June 12, 2021 | Kashmir POST

Militants strike in Sopore killing 2 Security Personnel & 2 Civilians

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 Editor

At least two security personnel and two civilians were killed in a terrorist attack in north Kashmir’s Sopore on Saturday, officials said. At least three others, including a policeman, were injured in the attack, they said. The terrorists opened fire targeting security forces in the Sopore town of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. They fired at a joint party of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police near Main Chowk Sopore at around 12pm, the officials added. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital from…

Since 2011 man-animal conflict claimed nearly 200 lives and over 2000 injured in J&K

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 Editor

While the department of wildlife protection has been trying to reduce the man-animal conflict to the bare minimum in the Himalayan region, nearly 200 people lost their lives and over 2,000 were injured in man-animal conflict across Jammu and Kashmir since 2011, as per the official data. Chief Wildlife Warden of Jammu and Kashmir, Suresh Kumar Gupta, said, “man-animal conflict will continue but it can be minimised. The overall data of the past 10 years show that the situation has improved. From 32 deaths and 365 injuries to 10 deaths…

What Digvijay Singh promised to a Pakistan-origin journalist about Kashmir: Leaked Clubhouse Chats

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 Editor

During a recent conversation with a Pakistani-origin journalist on the Clubhouse app, Congress leader Digvijay Singh stirred the hornet’s nest by hinting at reversing the decision by the Modi government to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. The decision was taken on 5th August 2019 by the Modi government in a bid to fully integrate Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of India by revoking the draconian provisions of the article. Shahzeb Jillani, the Pakistani journalist currently residing in Germany, had claimed that he was shocked at the changing…

David Roberts, football coach to Real Kashmir honoured by Queen Elizabeth for services in India

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 Editor

The Scottish manager has contributed immensely to football in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the last four years or so… In what is certainly a proud moment for Real Kashmir, coach David Robertson has received a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen Elizabeth II’s Birthday Honours List for his contribution to the community in India’s Jammu and Kashmir. The BEM is awarded for a ‘hands-on’ service to the local community. This could be a long-term charitable or voluntary activity, or innovative work of a relatively short…

Fear and ‘Safe Zones’ in Kashmir

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 Editor

By – Moazum Mohammad The dramatic and hostile reordering of Jammu and Kashmir’s political status vis-a-vis the Indian state on August 5, 2019, was followed by a systematic emasculation of the old political order and its replacement by a new set of elected leaders. The BJP-led central government felt that taking control of local governance institutions (panchayat and municipal committees) was the best way to neutralize the traditional political parties and their legislators in the absence of a functioning assembly. But nearly two years down the line, grassroots democracy has…

GoI planning series of political initiatives in J&K: Officials

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 Editor

The Centre is planning a series of political initiatives in Jammu and Kashmir which may include discussion with mainstream parties of the Union Territory and elections to the assembly in the early part of next year, officials said here on Friday. The delimitation commission, which was set up immediately after passage of Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation bill by Parliament under the chairmanship of Justice (retd) Ranjana Desai, is likely to expedite its work and submit its report. The commission was set in February 2020 and has been given an extension…