July 25, 2023 | Kashmir POST

Rahul Gandhi hits back at PM Modi after INDIA barb, says ‘Call us what you want, we will still fight for the people’

July 25, 2023 Editor

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on the opposition alliance I.N.D.I.A. and said “call us what you want”, but “we are India” and “will rebuild the idea of India in Manipur”. Modi had slammed the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance or I.N.D.I.A. as the most directionless the country has ever seen and cited reviled names, such as East India Company and Indian Mujahideen, to assert that people cannot be misled merely by the use of the country’s name. Parliamentary affairs…

Nearly half a dozen shops inundated in Srinagar’s Polo View market after overnight rainfall

July 25, 2023 Editor

After overnight rainfall in Srinagar muddy water has inundated nearly half a dozen shops at the refurbished Polo View market in Srinagar even as authorities said there was no drainage failure. President Polo View market, Haji Mohammad Ismail told that muddy water has entered few shops in the market. He, however, said that it was not known how the shops got inundated while a team of officials visited the area. CEO Srinagar Smart City Athar Amir told that there is no drainage failure as all the drains in the market…

Smart Meter Installation sparks protests in Batamaloo, Leading to Power Supply Snapping

July 25, 2023 Editor

Electricity was snapped in the Batamaloo area of Srinagar city after locals staged a protest against the installation of Smart Meters on Tuesday morning. Local sources told that a large number of locals from Ziyarat Batamaloo Sahab hit to roads and stopped KPDCL men from getting the Smart Meters installed in the area. As a reaction, the electricity as per the locals was snapped and they are without the power supply since morning. One of the locals said that the electricity was snapped shortly after the protest. Consumers in Srinagar…

Two Police Officers brutally assaulted in Leh, culprits on the run

July 25, 2023 Editor

Two policemen, including a sub-inspector of Ladakh Police, suffered serious injuries after they were “violently and brutally” assaulted by a group of miscreants, a senior officer said here on Monday. Senior Superintendent of Police (Leh) PD Nitya said an FIR has been registered under relevant sections, including attempt to murder, against eight absconding accused and special teams have been set up to arrest them. “Sub-Inspector Mohammad Jani and Head Constable Ghulam Rasool from Leh police station were violently and brutally assaulted by a group of youths at a restaurant during…

WHO confirms new case of MERS-CoV in Abu Dhabi

July 25, 2023 Editor

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday night confirmed a case of the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Abu Dhabi. According to the UN body, a 28-year-old man tested positive for the virus after he was admitted to a hospital last month in Al Ain city. The health officials have checked 108 people with whom the man was in contact with but no secondary infections had turned up so far, reported news agency Reuters citing WHO. The current condition of the infected man is still awaited.…

Shia Leader Imran Ansari walks out of Meeting, Accusing J&K Govt of Bias towards Amarnath Yatra

July 25, 2023July 25, 2023 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha and his top officers on Monday faced uncomfortable questions over the government’s alleged bias for Amarnath Yatra at the expense of Muharram, triggering a heated argument at a high-profile meeting and prompting a senior Shia leader to walk out over purported humiliation. Shia leader and former minister Imran Ansari said he walked out of the meeting headed by Sinha after chief secretary Arun Kumar accused him of airing sectarian views and the LG “dictated” him to sit down. According to local belief, since…

July witnesses 15 Cloudburst Incidents in Jammu and Kashmir: Officials

July 25, 2023 Editor

Amid frequent wet spells in the ongoing month, Jammu and Kashmir has reported 15 cloudburst incidents in the month of July while the Meteorological department (MeT) is preparing data to see whether the incidents have witnessed an upward trend. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Jammu and Kashmir has received excess rainfall of 27 per cent since June 01, 2023 to July 19, 2023 as the frequent rainfall has been reported in the Union Territory from last month. Deputy Director MeT, Dr Mukhtar Ahmad told KNO that although…

Reservation of seats for Kashmiri Migrants and Refugees in J&K Assembly sparks debate over nomination process

July 25, 2023 Editor

The proposed Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 specifies that the Lieutenant Governor of J&K – who is appointed by the Union government – would nominate these MLAs. By: Umer Maqbool The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government is planning to introduce a Bill in parliament to reserve three seats in the legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir for Kashmiri migrants and refugees from the Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). This will take the number of nominated seats in the unicameral House to five as two seats were already reserved…

Resistance Literature: University of Kashmir removes works of acclaimed Kashmiri writers from English literature courses

July 25, 2023July 25, 2023 Editor

Works of globally acclaimed Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali and prominent journalist and writer Basharat Peer have been removed from the curriculum of the University of Kashmir ostensibly as a result of the New Education Policy (NEP). The University of Kashmir used to teach three of Shahid Ali’s poems—‘Postcard from Kashmir’, ‘In Arabic’, and ‘The Last Saffron’ to MA students. Peer’s Curfewed Night was also part of the same course. Two poems of Shahid Ali—‘Postcard from Kashmir’ and the ‘Wolf’s Postscript’— were also taught in the BA course at the…