Year: 2015

Gulmarg Snow school to train 300 skiers this season

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Launched last year with the aim to develop the ski talent of the Kashmir, Gulmarg Snow School (GSS) is all set to train more than 300 skiers this season in Gulmarg. The GSS was launched last year under the patronage of Delhi Winter Games Association and JK Tourism department in order to train interested students who are unable to get their berths during season in various Government and Semi Government run courses at Gulmarg. Every year during winter months number of students get training in skiing from various institutes in…

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Govt forgets CoI on fake Permanent Resident Certificates

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Signifying the non-seriousness of JK’s successive regimes towards protecting the state subject laws, the governments have been sleeping over the past 15 years on extending the term of Commission of Inquiry (CoI) constituted to look into the issuance of Permanent Resident Certificates to non-state subjects. The government has said that it has not extended the term of CoI beyond December 31, 2000. “The date of expiry of the Commission was 31.12. 2000 as provided in the SRO-248 of July 26, 2000,” reveals a document of State Revenue department. The CoI…

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Don’t hold us guilty for Gowhar’s death: CRPF

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Days after it was reported that police has registered an attempt to murder case against Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for killing Gowhar Ahmad Dar of Musatafabad HMT, Inspector General of CRPF, Atul Karwal, Wednesday said the paramilitary force cannot be held responsible till the investigation is not completed. “It will be wrong to say that CRPF was involved in the killing of Mustafaabad youth.  I can tell you that police FIR is not against the CRPF but it is the legal requirement when somebody comes to police and lodges…

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Geelani calls for Friday protests

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Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani has called for peaceful protests after Friday payers against the killing of Gohwar Ahmad Dar and detentions of separatist leaders and activists across Kashmir valley. Geelani appealed people to stage peaceful demonstrations across Kashmir as well as in Chenab Valley after Friday prayers against the killing of 22-year-old engineering student Gowhar who died after being injured by a teargas shell fired by paramilitary CRPF men during clashes in Zainakote area in the outskirts of Srinagar on November 7. He also appealed religious preachers…

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Govt has ‘no funds’ to save Kashmir from floods

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Jammu and Kashmir government seems to have not learnt any lessons from the devastating floods of 2014 as it has failed to carry out dredging in river Jhelum and removing encroachments on its banks despite passing of a year since the deluge wreaked havoc in Kashmir. Experts had warned the government to carry out dredging of the river and its tributaries on fast-track basis as the floods had brought in tonnes of silt. But as per officials in the irrigation and flood control department, the opportunity to carry out the…

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Forces creating reign of terror in Kashmir: Mirwaiz

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All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman, Mirwaiz Dr. Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq, who has been placed under house arrest for the past nine days at his Nigeen residence and stopped from performing religious, political and social obligations,Wednesday condemned the so-called government and Indian forces for creating a reign of terror in the region. Condemning the use of excessive force and placing restrictions on the movement of the people throughout Kashmir in general and Shahar-e-Khas and Zainakote areas in particular, the Mirwaiz said authorities in Kashmir have  unleashed terror using lethal…

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Govt organisations in Kashmir vie to become paperless, post flood

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Taking lessons from the 2014 floods, a number of government organizations in Kashmir are taking steps towards digitization to become ‘paperless’. While bringing the agencies in tune with the technological advancements, the digitization comes with tech-savvy facilities for the common people. Among these organizations is State Industrial Development Corporation (SIDCO) which is providing entrepreneurs with Android applications (apps) and SMS tickers to keep them updated with new industrial policies. According to Amit Sharma, MD, SIDCO the organization is focusing to promote e-governance. “It takes days for the file of an…

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Student arrested for attacking policeman

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A policeman was today stabbed in his head with a machete by a student with the intention of snatching his rifle at the Wanpoh railway station in Kulgam district. The policeman was hospitalised and is stated to be stable. He has been identified as constable Tinku Khushwaha of the 3rd Battalion of the Railway Protection Special Force. The attacker, Tariq Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Kulgam, was overpowered and arrested by the injured policeman’s colleagues. Police said Tariq, 22, a BA-II student, carried out the attack about 2 pm. “Bhat,…

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PDP has broken all records of oppression: Geelani

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‘Govt imposed curfew in whole city to foil a peaceful march’ All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Geelani has condemned the imposition of curfew in the city to foil the condolence meet at slain Gowhar’s residence in Zainakote. The senior separatist leader also accused the PDP government of shielding the killers. “The condolence meeting at Zainakote HMT was a peaceful program in the memory of Shaheed Gowhar Nazir Dar an engineering student of SSM College who was killed by the cruel forces of India on Saturday but the government…

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‘Ladakh to emerge as defecation free region’

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“The Ladakh should emerge as the defecation free by changing the practices of the people through Mission Swachh Bharat,’ said Deputy Director Rural Sanitation in an awareness camp organized at Numa,  183 kms away from Leh. The awareness camp is the one among series of programs held here in Ladakh  to sanitize the locals about the sanitation and its various components, organized jointly by National Welfare Forum an NGO  with Rural Sanitation Department Kashmir. Ahmad Hussain Bhat , Deputy  Director Rural Sanitation  while speaking on the occasion said,   “Ladakh…

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