Year: 2017

Cold tightens grip across Kashmir Valley; Gulmarg coldest at -10°C

Editor

Kashmir continued to be under the grip of cold wave as the minimum temperatures remained below the freezing point. Traffic on the national highway was allowed from Srinagar to Jammu only. The Met department said the minimum temperatures throughout the Kashmir valley and the Ladakh region remained below the freezing point, with Gulmarg and Kargil witnessing the lowest minimum temperatures. The department has forecast dry weather in the Valley till December 19, with the exception of light rain or snow at isolated places. “At minus 10 degree Celsius, Gulmarg was…

Read More

Kashmir open badminton championship concludes

Editor

The 27th Kashmir Open badminton championship concluded at Sheri-Kashmir Indoor Stadium here on Friday. In the event organized by J&K Badminton Association around 320 boys and girls hailing from different parts of Valley participated in various categories from Under-10 age group to above 45 years. CTO Jio Digital Anis Ahmad Bhat was the chief guest on the occasion Rajinder Bumla, Bilqueis Mir, Nuzhat Ara were among other guests present. In senior men singles final Farhaan beat Amir while as in women’s single final, Hadiya beat Dua Abid. In senior men…

Read More

15 CRPF men involved in May 21, 1990 Hawal massacre: SHRC Findings

Editor

Censures CID for closing probe Two months after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police closed the case of Hawal massacre as “untraced”, the investigation by State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has revealed the involvement of 15 CRPF personnel in the 1990 killings. A report by the SHRC’s investigation wing has stated that 15 CRPF personnel were involved in the massacre in which 35 civilians were killed. The report by Police Investigation Wing (PIW) of SHRC came in a complaint filed by chairman of International Forum for Justice and Human…

Read More

Fog engulfs Jammu city, disrupts Rail, Air traffic

Editor

Foggy weather conditions affected the rail and air traffic in Jammu today. Nearly 10 trains were running behind schedule, while all Jammu-bound flights in the morning were delayed due to poor visibility on the Jammu airport runway, subjecting passengers to hardships. Official sources said all major trains were running behind the schedule by two to five hours due to poor visibility. “Hemkunt Express was running an hour late, while Shalimar Express was late by two hours. Amarnath Express and Tata Muri were running late by more than five hours. Malwa…

Read More

Winter capital to get Buddhist temple, Art centre

Editor

Work on project to restart as funds start pouring in Far away from the idyllic mountains of Ladakh which reverberate with Buddhist chants, Nirvana-seekers can now hear the sacred hymns in the city of temples as Jammu will soon get its first Buddhist temple-cum-cultural centre, adding another landmark to the city where thousands of students from the coldest region of the state come for studies. Although work on the cultural centre at Channi Rama was started in 2006-07, so far, only a two-storey building has been completed for which land…

Read More

Neglected Lolab valley receives 30 minute electricity every 24 hours

Editor

Almost all villages of Lolab valley in district Kupwara are reeling under darkness for last two months, the resident say that government has turned a blind eye towards their problems. Residents of Lolab, known as Wadi-e-Lolab, said the health services are in a shambles and they have to ferry patients to Kupwara and Srinagar for treatment. Lolab is a combination of three valleys – Potnai, Brunai and Kalaroos – and its headquarters is situated at Sogam. “Come winter and the PDD starts showing their true colour. At a time when…

Read More

Don’t add fuel to fire, bring Kashmir closer to India :Mehbooba Mufti to Media

Editor

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today asked the media to get Kashmiris closer to the rest of India rather than adding “fuel to the fire”. She was speaking at the three-day-long “India Ideas Conclave 2017” organised by the India Foundation here. She said the media kept abusing and accusing separatists but at the same time kept getting them on television giving them TV time to spew venom. “I donÂ’t know why do they do it. Is it because of TRPs? Media should help us to get Kashmir out…

Read More

Foiling Anantnag rally admission of defeat by govt: Resistance Leadership

Editor

The joint resistance leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday strongly condemned the government for once again “resorting to use of unbridled force” to bar the leadership and people from marching to Anantnag where a peaceful rally was supposed to be held. According to a JRL statement, the rally supposed to be held at LalChowk, Anantnag was aimed to express solidarity with the people of southern areas of Kashmir. “While the entire Anantnag town was barricaded and turned into a military garrison and…

Read More

Tasaduq Mufti, Mehbooba Mufti’s brother quits from CM’s grievance cell

Editor

J&K govt to nominate him as a member of the legislative council. Tasaduq Mufti, the younger brother of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehboobah Mufti and a top Bollywood cinematographer, resigned on Friday from the post of coordinator of the CM’s grievances cell. The chief minister is reportedly keen to nominate him as a member of the legislative council. The proposal has been reportedly circulated among the cabinet members and after its nod, it will be sent to the Governor for his assent. Tasaduq has reportedly resigned from the post…

Read More

Majority in Kashmir Valley want independence: Study of Developing Societies Poll

Editor

Nearly 90 percent of people living in Indian Kashmir’s summer capital want their troubled and divided state to become an independent country, according to a poll in an Indian newspaper on Monday. India and Pakistan have fought and argued over the Himalayan region ever since partition in 1947, but 87 percent of people questioned in Srinagar have no allegiance to either side. Only 3 percent of the mainly Muslim inhabitants of the city think Kashmir should become part of Pakistan, and 7 percent prefer Indian rule, the poll said. But…

Read More