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Rambagh Killing: Amid Shutdown, Mobile internet suspended in old city

November 26, 2021 Editor

Most of the shops in the old areas of Srinagar were shut on Thursday while mobile internet remained suspended in many parts of the city a day after the killing of three militants, including the self-styled commander of The Resistance Front (TRF), in an encounter, officials said. The officials said mobile internet was suspended in several areas of the city as a precautionary measure. Police on Wednesday said security forces killed three militants in a brief encounter in the Rambagh area of the city. The slain included the self-styled commander…

Ghosts of graveyard: Where does Kashmir’s dead go?

November 26, 2021 Editor

Fahad Shah Kashmir is plunging into an uneasy silence, the blood is flowing on the streets, but the dead are missing. The graves dug near homes by fathers still lie empty, covered in dirt. “My son is 3-year-old; am I raising him to be killed in a gunfight?” asks a distraught mother. A sister sits by the window in Sopore, waiting for her brother who never returned home. Not even in death. Amid cries, a testament of mourning is missing. Where does Kashmir’s dead go? Among other areas, we found…

Legitimate doubts looming over authenticity of Rambagh Shootout: Mehbooba Mufti

November 25, 2021 Editor

The allegations by the PDP chief come on the heels of the killing of two civilians Mohammad Altaf Bhat and Dr. Mudassir Gul in an alleged encounter in the Hyderpora area of Srinagar earlier this month. President PDP and former J&K Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday alleged that “legitimate doubts are looming” over the “authenticity” of the “alleged encounter” in the Rambagh area of Srinagar where police claimed to have gunned down three militants of The Resistance Front (TRF) last evening. “After yesterday’s alleged encounter at Rambagh, legitimate doubts…

Cantonment Board serves property tax notices to residents residing within its jurisdiction: Allege locals

November 25, 2021 Editor

The resident living within the jurisdiction of Badami Bagh Cantonment Board has been served fresh property tax bills from the board, asking them to pay tax, while some of them have received property attachment notices, asking them to clear the tax amount or face attachment proceedings, locals alleged here. The residents alleged that some days ago, the Board had also published a notice, asking residents falling within the domain of Board, to clear tax payments by depositing them to Board account or through online mode. “It is for the information…

With soaring vegetable prices platter are getting expensive with every passing day

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 Editor

Consumers suffer as ‘clueless’ FCSCA fails to regulate prices The prices of vegetables and fruits are at an all-time high in Kashmir owing to the non-regulation of the prices by the Department of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCSCA). The sluggishness on the part of the competent authorities to regulate the rates of eatables and essentials is giving a tough time to the consumers. The market prices of eatables have witnessed exorbitant hikes in absence of any enforcement by the FCSCA in markets to regulate the rates of essential…

Three boys were ‘taken out of car, shot dead on street’: Rambagh Incident Eyewitness

November 25, 2021 Editor

Minutes after police said that “three militants were killed in a shootout” in Srinagar, eyewitnesses have claimed that “three boys were taken out from a car and shot dead on the street”. In a viral video, eyewitnesses claim that the three were “unarmed and were shot dead by the armed forces in front of us”. Witnesses have also alleged that the trio was dragged down from a vehicle and shot dead. Soon after the incident took place, locals gathered near the spot and claimed the killed men were “innocent”. The…

If you want to ‘Keep’ Kashmir, restore Article 370 & Address Kashmir Issue: Mehbooba to GoI

November 24, 2021 Editor

“Some of our own people get annoyed when I demand dialogue with Pakistan for peace in J&K and resolution of the issue. They dub me a traitor and anti-national.” PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday asked the Centre to restore Article 370 and resolve the Kashmir issue if it wants to “keep Kashmir”, saying people want return of “our identity and honour” and that too with interest. Addressing a public rally at Neel village of Banihal, she also said the people of Jammu and Kashmir have decided “our fate with…

Receiving death threats from ISIS Kashmir: Gautam Gambhir

November 24, 2021 Editor

Shweta Chauhan, DCP central, told ANI that Gambhir has approached the Delhi Police in this regard. “Gautam Gambhir has received death threats from ‘ISIS Kashmir’ through e-mail. Security has been beefed up outside Gambhir’s residence,” Chauhan added. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Delhi and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir claimed that he has received death threats from ‘ISIS Kashmir’, according to news agency ANI on Wednesday. Shweta Chauhan, DCP central, told ANI that Gambhir has approached the Delhi Police in this regard. “Gautam Gambhir has received death threats from ‘ISIS…

Press Colony being evacuated of Press

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 Editor

On Thursday evening a truck was outside the office of the largest circulating English daily of Kashmir, Greater Kashmir. Several laborers were loading chairs, tables, computers, printers, and other office equipment into the vehicle. The estate department made Greater Kashmir vacate the building allotted to the paper in the 1990s. Last year the government had asked former BCC correspondent Yousuf Jameel to vacate his office from the press colony. On October 19, 2020, the Jammu and Kashmir estates department sealed the Srinagar office of the Kashmir Times. The newspaper, one…

5000 Pax traveled on Srinagar-Sharjah sector during last one month, witnessing 90% occupancy

November 23, 2021 Editor

The Srinagar-Sharjah direct flight, which completes one month of operations on Tuesday, has been a runaway success as the flight is presently witnessing 90 percent passenger occupancy. The flight was flagged-off by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on October 23 and despite witnessing initial hiccups, the flight operating from a longer route now has gained popularity among the Kashmiri travelers. An official told Kashmir Post that as many as 5000 passengers have traveled to and fro on the Srinagar-Sharjah flight during the last month. “We have been operating 4 flights…