Month: May 2016

Kashmiri Pandit Trade Union opposes separate colonies for Pandits

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Opposing the demand of separate colonies for Pandits in the Valley, Kashmiri Pandit Trade Union leader Sampat Prakash on Wednesday dubbed the call as “a conspiracy” of the Hindu nationalists of India, adding that members of the trade union will be holding a hunger strike for a day against the nationalists’ “design” at Pratap Park here on June 4. “The demand for separate colonies for Pandits is a conspiracy of the Hindu nationalists of India, who had launched the infamous Praja Parishad movement in Jammu in 1952, which was rejected…

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Azmi shoots in Kashmir after 32 years

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The veteran actress is working on a project based on Premchand’s popular short story ‘Idgah’ Veteran actress Shabana Azmi is shooting in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir after 32 years. Azmi, 65, is working on a project based on the legendary Hindi writer Premchand’s short story Idgah. The Neerja actress took to Twitter to share the experience of coming back to Kashmir. “Time was when we shot in Kashmir every year. Now going to be shooting there for the first time after 1984. Happy times place teeming…

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Rain brings respite as mercury dips in Valley

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Incessant rainfall that has continued since midnight brought respite from an increasingly hot weather in the region today as mercury registered a steep fall across the Kashmir valley. Rain that lashed all 10 districts of the Valley since yesterday was continuing till late in the evening today. The downpour caused a significant fall in the mercury, which was nearing a record high in recent days. In the city here, where 10 mm rainfall was received in 24 hours, the maximum day temperature was registered at 15.7 degree Celsius, according to…

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Mehraj ud Din Wadoo to stay with Chanayin FC

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The star defender who was a revelation for the club during its successful title bid has preferred to sign new contract with the club as he terms it home away from the home. Star footballer of the Valley Mehraj ud Din Wadoo has preferred to stay with defending champions Chennaiyin FC in the upcoming season of the Indian Super League-2016 that is expected to start in September. The star defender who was a revelation for the club during its successful title bid has preferred to sign new contract with the…

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VHP demands sacking of director tourism for renaming of Hari Parvat as Koh-e-Maran

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Condemning the renaming of Hari Parvat as Koh-e-Maran in the advertisement of Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department, VHP today demanded the state government immediately sack the Director Tourism. “We condemn the action of Director Tourism, Srinagar for changing the ancient Sanskrit name Hari Parvat as Koh-e-Maran in its advertisement”, State VHP President Leela Karan Sharma told reporters here today. He condemned the recent advertisement of J-K Tourism in newspapers in which it referred to Hari Parvat as Koh-e-Maran which triggered the controversy. “Even there have been attempts to rename Shankaracharya…

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JMCC protests outside CM residence against Police inaction against Lal Singh’s 1947 remark

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Pertinently, Lal Singh, had on May 21 targeted a group of Muslim farmers in Jammu, reminding them of 1947 massacre in the region, when they had gone to meet the minister for discussing various problems confronting them Agitated over the failure of Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) to initiate action against the Forest Minister, Choudhary Lal Singh, for his alleged derogatory remarks against minority community, Jammu Muslim Coordination Committee (JMCC), today staged a demonstration outside the residence of Chief Minister and Divisional Commissioner’s office. The protesters, mostly Gujjars, were demanding…

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Hangul, the rare Kashmir deer, may soon go extinct

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The endangered hangul, also known as Kashmir deer, is in the throes of extinction, largely because of human intrusions and domestic livestock grazing at its only habitat here. Wildlife experts and activists claim they have been raising the alarm, calling for stringent measures to check human intrusions at Srinagar’s famed Dachigam National Park, the main concentration of the endangered elk species. But the authorities have allowed grazing in the sprawling national park, spread over 141 sq km, for what the activists say mere “political reasons”, which has gravely endangered the…

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Mehbooba Mufti tries to cool down hot Jammu

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As region protests water & power crises, Mehbooba steps in to save situation With massive protests being organised in Jammu against collapse of water and power infrastructure in summer, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today rushed to the winter capital to save the situation from worsening further. Realising the importance of resolving the prevailing crises immediately to give some respite to people in the hot weather, the Chief Minister reached Jammu this morning. She convened a meeting of senior officers of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department and Power Development Department…

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Separatist reunite to object ‘Pandit, Ex-servicemen colony’ in Kashmir

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The trio separatist leaders, Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik on Monday evening united to challenge the PDP-BJP governments ‘plans’ to rehabilitate displaced Pandits and ex-servicemen of the state. Almost after eight years of Amarnath land agitation, Kashmiri separatists, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik are united again to oppose the establishment of ‘Pandit colony’ in Kashmir. The trio leaders who are divided ideologically and politically are ready to lead a campaign against the establishment of ‘exclusive colonies’ meant for Kashmiri Pandits and retired military personnel, under same banner.…

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Sixty lakh people of state living in high-risk seismic Zone V

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Experts says robust disaster management needed to avoid damage Nearly 60 lakh people in Jammu and Kashmir live in the high-risk seismic Zone V and a high-intensity earthquake in the state, as predicted by American geologists, could have devastating results. The total population of the state is 1.25 crore as per the 2011 Census. The major worry is that the high-intensity earthquake could spell doom in Jammu and Srinagar cities as they have a high concentration of population and rapid unplanned construction of commercial buildings and houses. As per a…

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