Essential commodity prices ‘Sky high’ during Ramadan in Srinagar

The prices of essential commodities especially vegetables have gone sky high in the holy month of Ramadan while common people blame enforcement agencies for mess stating that they have miserably failed to keep prices under control. Netizens on social networking sites are busy in sharing photographs comparing rate list of essentials before and during the holy month of Ramadan. “With the commencement of the holy month the prices of essentials and vegetables witnesses almost 80 to 100 percent hike. The ‘Saag’ is being sold at Rs 70 per kg, while…

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Sugar crisis to end in next two days: Choudhary Zulfkar

‘Consignment of 2000 quintals has reached Kashmir’ Government on Tuesday said the sugar crisis in Kashmir valley was going to end within two days as 2000 quintal sugar consignment has arrived and all the depots will have sugar available. The information was revealed by Minister for CAPD, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali in the upper house after the legislators cutting across party lines cornered him regarding the unavailability of sugar in the department depots. The minister said the tender for procuring sugar from outside the Valley has been finalized and the first…

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Separatists’ Unity – Purpose and Dimensions

They have joined hands to oppose the ‘Sainik colony’ and ‘exclusive townships’ for migrant Pandits Arun Joshi Kashmiri separatists have “united”. Some pictures showing icons of separatism Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik — representing three different thoughts vis-à-vis the Kashmir solution —- huddled together have appeared to reinforce the substance in the symbolism. Geelani is all for implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions of 1948-49, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is a pragmatic leader who wants dialogue to determine the course of the outcome…

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Geelani demands probe in Kud encounter case

Expressing sympathies and condolences with the victim families, Geelani said the police version about Kud firing incident is “not trustworthy because this institution has a very bad track record in such matters.” Terming the killing of Bemina youth and a woman in Kud area of Udhampur district yesterday as “mysterious and doubtful”, the Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Tuesday demanded a “thorough probe” into the incident by “some independent agency.” Expressing sympathies and condolences with the victim families, Geelani said the police version about Kud firing incident…

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Mass copying video at Rainawari School goes viral, authorities unfazed

Mass copying was rampant in the ongoing Jammu Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE) bi-annual matric examinations at Government Boys High School Rainawari Srinagar, locals alleged on Tuesday. The claim of the locals is corroborated by a mobile video clip that has gone viral showing teachers on duty helping students to resort to unfair means. Locals from Rainawari area told Srinagar based news gathering agency CNS that few teachers on examination duty have been encouraging the malpractice while in centre number 8145 the situation is even worse, with the flying…

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First evening flight from Srinagar to take off today

The much awaited evening flight by any airline will finally take off at Srinagar Airport on Wednesday. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti will flag off Srinagar – Delhi GoAir G8-228 flight at 6:40 pm at Srinagar airport. The service is considered as the milestone in the history of civil aviation in the J&K State. The travel trade fraternity has welcomed the step and hoped that other airlines would also follow the suit. “It is the historic day of the State as evening flights will start from Srinagar airport. We have been…

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Slain youth’s family contests govt version, Day-long protests, clashes in native place

‘Our son was psychiatric patient since 1997, had left home for Amritsar on June 13’ ‘Police denying body to family, wants simple burial’ In deep shock and despair, the family of Srinagar youth killed in Udhampur shootout on Tuesday contested the government and police claims about the gunfight, stating their son was a psychiatric patient since 1997 and had left home on June 13 morning for Amritsar to get his shoulder injury treated. The family also asked police and government to explain how an active militant can stay in his…

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Biker hurt after being hit by Army vehicle

Clashes erupted on the outskirts of Srinagar at Lawaypora this morning after an Army vehicle hit and injured a motorcyclist on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway. The police had to resort to aerial firing and teargas shelling to disperse the protesters at Lawapora, 10 km from Srinagar, who were protesting against the Army driver. Motorcyclist Bashir Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Check-e-Kawoosa, was injured when he was hit by an Army vehicle at Lawapora. He was shifted to a hospital. However, as the news of the accident spread, people thronged the highway…

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Political games over indoor stadiums in J&K

The Central government had decided to fund the construction of 12 indoor stadia in a bid to engage young people and take them away from radicalisation and stone pelting. The PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir finds itself under attack from its own legislators. The trigger: allotment of sports facilities in the state. The Central government had decided to fund the construction of 12 indoor stadia in a bid to engage young people and take them away from radicalisation and stone pelting. But the state government’s list of locations for…

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Govt, National Conference slug it out over Kud gunfight

  Opposition terms it fake encounter The killing of a suspected militant at Kud on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway created an uproar in the Legislature today as the Opposition National Conference blamed the government for killing the youth in a “fake encounter.” However, the J&K Government maintained in both the Houses that the youth killed in the gunfight on Monday was a militant. On Monday evening, a woman was killed and two injured when a suspected militant travelling in a bus from Srinagar attacked a joint check-post at Kud on…

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