Category: Community

Five arrested for facilitating Naveed Jhatt escape in SHMS Hospital attack

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Jammu and Kashmir police say the four accused who helped Lashkar terrorist Naveed Jhatt escape had done a recce of the area and fired during the shootout. Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested four people directly involved in Tuesday’sraid on a hospital in Srinagar that allowed a Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist to escape, sources said on Thursday. Six other men, mostly overground workers, have also been detained for questioning, they said. The sources added that most of the arrested men belong to south Kashmir’s Pulwama area and were apprehended by the…

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150 Years old Mahraja era dispensary reduced to rubble in Srinagar

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Jammu and Kashmir government has demolished 150-year-old dispensary at Maharaj Gunj, Downtown area of summer capital, Srinagar which was built by Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1865. The locals blamed that there is a lack of coordination between government departments and its allied wings. “We don’t know who to blame now. The government took this faulty decision without consulting the right experts,” locals told Kashmir Post. This 150-year-old dispensary was two-story building which was made up of stones, mid-19th-century bricks on the banks of river Jhelum and had a great architectural…

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Twelve ultras give up arms in 3 years, but none opted for rehab policy

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Twelve militants have shunned the path of violence during 2015-2017, but no one has come forward for rehabilitation under the Rehabilitation Policy, 2004. Besides, 4,073 FIRs have been registered against 14,315 stone throwers during this period. This was said by the minister in charge, Home, in a written reply to a clubbed question raised by Qaiser Jamsheed Lone, NC MLC, and Ghulam Nabi Monga and Ali Mohammad Dar, Congress MLCs, in the Legislative Council today regarding government’s “surrender policy” for militants and FIRs registered/withdrawn against stone throwers since January 2015.…

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How Sheikh Abdullah’s note to Nehru saved Kashmir from falling into the hands of Pakistan

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The October 26, 1947, meeting at Nehru’s residence would eventually decide the future of Jammu and Kashmir. “Give army, take accession and give whatever powers you want to give to the popular party (National Conference headed by Sheikh Abdullah), but the army must fly to Srinagar this evening, otherwise I will go and negotiate terms with Mr (Mohammad Ali) Jinnah (the Pakistan leader) as the city must be saved,” beseeched Jammu and Kashmir’s then Prime Minister Mehar Chand Mahajan to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai…

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Toll abolishes on private-owned cars at two Kashmir based toll posts

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The Jammu and Kashmir government today said two major toll posts have been abolished, while non- commercial Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) entering and leaving the state have been exempted from payment of basic toll. As a follow up to the budget announcement, the government has notified that toll posts established in Kashmir division at Lower Munda in district Anantnag and Borehallan Heerpur in district Shopian have been abolished. “In exercise of the powers conferred by the Jammu and Kashmir Levy of Tolls Act, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir hereby…

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Khatamband: Kashmir’s finest craft struggling for survival

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‘It is an art of joining together geometrical shaped wood to construct intricate ceiling’ In Eid Gah downtown area of summer Srinagar, Imran Ahmed Sofi is carving intricate designs on the small hexagonal shaped wood. Next to him, sits his worker who with every stroke smoothen the wood so that designs could easily be carved. The room is full of wood pieces, Khatamband designs and the dust lingers in the air. Imran has been associated with the craft of Khatamband from sixteen years. Watching his father and grandfather doing the…

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Militant attack on hospital a new low in Kashmir valley

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The audacious terror attack at SMHS hospital in Srinagar on Tuesday where terrorists killed two policemen and freed a fellow Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist underscored a dark feature that Kashmir has become a more violent and dangerous place where even hospitals also figure as targets. This attack is much more serious and alarming than the usual encounters and clashes because the terrorists have touched a new low in choosing their targets at places like hospitals. It is a cumulative effect of pro-militancy narrative and actions of the past few months where some…

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Politicians involved in sex racket, pushed girl into flesh trade: J&K Police

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A girl in Jammu and Kashmir has allegedly claimed that she was being pushed into flesh trade and exploited, and also several influential people were part of the racket. In a video which has gone viral on the social media, the girl claimed that many high-profile people, including politicians and police officers, are involved in the racket. She said in the video, that the main head of the racket were two residents of Kulgam, identified one Shabir Ahmad and a woman. She said the woman’s daughter befriended her and stayed…

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HCC playing truant over New Ganderbal Hydroelectric Project: J&K Govt

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Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday accused Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) of playing truant on New Ganderbal Hydroelectric Project. Minister of State for Power, Asiea Naqash today informed the House that the government is exploring the options for execution of 93 MW New Ganderbal Hydroelectric Project after the successful bidder failed to meet the formalities. “The project was appraised by Central Environment Authority (CEA) in November-2012 and put to tender on 18/07/2011 for implementation through competitive bidding system,” the Minister said while responding to a Calling attention Notice moved by…

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J&K Police hands over Pune woman labelled as suicide bomber to family

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A Pune woman labelled a suicide bomber by the Jammu and Kashmir police has been handed over to her family as there is no case against her, the police have said. “Yes, we have handed her to her family,” Director General of Police S P Vaid told PTI. Sadiya Anwar Shaikh, who turned 18 in November 2017, had travelled to Kashmir from Pune and had been staying in Bijbehara as a paying guest. The police, who claimed she wanted to join the ISIS, detained her on January 25 from South…

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