December 2021 | Kashmir POST

For ‘Selling’ MBBS seats, Special Investigation Agency of JK Police files charge-sheet against Hurriyat leader and 8 others

December 30, 2021 Editor

The special investigation agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir Police filed its first charge-sheet against nine people, including a Hurriyat leader, in a case related to “selling” of MBBS seats in Pakistan to Kashmiri students and using the money to support and fund terrorism, officials said on Thursday. The case was registered by the Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK), a branch of the police’s CID, in July last year after receiving information through reliable sources that several unscrupulous people, including some Hurriyat leaders, were hand in glove with some educational consultancies…

Srinagar experienced improvement in night temperature; Gulmarg coldest in Kashmir at -9.4°C

December 29, 2021 Editor

Gulmarg was the coldest place in Kashmir as the mercury plunged to – 9.4 °C; Srinagar city recorded an improvement in night temperature from the last couple of days due to the overcast sky Gulmarg was the coldest place in Kashmir as the mercury plunged to – 9.4 °C. After fresh snowfall in the upper parts on Sunday, the Valley is again under the grip of the cold wave. However, Srinagar city recorded an improvement in night temperature from the last couple of days due to the overcast sky. The…

J&K logs 01 Death, 91 Fresh Covid infections; highest cases in Srinagar

December 29, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir reported one death and 91 fresh Covid infections on Tuesday, an official health bulletin said; Srinagar district has the highest number of active cases Jammu and Kashmir reported one death and 91 fresh Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, an official health bulletin said. Of the total cases, 59 cases and death were reported in Kashmir valley while the Jammu division saw 32 infections. The union territory reported the highest 30 cases in summer capital Srinagar followed by 20 cases in Jammu and 5 in Baramulla. Srinagar district has the…

Day after realty summit, Kashmir parties slam attempt to ‘Change Demography’ of J&K

December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 Editor

Post Kashmir Realty Summit, parties slam attempt to ‘Change Demography’

While the Jammu and Kashmir administration has termed the signing of real estate MoUs worth Rs 18,900 crore a “historical transformation”, political parties across the mainstream-separatist spectrum in the Kashmir Valley are viewing it as an attempt to alter the region’s demographic identity. The separatist Hurriyat Conference has called the summit a step towards “demographic change”. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it was “brazen loot”. The National Conference, meanwhile, said Jammu and Kashmir are being “put up for sale”. The 39 MoUs were signed Monday at the Jammu and…

Hurriyat appeals international community to take note of ‘Demographic Changes’ in J&K

December 28, 2021 Editor

All Parties Hurriyat Conference Tuesday appealed to the international community to take cognizance of what it termed the systemic demographic change being foisted upon Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir, by settling outsiders in the region including through a new policy of sale of land and natural resources to them. This comes a day after the Union Territory government opened the land of the region for investments for people across the country. The government signed 39 MoUs worth over 18 thousand crore rupees. In a statement issued here, APHC said that…

GoI opens Land, Housing in J&K to every citizen of India, Inks 39 MoUs worth ₹18,300 Cr with country’s real estate investors

December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 Editor

Govt opens land, housing in J&K to every citizen of India, inks 39 MoUs worth ₹18,300 cr with country's real estate investors

Opposition parties have urged the government to focus on job creation rather than investment or selling land, given J&K is facing a massive unemployment crisis The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday opened the union territory to the country’s real estate investors by signing 39 MoUs worth ₹18,300 crores for the development of housing and commercial projects. Terming the signing of the MoUs at J&K Real Estate Summit here “historic”, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said it is a major step towards the transformation of the UT. Addressing a press conference…

How the Article 370 Move, India-China Tensions and Erasure Politics altered Kashmir Forever

December 27, 2021 Editor

Sumantra Bose’s ‘Kashmir at the Crossroads’ is an insightful and fascinating narrative that has succeeded in keeping the focus on the people of Jammu and Kashmir, notably those in the Valley. Kapil Kak In his preface to the 1997 book, The Challenge in Kashmir: Democracy, Self Determination, and a Just Peace, Sumantra Bose, the well-known academic and expert on the Kashmir conflict, raises the question: “Why another book on the conflict in and over Kashmir? Hasn’t the vexed topic been flogged to death already?” And then, unsurprisingly, given his deep…

Farooq Abdullah hints at fighting J&K Polls with Allies

December 27, 2021 Editor

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said, “when the elections come, we’ll sit down together again to defeat the divisive and communal forces.” National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, who is the chairperson of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), has hinted his party will fight the next assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir together with the constituents of the new coalition to defeat “communal forces”. Talking about the situation in Kashmir, Mr. Abdullah claimed it is worse than the 90s — when terrorism erupted in Jammu and Kashmir — because…

Kins, Relatives of slain ultras joining militancy in Kashmir: Study

December 27, 2021 Editor

The research further reveals that 68 percent of respondents in the study stated that before and after the death of the militant, they faced isolation from the society Zulfikar Majid The lingering conflict in Kashmir Valley is pushing people to quagmire as sons and close relatives of those militants, who were killed in the 1990s are joining militant outfits and subsequently getting killed. A recent Sociological study done by Dr. Asima Hassan from the University of Kashmir, reveals that in 21 percent of cases the second member of the family/extended…

Two fatalities & 124 Covid infections recorded in J&K; Srinagar reports highest cases

December 27, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir reported two deaths and 124 fresh Covid infections on Sunday; Srinagar district has the highest number of active cases at 473 followed by Jammu and Baramulla Jammu and Kashmir reported two deaths and 124 fresh Covid-19 infections on Sunday, an official health bulletin said. Of the total cases, 93 cases and death were reported in Kashmir valley while the Jammu division saw 31 infections and a fatality. The union territory reported the highest 42 cases in summer capital Srinagar followed by 17 cases in Jammu and 12…