Month: February 2016

Geelani, Omar on same page on JNU issues, caution against harassing Kashmiri students

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Separatist Hurriyat Conference and Kashmir based human rights groups have come out in support of striking students and teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University and have condemned registration of FIR against former Delhi University Professor SAR Geelani. Separatist Hurriyat Conference and Kashmir based human rights groups have come out in support of striking students and teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University and have condemned registration of FIR against former Delhi University Professor SAR Geelani. They also condemned alleged harassment of Kashmiri students in various campuses in Delhi and other places. Already former…

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Kakapora remains shut against killings for the 4th day

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This south Kashmir town observed a complete shutdown for the fourth running day Thursday to mourn the killing of two students, who died in forces firing earlier this week. Scores of force personnel were deployed around Kakapora town to thwart any protests. All the shops and other business establishments remained closed while traffic was off the roads. In the evening when the deployment was being withdrawn, youth took to the streets and pelted stones on forces. In retaliation, the forces lobbed teargas shells to disperse them. The clashes continued till…

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Kashmir Inc aghast over ‘misuse’ of food safety law

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Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry today expressed serious concern over the “raids and inspections being carried out and disproportionate penalty slapped in the name of Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act.” President, KCCI, Mushtaq Ahmad Wani said the chamber is dismayed at the manner in which the authorities concerned were implementing the FSS Act. “A sort of panic is being created in the food industry by the uncalled for raids and inspections and disproportionate penalty slapped in the name of FSS Act,” he said. “The FSS Act is in…

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Kashmiri children becoming obese, anemic: UNICEF Survey

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A recent survey has revealed that children and adults in Kashmir are becoming obese or overweight and it could prove fatal if precautions are not taken. The survey has pointed out that there is dire need to focus on child nutrition, while obesity and anemia are the markers of impending health issues in adults. UNICEF prepared report, Results of Rapid Survey on Children (RSoC), for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recently. The survey states that 10.8 percent adolescents in JK are obese or overweight. On the other hand, the…

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Civil society sounds caution on sectarian profiling by police

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A civil society group Wednesday termed the police move of profiling people on sectarian lines as a well planned strategy to divide people of Kashmir and to divert people’s attention from the ‘main goal of right to self-determination.’ The group urged clerics to stand united and prepare people to defeat ‘New Delhi’s designs of triggering a sectarian rift in the Valley.’ Addressing media persons here, Professor Hameeda Nayeem, chairperson of Kashmir Centre for Social and Developmental Studies (KCSDS), said that police move of profiling people on the basis of their…

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Two killed in Pulwama avalanche

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Two persons were killed at Narastan village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district after an avalanche hit them while they were fetching some fodder for animals. The area had received four feet of snow a few days ago. The police said they had excavated the bodies, both of whom were named as Mohammad Yousuf Gojjar. Local residents said both of them had gone to fetch fodder kept in rakhs (meadow patches in a forest area) in the morning and when they did not return some residents went out in…

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Mehbooba’s first public address after Mufti’s death on Sunday

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti would deliver her first public address after the death of Mufti Muhammad Sayeed at party’s Srinagar headquarters on February 21, Sunday. Since her father’s death, Mehbooba maintained silence over government formation but sought assurances from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the implementation of Agenda of Alliance, the Common Minimum Programme of the two parties. Mehbooba would address the PDP’s workers convention on February 21, Sunday at PDP’s Srinagar party headquarters. Besides Mehbooba, the meeting would be attended by senior PDP leaders including…

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Stray dogs thriving on hospital waste

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Despite a sharp decrease in dog bite cases in the city, the authorities concerned here said stray dogs were thriving on the waste produced in government-run hospitals. While the stray dog population has decreased to half, officials said dog bite cases have come down to 4,684 in 2015-2016. “The population of stray dogs has reduced by almost 50 per cent,” the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) officials said during a meeting on sanitation and dog menace on February 6. “The number of dog bite cases treated at Shri Maharja Hari Singh…

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Tension prevails at Gole Market after crackdown on illegal shops

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Tension prevailed in the Gole market area of Gandhi Nagar this morning over the demolishing of illegal shops on the Auqaf land by the Jammu Municipal Corporation last evening. Sensing violence in the market, hundreds of policemen were deputed at Gole Market this morning following the demolishing of shops and rehries on the land of the Auqaf Board at Gandhi Nagar. A team, headed by Joint Commissioner RS Jamwal, demolished shops and rehries at Gole Market, Gandhi Nagar, during an anti-encroachment drive on Wednesday evening. Objecting the drive, the shopkeepers…

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No question of diluting alliance agenda: Madhav

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Says AFSPA wasn’t discussed with Mehbooba; PDP leaders invited to Delhi to meet Central ministers A day after he met Mehbooba Mufti, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav today dismissed speculations that the saffron party could consider lifting the controversial AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) to keep the PDP in the NDA fold. While hopeful of forming the government with the PDP “as per the existing Agenda of the Alliance”, Madhav asserted that there was no question of either dilution or addition to the existing Common Minimum Programme drafted by…

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