Month: December 2018

‘Wall of Kindness’ comes up in Srinagar

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The ‘wall of kindness’, a charitable initiative for donating clothes to needy and poor, has reached Kashmir. The charity wall, which was introduced in Iran and from there reached Pakistan and several other countries have surprisingly surfaced on The Bund in Srinagar. Behind the initiative, which has received applause from people on social media, is the Kashmir chapter of WhoisHussian, a charitable organization inspired by Hazrat Hussain (RA) and spread in several countries. On the wall, people can keep clothes apart from other articles for the needy, who can pick…

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I felt safer in Srinagar than South Africa: Chantelle Flores

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When Chantelle Flores, an internationally-acclaimed photographer from South Africa decided to visit Kashmir, she had certain apprehensions due to “negative publicity” of the Valley. However, all her fears vanished when she landed in Srinagar. “I did not face any problems during my stay in Kashmir. I hail from South Africa and have been a victim of ‘gun crime’ on numerous occasions during the years I have lived there. I felt safer in Srinagar despite the overwhelming military presence, and the (negative) news reports about Kashmir,” Flores told Kashmir Post. “In…

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What Atal Bihari Vajpayee told Imran Khan on Kashmir

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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had told him that Kashmir would have been resolved if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had not lost the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. In an interview to a group of television journalists here, Khan added that former foreign minister Natwar Singh was also of the same view. “It shows that there is a solution of Kashmir and both countries were close to resolving it,” the Pakistani prime minister insisted. Khan said unless there was a…

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Embattled fruit growers buried by wild weather

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November is the peak wedding season in India’s Kashmir region. But Riyaz Dar’s sister didn’t get married last month, as planned. Unusually early and heavy snowfall split the trunks of 60 of Dar’s 100 apple trees in November, leading to huge apple—and financial—losses just before the harvest in Shopian, a region known as Kashmir’s apple bowl. “Even if the climate remains favorable in the years to come, I will get only 40 percent (of the apples) I used to harvest,” lamented the farmer from the village of Hirpora. The snow…

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Protesting cow slaughter, UP police officer killed by villagers

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A police officer was killed by a mob in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr after hundreds of people attacked the district’s Syana police station. Initial reports said the villagers had gathered outside the police to protest cow slaughter and threw stones. At a Press conference later, UP’s additional director general of police Anand Kumar said the police officer had died in firing from villagers. Later, a local resident Sumit was also shot and was shifted to a hospital in Meerut where he succumbed to injuries, Kumar said, according to news agency ANI.…

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GoI facing powerful people’s movement in Kashmir: Syed Ali Geelani

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Claiming that India was facing a powerful people’s political movement for the right to self-determination in Kashmir, Chairman of his own faction of Hurriyat, Syed Ali Geelani, in a press release issued here, said that the ‘suppression and repression’ in Jammu and Kashmir had failed to yield anything for India. Geelani was addressing, telephonically, the mourners of the Adnan Ahmad Lone of Bandna, the press release said adding that the leader hailed the sacrifices of people, particularly youth, and stressed that ‘when more than 6 lakh people had been martyred…

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No move to change permanent resident rules: Satya Pal Malik

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Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday evening said the government was not making or even considering any changes to the Permanent Resident Certificate rules. He issued the statement in response to National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah’s concerns over reports of change in the rules. The Governor wrote: “It (The J&K Permanent Resident Certificate Act) is an integral part of the legal structure of Jammu and Kashmir and there is no step whatsoever to tamper with this law.” Earlier in the day, Omar wrote a letter to Governor urging him to…

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Abdul Gani Lone, Sajad’s father initiated militancy in Valley: Farooq Abdullah

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National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday alleged that the father of BJP ally Sajad Lone, Abdul Gani Lone, had been instrumental in initiating militancy in the state. Farooq, who has served as the state’s Chief Minister three times, said Sajad’s father had met him when his government was dismissed in January 1990. “When I was dismissed, his (Sajad’s) father met me and said he was going to Pakistan and bring the gun. I begged him not to bring the gun,” Farooq said. The former Chief Minister said he pleaded…

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At -2.8 degrees, Srinagar records season’s coldest night

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Srinagar recorded the season’s coldest night temperature at minus 2.8 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperatures across Jammu and Kashmir continued to drop on Monday, the weather office said. “Srinagar witnessed the coldest night of the season due to the clear night sky,” an official of the Met Department said. “The minimum temperatures are likely to drop further in the coming three to four days.” The minimum temperatures in Pahalgam and Gulmarg were minus 5.2 degrees Celsius and minus 4, respectively. Leh town at a minus 10.9 degrees Celsius was…

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Ahtisham Bilal, Kashmir student who joined IS returns home, later whisked away by police

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Atisham Bilal Sofi, a student of Sharda University in Greater Noida from Khanyar area of Srinagar who recently joined Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) militant outfit has been detained by police from his home. Family sources informed reporters that Ahtisham has been detained at Khanyar police station. Police confirmed that Ahtisham was able to return with the help of family. In the beginning of November, social media posts claiming that a 17-year-old student of Sharda University in Greater Noida had joined militant ranks in the Valley. The boy went…

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