate order for establishing the medical institute in Jammu. ACC chairman and president JKHCBA, Jammu, Abhinav Sharma alleged that BJP, instead of bringing an appropriate order for establishing AIIMS in Jammu, is “misleading” the people of Jammu region through its “misinformation” campaign and big hoardings that the Narendra Modi led government at Centre has also…

Youths taking to the path of militancy much higher than previous years

August 12, 2015 Editor

Indian Army’s General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Srinagar-based 15 Corps Lt Gen Subrata Saha Tuesday said that militancy in Kashmir Valley has stagnated and it is the only movement of the militants from here and there that keeps ‘militancy mantra’ in motion. He was responding to a question about the increase in anti-militancy operations in South Kashmir on the sidelines of a function here. He said that, “it is nothing unusual.The operations continue, but there are periods when the movement increases. And when that happens, the intensity of our operations…

Govt orders probe into death of youth in protest rally

August 12, 2015 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered a probe into the death of a youth who was killed allegedly in firing by the security forces during a protest demonstration in Pulwama district of South Kashmir. An official spokesperson said the state government has ordered time-bound investigation and inquiry into the incident to ensure that those who are guilty of the offence are brought to book and punished. He said the security forces have been asked to exercise maximum restraint while dealing with public protests, particularly to avoid causing physical harm…

MLA protests for not setting up premier institutes in Kashmir

August 12, 2015 Editor

J&K Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid continued with his sit-in for the second day today pressing the Centre to sanction the premier institutes of IIM, IIT and IIMC for Kashmir Valley. “I want the whole Kashmir to unite to pressurize New Delhi to sanction an IIT, an IIM and an IIMC here. When Jammu got AIIMS after an agitation, why can’t we have these institutions in the Valley,” he said. Rashid, who represents north Kashmir’s Langate in the assembly, had began his protest near the Civil Secretariat – the seat of…

Nobody can touch Article 370: PDP

August 12, 2015 Editor

The ruling People’s Democratic Party Tuesday said that nobody can touch the Article 370 and that the Accession of the State with the Union of India was under the ambit of the special law which grants special status to the Jammu and Kashmir. “Everybody knows our stand. Nobody can touch Article 370. The Accession was under the ambit of the law,” senior PDP minister Altaf Bukhari said while talking to KNS and one of the National TV channel. He said that Prime Minister and even the Parliament accept that the…

‘Ikhwan era’ saw massive annihilation of forests in North Kashmir, recount villagers

August 12, 2015 Editor

As they recall the dark period when the renegade outfit was operational, these villagers along with experts, wonder if cases against Ikhwanis for plundering of forests in Kashmir should be reopened… A man of good repute and influence in Sumbal, Sonawari and Hajin hamlets of North Kashmir some 20 years back, Nambardar Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Dar vividly remembers unfolding of a dark era that has gone down in history of valley as a dreaded chapter for many of his fellow villagers. Son of former Nambardar and Sarpanch, the sexagenarian man still…

Desilting operation in Jhelum from September

August 11, 2015 Editor

While Jhelum’s fury is still haunting the people of Kashmir, the recurrence of floods this year has delayed de-silting of the river. Although, government of India has sanctioned Rs 399 crore for dredging of the river, the Irrigation and Flood Control department says dredging would be started in a major way after September this year. Talking to us, Chief Engineer, I&FC, Javid Jaffar said it is not possible to go for major dredging operations in the summer months as the water level is high. “Further, post floods ground water level…