Category: Community

Enforcement Directorate attaches Rs 3 lakh terror funds of LeT cadre in Kashmir

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The ED on Thursday said it has attached Rs 3 lakh cash of alleged terror funds in connection with its money laundering probe against terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT) which operates in the Kashmir Valley. The central probe agency said that it attached the cash, in Indian currency, after it was found that the money was the “proceeds of crime” of terrorism and that it was to be delivered to hardcore militant Mohd Hussain Dar alias Raju by his associate Abdul Hamid Lone. “The attached amount was meant for militant activities,” the…

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YAIKS, Pandit body to initiate talks with Valley groups

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Accusing the state and Central governments of exploiting the plight of displaced Kashmiri Hindus, a Pandit group, Youth All India Kashmiri Samaj, on Wednesday announced initiating a people-to-people contact programme in the Valley to pave way for the return of the minority community. They alleged the government had failed to bring any concrete plan for the rehabilitation of 3.5 lakh displaced Hindus of the Valley who were living as refugees in their own country. Addressing a press conference, samaj president RK Bhat said for the past 28 years, the community…

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UN Chief following Kashmir situation closely

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UN chief Antonio Guterres is following the situation in Kashmir closely and encourages a dialogue between India and Pakistan to settle any outstanding differences, his spokesperson said. Spokesman for Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric made the comment while responding to a question on the tensions between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue. “Obviously, we are following the situation there as closely, as we always do, and we would encourage dialogue between the parties to settle any outstanding differences,” Dujarric told reporters here yesterday at his daily briefing. On whether the Secretary…

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Two army soldiers kill themselves with their service weapons

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The suicide toll of security personnel posted in the strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir mounted to five in a fortnight. The army lost two men on Tuesday when they killed themselves with their service weapons in Jammu and Kashmir, police said, as the suicide toll of personnel posted in the strife-torn state mounted to five in a fortnight. According to police, sepoy Kulvinder Singh of 10 Sikh Regiment committed suicide in south Kashmir’s Qazigund area. He was from Punjab. In Samba district, soldier Naresh Yadav shot himself with his service pistol.…

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To work in gulf two professors from Pulwama College ‘Fraudulently’ avail medical leave

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Two Assistant Professors working in the Chemistry department of Government Degree College Boys, Pulwama are being reported “absconding” from their duties and are believed to be working in Gulf countries as per the college sources. The professor duo, whose names have been withheld, had joined the services in this college in June and August last year. the duo stayed in the college for no more than a month and have both gone on a medical leave. Insiders say these professors have been sharing cuts with the college administration to stay…

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Badami Bagh cantonment residents scared by wall messages

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A message in Urdu and English—“military area, you are being watched, armed response to trespassing”– on boundary walls of the Badami Bagh Cantonment has left the residents living in the vicinity fear-stricken. The residents of nearby areas– Indira Nagar, Batwara, Shivpora, Iqbal Colony, Pandhrethan and even Sonwar–said the message is unprecedented in the 70-year history of the garrison, which houses the headquarters of the 15 Corps. Such a message was not painted on the walls even after the deadly attack on 3 November 1999 in which 10 soldiers were killed…

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Govt forms panel led by Principal Secy Home to probe KVIB recruitments

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Inquiry Committee to submit report within a month The government Monday constituted a High Level Inquiry Committee led by Principal Secretary Home to probe the recent recruitments in J&K Khadi Village and Industries Board (KVIB). An order issued by Commissioner Secretary to government,Khurshid Ahmad Shah disclosed that sanction has been accorded to the constitution of a high level Inquiry committee chaired by R K Goyal Principal Secretary, Home department to inquire into the selection recruitments in J&KKhadi Village and Industries Board (KVIB). The other members of the Inquiry Committee are…

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Desperate families appeal for return more Kashmiri youths attracted towards militant ranks

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The saga of young men being attracted towards militancy in Kashmir continues unabated. A recent addition to the list is a youngster named Bilal Ahmad Shah from Kupwara who has reportedly joined Hizbul Mujahideen. The news of 27-year-old Bilal joining the outfit was typically announced by circulation of a picture on social media in which he can be seen holding a gun. In a picture that went viral on Thursday, Bilal is also given an alias named Shahbaz. Bilal was missing since March 2, when he had told his brother…

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Srinagar records 30711 dog bite cases in past six years

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As many as 30,711 dog bite cases were reported in Srinagar during the past six years, reveals the official data. The data states that 30,711 dog bite cases were registered at an anti-rabies clinic at the SMHS hospital here from 2012-13 to up to 2017. Of these 7,000 cases were registered in 2012-13, followed by 6,041 cases in 2013-14, 4,917 cases in 2014-15, 5,100 cases in 2015-16, 5,120 cases in 2016-17 and 2,533 cases in 2017-18 up to September. The official documents state that due to implementation of various strategies,…

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Poet Madhosh loses home and life’s work during Balhama gunfight

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Curls of smoke still rose up from the debris of what was once the home of Ghulam Muhammad Bhat also known as Madhosh Balhami. Now all that is left of the two-storey house built by his father in 1967 are a few standing walls pockmarked with bullet holes and soot, piles of broken bricks and concrete. Glancing around with an expression of deep hurt and agony, Bhat sobs not for the home he lost but for the poetry he had written over the course of the last three decades, which…

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