In a first-of-its-kind incident that has sent shockwaves through the J&K Police circles, a group of about a dozen heavily armed militants Saturday entered the home of a senior police officer in south of Kashmir and ransacked personal property of the officer and his family worth lakhs. Well-placed sources say that a group of militants with automatic rifles entered the house of one senior officer whose lives in Shopian district of South Kashmir. Once inside the premises, the suspected militants, as per the sources, asked the family members to warn…
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Probe ordered into lease of State land by Dharmath Trust
The PDP-BJP coalition government has ordered an inquiry into an alleged fraud by Dharmath Trust by leasing out hundreds of kanals of State land to a private company in Jammu district and has also referred the case to Crime Branch to register FIR and probe the fraud. As per a Government order No. 44 Rev (S) of 2017 dated 17 Feb 2017, Regional Director Survey and Land Records Jammu Inderjeet has been appointed Inquiry Officer to investigate the issue and identify the officials of the Revenue Department and management of…
Read MoreCentral Govt out to appease Separatists: Displaced Kashmiri Pandits
Displaced Kashmiri Pandits have alleged that the Central Government was following the ‘appeasement policy’ towards separatists in the Valley. The community has claimed that the rising terrorist violence is the direct result of the weak policies adopted by the government. Addressing a meeting of the Jagti Tenement Committee, its president SL Pandita said militant violence had increased in the Valley in the last two years, but the Central and the state governments had no formal policy to deal with the separatists. He also demanded that the government should resume the…
Read MoreScores hit by pellets in eyes in Tral
We’re not part of protests but still cops fired pellets towards us: Injured youth There is no end to use of pellets in Kashmir and at least nine people sustained pellet injuries in eyes during forces firing at an encounter site at Hayena in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. “Although we were far from the encounter site, the security men indiscriminately fired pellets and teargas smoke shells towards the people staging protests. The pellets hit my left eye. I am unable to see anything from the…
Read MoreBias against Srinagar shocking: National Conference
National Conference on Monday highlighted the PDP-BJP Government’s “brazen and shocking discrimination against Srinagar” during the District Development Board meeting chaired by CM Mehbooba Mufti. National Conference General Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar said the present Government’s statements about development and expansion of Srinagar had turned out to be mere statements and rhetoric as the city was facing the worst form of discrimination in terms of inadequate funds and lack of attention of the incumbent Government towards developmental projects initiated by the previous Omar Abdullah-led Government. The National Conference General Secretary…
Read MoreTourist arrivals pick up in Kashmir
After taking a hit during last year’s summer unrest, tourist arrivals have now started picking up in the Kashmir valley. Officials say they have already received advance bookings and are expecting a good increase in tourist footfalls from March-end onwards with the opening of Tulip Garden. “Arrivals have already started picking up. We are expecting a good number of tourists by the time Tulip Garden reopens,” said Director, Tourism, Kashmir, Mahmood Ahmad Shah. Stating that though the arrivals so far were lesser as compared to the corresponding period last year,…
Read MoreThousands join militant funeral, Crowds at burials a worrying trend
Funeral of Burhan’s aide in Tral witnesses sizeable local gathering People jostle to have last glimpse of Hafiz-e-Quran Burhan’s family joins condolences On Monday, thousands of people thronged Tral to attend the funeral prayers of Burhan Wani’s aide and top militant commander Aqib Ahmad Bhat, who was eliminated along with a foreign militant during a gunfight on Sunday. A cop of the elite counter-insurgency group of the J&K Police was also killed in the encounter. The J&K Police had handed over Aqib’s body to his family on Sunday. Thousands of…
Read MoreDon’t fall into Separatist’s trap: BJP
The BJP today urged the people not to fall into the trap of the separatist leaders in the Kashmir valley. In a statement issued here, BJP spokesman Khalid Jehangir asked the people of Kashmir to “wake up and stop falling into the trap of separatists.” He further said the separatists had been “hoodwinking the people on the pretext of azadi” and turned the “children of the lesser God into cannon-fodder” while their “own children and wards are enjoying all privileges.” “The separatists have been thronging the graveyards. They give fiery…
Read MoreHangul population dwindles from 5000 to 186, Sheep breeding farm found culprit
As State’s animal Hangul’s population has drastically dwindled from 5000 to 186 species, the Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered immediate shifting of Sheep breeding farm from eco-fragile Dachigam National farm to save Hangul for extinction. Sources informed Kashmir Post that the decision to shift Sheep Breeding farm from Dachigam National park was taken during a high-level meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary, B. R Sharma which was attended by the commissioner secretaries of both Animal and Sheep Husbandry and Forest Department. “Directions have been passed to the Sheep Husbandry…
Read MoreUdhampur gets Radio Station, Passport Kendra
Minister of State in the PMO, Jitendra Singh, today laid the foundation stone of a 10-kW FM transmitter with studio facility at Malhar. Speaking on the occasion, Singh said the establishment of the radio station at Udhampur was a pending demand of the locals. He emphasised that this would provide a suitable platform to the local artistes of the area as there was no place for them to show their talent. He said the radio station would play an important role in reflecting the folk art of the area. Later,…
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