Despite a ban on sand mining, contractors in Kupwara district are using heavy machinery like earth cutters to extract huge quantities of sand and boulders from major streams in the district which is badly affecting the production of trout in these streams. Known for producing large quantities of fish, Nullah Warnow has become a major casualty of the sand-mining mafia. Local residents said truckloads of sand and boulders were being extracted from Nullah Warnow near Khumriyal and Gher Hatti. “The unabated extraction of sand and boulders is not only affecting…
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Kashmir witnessed 2690 stone pelting incidents in 2016
1248 incidents reported in North Kashmir, 875 in South Kashmir and 567 in Central Kashmir JK saw 3-fold rise in rioting in 2016: Govt data Of the total 2,690 incidents of stone pelting in the valley in 2016, North Kashmir accounted for the highest number of 1,248 incidents followed by 875 incidents in South Kashmir and 567 in Central Kashmir, according to official data of state home department. Sopore, which is part of Baramulla district, has recorded the highest number of 492 incidents of stone pelting during the unrest, while…
Read MoreSrinagar City ‘Discriminated’ in road sector as well
Raising a question mark on the PDP-BJP government’s Common Minimum Program that calls for “equitable and balanced development” of all regions of Jammu and Kashmir, the state’s summer capital continues to be ignored by the ruling dispensation while seeking the central funding for road infrastructure. Indicating that development of Srinagar is perhaps not a priority for the J&K Government, the Roads and Buildings Ministry has sought a meager Rs 35 crore for Srinagar out of more than Rs 1800 crore it has asked from Government of India under the Central…
Read More2 Militants, Cop killed in night-long Tral Encounter; Shutdown observed across Pulwama
Clashes break out as people try to march towards encounter site Army major injured, 3 civilians hit by pellets Pulwama observes shutdown Two militants, including a Hizbul Mujahideen commander, and a member of police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) were killed in an overnight gunfight between militants and government forces in Hayena area of Tral in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. Three force personnel, including an army major, were injured during the encounter. Several civilians were also injured as police used tear smoke shells and pellet guns to thwart continuous efforts…
Read MoreMusharraf’s Four-point Formula: The Devil in the Details
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “Four-point Formula does not want to resolve the Kashmir dispute but to dissolve it.” Ambassador Yusuf Buch Abba Eban, an international diplomat is reported to have once said, “History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they exhaust all other alternatives.” That wisdom was apparent when, in 1995, Mian Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan reportedly told India’s then Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral at Male: “we cannot take Kashmir by force, and you cannot give it peacefully; we have to find a way…
Read MoreCivilian Killed, Four injured in Pulwama Grenade Attack, Arrest spear On
2 CRPF men among 3 injured 23 youth arrested in Ratnipora, Kakapora in night raids Photojournalist beaten while covering protests A civilian was killed and three other persons, including two CRPF personnel, were injured after militants hurled a grenade at a mobile bunker of the paramilitary force in Murran Chowk area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday. The slain civilian has been identified as Muhammad Ayoob Wani, son of Muhammad Ahsan, a resident of Wusoo village in Pulwama district. Talking to Kashmir Post, SP Pulwama, Rayees Muhammad Bhat said,…
Read MoreContractors to face penalties for delaying in power project
With the implementation of the Restructured Accelerated Power Development & Reforms Programme (RAPDRP) running behind schedule, the government has directed the Power Development Department (PDD) to impose penalties on defaulter contractors. The Centrally sponsored project was supposed to be completed by the end of 2015-16 but it is still incomplete with allegations of use of poor quality material and equipment being levelled against the contractors hired by IRCON International Limited which was awarded the contract in 2014. The project has seen long delays ever since it was announced during the…
Read MoreOmar hits out at PDP for ‘Complete Subservience’ to BJP
‘Multifold increase in pellet-guns shows no lessons learnt’ ‘PDP’s deliberate silence on Sakshi Mahraj’s comments shameful’ National Conference Working President and MLA Beerwah, Omar Abdullah Friday said PDP’s “continued subservience” to the BJP was alarming and could have long-lasting adverse implications on the State and its stability. Addressing party functionaries and workers in Beerwah, Omar said the multi-fold increase in number of pellet guns from around 600 to now around 6,000 showed that the present government had chosen to not learn any lessons from the recent unrest and the devastating…
Read MoreFour laning of Boulevard to begin from March 10
After getting clearance from Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA), work on the four-laning of Boulevard road along the Dal Lake is likely to be begin by March 10, officials informed. Decks from resuming work on the four-laning of the road stretch along the lake have been cleared after LAWDA gave its No Objection Certificate to the Roads and Buildings Department. “All the modalities have been fulfilled and now the work on the four-laning of the road will start from March 10,” said Chief Engineer, R&B Kashmir, Sheikh Abdul Hameed.…
Read MoreRules bent to give govt job to Geelani’s grandson during 2016 Kashmir Unrest
When scores of Kashmiri mothers were receiving bodies of their sons covered in shrouds everyday on calls of strike by pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani throughout the latter half of 2016, his grandson managed to get an out-of-turn job with the Jammu & Kashmir government run by the PDP-BJP coalition. Highly placed sources said Geelani’s grandson, Anees-ul-Islam, was appointed research officer in Sher-e-Kashmir international convention complex (SKICC), a subsidiary wing of the J&K tourism department, flouting all rules of recruitment policy of the state government. The pensionable job fetches…
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