Year: 2016

10,500 Year-old camping site found in Nubra Valley

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The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered a 10,500-year-old (8,500 BC) camping site at a height of 14,000 feet en route the Karakoram Pass in Ladakh. There is an evidence of human activity at the camping site for about 800 years. The site is in the Nubra valley on the way to Saser La which leads to the Karakoram Pass. While exploring the Nubra valley in 2015-16, Dr SB Ota, Joint DG, ASI, observed both sides of the hill and valley as the serpentine road gradually climbed along the…

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40 Days of Consecutive Curfew Cripples life across Kashmir, Fresh killings has kept Valley on Boil

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Kishtwar shuts against civilian killings in Kashmir Hizb’s Zakir posts video, asks youth to continue protests Night curfew to be imposed in Srinagar district Death toll in the ongoing faceoff between security forces and locals in the Kashmir Valley rose to 66 on Tuesday after seven people were killed allegedly in firing by security forces in the last 24 hours. Curfew and communication blockade across the valley continued for the 39th day as the government struggled to bring the situation under control, with protests continuing in most places. Four people…

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Poultry industry shows self-sufficiency in tough times

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The local poultry industry has fought against all odds and proved to be self-sufficient during the ongoing unrest by supplying local production of chicken into the markets at cheapest possible rates. According to Ghulam Muhammad, President of Kashmir Valley Poultry Farmers Association almost 80 per cent of the chicken sold in the Valley during last one month has come from local production. “Despite not been given an industrial status by the state government, the poultry industry has risen to the occasion and shown that we have the ability to become…

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Residents despair as Communication Gag continues

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Today marks the 39th day of curfew in Kashmir. The private mobile phone networks remain suspended. Internet blocked. Roads deserted. In the current scenario, when all sources of communication have been snapped, people are increasingly getting desperate to know what is happening in others parts of the Valley. “The situation is getting worse than the 2010 unrest. We are suffocating. Phones are not working. At least children used to surf the internet and tell us what is happening in other parts of the Valley, but now we have been deprived…

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9 Year-old boy is battling for life at SMHS hospital

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His head and face are wrapped in bandage. Since Monday evening, he is lying motionless on a bed in Srinagar’s SMHS hospital. And the only signs of life in him are the beeps on vital-signs monitor wired to his body. Just 20 hours earlier, nine-year-old Irfan Ahmed Sofi was playing his favorite game Football with his friends in Bijbehera area in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Today, the “football champ” as he is known in his locality, is battling for life at the Surgical ICU of the SMHS hospital after he…

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BloodBath Continues; Five killed in fresh violence taking death toll to 66; Curfew, Shutdown continues for 39th Day

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Forces kill 4 youth in Beerwah, another in Anantnag; death toll rises to 66 286 injured across Valley, 2 youth battling for life Curfew, shutdown continues for 39th day Army ‘beats people to pulp’ in Ganderbal Huge pro-freedom rallies held in several areas Government forces killed five civilians, four in central Kashmir’s Beerwah area and another in south Kashmir’s Anantnag– on Tuesday, further escalating the tension prevailing in the Valley after killing of 21-year-old Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8. With the fresh killings, the death toll of…

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Communication Gag Continued across Valley; Army man’s house set ablaze in Anantnag

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State Government has yet to restore the BSNL broadband internet service which was snapped on August 13, effectively cutting Kashmir off from the world. This was the only service left untouched in the so far 38 days of the unrest. Sources in BSNL say they have not received orders to resume the service. “We got the order to shut it down. Waiting for the order to resume it,” said an official. This has created an unprecedented communication blockade in Valley. Government has already shutdown prepaid and post-paid phones and the internet service.…

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Resistance group ask people to come out, stage 72-hour sit-in from tomorrow; Army loots residents of Kurhama

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Women rally against civilian killings in Bandipora Army loots residents of Kurhama ‘Six protesters dead but Modi wants to sort out Balochistan’: Omar Abdullah ‘Stop genocide of Kashmiris’: KCCI The joint resistance leadership comprising, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF Chief Muhammad Yasin Malik have asked people to come out on the streets on Wednesday and stage a 72-hour sit-in. In a statement here they said, “People should march towards the office of United Nations Military Observers Group (UNMOG) at Sonawar in Srinagar. Wherever forces stop you…

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Tomorrow come on streets, March towards UN Office: Mirwaiz to people

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Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has asked people to come out on streets on Wednesday and march towards the office of United Nations Military Observers Group (UNMOG) at Sonawar in Srinagar. In a statement here Mirwaiz said, “We cannot sit in homes and get killed. I appeal people to come on streets and march towards UN office at Sonawar on Wednesday to launch the decisive phase of the ongoing movement.” 2 Critically injured youth battle for survival Two more critically injured persons from Aripanth Beerwah Budgam are…

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Forces on rampage in Batamaloo; Clashes erupted in Ganderbal, scores injured

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Following the killings of a youth in Dobi Mohalla and SD Colony of Batamaloo area of Srinagar, government forces including CRPF and Police is on rampage in the area. Local told Kashmir Post the forces have smashed windowpanes almost everywhere in the area and are harassing residents. They said dozens of residential houses have been ransacked. Many kids have managed to escape unhurt from these areas. Heavy tear smoke shells have also been lobbed to contain the ongoing protests. A 17-year-old youth, Yasir Ahmed of S D colony Batamaloo was shot in the…

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