May 24, 2017 | Kashmir POST

GoI creating shadow IS to flex muscle in Kashmir: Aga Ruhullah

May 24, 2017 Editor

‘Ideologies and people like Zakir Musa created after meeting Mosad’ Government of India (GoI) is creating a shadow Islamic State to flex its muscle in Kashmir, opposition National Conference (NC) leader Aga Ruhullah said Tuesday. Speaking at a programme ‘J&K – The Road Ahead’ organised by Centre for Peace and Progress (CPP, Ruhullah said, “New Delhi is trying to create a shadow Islamic State to create an excuse for flexing its muscle.” He said this was being done to create ideologies and people like the former Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Zakir…

Amit Shah’s three-and-a-half-district remark wrong: Mani Shankar Aiyar

May 24, 2017 Editor

Before India’s freedom, Lord Linlithgow also termed our movement issue of three districts If Delhi doesn’t talk now, then guns will start talking’ I’m ready for pre-1952 position, Chidambaram ready to start from 1947 Senior Congress leader and former diplomat Mani Shankar Aiyar Tuesday said before India’s freedom, Lord Linlithgow termed the Indian freedom movement an issue of only three districts. Speaking to media person on the sidelines of a discussion programme, ‘J&K – The Road Ahead’ organised by Centre for Peace and Progress (CPP), Aiyar said Lord Linlithgow had…

JMC conducts anti encroachment drive, seizes 8 truckloads of goods

May 24, 2017 Editor

In a joint anti encroachment drive conducted by Jammu Municipal Corporation, Traffic and Executive Police today seized about 8 trucks of material displayed by the shopkeepers in front of their shops and on footpaths causing traffic congestion and free flow of pedestrians. The team also lifted twenty illegal Rehires plying without license. The drive was conducted to follow the Hon’ble High Court directions regarding encroachment of footpaths by shopkeepers causing obstructions to pedestrians and street vendors causing free flow of traffic and congestion of roads. Anti-encroachment drive was conducted in…

FIR Remains, Probe against army still on: Human shield

May 24, 2017 Editor

Amid outrage in Kashmir over the award to the Army Major who tied a youth to a jeep, a senior J&K Police officer today said the probe against the Army in the “human shield” case would continue and the FIR had not been quashed. The assertion came a day after Major Leetul Gogoi of 53 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) Battalion was awarded with the Army Chief’s Commendation Card for his “sustained efforts in counter-insurgency operations.” “The investigation in the case will carry on. The FIR has not been quashed (against the…

Nashri – Jawahar Tunnel four laning

May 24, 2017 Editor

District Development Commissioner Ramban, Muhammad Aijaz held a meeting with revenue officers, engineers and representatives of construction agencies working on prestigious four laning project of NH-1A from Nashri to Jawahar tunnel and Railways for smooth shifting of public utilities, an official statement said. The meeting was attended by Senior Superintendent of Police, Mohan Lal, ADC, Angrez Singh Rana, Xens of PHE, PDD, PWD, TLMD-III Udhampur and representatives of the companies, AFCON, IRCON Railway, Navayuga, Ramky, HCC, GAMMON India, NHAI besides other officers. Taking into account importance of prestigious Railways and…

Kashmiri Students allege harassment in Haryana College

May 24, 2017 Editor

A group of Kashmiri students studying in Swami Dev Dyal Group of Institutes Haryana Tuesday accused the college administration of harassment. Amir Bhat, a 6th semester B.Tech student told Kashmir Post from Haryana that he was harassed by the HoD Shuti Kanth Sharma of Civil Department of the college in which he is enrolled. “I went to get my admit card for the ongoing examination in the college on Tuesday morning. When I reached the campus, they did not give me the admit card,” he said. “The HoD of the…

Geelani slams Centre over glorification of Major who tied stone-pelter to army jeep

May 24, 2017 Editor

Kashmiri separatist leader and chief of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Tuesday strongly came down on the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre over the glorification of Major Leetul Gogoi, who tied a man to a jeep in Kashmir purportedly as a ‘human shield’ against stone-pelters. Kashmiri separatist leader and chief of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Tuesday strongly came down on the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre over the glorification of Major Leetul Gogoi, who tied a man to a jeep in Kashmir purportedly…

Cars, Bikes banned for students below 18 yrs

May 24, 2017 Editor

Taking note of the alleged violation of traffic rules by the students of educational institutions (both government and private) who come to the schools on two-wheelers and four -wheelers without a driving licence, the Chief Education Officer (CEO) has directed all the principals/Zonal Education Officers/head masters of the Jammu district not to allow any student below 18 years of age to cometo the institution on any type of vehicle. The order further said the driving licence of students who are 18-year-old or above 18 years should be checked before allowing…

No let-up in Protests against Student’s Arrest

May 24, 2017 Editor

Students of the University of Kashmir today held a protest demonstration demanding the release of varsity’s journalism student Tahir Hussain Mir, who has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Students assembled on the campus and started sloganeering against the detention of Mir, a resident of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. They demanded the intervention of Vice Chancellor of the varsity Dr Khursheed Andrabi for taking up the release of Tahir with the state government. Mir, 24, was arrested in September last year for allegedly “disrupting law and order and…