Day: February 5, 2019

Joint Resistance Leadership asks GoI to return all power projects

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Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Monday asked Government of India to return all power projects—before declaring the restive region as 100 per cent electrified. In a statement issued here, the amalgam spokesperson while reacting to the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s claims of giving electricity to every household, said that “Kashmiri people have never gone with a begging bowl before New Delhi over electricity.” “The reality is that some vested interests and greedy politicians who sold their conscience handed over…

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Scores injured in pellet firing during CASO in Kulgam, 3 Power transformers set ablaze by forces

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Eight people suffered pellet injuries and forces allegedly set ablaze two electricity transformers after local residents resisted a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) at Tarigam, Kulgam, on Monday. Police, Army and Central Reserve Police Force jointly launched the operation after specific inputs about the presence of militants, an official said. Reports said that youth took to streets after the CASO was launched. “Local youth resorted to stone-pelting to disrupt the CASO. Forces resorted to teargas shelling and pellet firing,” said a local, Tariq Ahmed. Eight youth sustained pellet injuries and were shifted to…

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Jammu – Srinagar traffic mess continues to ‘Worsens’

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The nightmares for the commuters travelling on the Srinagar-Jammu highway continue as the authorities failed to make the highway functional for smooth movement of vehicles. On Monday, only the Kashmir-bound trucks carrying essential commodities were allowed to continue their journey to Srinagar, as authorities allowed restricted traffic movement on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, officials said. Restrictions were put on vehicular movement on the 270-km highway due to heavy snowfall last week near the Jawahar Tunnel and landslides near the Banihal-Ramban stretch. The highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest…

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IAS to Politics: Shah Faisal begins his ​political journey

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Less than a month after he resigned from the IAS to join politics, Shah Faisal started his political journey from his home districtt of Kupwara, declaring that he was there to contest the elections to rid the people of corruption and nepotism. At a public meeting in Kupwara, the 2010 IAS topper from Kashmir said it was painful to see the people suffering on various fronts, be it the problem of public services in distant areas or the youth killings. He expressed his concern over the killing of PhD scholars…

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