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Qamran Iqbal, Kashmiri boy makes it to Under 19 cricket team

August 29, 2018 Editor

Kashmir’s promising cricketer Qamran Iqbal (17) has made it to the under-19 national side. Elated over his selection, the teenager from old Srinagar city now dreams of playing test cricket for the Indian national team. “I had attended a month-long National Cricket Academy camp that concluded on August 24 and on Tuesday, I got a call that I have been selected for the under-19 team. This is a proud moment for me. It was my dream to play test cricket,” the right-handed opening batsman told Kashmir Post. A Class XI…

Amid govt formation rumors BJP calls legislators meet

August 29, 2018 Editor

Amid rumours about the formation of government in J&K, a crucial meeting of BJP legislators will be held on Wednesday morning to discuss the prevailing political scenario in the state. The meeting is significant as top party leaders have repeatedly been claiming that they are in touch with “like-minded” legislators of other parties to form a democratic dispensation. “We have called all our legislators, including MLAs and MLCs, for an important meeting on Wednesday morning,” Ravinder Raina, state BJP president, told The Tribune. However, he refused to divulge the agenda…

Amid article 35A row, fat Valley weddings turn austere

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 Editor

This was the peak wedding season and we were fully booked. Unfortunately, people are either postponing weddings to next year or holding them in an austere manner. We make money only in the wedding season and whenever the situation deteriorates, our business takes a hit. Fayaz Ahmad In the season of weddings, the row over Article 35A has thrown Valley’s wedding calendar into disarray. While some are going for austere celebrations, others are juggling with dates, so that wedding ceremonies do not coincide with the Hurriyat shutdown call. Many have…

Kashmir on edge as fresh plea seeks Article 35A abrogation, JRL reiterates shutdown on Aug 30, 31

August 28, 2018 Editor

Valley witnesses spontaneous shutdown, clashes Over 2 dozen injured, 7 of them hit by pellets above chest Mass agitation will start the moment SC announces any verdict against state subject law Over two dozen protesters were injured in clashes with the government forces, triggering a spontaneous shutdown in parts of Kashmir after rumours spread in the Valley that the Supreme Court has abrogated Article 35-A during today’s hearing. Early morning, clashes erupted at Lal Chowk in Anantnag, Pulwama and Shopian districts of south Kashmir and parts of Srinagar after the…

Supreme Court to hear Article 35A case on Friday, Guv, State to urge SC to defer hearing

August 28, 2018 Editor

A bunch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Article 35-A has been listed for hearing on Friday. The petitions would be heard by a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India DipakMisra in the court No. 1, commonly known as Chief Justice’s court. Two other judges of the bench are Justice A M Khanilwar and Justice Chandrachud. The petitions figure at serial number 18 among the cases listed for August 31. The petitions are being heard at a time when new Governor Satya Pal Malik has taken…

NN Vohra leaves Kashmir on an unhappy note

August 28, 2018 Editor

During the last two months of his term as Governor, friction between the Raj Bhavan and the Centre and Army increased N.N. Vohra, who was replaced by Satya Pal Malik as the Jammu and Kashmir Governor a few days ago, left Srinagar on Monday without meeting his successor. Mr. Vohra left in the morning, though Mr. Malik was expected from Patna in the afternoon. The two have not met after Mr. Malik took charge last week; in fact, Mr. Vohra was conspicuous by his absence during the swearing-in of the…

Kerala floods damage 45000 ha of farm fields; Paddy, Banana, Spices among worst hit; Floods due to slaughtering of cows in open: BJP MLA

August 27, 2018 Editor

Floods in Kerala have damaged paddy, banana, spices and other crops in 45,000 hectare of farmland, agriculture secretary Shobhana K Pattanayak said on Monday. The state government has been asked to submit a detailed proposal seeking central funds to provide relief to the growers, he said. “The state has estimated damage to 45,000 hectare of farm fields. We have also got the same report. More than crops, the damage to houses and other infrastructure is more in Kerala,” Pattanayak told PTI. Paddy has been affected in 20,000 hectare and even…

Shutdown, Clashes across Kashmir over rumours of scrapping Article 35A, Police request people not to pay heed to rumors

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 Editor

Authorities on Monday imposed a shutdown on Srinagar and some other parts of the Kashmir Valley following rumours that the Supreme Court has scrapped Article 35A, police said. Jammu and Kashmir Police issued a statement here, saying: “Some sections of the media have circulated news regarding scrapping of the Article 35A. The news has been refuted as baseless. People are requested to maintain calm and not to pay heed to these rumours.” As a precaution, shops, public transport and other businesses were shut. Clashes between stone pelting protesters and the…

Srinagar – Jammu highway reopens post two day closure

August 27, 2018 Editor

The strategically important Jammu-Srinagar Highway was reopened partially this evening after remaining closed for over 44 hours, in a relief to passengers who were left stranded due to a massive landslide, officials said. The landslide blocked the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, at Ramsoo in Ramban district early yesterday. A major road clearance operation was launched immediately after the landslide but intermittent rains hampered the early reopening of the arterial road. “After hectic efforts, the road was cleared for one-way traffic this…