Life returned to normal in Kashmir valley on Saturday after over four months with a two-day relaxation in shutdown called by the separatist leadership. All the shops and business establishments opened for the first time in the morning hours since the killing of Burhan Wani in an encounter with government forces on July 8. Passenger vehicles and private cars took to roads across the valley since early morning. At various places, students were seen heading towards schools. The separatist leadership has called for full-day relaxation today and tomorrow in view…
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All flights from Srinagar Airport cancelled due to poor visibility
Dense fog forced cancellation of all flights to and from Srinagar International Airport on Friday, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded as weatherman has predicted cold and dry weather across the state during the next 48 hours. As many as 17 flights operate between Srinagar-Jammu and Srinagar-Delhi on a daily basis. “All the flights were cancelled today,” Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar International Airport, Manzoor Ahmad Dalal told Kashmir Post. Official sources said that first the passengers were informed that there is delay in flight schedule. However, later they were informed…
Read MoreTraffic Police Srinagar issues advisory to prevent gridlocks
Accordingly, all PSVs/Sumos/Taveras coming from Budgam via Hyderpora and Khomaini Chowk shall adopt Hyderpora Byepass-Tengpora-Bemina Byepass- Bemina Crossing -Tatoo Ground- Batamaloo and shall return back via Batamaloo Bus Stand- Moominabad -Tengpora route. According to the Traffic Police City Srinagar, all the commuters are advised to follow the diversion plan with immediate effect to overcome the traffic jamming in the City. According to the advisory, all passenger service vehicles (PSV) coming from North and North East of Kashmir via HMT Crossing shall strictly adopt the HMT-Parimpora-Barthana- Qammarwari-Bemina Crossing – Batamaloo route.…
Read MoreKashmir unaffected by demonetisation: No queues at Banks, ATMs
As there is chaos and turmoil in other parts of country due to demonetisation of Rs 500 and 1000 currency notes, people in Kashmir have remained mostly unaffected and no long queues are being witnessed at banks or at ATMs. People in Kashmir are exchanging the old notes at bank branches with ease and without having to face any inconvenience. Besides, there are also no long queues at ATMs to withdraw money. “I had to wait for 5-10 minutes in a queue in a branch of J&K Bank at Lal…
Read MoreGovernance hit as PDP, BJP leaders play regional politics
Darbar moves every 6 months but ministers stay put in their regions With the cancellation of the winter and summer secretariats, region-centric politics and rift between the PDP and BJP ministers have adversely affected the work culture of J&K in the past nearly two years. Most of the senior BJP ministers of the PDP-BJP coalition government were absent from their duties when the civil secretariat – the highest seat of governance – was in the summer capital, Srinagar, this year. Deputy Chief Minister and Power Minister Nirmal Singh and Irrigation…
Read MoreAmid curbs, Valley peaceful, Post-paid mobile net restored after 133 Days
No Friday prayers in Jamia Masjid for 19th week 10 injured in clashes across Kashmir School torched in Kupwara, another attacked at Rawalpora The government on Friday once again disallowed the congregational prayers at historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar while fresh clashes and protests were reported from various parts of Kashmir amid shutdown on 133rd consecutive day. There was heavy deployment of police and paramilitary forces outside the grand masjid in Nowhatta here and all roads leading to the masjid were sealed. “We were not allowed to proceed towards Jamia…
Read MoreLess movement of people, traffic ahead of Friday prayers; Jamia masjid siege continues on 18th Friday
While Kashmir has been gradually returning to normalcy, movement of people and traffic was comparatively less today due to an apprehension of law and order problems after the Friday congregational prayers. The unrest in the Valley triggered after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces on July 8, has seen separatists inciting protests after the Friday prayers that turn violent leading to clashes with security forces. Officials said many shops, fuel stations, and other business establishments were shut in most areas of Kashmir.…
Read More33 Pellet victims have dead eyes, hundreds others ‘Just Perception of Light’
Month after month, more and more pellet victims are face to face with the reality that their eyes have no perception of light, or nothing more than just perception of light. Doctors said that 33 pellet hit individuals have no perception of light in at least one eye. As per officials in health department, many pellet hit whose both eyes had been hit by pellets had either one of the eyes eviscerated or so badly damaged that they had no perception of light in the injured eye(s). “Look at Insha…
Read MoreKashmiris vow to fight for independent Kashmir: OPDR
People of Kashmir neither want to join Pakistan nor wish to continue to be within India, and vow to fight for an ‘independent Kashmir’, said leaders of Telangana Organisation for Protection of Democratic Rights (OPDR) on Thursday. Sharing the feedback on the interaction of the seven-member OPDR team with Kashmiris during its recent visit there, they said the people in Kashmir have demanded a round-table conference of all stakeholders on the issue. “They want unconditional withdrawal of all cases registered against the people of Kashmir and the release of those…
Read MoreKashmiris suffering due to Indo-Pak tensions: Erdogan
Addressing a joint press conference, the Turkish President told the media that during his one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Sharif they talked about the situation in Kashmir. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said the suffering of Kashmiris due to escalating Indo-Pak tensions “can no longer be ignored” as he called on the two countries to resolve the Kashmir issue through dialogue. Erdogan, who arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday, made the remarks after he held detailed talks with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Addressing a joint press conference, the Turkish…
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