Month: March 2018

Avoid collateral damage, Strictly adhere to SoPs: Mehbooba to Security Agencies

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Reviews security, law and order at high-level meeting following Shopian shootout Two days after the killing of six persons, including two militants and four civilians, in the Army firing in the Pahnoo area of Shopian district, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has advised the heads of all security agencies to ensure that no collateral damage occurs during security operations. The Chief Minister also impressed upon the security officers to take care that the people were not put to inconvenience during the operations. Mehbooba was reviewing the security and law and order…

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HC directs H&UDD to provide assistance to SMC in controlling stray dog menace

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The High Court on Monday directed Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD) to provide required finance assistance to Srinagar Municipal Corporation for controlling the menace of stray dogs in the summer capital. A division bench of Chief Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad and Justice Ali Muhammad Magrey issued the direction after it was informed that there was only one centre at Shuhama, for controlling the birth of the stray dogs at present. “In so far as birth control is concerned, at this centre, approximatelyb10 sterilization can be done per day. However,…

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Hindu Ekta Manch spits venom against Muslims, asks Hindus to boycott Gujjars

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Raising alleged issue of demographic change in Jammu, Kathua and Samba, Hindu Ekta Manch (HEM) leaders again appealed Hindus to boycott Muslims and weaken them financially. The instigating speeches were made during a meeting organized by Hindu Ekta Manch at Katal Brahmana in Hiranagar tehsil on Sunday, when they came to know that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was not ready to hand over the case of rape and murder of a minor to CBI even as “two BJP Cabinet Ministers had assured them”. Frustrated with poor response from the government…

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A day after, anger sweeps Shopian

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An Army chopper came minutes past noon and circled over a gathering of several thousand men, women and children who were waiting for the body of a militant at Rakh Kapran village of Shopian. On an unusually tense day, the chopper was the only sign of government’s presence and its writ in the district, which is located on the southern edge of the Kashmir valley. As the chopper flew away after briefly circling in the air, the militant’s body arrived in a procession at a ground where mourners had gathered…

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Suhail Ajjaj, missing Kashmiri student kidnapped by Maoists, claims poster

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No substantial evidence: SSP Kupwara The disappearance of a Kashmiri medical student from here took a new turn after a handwritten poster was found claiming that he was kidnapped by Maoists. The Odisha Police, investigating the disappearance of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar student Suhail Ajjaj, today said they are verifying the authenticity of the poster. The poster, written on a plain paper, was found on the wall of the Baramunda overbridge here in the morning and local people informed the police. “We are examining the authenticity of the poster and have started investigation.…

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Valley on boil after six killings, Four civilians killed in cold blood

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Restrictions, shutdown paralyse life in Valley; JKLF chairman detained Four civilians were killed in cold blood, 10 minutes after killing of militants: Locals Educational institutions closed till Wednesday; All exams postponed The tension prevailed in Kashmir after six people including four civilians and two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed by army in Shopian last evening. The normal life in Valley was paralysed by the shutdown called by separatists against the killings and restrictions imposed by authorities to foil restrictions and maintain law and order. A police spokesman said body of LeT…

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Death toll in Shopian firing incident mounts to six

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The death toll in Sunday night’s firing incident in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir has climbed to six after one more body was recovered from the scene on Monday. “Another body has been found at a distance from Sunday evening’s incident at Pahnoo Shopian,” a police spokesman said. He said the deceased had been identified as Gowhar Ahmed Lone of Chitragam in Shopian. Sources said Lone’s body was recovered from a car. Four people, including a militant, were killed in a firing incident on Thursday night in Shopian district…

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Sangh to re-devise J&K strategy at Nagpur Conclave

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As the PDP-BJP coalition completes its half term, the top leadership of the Sangh Parivar will review the performance of this “experiment” during a four-day crucial conclave scheduled to be held from March 15 to 18 at Nagpur. All issues pertaining to J&K will be thoroughly discussed at the conclave to re-devise a future strategy for the state. Sources said it was the first time that the Sangh Parivar had decided to convene such a long meeting to deliberate on legal, political, economic, social and cultural issues of Jammu and…

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Kashmir’s Growing Crisis of Abandoned Babies

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This is just a tip of iceberg: Doctors Sending shock waves, the number of infants left abandoned along roadsides and hospital premises is rising sharply across Kashmir region here. Kashmir’s chief cleric and chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq expressed shock over what he termed as “degrading values” of the society. Mirwaiz in a tweet said that he was unable to sleep whole night thinking about the recent degraded developments across Srinagar city. “Are we not going toward waywardness? How can Allah be so merciful towards us when we…

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BJP takes dig at PDP’s dynastic leadership

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BJP state general secretary (organisation) Ashok Kaul today took a jibe at the dynastic leadership of its coalition partner Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “In our state, big parties are in the same state… They are dynastic parties. The party (PDP) with which we have a coalition has become more dynastic,” Kaul said while addressing a ‘Booth Workers’ Sammelan’ at Brakpora in Anantnag district. Stating that the BJP had “internal democracy,” Kaul said the party did not discriminate against people on the basis of religion or region. “The BJP treats all…

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