Curfew continued in south Kashmir districts on Wednesday while only restrictions were imposed in parts of Srinagar city and elsewhere after it was lifted on Tuesday in the tense Valley. “There will be no curfew in the Kashmir Valley today (Wednesday) except in Anantnag, Shopian, Kulgam and Pulwama,” a senior police official said here. “Restrictions will, however, remain imposed at places where breach of peace is apprehended,” the official said. Restrictions would remain in force in Rajouri Kadal and adjacent areas in old Srinagar city where a 61-year-old man died…
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Amid unrest, Illegal constructions galore in Dal Lake
8 FIRs registered in 16 days: Authorities Amid unrest in Kashmir, unabated illegal structures are coming up in and around the Dal Lake. Unscrupulous persons are taking undue advantage of the situation and are constructing illegal structures during night. Reports said illegal structures are coming up at Tailbal, Saida Kadal, Harvan, Nigeen, Nishat, Shalimar, Kanitar, Rainawari and its adjoining areas. “The construction material to these places is ferried in trucks and load carriers during night. Most of the constructions are undertaken during night. The illegal structures don’t only come up…
Read MoreRSS to launch Tiranga Yatra from Kashmir on I Day
RSS will take out a “Tiranga Yatra” which will start from Kashmir on August 15 with the aim of eradicating militancy in the Valley. “On the occasion of 70th Independence Day on August 15, the nationalistic forces will hold a Tiranga Yatra that will start from Kashmir and end in New Delhi. The motive would be to eradicate militancy from Kashmir,” RSS leader Indresh Kumar told reporters in Udhampur district. Kumar was in the city to take part in the Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations
Read More12 hurt as cops rain pellets, teargas shells during clashes in downtown
Handicapped Firdous hit by pellets all over body, Iqbal receives 20 stitches in head after hit by teargas shell Despite hue and cry over use of pellet guns in the Valley, the police and CRPF men rained pellets and teargas shells during clashes in downtown causing injuries to at least 10 youth. One of the injured, a handicapped was hit by pellets all over body while a youth received 20 stitches in head after being hit by a tear gas shell. After remaining comparatively peaceful, the downtown Srinagar witnessed massive…
Read More‘No one among us is the PDP or NC now’
Having failed to quell the mass protests following the killing of Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani, even police, paramilitary and Army have been withdrawn, to lessen the chances of a confrontation. It is the silence after a storm. The markets are shut and villagers are sitting in the shopfronts, huddled in groups. Young boys stand guard at roadblocks, made of stones, bricks and chopped trees. There is no phone connection, cable TV, local newspaper or the Internet. At some places, power has been cut off. Having failed to quell the mass…
Read More‘Sites finalized for AIIMS in Jammu, Kashmir’
The Centre has finalised a site each in Jammu and Kashmir’s two divisions for setting up AIIMS in the wake of a row in the state last year with people in Jammu demanding the tertiary care institution be set up in that region. Two sites have been finalised for setting up AIIMS in Jammu and Kashmir—one at Vijaypur in Samba district in Jammu region and the other at Awantipora, Pulwama, in Kashmir region, Minister of State for Health Faggan Singh Kulaste told Rajya Sabha in a written reply. Sufficient fund…
Read MoreAnother season of unrest brings darkness for ordinary Kashmiris
As Kashmir deals with the worst outbreak of unrest in six years, hospital wards are filled with partially or fully blinded victims of pellet injuries, some under 10 years old Umar, just 12 years old, sits up in his bed at Sri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital in Srinagar, the main city in the Indian half of disputed Kashmir, straightens his back and slowly turns his head from left to right, as if surveying the other patients. Like Umar, most are wearing dark glasses. Some have their eyes covered with…
Read MoreSeven member committee to explore alternatives to pellet guns
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Tuesday, approved the constitution of a seven-member expert committee for exploring possible alternatives to pellet guns as non-lethal weapons. The committee under the chairmanship of T V S N Prasad, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, will submit its report within two months. A rethink on the use of pellet guns was necessitated after its use was blamed for causing fatal injuries and blindness among protesters during the recent unrest in Kashmir. Last week, Rajnath while speaking in the Parliament had rejected apprehensions of some…
Read MoreDay 18: Srinagar’s old city a no-go zone
At Baba Dawood Khaki bridge, one of the many connectors between Srinagar’s old city and Civil Lines areas, smoke from burning tyres curled into the air on Tuesday afternoon —- Day 18 of the ongoing unrest. Tuesday was a litmus test to know the mood of residents of dozens of volatile neighbourhoods of the old city, aka the Downtown, as the state government lifted curfew for the first time here in the last 18 days since the unrest began. The separatists had also called for a rare relaxation in the…
Read MoreValley starts ringing again, Protests erupts after govt lifts curfew
Mobile network restored (Post Paid ONLY) Man dies after falling from scooty in Old City Protest march intercepted, tear gassed at Jehangir Chowk Major mobile network (Only Postpaid) restored across valley after 13 days of silence, with few hiccups. “The decision was taken to ensure that the common man is not put to inconvenience. The decision to suspend mobile phone services for the last 20 days was taken to prevent anti-social elements from spreading rumours,” a senior officer of the provincial administration said here. “As the situation has started improving, we…
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