Owing to the enhanced freight rates, the fruit growers have decided not to export fresh crop to outside the mandis. In a statement, Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers cum Dealers Union said they appealed all the valley based growers not to send fruit to outside mandis. It said due to continued restrictions imposed by the government, the fruit growers could not spray pesticides and insecticides in their orchards resulting in the fall of apples from trees in bulk creating panic among them. “We lifted the fallen apple crop to avoid any…
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BJP leaders come under increasing attacks in Valley
Kashmir-based ground workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are saying they are being targeted by mobs and are going through hard times amid the ongoing unrest in the Valley. Before the encounter of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8 sparked widespread protests, the BJP’s Kashmir unit had been endeavouring to strengthen the party base. Earlier, it had claimed that it had made strong inroads in Kashmir and had enrolled over 3.3 lakh party members in the Valley. However, after eruption of the unrest, the BJP claimed that…
Read More84 Days of Uprising: Kashmiris Adapt, Innovate to Sustain
Part innovation, part reorganizing economy, part charity and partly returning to traditional way of life have become new pillars of sustenance in Kashmir as the region continues its journey through 84 days of uprising. As government continues to hope that protesters will ultimately wear down and the cycle of marches and protests will give way to ‘normal’ life, the resilience shown by people has taken everybody by surprise. Despite attempts there has been no dent in the unity wave felt across length and breadth of Kashmir and resultant pro-freedom protests.…
Read MoreLadakh on high alert; Residents asked to vacate border villages
Amid escalating Indo-Pak tension after the Army’s surgical strikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Ladakh, which shares vast boundaries with China and Pakistan, has been put on a high alert, following apprehension of “possible aggression” from the other side of the border. While the administration has sounded the alert for all habitations along the Line of Control (LoC), it has kept the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), an unmarked boundary between China and India, on a “close watch.” The Ladakh region has 225-km LoC, 955-km…
Read MoreCurfew in parts of Srinagar, Woman dies of cardiac arrest during forces raid in Anantnag
Death toll reaches 91, 200 fresh injuries Govt imposes curfew, restriction to foil Lal Chowk Chalo Friday prayers disallowed in Jamia, other mosques for 12th week Forces disallowed Friday prayers in Nadihal; fire pellets, tear gas shells on people People at some places offer funeral prayers in absentia for 2 Pak soldiers Situation under control, 49 arrested in 24 hours: Police Sopore youth critical Shutdown observer in Banihal An elderly lady died of cardiac arrest allegedly after government forces pelted stones and smashed the entry gate of her house in…
Read MoreCurfew-like restrictions imposed in Srinagar, Aerial firing in Batamaloo post stone pelting attack
Authorities have imposed curfew-like restrictions in Srinagar to foil the march by separatists on Friday towards the city`s centre in Lal Chowk. The police and CRPF jawans have been deployed at vital places to stop protests. Meanwhile, shutdown continues for 84th day which has crippled the life of local residents. The Valley is also on high alert after India carried out surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday night. Villages in the bordering areas are being evacuated and locals are being moved to safer locations. Meanwhile,…
Read MoreTension mounts in Uri villages along LoC
Residents feel unsafe as underground bunkers were destroyed in 2005 earthquake As tension mounts in the wake of surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC), residents of border areas in Kashmir, particularly Uri, are fearing worse times ahead. Panic has gripped villages along the LoC in Uri, scene of the deadly militant attack on an Army base on September 18 in which 18 soldiers were killed. A majority of underground bunkers in the Uri sector and other villages along the LoC in Kashmir had been destroyed during the devastating…
Read More37 Electric transformers damaged by forces in Budgam since unrest
The officials, wishing anonymity, said the forces “intentionally attacked the transformers with bullets and tear gas shells.” At least 37 electric transformers have been damaged allegedly by the forces during clashes in this district in the last three months, PDD officials said. The officials, wishing anonymity, said the forces “intentionally attacked the transformers with bullets and tear gas shells.” “Seven transformers were damaged in Beerwah town alone. Others were damaged at Narbal, Ompura, Wathoora, Gudsathoo, Kawoosa, Haknipora, Waterhail, Mazhama and Wadipora. Transformers in Wanimohallah, Wazemohallah and Dangarmohallah were repeatedly rendered…
Read MoreStudents across Kashmir protest; resolve ‘no schooling, no exam, only Azaadi’
‘First bullets, then pellets, now exam’ Students of classes 10 and 12 across Kashmir on Thursday held protests, to show solidarity with their counterparts who were blinded by pellets in the ongoing unrest in Kashmir. The protesting students vowed to boycott examination to show solidarity with Insha (a small girl who was blinded by a pellet earlier), demand justice for pellet survivors, students jailed and “our brothers killed by forces.” The students were carrying placards reading: “Will not appear in exams until Kashmir issue is resolved; save children save future.”…
Read MoreShutdown, Curbs cripple life for 83rd day; Damaging harvest another war tool to curb the unrest
‘Forces damage apple harvest in Karimabad’ Curfew-like restrictions imposed to foil “Lal Chowk chalo” Woman among 4 injured in clashes after Div Com’s vehicle attacked in Bandipora 73 arrested in 24 hours Complete shutdown across Kashmir continued on 83rd consecutive day on Thursday while four people including a woman sustained injuries in clashes in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports said that forces allegedly damaged apple harvest in Karimabad village of Pulwama district. The orchardists alleged that army men who were patrolling the area suddenly went on rampage and damaged the…
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