In a bizarre move, some national and multinational companies are threatening their Kashmir based wholesalers of snatching them of distribution rights of their products for failing to meet their yearly sales targets. Kashmir, which is primarily a consumer economy, has witnessed this year little economic activity and the tourism was completely off due to five-month long unrest. Wholesalers here say these MNC providing various product lines such as FMCGs, pharmaceutical, garments and other products despite knowing the situation which was not suitable for meeting the targets are pressurizing to force…
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Mehbooba Mufti pitches for rehab of violence victims
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today directed officials to update the database of people affected by the violence in the past three decades in the state so that concrete steps for their complete integration into the social set-up could be taken. Chairing the Seventh Governing Council meeting of J&K Rehabilitation Council here today, the Chief Minister said special programmes should be planned for the rehabilitation and integration of poor victims into the social mainstream of the state. She said intervention was needed for the proper and complete rehabilitation of women and…
Read MoreCentre must talk to all stakeholders including hurriyat to resolve Kashmir Issue: Farooq Abdullah
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah today sought meaningful dialogue for ending political uncertainty in Jammu and Kashmir. “Alongside opening the channels of dialogue with Pakistan, the Centre must talk to all stakeholders, including the Hurriyat Conference,” Farooq said while addressing a public rally at Ragooda in the Nagrota Assembly constituency. He came down heavily on those criticising him for advocating dialogue with the Hurriyat Conference, asking why a finger was not being raised against the PDP-BJP combine. He blamed the coalition for bringing the state to unprecedented crisis and unleashing…
Read MoreWinter festival in Gulmarg, Snow carnival in Pahalgam on cards
JK gears up to woo back tourists As tourism sector has witnessed slump during past five months of unrest in Kashmir, the tourism department in a bid to bring the hospitality sector back on track has announced to organize winter festival in Gulmarg and snow carnival in Pahalgam to woo backpackers and utilize the snow season by showcasing the winter activities here. This was announced by the Secretary Tourism, Farooq Shah to media persons after chairing a meeting of tourism department, which was attended by various officials of the department…
Read MoreBJP to strengthen base in Kashmir
After the BJP bid to strengthen its base took a hit during the unrest, the party has now resumed activities in the Valley with an improvement in the situation. The party held a series of functions in Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla and Kupwara districts recently. BJP state general secretary (organisation) Ashok Koul, who chaired the party functions across districts, said the party had again asked its ministers in the state to “adopt” districts in the Kashmir valley and reach out to the people. “We have asked our party workers to reach…
Read MorePower, Ration crisis unprecedented, Govt unmoved: NC
Rather than rectifying the crisis, CM busy with distributing scooties: Sagar National Conference on Tuesday lashed out at the state government over the unprecedented power and ration crisis in the state and said the Chief Minister was too busy in her photo-ops and ribbon-cutting functions to take note of the misery and suffering that people are reeling under. NC General Secretary Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar conducted an extensive tour of Downtown and interacted with public and traders’ delegations from various areas who apprised him of the scarcity of essential commodities…
Read MoreKashmir Valley witnessing longest dry spell of decade
No Rains, Snow For 5th Consecutive Month As the Meteorological Department predicted no rains or snow for the coming week, ongoing dry spell is likely to enter fifth month, Kashmir’s longest dry period of the decade. Sonam Lotus, Director local MeT Department told Kashmir Post that dry spell continues as western disturbances failed to bring enough moisture to Kashmir. “From mid-September to till date, Kashmir has only recorded 5 mm of rainfall against the normal rainfall of 100mm,” he said. He informed as per normal rainfall, the Kashmir must have…
Read MoreResistance Group exempted lawyers from shutdown
Resistance leaders in the Kashmir valley today exempted lawyers from the two-day shutdown later this week. Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, the three separatist leaders who have been issuing weekly protest and shutdown calendars for the past several months, in a joint statement exempted the lawyers from the shutdown scheduled on Friday and Saturday. The separatist trio said there were “thousands of habeas corpus cases pending for hearing”. “In view of the winter vacation of the courts, lawyers are requested to help out the cases of these…
Read MoreFarooq Abdullah opposes Domicile Certificate for West Pak refugees
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah today said the idea of issuing ‘domicile certificates’ to the West Pakistan refugees was unacceptable and that the party won’t be a mute spectator to such extra-constitutional misadventures that aim at circumventing the state’s special constitutional status and character. Speaking to reporters after an event here, Farooq said there was a clear effort to exploit the West Pakistan refugee issue to further a traditional agenda of weakening the state’s special status and eroding the state subject law. “These belated sympathisers of the West Pakistan refugees…
Read MoreKashmir on the brink of another agitation: Domicile Row
As the Sun was setting on Christmas-eve, security agencies in Kashmir were taken by surprise when massive stone-pelting erupted in the summer capital of Srinagar. Voicing pro-freedom slogans, masked youth appeared in areas like congested Batamaloo and high-security Airport Road, throwing rocks at the police and paramilitary CRPF. It happened on Saturday when there was actually no call for any roadside protests. However, there was a hartal, as a part of the 2-day strike call given by the “united” Hurriyat, spearheading the ongoing agitation. A day prior to this, the…
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