Year: 2016

Dal vegetables suffice Srinagar’s demand

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At the break of dawn, there is a hustle in the interiors of Dal Lake as scores of boats carrying vegetables gather at a point in the water body known as Srinagar’s ‘Floating Vegetable garden.’ Within hours of appearance of vegetable growers on the scene, the trading of locally grown vegetables begins with wholesalers— who then pass it to vendors for consumption in restriction bound Srinagar and its peripheries. This market, as per vegetable sellers during curfew, restrictions and shutdown has emerged as an important link for them to supply…

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Unrest lands Valley’s wazas in soup

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Abdul Gani, 52, a wazwan chef, has done no business this season. After the unrest started in Kashmir in the second week of July, he started getting calls and 90 per cent of his bookings were cancelled. Like Abdul, a resident of uptown Srinagar, most of the wazas in Kashmir made no money during this wedding season as the weddings were either cancelled or solemnised in a simple manner due to the ongoing unrest. “This season we have done no business. We are only getting calls for cooking at langars…

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Fear in Kupwara as forces damage property worth crores

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Fear is writ large on the faces of residents of Panzgam area of Kralpora in Kupwara district. After two days when army men allegedly wreaked havoc in the village, residents have not come to terms and are in a state of shock. Haffeza Begum (name changed) while narrating the incident said, “There was firing and tear gas shelling outside. Army men broke the gate of our home and entered inside. They broke household goods and everything. We hid ourselves in the upper storey.” Residents alleged that computer shop of one…

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Chenani tunnel project hit by prolonged turmoil in Valley

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Movement of material, workers disrupted; deadline extended The prolonged unrest in Kashmir has badly affected the completion of the country’s longest road tunnel between Chenani and Nashri on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. The authorities have extended the deadline to the end of November, but with a rider that the tunnel would be thrown open to traffic only after normalisation of the situation in Kashmir. The unrest has slowed down the movement of material and people to and from Kashmir and thus, the most awaited 9.2-km-long Chenani-Nashri tunnel may take some…

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Curbs, Clashes, Protests, Shutdown cripple life for 74th day across Valley

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Bullet hits Bandipora youth Chenab Valley to observe shutdown today Women stage rallies in Sopore, other places House gutted in Shopian, bike set afire in Batamaloo 64 more youth arrested in 24 hours: Police At least 50 people including some women were injured when forces foiled pro-freedom rallies and beat up inmates at various places in Kashmir on Tuesday, reports and witnesses said. A 20-year-old youth was hit by a bullet in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district during clashes, they said. South Kashmir 30 people were wounded when forces personnel allegedly…

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Women held freedom rally at Sopore; Protesters set motorbike on fire at Batamaloo

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Hundreds of women held a freedom rally at Sopore in north Kashmir on Tuesday on the call of joint Hurriyat leadership. Local sources told Kashmir Post that announcements were made soon after Zuhar prayers from mosque loudspeakers appealing women folk to come out of their homes and participate in the rally. The appeal further said that men were not allowed to participate in the rally. Soon women started their rally from New Colony of the north town. Sources said the rally was on way to main Chowk amid complete shutdown…

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The Curfewed Eid of Kashmir

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Putting the entire valley of Kashmir under curfew on the most important Muslim religious festival of Eid-ul-Adha is the first event of its kind in the entire recorded history of Kashmir! M Ashraf Eid-ul-Adah is the most pious and revered festival in the Muslim world. It is in remembrance to the symbolic sacrifice which God asked Prophet Ibrahim to offer. Well, Kashmiris too have offered a similar symbolic sacrifice for their cause on this occasion. Kashmir has seen many periods of extreme suppression during its history of last four centuries.…

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OIC Backs Pak, asks India to cease atrocities in Kashmir

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Expressing their solidarity with the Kashmiri people, the OIC group “reaffirmed their resolve to remain the voice of the Kashmiris’ at the international stage.” The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has backed Pakistan and called on India to immediately cease ‘atrocities’ in Kashmir and peacefully settle the issue in accordance with wishes of Kashmiri people and the UNSC resolutions. OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani Monday expressed concern over the situation in Kashmir and called for an immediate cessation of atrocities by India, urging the Indian government for peaceful settlement…

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Which philosophy makes you mourn Uri but derive pleasure from Kashmir Massacre: Geelani

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Accuses New Delhi, ‘local stooges, Indian media’ of ‘war mongering to divert attention from Kashmir atrocities’ Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani said on Monday that New Delhi, its “local stooges” and Indian media were indulging in war mongering to divert the attention of the world community from the atrocities committed by Indian forces in Kashmir at a time when the UN session is underway, a Hurriyat spokesman said. “Syed Ali Geelani said that 35 members of Sikh community were massacred when Bill Clinton visited India and it was done…

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74th Consecutive day of Shutdown, Protests, Curfew, Killings in Kashmir

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Kashmir Valley remained shut for the 74th consecutive day on Tuesday with authorities deploying security forces in Srinagar and other districts to “maintain law and order”.Kashmir Valley remained shut for the 74th consecutive day on Tuesday with authorities deploying security forces in Srinagar and other districts to “maintain law and order”. Curfew was Tuesday lifted across Kashmir, except from six police station areas of Srinagar, in view of the improving situation, even as normal life remained disrupted in the Valley for the 74th straight day. Curfew remains in force in…

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