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Fair Trial: Yasin Malik to go on hunger strike from July 22 says JKLF

July 19, 2022 Editor

Incarcerated chief of now banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik will be going on a hunger strike from July 22 in Tihar jail if his demands of a fair trial and ensuring his physical presence in the courts is not fulfilled, a JKLF spokesperson said in a mailed statement. Malik has been serving life sentence in a terror-funding case while trials against him and his aides is going on in two other cases – kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed…

Amarnath tragedy exposes limited holding capacity of fragile Himalayan ecosystem

July 17, 2022 Editor

In the next two immediate days, much of the talk revolved around disaster management and incorrect weather predictions and the lacunae thereof. However, there was hardly any talk about restricting the number of pilgrims into the high altitude pilgrimage destinations such as Amarnath Cave shrine (Approximately 14,000 feet). New Delhi, July 17: Little more than a week after the tragic death of 16 pilgrims near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath on July 8, hundreds of devotees continue to trudge up the arduous treks from Pahalgam and Baltal side fighting…

CRPF ASI killed in Pulwama militant attack

July 17, 2022 Editor

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) ASI was killed after a joint party of security forces was fired upon by terrorists at Gangoo crossing in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. Terrorists fired upon Naka party at Gangoo Crossing Pulwama from nearby Apple orchard. In this terror incident 01 CRPF personnel ASI Vinod Kumar got seriously injured. He was shifted to hospital for treatment where he attained martyrdom. Area cordoned off. Search in progress, ” a police spokesman said. The whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers…

Stefan & Theresa; World touring couple finds Kashmir Safe, Beautiful with Hospitable People

July 17, 2022 Editor

Travelling around the globe, Stefan Ublinger and his wife, Theresa are currently in Kashmir and the couple say that the place is safe for visitors. Using eco-friendly travelling mode, bicycles, the couple is on a whirlwind tour of the world. Ublinger and his wife put up a short film on YouTube in which they talk about Kashmir, its beautiful places and its hospitable people. “We are happy to be here because the landscape is so amazing and the people are so nice and hospitable.” “We did not know till we…

Amarnath Yatra 2022: Six Yatris, One Pony walla died in last 36 hours

July 17, 2022 Editor

Six pilgrims and one pony driver died of natural causes during the Amarnath Yatra in the last 36 hours, taking the overall death toll in the ongoing pilgrimage to 49, officials said on Saturday. The death toll includes 15 yatris who lost their life in the July 8 flash flood. So far, 47 yatris and two pony drivers have lost their life during the pilgrimage which started on June 30. One pony driver had died after he fell from his horse into a deep gorge in Pahalgam. In the July…

Kashmiri Pandits welcome first batch of hajj pilgrims at Srinagar Airport

July 17, 2022 Editor

In a moving show of fraternity and religious harmony, local Kashmiri Hindus welcomed pilgrims returning from Hajj — an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia — by doing aarti, singing an Islamic religious song, shaking hands, and giving them rose flowers. Sharing a short video clip purportedly from the Srinagar airport, Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Bin Mukhtar Ansari said Kashmiri Pandits lined up outside the airport and sang ‘Naat’ — poetry in praise of Prophet Muhammad — and congratulated them on their pilgrimage. The video clip shows a…

Rubaiya Sayeed identifies Yasin Malik, 3 others as her abductors

July 16, 2022 Editor

Three decades after her high-profile abduction and release, Rubaiya Sayeed, 56, the daughter of former home minister and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, the late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, on Friday identified four of her kidnappers including JKLF founder Yasin Malik before a TADA Court . Sayeed was kidnapped in December 1989 by Malik and his aides. Her father was the union home minister at the time in the VP Singh-led National Front government. The court has fixed August 23 as the next date of hearing in the much…

Over one lakh trees axed for Srinagar Ring Road, no plantation on cards

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 Editor

More than 1.10 lakh private trees of Apple, Chinar, Walnut, Mullberry among other species valued at Rs 13.76 crore have been chopped down by the NHAI to lay down the Srinagar Ring Road, an RTI reply has revealed. The response received by RTI activist Raman Sharma from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on his queries said over 1,200 more private trees which form the lush green cover of the Valley will be chopped down in the coming days to build the new tarmac around Srinagar. The NHAI did…

J&K tops list of unmarried youth in country

July 15, 2022 Editor

The percentage of unmarried youth is on rise in India with J&K topping the list, reveals a report issued by Ministry of statistics and programme implementation. As per the National Youth Policy 2014, persons between the age group 15-29 years are classified as youth. “The percentage of the youth population (15-29 years) who are never married has shown an increasing trend in male population from 20.8 percent in 2011 to 26.1 percent in 2019. Similar trend has been observed in the case of the female population. In 2019, highest percentage…