Month: February 2018

JKLF announces protest programme on Maqbool Bhat & Afzal Guru anniversaries

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Ahead of twin anniversaries of Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front has announced its protest programme with its chairman Yasin Malik paying glowing tributes to the duo. In a statement, the front spokesperson announced the programmes ahead of twin anniversaries of Bhat and Guru. On 9th February, according to the JKLF statement, a memorandum will be passed in every masjid across Kashmir. This, he said, will be followed by protests to demand the mortal remains of Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru. On 11th February, JKLF has…

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In a first, BJP opposes central law for J&K

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Invoking the special status granted to J&K under Article 370 of the Constitution, forest minister Lal Singh says the central law is not in the interest of the state. It’s a role reversal of sorts for the partners of the ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir. For the first time the BJP, which has all along opposed special status to J&K, is opposing the implementation of a central law in the state. But the PDP is keen that the Forest Rights Act that was passed in parliament in 2006 be…

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Maqbool Bhat – The Martyr, A Teacher, A Scholar & A Politician

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Another 11th of February has come. A citizen of Kashmir, in whatever part of the world he is, remembers Maqbool Bhat, the martyr, on this day. This is the day on which Maqbool Bhat attained martyrdom by  ascending the steps to the gallows of the Indian government. It brought him immortality as he paved the way for the freedom of Kashmiri nation. People will copiously read and write on his political philosophy. Much has already been written. As a friend of humanity, a brother, a student and a politician, he had reached the pinnacle of glory.…

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150 Years old Mahraja era dispensary reduced to rubble in Srinagar

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Jammu and Kashmir government has demolished 150-year-old dispensary at Maharaj Gunj, Downtown area of summer capital, Srinagar which was built by Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1865. The locals blamed that there is a lack of coordination between government departments and its allied wings. “We don’t know who to blame now. The government took this faulty decision without consulting the right experts,” locals told Kashmir Post. This 150-year-old dispensary was two-story building which was made up of stones, mid-19th-century bricks on the banks of river Jhelum and had a great architectural…

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Twelve ultras give up arms in 3 years, but none opted for rehab policy

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Twelve militants have shunned the path of violence during 2015-2017, but no one has come forward for rehabilitation under the Rehabilitation Policy, 2004. Besides, 4,073 FIRs have been registered against 14,315 stone throwers during this period. This was said by the minister in charge, Home, in a written reply to a clubbed question raised by Qaiser Jamsheed Lone, NC MLC, and Ghulam Nabi Monga and Ali Mohammad Dar, Congress MLCs, in the Legislative Council today regarding government’s “surrender policy” for militants and FIRs registered/withdrawn against stone throwers since January 2015.…

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How Sheikh Abdullah’s note to Nehru saved Kashmir from falling into the hands of Pakistan

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The October 26, 1947, meeting at Nehru’s residence would eventually decide the future of Jammu and Kashmir. “Give army, take accession and give whatever powers you want to give to the popular party (National Conference headed by Sheikh Abdullah), but the army must fly to Srinagar this evening, otherwise I will go and negotiate terms with Mr (Mohammad Ali) Jinnah (the Pakistan leader) as the city must be saved,” beseeched Jammu and Kashmir’s then Prime Minister Mehar Chand Mahajan to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai…

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Hamulla: The Bat manufacturing village of Kashmir

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Like in the Kashmir Valley, Sopore town and Pampore town are famous for the production of apples and saffron respectively. Similarly, in Anantnag district of south Kashmir, village identified as Halmulla Sangam, recognizes its identity for manufacturing cricket bats. The vital part of the Halmulla Sangam is that this entire village consisting of around 100 families is associated with cricket bat making business. Most of the families are those who have been associated with the cricket bat making industry for the last 40 years. People associated with this business said…

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Number of Kashmiris joining terror outfits steadily increasing: Mehbooba Mufti

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In a written reply in the state assembly, she said that 126 local men joined terrorism in 2017. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday admitted that the number of local Kashmiri youngsters joining terrorism is steadily going up. In a written reply in the state assembly, she said that 126 local men joined terrorism in 2017. “The number of youth who joined militancy in 2017 is 126, while in 2016 the number was 88 and in 2015, it was 66,” she stated. Mehbooba had earlier vowed to…

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Toll abolishes on private-owned cars at two Kashmir based toll posts

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The Jammu and Kashmir government today said two major toll posts have been abolished, while non- commercial Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) entering and leaving the state have been exempted from payment of basic toll. As a follow up to the budget announcement, the government has notified that toll posts established in Kashmir division at Lower Munda in district Anantnag and Borehallan Heerpur in district Shopian have been abolished. “In exercise of the powers conferred by the Jammu and Kashmir Levy of Tolls Act, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir hereby…

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Mehbooba Mufti snubs BJP, vows to carry forward peace agenda

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said today that the government would initiate dialogue with all stakeholders on the Kashmir issue. She out rightly rejected its coalition partner BJP’s stand that no talks should be initiated at this point of time. In a written reply to a question by Ali Mohammad Sagar, NC member, the CM, who is the in charge of the Home Department, said initiating dialogue with all stakeholders was clearly mentioned in the Agenda of Alliance of the coalition government. She said the Centrehad recently taken several steps to…

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