Year: 2017

Transporters call 2 Day ‘Wheel Jam’ for shifting of batamaloo bus stand from today

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To protest the shifting of Batamaloo General Bus Stand to Parimpora on city outskirts, Kashmir Transporters Welfare Association (KTWA) has called for a two-day strike of buses and mini-buses from Wednesday, 6th September. Spokesperson KTWA Mukhtar Ahmad on Tuesday said shifting of Batamaloo bus stand has “adversely affected” livelihood of thousands of people associated with commercial vehicles and businesses operating around the erstwhile bus stand. “The government should stop playing around with lives of transporters and traders. It has been decided that a Chakka Jam of buses and minibuses will…

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Ministerial panel to verify Chinese firm’s credentials for Wular Dredging

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A ministerial panel of the J&K government on Tuesday decided to verify the credentials of a Chinese company, which is part of the joint venture emerging as the lone contender for the multi-crore Wular Lake dredging project. A source told Kashmir Post that the panel, which met here this afternoon, decided to do the background check of the China-based Hubei Hongyan Engineering Company Limited before taking a final call on awarding the contract. “The panel might even ask the state government to write to the Chinese embassy in New Delhi…

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‘I cannot see my conscience dying’ Policeman quits job

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A video of a police constable announcing his resignation from the police force on the “call of his conscience” against the violence in the Valley has gone viral on social media even as the police said they are checking its veracity. “I have resigned from police department so that my conscience does not keep on asking me questions whether I am right or wrong as a policeman to see the bloodshed here,” a young man, who identifies himself only as Rayees, said in the video. He said he was working…

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Braid cutting incidents cause panic among residents, Anantnag girl first victim from Valley

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The mysterious phenomenon of braid chopping, which has created panic in Jammu region and several areas of northern India, registered its first victim in Kashmir on Tuesday. A schoolgirl, Naira Nazir, of Gud Draman village of Kokernag in Anantnag district, found her braids chopped off at her home. She fell unconscious due to the shock, her family members said. “The family registered a complaint and we have recorded their statement and started investigation,” a police official said. The incident has created panic in Kokernag villages. Frightened girls stayed home in…

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NIA arrests two Stone Pelters in terror funding case

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The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday said it has arrested two stone- pelters in Kashmir in connection with an ongoing probe into terror funding to stoke unrest in the Valley. The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday said it has arrested two stone- pelters in Kashmir in connection with an ongoing probe into terror funding to stoke unrest in the Valley. The NIA identified the arrested accused as Javed Ahmad Bhat and Kamran Yusuf of Kulgam and Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir respectively. The investigation agency probing the terror funding case…

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Kashmiris ready for an embrace but want something more than words: Concerned Citizens Group

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Those who support Islamic fundamentalism like Al Qaeda or IS are limited: CCG People who used to talk reasonably earlier were using the language of the militants and separatists Judicial raking of the Article 35-A issue seems to have pushed the demand for ‘Azadi’ to background Kashmiris openly alleged that the judicial attack on J&K’s special status was being stage managed by center Raiding separatist leaders and thereby trying to delegitimize them was part of a whole host of hostile acts by center New militant recruit require a greater outreach…

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West Pak refugees move SC for scrapping of Article 35A

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Say they have been denied basic human rights Three West Pakistan refugees, living in Jammu and Kashmir, have moved the Supreme Court against Article 35A of the Constitution, saying that the provision discriminated against them and forced them to live a life devoid of basic human rights. Added to the Constitution through a Presidential Order in 1954, Article 35A gives special rights and privileges to permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir and debars the rest of the Indians from acquiring immovable property, obtaining state government jobs and settling in the…

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Rajnath Singh to arrive this weekend, may offer talks to Separatists

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Home Minister to review security, hold meetings with Governor, CM The coming weekend will see a lot of political activity in the state. Home Minister Rajnath Singh will be in Srinagar and is likely to make a breakthrough in initiating a dialogue with various stakeholders while former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will land in Jammu. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party will also be holding a party convention in the summer capital. Rajnath will arrive on a two-day visit to Kashmir on September 9 and there is a possibility that he…

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CM, BJP ministers, Top bureaucrats attend wedding party of Hurriyat leader’s daughter

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Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, the entire state cabinet, including BJP ministers, and the state’s top bureaucrats joined the wedding party of state’s social welfare minister Sajad Lone’s niece, daughter of senior Hurriyat leader Bilal Lone, at TaJ Vivanta here on Thursday evening. Interestingly, Bilal Lone, elder brother of BJP minister Sajjad Lone is among the top five executive members of the Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat conference. He got his daughter married to a Kashmiri businessman based in Dubai on August 20. The main wedding function was, however, held at Taj Vivanta hotel…

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Tweets over Kashmir Content, Twitter blocks accounts

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Kashmiri users and activists have received official legal complaints from Twitter, warning that their online content could be acted upon in the future as well. A copy of the letter the IT ministry sent to Twitter Twitter has received a complaint from the Modi government, asking it block over 100 accounts and tweets that have been found “propagating objectionable content”. Most of the content and accounts appear to involve Kashmir and Kashmiri issues. It’s unclear on how many accounts or tweets Twitter has officially blocked. Many of the tweets linked…

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