Month: January 2021

Bird Flu scare stopping masses from buying poultry across the Valley

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After the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the poultry industry in Jammu and Kashmir, the industry is now reeling under the threat of the bird flu infection. People associated with the industry said that despite banning the entry of any poultry product into Jammu and Kashmir not a single case has been reported here, while most people have left consumption of chicken and other poultry products. Bano Pratap, owner of Prem poultry in Jammu city told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the unrest created by the…

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The welfare of 537 seats is important for GOI, not 6 seats of J&K: Lal Singh

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“Govt busy in looting our resources, starting with soil, now marking deodar trees to take them away”.” All Himalayan states have a special provision to regulate population to save glaciers from melting”. Former Member Parliament and Chairman Dogra Swabhimaan Sangathan and said that Government is concerned about 537 seats not 6 seats of J&K and is busy in looting resources of J&K.” There is no development, employment, education in J&K now. They are concerned about how to levy the tax, how to raise power tariff, loot minerals, marking of deodars…

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Capt Bhoopendra Singh staged Shopian fake encounter for ₹20 Lakh: Police Statement

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A police statement on December 27 after the filing of the charge sheet said the investigation revealed the conspiracy was hatched to abduct the victims and stage the encounter. The army captain charged with killing three youths in the July 18 fake encounter in Shopian did it for ₹20 lakh in reward money, according to the case charge sheet filed by police. “By staging the encounter, Capt Bhoopendra Singh of 62 RR and two other civilians also purposefully destroyed evidence of the real crime that they have committed and also…

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Collapsing of bridge retaining wall at Ramban forces highway closer

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Authorities today evening suspended movement of heavy vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway after a portion of the road caved in near a construction site at Kelamorh, Ramban. Sources said the portion of the road that caved in, falls between Ramban-Ramsu stretch where tunnelling work is going on. Meanwhile, hundreds of vehicles have got stranded at various places along the highway. Officials concerned while taking to Kashmir Post said that it will take some time to restore the traffic. “We have pressed our men and machinery into service to do…

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‘Heavy Snowfall’ declared state-specific calamity

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Extending much needed relief to the people of snowbound areas, J&K Lt-Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday declared “heavy snowfall” as state specific natural calamity under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) norms. The L-G was chairing a meeting to take stock of the winter management, particularly, snow clearance efforts of the administration, with all deputy commissioners and senior superintendents of police of the Kashmir Division through virtual mode, at the Raj Bhavan here, an official spokesperson said. “Heavy Snowfall” did not figure in the list of ‘natural calamities’ under the SDRF…

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Snowfall brings cheer to the tourism industry in Kashmir

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The tourism industry in Kashmir received major boost as thousands of people from different parts of the country visited the valley to witness snowfall. The tourism industry in Kashmir received a major boost as thousands of people from different parts of the country visited the valley. The tourism sector in Kashmir witnessed major setbacks for the last two years due to the lockdown in the valley after the removal of Article 370 in 2019 and in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the beginning of this year looks promising…

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How will the Supreme Court turn the clock back on Kashmir: Omar Abdullah

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In an interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah says he is no longer sure who he is, what he can expect and what he will do “I still have faith in the Supreme Court of India,” says former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah in an interview to The Wire, put up by the website on Saturday evening. But he is also anguished, he adds, at the court’s ‘complete, inexplicable and mind boggling’ lack of urgency in dealing with petitions challenging the Government’s action…

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Empty grave waits for teenager killed by Indian forces in Kashmir

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Indian forces who killed a 16-year-old and two other young men in Indian-controlled Kashmir last month described them as associates of terrorists On a recent chilly winter day in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Mushtaq Ahmed shoveled the earth, laboriously digging a grave for his teenage son. There was, however, no body to be lowered inside. Stunned, a group of onlookers watched in silence. But Ahmed kept digging, now knee-deep inside the half-dug grave. Then he rose, straightening his back, and faced the crowd, enraged. “I want my son’s body,” he howled. “I…

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Due to heavy snowfall the national highway remained cut for the 4th day, flight operations resume at Srinagar airport

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Vehicular traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained suspended for the fourth straight day on Wednesday following more snowfall around Jawahar Tunnel and landslides at many places between Banihal in Ramban district to Udhampur. Eight people were also rescued after their vehicles got trapped in a mudslide near Panthial in Ramban district late Tuesday, officials said on Wednesday. The highway has been closed since Sunday following heavy snowfall and incessant rains which triggered multiple landslides. Additional director general of police, T Namgyal said there has been fresh snowfall on both…

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Turkey meddling in Kashmir Issue could hurt India’s interest and fuel fresh tension in South Asia

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With Turkey growing more assertive in the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and South Asia, can Kashmir become a battleground between India and Turkey soon? By Smriti Chaudhary – Eurasian Times Relations between Turkey and India soured following New Delhi’s decision to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019. Turkey has been openly supporting Pakistan on the Kashmir issue on international platforms. Kurdish and Greek media reports claim that Ankara is preparing to relocate Syrian mercenaries from Libya and Azerbaijan to Kashmir. “Abu Emsha, the head of the…

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