Category: Community

Educated youth have infused new life into Kashmir struggle: Mahmood Shah

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Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Mahmood Shah has paid glowing tributes to the outfit commander Abu Al-Qasim Shafat Hussain, who was slain in a gunfight with the government forces in Arizal areas of Budgam district. “The educated youth have infused new life into Kashmir struggle. The youth have understood that there is no mightier answer to atrocities other than gun,” LeT spokesman Dr Abdullah Ghazanwi quoted the LeT chief Mahmood Shah as having said. “Abu Al-Qasim was an educated young man who opted to pick up gun after his graduation to seek…

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Situation ‘Worrisome’, says resistance camp after their first meet in three months

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The Joint Resistance Leadership of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Monday cautioned the state government against pushing the Kashmir youth to the wall and called the prevailing situation as “worrisome”. The trio last evening held a two-and-a-half-hour-long meeting, their first in the past three months. What transpired during the closed-door meeting at Geelani’s residence couldn’t be known immediately, but a statement issued by the JRL today delved on “harassment of the youth, ill-treatment meted out to political prisoners, and iron-fisted policies of the state…

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Tulip Garden thrown open for tourists, draws large crowds

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The new-look Tulip Garden located in the foothills of the Zabarwan range overlooking the Dal Lake was thrown open to visitors on Sunday. Even as the garden opened with added attractions, including a fountain channel and hyacinth terrace, the beauty of myriad tulip varieties was also streamed live through drone cameras on the social media. And as the garden bustled with visitors on the opening day, causing traffic jams in the vicinity, stakeholders remain hopeful that it will augur well for the tourism sector. “We had actively promoted the Tulip…

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IS flags seen at militant’s funeral in Kashmir but clerics, politicians deny group is gaining ground in Valley

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A raging debate over whether Islamic State really exists in Kashmir has taken social media by storm over the last few weeks. The tipping point was the funeral of Eisa Fazli, a militant who was allegedly inspired to follow Islamic State’s ideology last year, and whose body draped with black flags was paraded near his Srinagar home for photographers in what looked like a carefully scripted act. But never before in recent times has the Valley’s intelligentsia, political leadership and citizenry come out in a single voice to denounce the…

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Rambagh flyover Ist phase to be inaugurated in May

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Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today reviewed the traffic management and status of related mega projects underway in the summer capital. In a series of meetings, the Div Com stressed on the need to put in sustained efforts to improve the traffic scenario in Srinagar. The meetings were attended by CEO ERA, chief engineer ERA, JC SMC, DIG JKP, SP traffic, traffic adviser and others. The Div Com said that there has been satisfactory progress in the pace of works of Rambagh flyover and new Mahjoor nagar Bridge. He…

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No end to parking woes in city centre as authorities fail to streamline traffic system

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The much-hyped mechanized car parking lot and roadside slots marked by the authorities have failed to streamline traffic in the city centre here. The woes are set to worsen after the shifting of offices to Srinagar from Jammu in May as part of biannual Durbar Move. The “state-of-the art” automated car parking at erstwhile KMD yard, which can accommodate 288 vehicles has been a failure due to “exorbitant charges” by the Srinagar Development Authority. “They charge Rs 20 for the first hour and Rs 10 for each next hour. At…

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45 Posts referred to SSB by health department, 90 Selected

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In 2012 the state health department referred 45 posts of physiotherapists to J&K Service Selection Board (SSB) to be filled up on “priority” basis. No action followed in the next five years. And in January, the board finally issued a list, selecting 90 candidates in place of 45. Now, the administrative department of health and the recruiting agency are clueless on how to resolve the issue of surplus recruitments. A source in health department said that the issue has been taken up with the administrative department. “We are discussing what…

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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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