With J&K exhibiting one of the highest cell phone penetration rates in India, data dependence is luring searching giant Google into the state, very soon : Reports J&K has finally crossed the psychological barrier. By the end of January, it now boats of having 11272751 cell phone users. In a population of around 12.5 million, a teledensity of more than 91 percent means there is only nine percent of the population still lacking access to a mobile phone. Part of it lives in the border areas of the state where…
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Clashes in several areas over six year old kid’s death, Scores injured
Protest demonstrations and clashes between the protesters and police took place in downtown Srinagar and elsewhere after Friday prayers against the killing of a girl during an encounter between militants and security forces in Kupwara on Wednesday. The protests, in response to the joint call of separatists, began soon after the congregational Friday prayers in downtown where the main mosque, Jamia Masjid, is located at Nowhatta. Masked youths displaying Pakistani and IS flags appeared on the roads and indulged in stone-throwing on police and CRPF personnel deployed in the area…
Read MoreJammu Kashmir Bank adopted Kunan Poshpora village
In a significant move, Jammu and Kashmir Bank Friday decided to adopt two villages including Kunan Posh in border district of Kupwara. While speaking at a function after inauguration of J&K Bank’s Currency Chest Complex in Kupwara, J&K Bank Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed listed bank’s plan for the Kupwara district for next three years. He announced bank’s plan to adopt far flung villages to transform the lives through sustained economic development by exploring the respective local economies through skill development programmes and other relevant interventions. “We want to bring…
Read MoreRSP (Secular) leader files nomination for Srinagar LS bypoll
Rashtriya Samajwadi Party (Secular) candidate Sajad Reshid today filed his nomination papers for Srinagar Lok Sabha seat where bypoll is scheduled next month. Reshi, a resident of Bemina locality of Srinagar, filed his nomination papers as Rashtriya Samajwadi Party (Secular) candidate before the Returning Officer here, an official spokesman said. He is the first candidate to file papers from the seat where the bypoll was necessitated due to resignation of Tariq Hameed Karra from Lok Sabha as well as PDP. Bypolls are being held in Srinagar along with Anantnag parliamentary…
Read MoreMehbooba Mufti asks Bollywood to renew its Kashmir Connection
Asking the Bollywood to renew its connections with Kashmir, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today appealed country’s film industry to act as promoter of State’s tourism. Addressing a function attended by several Bollywood stars in Mumbai, the Chief Minister reminded the film industry of its warm and affectionate relationship with Kashmir which the people of the state so fondly recall. She, according to an official statement, appealed the members of film world to take up this thread forward and start revisiting Kashmir in good numbers for shooting. Mehbooba Mufti said her…
Read MoreYouth held for ‘Spreading Rumours’ via Social Media
In pursuance of leads available related to circulation of ‘fake news and malicious propaganda for provoking people’ by using social media, one individual namely Ishfaq Ahmad Dar, resident of Wandina Shopian has been arrested, police said in a statement. Police said that investigation of the case was going on in accordance to the relevant provisions of law. “Further considering the activities of the said individual, under relevant provisions, he has been detained under PSA by the competent authorities,” SSP Shopian Tahir Saleem told Kashmir Post. He appealed to the general…
Read MoreOne-way traffic allowed between Jammu – Srinagar highway
Due to bad road conditions, only one-way traffic was allowed on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Friday. The traffic is being allowed to move from Jammu to Srinagar today. “No vehicle will be allowed to move in the opposite direction due to narrowing of the road at many places in the Ramban district,” traffic department officials said here. The highway has mostly remained closed this month due to heavy landslides triggered by rains. The closure has caused acute shortages of vegetables, meat, poultry and dairy products in the landlocked valley.…
Read MoreLinking Kashmir Militancy to Islam is ‘Politically Immature’: Hurriyat (G)
The hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday said people who link militancy in Kashmir with Islam were showing signs of political immaturity. The Hurriyat Conference attributed militancy in Jammu and Kashmir to the long-pending Kashmir issue, and alleged state oppression against the people. The statement issued by a senior Hurriyat Conference leader is likely to evoke debate in the restive state among different separatist groups. “The Kashmir dispute has a living and a strong historical background and India has not only forcibly occupied this land for past 69…
Read MoreUnhygienic dressed chicken openly sold in markets
In absence of monitoring by authorities, sale of unhygienic dressed chicken is going on unabated in various markets of summer capital. The chicken stocks, brought from outside the state in large thermocol boxes, in the guise of fish is being openly sold in the city markets. Despite Drug and Food Control Organisation (DFCO) destroying three quintals of unhygienic imported dressed chicken in various parts of Shaher-e-Khaas and its adjoining areas on Wednesday, several such shops are still openly selling these items. Interestingly, a shop right outside the Directorate of Food…
Read MoreAFSPA to stay in Kashmir till peace is restored: BJP
‘High command to decide whether to contest LS bypolls or not’ A day after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti pitched for repeal of controversial AFSPA from some areas of the State, BJP vice president Avinash Rai Khanna Thursday said the controversial law will stay in Jammu and Kashmir till peace and normalcy returns. “BJP’s stand on AFSPA is clear. Until the peace and normalcy is restored in the State, the law will stay,” Khanna told media on sidelines of party convention at Deputy Chief Minister, Nirmal Singh’s residence, here. He said…
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