Month: November 2016

Pellets terror makes a comeback 15 injured in Sopore, Resistance take summer protest calendar into winter

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After a lull of 10 days, pellets and tear gas shelling returned to haunt the residents of Sopore area of north Kashmir where at least 15 people sustained injuries in security forces action Wednesday. Reports said police and paramilitary personnel conducted search operation in village Zaloora in Sopore. “During the search operation, some people created law and order problem, after which we fired a few tear gas shells,” SP Sopore, Harmeet Singh, told Kashmir Post. He said police didn’t fire pellets. Locals of Zaloora, however, contested police claim and said…

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Normal life remains affected across Kashmir Valley, Flights resume operations at Srinagar Airport

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Normal life remained affected in Kashmir Valley Wednesday due to the strike called by separatists, even as some inter-districts cabs plied on the roads. Most of the shops, fuel stations and other business establishments across the Valley were shut while public transport was off the roads in most areas. However, some cabs and mini-buses were plying in some areas in the civil lines as well as in the outskirts of the city here, officials said, adding few shops were also open in these areas. While reports of shutdown were received…

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Panic in Gurez area due to cross border shelling, Kishen Ganga Power Project comes under attack

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Panic gripped the Gurez area of Bandipora district in north Kashmir on Wednesday as Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged heavy mortar shelling along the Line of Control (LoC). Local sources told Kashmir Post that such was the intensity of shelling that dozens of mortar shells landed in Dawar area of the Gurez town. They said that people ran for their lives and took shelter in safer places. Cross border mortar shelling was going on when reports last came in. Meanwhile, The dam site of 330 Megawatt Kishen Ganga Hydroelectric Power Project…

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665 Accidental deaths recorded across JK from Jan-Sep 2016

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Out of the 4,132 accidents in the Valley, 551 were fatal and 3,621 non-fatal, the data released by state Home Department said. A total of 665 people died and 5,923 injured in 4,132 road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir from January-September this year. Out of the 4,132 accidents in the Valley, 551 were fatal and 3,621 non-fatal, the data released by state Home Department said. Jammu recorded 113 accidental deaths and 1,103 injuries in a total of 946 accidents during the period, it said. The region was followed by Ramban…

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Surgical Strikes, Demonetisation serve double blow to Jammu

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The surgical strikes on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) terror camps on September 29 followed by the Prime Minister’s announcement of demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes on November 8 have impacted the Jammu region adversely. While the nation celebrated the surgical strikes, but the cross-border firing on the International Border as well the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu region gained momentum. Thereafter, it accounted for killing of many innocents and leaving others displaced and running for shelter and government aid, which seldom came their way. The contemporary…

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VHP launches membership drive in Jammu

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VHP on Tuesday launched its membership drive in Jammu, the winter capital city of Jammu and Kashmir. Vice-President BJP Yudhvir Sethi launched the signature campaign cum membership drive of the VHP, at Parade Chowk here. Stressing on imbibing spirit of nationalism, Yudhvir said that the motherland is supreme and everyone should join hands in strengthening the VHP, which is working towards nation building. “Our aim is to reach the target of one lakh membership in the region and we should be geared to take the movement and ideology of the…

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Govt indifferent to flight disruptions in Srinagar

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IAF plays ‘spoilsport’ as ILS in place for past 4 decades Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had last year expressed displeasure over the frequent flight disruptions at the Srinagar Airport due to poor visibility but this year, the government-headed by her seems indifferent to the plight of passengers. “Despite having been declared an International Airport almost a decade back, the technical facilities at Srinagar aerodrome continue to be outdated impeding the air traffic to and from Kashmir especially during the winters,” Mehbooba said last year on November 25 when air traffic…

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Power woes return to pester Kashmir

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With the onset of winter, power woes have returned to trouble people in Kashmir as the energy demand has shot up amid the chilly weather conditions. Apart from the scheduled power cuts; the arbitrary and unscheduled snapping of power supply, both in metered and non-metered areas, has been giving tough time to consumers. The extended power cuts surface as an unwritten rule in Kashmir soon after the Durbar (seat of governance) shifts to Jammu in November as a bi-annual practice. For past few weeks the situation has equally worsened in…

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Deadline for Nashri-Chenani tunnel set to dec 2016: Veeri

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Minister of Public Works and Parliamentary Affairs Abdul Rehman Veeri today set the December 2016 deadline to complete the Chenani-Nashri tunnel. He said this during a high-level meeting convened here today to review the progress of national highway projects. The officers informed the minister that all civil works had been completed on the Chenani-Nashri tunnel and testing of the operation of different equipment was awaited. Meanwhile, lifting and cleaning of leftover material inside and around the openings was being done. Taking exception to the laid-back approach towards maintenance of the…

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645 Structures damaged in fire incidents in 4 Months across Kashmir

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During past four months of ongoing unrest, at least 645 structures were damaged in mysterious fire incidents across Kashmir. The mysterious fire incidents created panic across Kashmir as no district remained untouched by these incidents. Official data reveals, in October 2016, 242 structures were damaged in mysterious fire incidents. Structures, including residential houses, schools, shops and shopping complexes were gutted. Besides these structures vehicles and PDD transformers were also burnt by the unknown persons. The fire incidents first occurred in south Kashmir and later these spread to other districts across…

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