Category: Community

Media blamed for painting negative image of Kashmir

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“Media is largely responsible for painting a negative picture of Jammu and Kashmir by spreading wrong and incomplete information as it believes that only adverse news is news,” said Abha Khanna, director of the media department of J&K Study Centre, on Thursday. Participating in a discussion on ‘Jammu and Kashmir: Myth and reality’, organized by Nagpur Union of Working Journalists, Tilak Patrakar Bhavan, Tilak Patrakar Bhavan Trust, Press Club, and Jammu and Kashmir Study Centre, Khanna claimed, “Those responsible for giving news on Kashmir blindly believe in their correspondents and…

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In absence of SERC nod, PDD raises power bills

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The Power Development Department (PDD) is raising the tariff bills in the absence of a nod from State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) as it remains headless. The SERC remains completely defunct and some of the civil society members are arguing that the bills are being raised by the PDD “illegally.” They contend that the PDD has no “legal authority” to raise bills or receive payments. The SERC is defunct since December 2016 after its chairman Basharat Dar demitted office. The SERC website notes that all its members posts and that…

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Authorities to strengthen surveillance system for streamlining traffic system

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Authorities are mulling to initiate a process for strengthening of surveillance system to discourage violation of traffic rules and prevent accidents. An official document accessed by Kashmir Post reveals that installation of CCTV cameras has been proposed by the authorities to keep the check on traffic rule violations. The move is also aimed to strengthen the safety and security of commuters and pedestrians. “Monitoring of traffic violations is much needed to reduce number of road accidents. There has been increase in number of road accidents and traffic challans in the…

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NIA questions Hizb chief’s 4 sons in terror funding case

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Syed Salahuddin’s elder son Shahid Yusuf is already in judicial custody in Tihar Jail The National Investigation Agency, probing the funding of the secessionist activities in Kashmir, has questioned six relatives, including four sons of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin. The central agency had summoned relatives of Salahuddin in connection with a six-year-old case of financing of the Hizb, which has been declared a terrorist organisation by the UN Security Council. “We examined four sons of Salahuddin and his two other relatives today in Srinagar. All six people were sent…

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2 Years On, govt fails to furnish information about 2016 civilian killings probes

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Even after two years, the state government has not provided any information regarding its investigation into the killings of civilians during the 2016 summer unrest. In its report submitted before the State Human Rights Commission the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir states that “78 people were killed across Kashmir in 2016 unrest.” But the report doesn’t reveal whether the killings have been investigated by the government. Of the 78 people killed during 2016 unrest, 21 were from Anantnag, 14 from Kulgam, nine from Shopian, 11 from Pulwama, six from Srinagar, four from…

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Real reasons why Mehbooba Mufti dropped Haseeb Drabu

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For calling the Kashmir problem a ‘social issue’, the former banker’s political career looks over at least in his home state. Pampered for more than three years as the architect of the “Agenda of Alliance” between the PDP and the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, Haseeb Drabu has been shown the door unceremoniously. On March 12, J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti sacked her finance minister Drabu, a former banker, for his controversial remarks that the situation in the trouble-torn state was a “social, and not political issue.” “Jammu and Kashmir…

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Kashmiri Students booked in BGSBU for raising slogans against Eisa’s killing

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The police have booked unidentified students of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) for allegedly raising anti-India and pro-azadi slogans on the campus. The action came after Kashmiri students, especially from the College of Engineering and Technology, boycotted their classes reportedly for three days after the killing of former student-turned-militant Eisa Fazili of the BTech (sixth semester) along with two others by security forces on Monday. “Taking a serious note of the incident, the police have booked unidentified students of the BGSBU who were involved in the incident. The matter…

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No threat to coalition, Govt will run without Drabu: Avinash Rai

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Day after CM Mehbooba Mufti sacked finance minister Haseeb Drabu, Bharatiya Janta Party leadership has summoned its senior leaders from Jammu and Kashmir to New Delhi to discuss the possible repercussions on the alliance. “The leadership has been summoned by the party high command to New Delhi,” a senior BJP leader told Kashmir Post on the basis of anonymity. He said that Drabu’s removal has put a question mark on the future of interlocution between BJP and PDP. He said that coming years were crucial because of general elections in…

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Ayesha Aziz, the youngest pilot from Kashmir

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Ayesha Aziz, a Kashmiri girl became the youngest pilot of India. At the age of 16, she graduated in Aviation from Bombay Flying Club and got pilot’s license in 2011. According to the report published in IB Times, currently, she is a member of Indian Women Pilots’ Association (IWPA). She also pilots Cessna 152 and Cessna 172 aircrafts. In January 2012, at Russia’s Sokul Airbase she flew MIG-29 fighter jet plane. She met former NASA astronaut John McBride during her Advanced Space Training Course. She also met Indian-American Astronaut Sunitha…

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Bail granted to Kashmiri photojournalist Kamran Yusuf

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Photojournalist Kamran Yusuf, arrested by the NIA in September for allegedly encouraging stone pelting and mobilising support against security personnel, was granted bail by a special court here on Monday, officials said. Without giving further details, the NIA officials confirmed that Yusuf had been granted bail. He was arrested by the agency on September 5 for allegedly indulging in stone pelting and mobilising support against security personnel through social media. According to the NIA, Yusuf was allegedly involved in stone pelting incidents besides organising groups of youths who would throw…

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