May 9, 2017 | Kashmir POST

All about the Darbar Move in Jammu & Kashmir

May 9, 2017 Editor

Darbar Move is a century-old practice in which the government functions for six months each in the two capitals of the State, Srinagar and Jammu. As summer sets in, the Jammu and Kashmir government is all set to start functioning from Srinagar for the next six months. For the last six months, however, the government was working from its winter capital Jammu, as part of the pre-independence bi-annual ‘Darbar Move’ practice. Darbar Move is a century-old practice in which the government functions for six months each in the two capitals…

Sporadic student protests continue across Valley

May 9, 2017 Editor

Clashes between protesting students and Govt forces broke out at several places in Kashmir on Monday as well. Students protested in Newa and Tral in Pulwama, Ari Panthan in Budgam, Qalamabad in Langate and Zainakote in Srinagar. Students of Government Higher Secondary school Newa, Al Fallah Public School Ari Panthan, Higher Secondary School Qalamabad, Government Higher Secondary School Zainakote, Boys Higher Secondary School and Degree College Tral protested and clashed with forces when they tried to stop the protest marches. Witnesses said that the students of Boys Higher Secondary school…

Not all students pelt stones in Valley : Mehbooba Mufti

May 9, 2017 Editor

As school students clashed with security forces in Pulwama district on Monday, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti stressed that not every young Kashmiri was a stone-pelter. Kashmir once again stood at the crossroads, she said, but added peace would return to the troubled valley which has been seeing protests, mostly by students, over the last two months. “There are some who pelt stones, but not all the youth from Kashmir do so,” she said, urging the national media not to highlight discussions that “developed hatred” against the people…

Hand over Amarnath pilgrimage security to Army: VHP to J&K govt

May 9, 2017 Editor

Ahead of the commencement of the Amarnath Yatra, the VHP has requested Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for handing over its security to the Army with “free hand”. Ahead of the commencement of the Amarnath Yatra, the VHP has requested Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for handing over its security to the Army with “free hand”. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has also demanded opening of the alternate Leh-Kargil route for the pilgrimage, saying it would require least…

Violent Start to Summer 2017: 12 killed in first week of May

May 9, 2017 Editor

Summer has started on a violent note in Kashmir. In the first week of May, at least 12 persons, including six policemen, two bank guards and four civilians, have been killed in various incidents. At the end of April, the casualty figure of security forces in Kashmir was 12. With the killing of six policemen last week, the toll has jumped to 18. This is much higher when compared to corresponding period last year which was incidentally one of bloodiest year for the security forces. In 2016, the forces lost…

Nothing to do with ISIS, Al-Qaeda: Resistance Group

May 9, 2017 Editor

‘Struggle for freedom a local movement… no link with global movements’ Three separatist leaders in the Kashmir valley, who refer to themselves as ‘joint resistance leadership’, on Monday said the region’s separatist movement was indigenous and it had nothing to do with “global (jihadi) movements”. Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik issued a joint statement denouncing any attempt to change the “dimension” of Kashmir’s separatism and termed it as a conspiracy of intelligence agencies. The three separatist leaders spoke against the changing character of Kashmir’s separatism at…