2017 | Page 208 of 246 | Kashmir POST

Jammu Festival sans Mubarak Mandi disappoints residents

April 6, 2017 Editor

Restoration work by Archaeological Survey of India prohibits cultural activity at heritage site While Jammu Festival returns to the region after a decade promising a four-day fiesta of fun, music, dance and culture starting April 13, it, however, will bring along a conspicuous miss with monumental Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex not participating in the festivity. The reason: Ongoing preservation and restoration work prohibits any activity at the venue that may cause damage to the fragile structure. This has led to disappointment among people of Jammu who have been regular visitors…

Rains, flash floods damage mosque, several residential houses in Baramulla

April 6, 2017 Editor

Several houses in areas like Sheeri and Gantmulla were partially damaged due to floods, said an official. Flash floods partially damaged several houses in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district while Jamia Masjid Delina suffered wall collapse due to heavy rains, officials said today. Several houses in areas like Sheeri and Gantmulla were partially damaged due to floods, said an official. He said that the situation in Kripalpora payeen in Pattan area was “extremely grim”. He said that scores of residential houses there were submerged in water. SSP Baramulla Imtiyaz Hussain said…

Schools, Colleges closed in Valley till Monday: Div Com

April 6, 2017 Editor

Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan Thursday informed that all schools and colleges in Valley have been closed due to bad weather till Monday. Divisional Commissioner told Kashmir Post due to incessant rains all colleges and schools in Valley including Machil and Tangdhar would remain closed till Monday.

Separatists welcome Nikki Haley’s statement that Trump may step in to defuse Indo-Pak tensions

April 6, 2017 Editor

Separatists in Kashmir on Wednesday welcomed US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley’s statement that the Trump administration would try and “find its place” in efforts to de-escalate Indo-Pak tension. The statement of American Ambassador to the UN is “encouraging” as Kashmir is a long standing political issue in the south Asian region, moderate Hurriyat faction led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said in a statement here. Despite bilateral talks between India and Pakistan the issue stands unresolved for the past 70 years and is heading towards dangerous proportions with each…

Kashmir Valley witnesses fresh Snowfall, Jammu-Srinagar highway Shut, Schools closed

April 6, 2017April 6, 2017 Editor

The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was closed on Thursday due to landslides and shooting stones as fresh snowfall was witnessed in Srinagar and across the Valley, prompting the authorities to close schools till Sunday. Residents of Srinagar woke up to rains and snowfall, which is rare in April. The MeT Department officials here said moderate to heavy snowfall was reported from higher reaches of Kashmir Valley. The snowfall and rains over the past three days have forced the state government to close schools in the Valley till Sunday. “The schools shall…

US Mediation in Indo-Pak talks acceptable, Stone pelters are `Nationalists`: Farooq Abdullah

April 5, 2017 Editor

Three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the youth of Kashmir Valley to choose between tourism and terrorism, National Conference president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that those who pelt stones are just fighting for the nation. “If he (stone pelting youth) is giving up his life, he is not doing it for tourism. He is giving his life so that the destiny of this nation is decided which should be acceptable to the people of this place. This needs to be…

National Highway closed due to landslides

April 5, 2017 Editor

The Kashmir highway, linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of the world, was closed yet again due to landslides triggered by heavy rain during the night. “We have again suspended traffic on the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway due to landslides, particularly between Ramban and Ramsu,” a traffic police official told Kashmir Post this morning. However, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the highway, has already pressed into service men and sophisticated machines to clear the landslides and put through the traffic. Traffic will be allowed…

Civilian killings hit Govt’s publicity stunts

April 5, 2017 Editor

PDP-BJP Govt talks down Mehbooba’s year in power The killings of more than 100 civilians since last year at the hands of government forces Tuesday forced Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti-led government to call off its customary promotion of “one-year achievements”. The government neither came up with advertisements in the media about the “accomplishments” of the Mehbooba-led government during the past year nor did it hold any news conference to boast about it. Mehbooba had taken over as Jammu Kashmir CM on April 4, 2016, around three months after her father…

Pellet Horror Continues : Chadoora teenager 65th to lose both eyes

April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 Editor

27 Persons Fired With Pellets In One Month On Monday, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, a teenager from Chadoora in Central Kashmir was fired with pellets in both his eyes by security forces, making him the 65th victim losing both eyes to the deadly pellets of security forces since July 2016. As many as 27 people have been fired with pellets from March this year. As per hospital records at least 27 persons, mostly young boys, were admitted to SMHS Hospital with pellet injuries in one or both eyes from March 9.…