Year: 2022

Agnipath Row: Train stations, highways turn into battleground as youth fury over the contentious defence recruitment scheme

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Agnipath Row: Train stations, highways turn into battleground as youth fury over the contentious defence recruitment scheme

A man was shot dead in police firing in Telangana’s Secunderabad, trains went up in flames, and public and private vehicles were attacked, as railway stations and highways turned into battleground in many states on Friday amid burgeoning protests against Agnipath, the contentious defence recruitment scheme. Assurances by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and the Army chief failed to cut ice with hordes of angry youth, carrying bamboo sticks and stones, storming railway premises across cities and small towns and laying siege to highways, creating a security…

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Sub-Inspector Farooq Mir shot dead by unknown gunmen in Samboora

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Sub-Inspector Farooq Mir shot dead by unknown gunmen in Samboora

In a shocking incident, some terrorists shot a police officer dead in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. His body was found lying in paddy fields at Samboora. The attack on Sub-Inspector Farooq Ahmad Mir took place in the Pampore area on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, officials said. Initially, one bullet wound was found near his heart. The officials said Mir was posted in the IRP 23rd Battalion at CTC Lethpora. As per the preliminary investigation, the police officer had left his home for work in his paddy…

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Undeterred, tourists continue to swarm Kashmir

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Undeterred, tourists continue to swarm Kashmir

Targeted killings of non-Kashmiris and Kashmiri Pandits have failed to dampen the spirit of tourists who continue to throng the scenic valley giving a strong rebuff to those trying to disturb the peace. A report by Sunny Sharma. As against about 7 lakh tourists who visited in 2021, the Kashmir valley has seen over 8 Lakh tourists bewitched by its enchanting beauty between January and May 2022. What does this indicate? The Director, Tourism, Kashmir, G.N. Itoo said that the department has started promoting all the seasons in Kashmir. Itoo…

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Wular Lake: Asia’s largest freshwater lakes is blanketed with waste and silt

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Wular Lake: Asia’s largest freshwater lakes is blanketed with waste and silt

Severe pollution in Wular lake is eroding the natural habitat of native plants and fish species. By: Umer Ahmed Hailed as one of Asia’s largest freshwater lakes, Wular is shrinking with an urgency hard to reverse. A flood basin for the Kashmir Valley, parts of the lake have turned into shallow streams, with vast expanses of the area covered in silt and dotted with solid waste. Around 34 km away from Srinagar, Wular lake in the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, has shrunk by 45% in about 100 years,…

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Amid rumours of fuel shortage, huge rush for refilling vehicles continues across Kashmir

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Amid rumours of fuel shortage, huge rush for refilling vehicles continues across Kashmir

Massive queues of vehicles could be seen at fuel stations in Kashmir on Thursday as people scrambled to fill up the tanks in the wake of rumours that the country is facing shortage of fuel, officials said. Hundreds of vehicles were lined up at almost every fuel station, waiting for their turn to be refilled, leading to traffic jams in some parts of the city and elsewhere in the valley as well, the officials said. Police and traffic police officials were seen regulating the movement of vehicles at some fuel…

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Day 06: Curfew continues in Bhaderwah, scores detained

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Day 06: Curfew continues in Bhaderwah, scores detained

Curfew which was imposed on Thursday evening continued for the sixth day on Tuesday in Bhadarwah without any relaxation, while nine people were detained in the curfew-bound town. Meanwhile, restrictions were relaxed in nearby Kishtwar district headquarters for five hours, officials said. The curfew was imposed in the two towns last Thursday following communal tension over the controversial remarks against Prophet Muhammad ( SAW) by now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and certain social media posts by local right wing activists in her support. The officials said all the nine people…

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Executive Magistrates to enforce School Bag Policy 2020

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Executive Magistrates to enforce School Bag Policy 2020

The executive magistrates in their respective jurisdictions will enforce School Bag Policy-2020 to ensure that no student carries a heavy burden on their tender shoulders. The move comes 10 days after the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) issued circular instructions to the schools putting a cap on the weight of school bags. In this regard, an official communication has been issued to all the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) by DSEK with a “request” to direct the Executive Magistrates at different levels to enforce the guidelines issued regarding implementation of the…

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Falah-e-Aam affiliate schools told to stop academic activities in J&K

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Falah-e-Aam affiliate schools told to stop academic activities in J&K

The Jammu and Kashmir school education department on Tuesday ordered cessation of academic activities in schools run by Falah-e-Aam (FAT), an affiliate of banned Jamaat-e-Islami. The order was issued by additional secretary, school education department, on the directions of the J&K government. It directed all the students studying in these banned institutions to admit themselves to government schools for the current session. No new admissions will be taken in these banned FAT institutions, and no further registration of these institutions will be done, the order said. Chief education officers were…

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Nupur Sharma’s Prophet remarks well-planned to divert attention from Kashmir Issues: Mehbooba Mufti

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Nupur Sharma’s Prophet remarks well-planned to divert attention from Kashmir Issues: Mehbooba Mufti

Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has alleged that Nupur Sharma’s remarks on Prophet Muhammad were well-planned and was to take away the attention from the killings of civilians and Kashmiri Pandits in the valley. She also said that the statement was made to provoke the Muslims in the country. Mehbooba Mufti was at her Srinagar office and while speaking to the media she said that Nupur Sharma’s statement was not a coincidence. “It was well planned to take the attention away from the Kashmiri Pandit issue,…

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HSRP: Vehicles without High Security Registration Plates to be seized after June 15

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HSRP: Vehicles without High Security Registration Plates to be seized after June 15

Police on Saturday issued ‘final reminder’ regarding affixation of mandatory High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) on the vehicles by June 15. “This is Final Reminder by Transport/Police/Traffic departments. Mandatory Affixation of HSRP to be done by 15th June 2022 on all vehicles,” police said in a statement, adding, “Failing this all such vehicles without HSRP shall be seized & RC may also be recommended for suspension.” Earlier this week, the motor vehicle Department also issued a similar public notice.

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