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SMC officials draw flak for illegal constructions

November 5, 2015 Editor

Minister of State for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies Mohammad Ashraf Mir today reprimanded the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) officials over illegal constructions in the city. “The minister came down heavily on the officials concerned. He said strict vigil had to be maintained to check the growing illegal constructions,” said an SMC official, who was a part of the review meeting chaired by the minister. The minister also said an official who remains ignorant of illegal constructions should be placed under suspension, the official said. He said Mir also…

Central heating system in hospitals yet to start

November 5, 2015 Editor

With a dip in the temperature, the doctors in Kashmir have urged the authorities concerned to start central heating systems in the government-run hospitals. In a statement here today, the Doctors Association Kashmir alleged that the central heating system in most of the premier hospitals of the Valley had not been started yet and patients were suffering due to cold weather. “With the mercury dipping in the Valley, patients are facing huge inconvenience due to lack of heating provisions in the hospitals,” the association said. Emphasising the ill effects of…

Kashmir is world-recognized dispute, not part of India: Pakistan

November 5, 2015 Editor

Pakistan firmly rejected an Indian claim to Kashmir as an “integral part” of India, saying it was an internationally-recognized disputed territory, as representatives of the two countries sparred over the decades-old issue at the United Nations. “The legal and factual background of Jammu & Kashmir dispute is quite clear and efforts to mislead or confuse the international community would not succeed,” Diyar Khan, a minister at the Pakistan Mission to the United Nations, told the General Assembly’s Third Committee, which deals with Social, humanitarian and cultural questions. “Kashmir is not…

69 wildlife officials are guarding 2,50,000 migratory birds in Kashmir

November 5, 2015 Editor

Avian visitors have been making their annual tryst with Kashmir valley for centuries now Avian guests from Eastern Europe, Siberia, China, Philippines and other areas have already started arriving in Kashmir this year at the turn of season. To ward off the extreme cold of their summer homes, as many as 2,50,000 migratory birds including mallards, common teals, pintails, coots, and gadwalls have reached the Hokarsar Wetland, on the outskirts of Srinagar to spend the winter months in the valley. Avian visitors have been making their annual tryst with Kashmir…

Er. Rashid detained ahead of Modi’s visit

November 5, 2015 Editor

After major crackdown against the pro-freedom leadership and activists, the police today detained Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Langate and Awami Itehad Party (AIP) president Engineer Abdul Rasheed ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit. AIP spokesman, Inam-un-Nabi told GNS over phone that Rasheed was detained near Dangiwacha area of Baramulla district by a police contingent. “Though he resisted police action and refused to get inside the vehicle but he was forcibly bundled into police vehicle and taken District Police Lines Handwara. The people also tried to stop…

NC criticises Mufti for defending BJP, RSS

November 5, 2015 Editor

The National Conference (NC) on Wednesday criticised Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for defending the BJP and RSS and said this was not the voice of people who had voted for him. “The impression that Mufti wants to create within and outside the country is totally wrong. It is Mufti’s personal voice and not the voice of people who had voted for him,” said NC general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar. He said Mufti and the PDP had asked for votes to stop the march of the BJP. “People of the…

Class IX boy works on hydropower for village

November 5, 2015 Editor

Confident of harnessing water resources to give residents relief from power cuts Frequent power cuts have sparked the will in a school student to develop a small-scale power project. Zubair Ahmad Kumar, a resident of Drabgam village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, is a Class IX student of the Government Higher Secondary School in the village. He has been working for the past two years to develop the working model of a hydroelectric power project at his village so that he can generate electricity for his village. He is confident…

Snow, rain to continue in Kashmir today, Mughal Road & Leh Highways Closed

November 5, 2015 Editor

Most of the higher reaches of Kashmir, including the Gulmarg ski resort, received fresh snow overnight, while the plains in the Valley were lashed by rain. Widespread rain in the plains and snow in the higher reaches of the Valley are likely to continue today and tomorrow, according to the Meteorological Department. While the higher reaches of Gulmarg had experienced snowfall earlier as well, it was the first snowfall of this season for the lower areas, officials said here today. Around one-and-a-half inches of snow were recorded in Gulmarg, they…

BJP cadre pulls out all stops

November 5, 2015 Editor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to the state has thrown the J&K unit of the BJP into a tizzy. At the BJP’s Raj Bagh party office, which is a stone’s throw away from the moderate Hurriyat headquarters, top leaders of the party can be seen dropping by frequently and then going out to attend meetings all across the Kashmir valley. The BJP cadres, right from top party leaders to ground-level workers, are making all-out efforts to pull crowds to Modi’s Srinagar rally. “We all are mobilising people for the…