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Shutdown ends, life limps to normalcy in Pulwama

January 16, 2016 Editor

The Auqaf Committee and Traders Federation today decided to call off the shutdown in Pulwama after the administration assured them that all detained youths would be released and no FIR lodged against them. In a meeting held at the Deputy Commissioner’s office, the administration assured the members that all persons put under detention would be released, but no martyrs’ memorial hoarding would be installed at Shaheed Park till further orders. Pulwama head priest Mohammad Akram Dar conveyed the decision to the locals via the loudspeaker of the Chatapora mosque. “Open…

Mercury dips in Kashmir but little chance of snow fall

January 16, 2016 Editor

Amid fears that this year’s winter season may turn out to be one of the hottest ever for North India, mercury once again dipped in most parts of Kashmir Valley even as minimum temperature rose by six degrees in Leh town in the frontier Ladakh region to settle at minus 7.4 degrees Celsius. As per the Met Department, dry weather conditions will continue for most part of the rest of Chillai-Kalan, the 40-day harshest winter period ending January 31, bringing down the chances of any further snow fall Kashmir had witnessed…

MLA from Kashmir to attend Islamabad meet, Hurriyat too invited

January 16, 2016 Editor

Separatist groups and two Jammu and Kashmir legislators have been invited to a conference on Kashmir set to be held in Islamabad, and at least one legislator on Friday said he will attend. The invitation for the January 20-21 Round Table Conference has been issued by Sardar Muhammed Yaqoob Khan, president of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Those invited include all constituents of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, civil society members and legislators Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami (CPI-M) and Engineer Rashid (Independent) — the latter said he will take part. A spokesman for Rashid, who…

Policemen flout rules at traffic awareness rally

January 16, 2016 Editor

Instead of creating awareness during ongoing Traffic Week among public, policemen are performing “stunts’ and themselves not following rules. Latching onto police vehicles without registration numbers they brandished batons while observing Traffic Awareness Week. The ongoing Traffic Awareness Week, which was scheduled to start on January 10, started yesterday due to the state mourning of seven days after the death of the Chief Minister. The Traffic Police Department organised a cycle rally from Jammu University to Gandhi Nagar and back to the varsity, in which more than 200 riders, including…

Mehbooba attends prayer meet at Mufti’s grave

January 16, 2016 Editor

She will meet leaders on government formation soon: Naeem Akhter PDP president Mehbooba Mufti attended the congregational ‘fateha-khwani’ (prayers for the deceased) at her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s grave here today. Hundreds of PDP workers assembled at Dara Shikoh Garden. They attended prayers for their late leader after offering Friday congregational prayers at the park. Mehbooba arrived from Srinagar around 2 pm. A sombre Mehbooba walked holding the arm of her brother, Mufti Tasadduq. Her daughters and sisters accompanied her to the grave. Mehbooba stayed at her father’s grave for…

Experts express resentment over capturing of musk deer

January 16, 2016 Editor

Wildlife experts and animal rights activists in Kashmir have expressed concern and regret over capturing of a musk deer by locals in Lari area of Kangan in Ganderbal district. Wildlife experts said that these species of deer are extremely shy and usually prefer to stay away from human population. The deer if captured by humans can die before the captors realize it, as the animal is very fragile and frail. A wild life expert while talking to us said that locals should have called the wild life expert after spotting the…

With PDP-BJP 2.0 loading, Kashmir braces for yet another experiment

January 16, 2016 Editor

Suhail Ahmad Jammu and Kashmir has seen many political experiments with the latest in the list being the 2014 PDP-BJP alliance. At the end of these experiments, the political players often feign regret and even do a review exercise to see what went wrong. The latest we have heard is the PDP’s review of its coalition with BJP. Last year, they took almost two months to announce their alliance. And here we are again, PDP and BJP playing mind games ahead of government formation. It looks like a repeat telecast…

Boy battles for life after being mauled by stray dogs

January 16, 2016 Editor

A six-year-old boy is battling for life in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, after stray dogs mauled him while he was walking through a street in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The multiple canine bites have badly torn his face, head and neck. His face and scalp were badly mutilated. The attack has broken his facial bone and elbow as well. The doctors, who conducted emergency surgery on the boy, have put him on ventilator. His condition is said to be critical.…

PDP, BJP brass may soon meet for govt formation

January 16, 2016 Editor

Suspense over the government formation in J&K may soon be over as the Peoples Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janata Party are likely to make contact at the highest level to break the impasse. Sources in the PDP said channels of communication between the two parties were already open and they expected a decision on government formation soon. “With the eight-day mourning period over, there is all possibility that a contact at the highest level will be made in the coming days,” said a senior PDP leader and former minister in…

Kashmir for the Solo Female Traveler

January 15, 2016 Editor

By Shally Kashmir? Alone? Its not safe. You’ll get bored? What if something bad happens? There are terrorists in Kashmir. What if you got kidnapped?” These were responses not from my parents, but from people my own age. In this post I’d like to address these very legitimate concerns. Media has portrayed Kashmir as a war zone for so many years , So of course when I was about to embark on my solo trip to Kashmir I was nervous as hell. But from fellow travelers I had heard that it was very…