Year: 2016

Woollens out in Kashmir as mercury takes a dip

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Woollens are out in Kashmir as the minimum temperatures during night dip to sub-zero levels. However, owing to prolonged shutdowns, the shoppers in the city are struggling to buy warm clothings as the shopkeepers have not much stock left. In Kashmir, autumn announces its arrival when chinar leaves start turning crimson red. That change also signals the arrival of the autumn cold and that is the time to change the attire. As the autumn is in its full swing in the region, the woollen and warm clothing are also out…

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Where are Bunkers, Camps, ask Shell-Shocked Residents

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Anger among border dwellers as admn fails to assuage safety concerns It is chaos everywhere in the forward areas as the administration has failed to instill confidence in the border dwellers facing the horrors of firing and shelling from across the border. People are living in extreme fear with no surety of their safety but the administration appears nowhere in sight to alleviate their sufferings or to provide them with the basic amenities like bunkers. When a shell exploded here on Tuesday on the house of Marha Ram, three members…

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‘Govt wants us to appear in exams to break ongoing agitation’

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Student protests continue seeking deferment of exams With the delay in announcement of relaxation in syllabus, students Wednesday accused the government of playing a game over holding Secondary and Higher Secondary exams. The students warned the state government to shun away from egoism and defer exams to March next year. Amid the ongoing uprising, the JK government earlier issued dates to conduct class 10 and 12 exams from mid-November. However it faced criticism from students, parents and academicians who demanded deferment of exams to March. The protests for deferment of…

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Govt disallows resistance leaders meet

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Mirwaiz confined to his house Stops Malik from entering Geelani’s residence Trio was scheduled to discuss future course of action Authorities on Wednesday disallowed a meeting between top separatist leaders, who are spearheading the ongoing uprising in Kashmir, for discussing future course of action. The meeting between Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was scheduled at Hyderpora residence of Geelani at 3 p.m. While police didn’t allow Mirwaiz to move out of his Nigeen residence where…

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Scores injured during clashes across Kashmir on 117th Day of Uprising, Shutdown extended until Nov 10

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70-yr-old critical after hit by tear-gas shell in head Pellet terror continues 4 youth get pellets in eyes People resist cordon-and-search operation in Soura SP among 35 police, paramilitary personnel injured: Police Door-to-door searches in CM’s hometown Girl fired with pellets in face in Shopian Shutdown extended until Nov 10 Situation under control: Police At least 40 civilians sustained injuries in security forces action after a police raid in Anchaar area of Soura in Srinagar today. An elderly man who sustained tear gas shell injury is battling for life at…

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8 People died, 22 Injured in Pakistan shelling on border villages

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Eight people were killed and 22 injured when Pakistani troops heavily shelled border hamlets and posts with mortar bombs along the International Border (IB) and the LoC in Samba, Jammu, Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Two women were killed and 13 others injured during shelling with 82 and 120 mm mortar bombs in Rajouri, Jammu, Poonch districts. Army sources said two Pakistani soldiers have been killed opposite to Noushera sector along the LoC in Rajouri district. “Five people died and nine others were injured in the shelling…

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Govt. takes over control of BOSE, Selection of examiners, evaluators to be done by Govt

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Selection of examiners, evaluators to be done by Govt The Jammu and Kashmir government has taken over the control of Board of School Education (BOSE) and curtailed its authoritative powers for selection of examiners and evaluators for secondary and higher secondary examinations. Officials said the teachers deputed for exam duties and evaluation of question papers will be designated by the government and the list will be prepared by the concerned Chief Education Officers (CEOs) in their respective district. “It was for the first time that CEOs were asked to submit…

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Separatists out to destroy student’s careers: Akhter

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Minister for Education and senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and Naeem Akhter today said the government was only trying to safeguard the career of lakhs of students whereas separatists with their shut-down calls were trying to destroy their academic career. He also strongly condemned the allegations levelled by Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik, who has indirectly blamed students for burning of schools in Kashmir. In a statement, Akhter said those saying the government decision to hold exams had forced students to torch educational institutes should go…

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Floods in 2014, Unrest in 2016, Start-ups faced the worst in Kashmir; Dr M I Parray

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J&K’s Entrepreneurship Development Institute had emerged an incubator where boys and girls were taught and encouraged to become employers rather than employees. With perhaps the highest known success rate in new enterprises, Tilangana and Kabul were keen to copy its DNA. In last eight months, it survived two protracted gun-battles that devastated its two buildings. Dr Mohammad Ismail Parray, its Director, who started it from one room, tells Kashmir Post that enterprises in Kashmir need much more beyond resources, motivation, and the market Dr M I PARRAY: We had some training…

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Delay in announcement for syllabus relaxation puts students under stress

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The government however, remained adamant to hold exams in November stating that it will consider reducing the syllabus and students will have more options in terms of questions and answers “as they have not been able to complete the studies due to the prevailing situation in Kashmir.” After playing the “relaxation card” to woo students towards exams in mid-November, the government is still indecisive to announce the pattern of relaxation, stressing students. Amid unrest, the JK government decided to hold exams from November which had come for severe criticism from…

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