Year: 2016

Shutdown, Protests Continues on 78th Consecutive Day, Curbs remain in force across Valley

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Thousands attend funeral prayers of slain youth in Baramulla Clashes, protests at many places Evening remains abuzz with activities 39 youth arrested in 24 hours: Police Over half a dozen people received pellet injuries in Anantnag on Saturday even as curfew remained imposed in Handwara and some other parts of Kashmir. Kashmir observed complete shutdown while markets opened after 6 PM on the call of resistance leadership. In last 78 days, 88 civilians have died in police, paramilitary and army firing across Kashmir while above 13,000 have been injured. South…

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Protest Hits Kashmiris Hard, State Tourism Industry Suffers Rs 3000 crore loss

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Tourism sector in Kashmir has suffered a loss of around Rs 3,000 crore as the 77-day ongoing unrest in the valley resulted in sharp decline of tourists. According to preliminary estimates, tourism department officials said the key sector of state’s economy has suffered a loss of around Rs 3,000 crore due to the unrest which broke out on July 9 following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces a day earlier. “The tourism destinations and hotels both in private and government sector have…

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Mobile phone services suspended in Baramulla; Eyes moist, hearts numb as Baramulla youth laid to rest

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Residents of several villages of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday said that their cellphone services were suspended by the authorities last night. “Only BSNL phones are working. All private mobile phone services have been barred without any reason or explanation,” said a Sopore resident. Kashmir Post received several calls from various villages of the district complaining that their mobile phone services have been barred. “The phone services were snapped at 10 pm last night,” said Nousheen Malik, a resident of Sopore. Our correspondent in Baramulla said the service was…

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As Kashmir’s uprising rages, its toll on the psyche of the Valley’s children’s is difficult to state

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In the ongoing uprising in Kashmir it is the children who are turning into the next defiant generation that will prolong the current political crisis for coming years. Go to any part of Kashmir, children as young as three are raising slogans and are well aware why the region has been on lockdown for the past 10 weeks. During a reporting trip last month, in South Kashmir’s Yaaripora, a group of children paraded with handmade wooden rifles, raising anti-India and pro-freedom slogans. Pictures of such groups of children also appeared…

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7 Dead, 9 Injured after BEACON vehicle plunges into gorge in Bandipora

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At least seven persons died after a Beacon vehicle carrying labourers met with an accident in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday. Five bodies were recovered from the site of the accident in Tragbal late last night. The vehicle was on its way to Bandipora from Gurez when the accident took place. A police official said that 17-18 persons were travelling on the ill-fated vehicle. He said seven persons have died while nine others have suffered injuries, adding that all the injured have been shifted to a hospital in Srinagar…

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Valley Shuts on 78th Consecutive Day

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Kashmir remained shut for the 78th consecutive day on Saturday as authorities deployed security forces in Srinagar city and some other places. However, there will be no curfew anywhere in the Valley, a senior police official said. Eighty-eight civilians have died since the present unrest began on July 9. A 22-year old youth identified as Waseem Lone of Baramulla district died during firing on Friday. While police said Waseem died when youths resorted to stone pelting at army vehicles passing through the area, locals have alleged he was shot without…

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Gazetted Officers, Cops on admin list who where part of Pro-Freedom Protests

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7 Gazetted Officers, including assistant registrar of KU and govt college lecturers, among nearly 150 names; more to be identified as CM asks for a second list On the instructions of the chief minister, government officials have identified nearly 150 government employees, among them half-a-dozen policemen and seven gazetted officers, who have taken part in stone-fighting and pro-freedom protests. Senior officers in the government told Kashmir Post that the list was prepared upon instructions from Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. They said the names have been sent to concerned deputy commissioners, secretaries,…

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Sign of normalcy, Govt showroom opens in ‘Caged’ Lal Chowk

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JK Owned Corporations directed to throw open outlets or ‘Face Action’ On Friday, Kashmir Handicrafts Corporation opened its showroom in Srinagar’s commercial hub Lal Chowk after directions from the state authorities to government-owned corporations to open their outlets and go back to business in the summer capital amid restrictions and resistance camp-backed shutdown. A senior official in the office of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir said the State authorities recently issued strict directions to J&K Handicrafts (Sales and Export) Corporation, J&K Handloom Development Corporation, JKI and other government-owned business establishments to start…

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West Pakistan refugees seek domicile right in J&K

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West Pakistani refugees on Friday urged the Centre to grant them domicile right in Jammu and Kashmir, and sought a special package for rehabilitation in the state besides a host of other benefits. The demands were placed by a delegation of West Pakistani Refugees during their meeting with Home Minister Rajnath Singh here. The charter of demands included citizenship right in Jammu and Kashmir, special package for rehabilitation in the state, right to vote and contest state Assembly elections, among others. Allotment of land, special recruitment, right to education in…

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‘Prohibitive’ fares hamper fruit export from Kashmir

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The apple growers/suppliers in Kashmir are presently a worried lot. Reason, the exorbitant transportation cost amid ongoing unrest in Kashmir is proving prohibitive for sending fruit to outside markets. According to the growers/suppliers the number of trucks in the wake of ongoing crisis in Kashmir has decreased sending the transportation costs sky high. “The truck fare from Srinagar to Delhi which was in the range of Rs 60 – Rs 70 per box of apple during last year, has surged to Rs 120,” Bashir Ahmad Bashir, President Parimpora Fruit Mandi…

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