Category: Community

A film from Kashmir after 45 years but unfortunately, it won’t release in the Valley itself

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Film aficionados in Kashmir won’t be able to watch it since no cinema in the Valley has been functional for close to two decades. On January 4, for the first time in 45 years, a Kashmiri feature film shot and produced entirely in the Valley was released in cinemas outside Kashmir. Directed by actor and filmmaker, Hussein Khan, the plot of Kashmir Daily explores the themes of drug addiction and unemployment through the eyes of an investigative reporter, played by Mir Sarwar. Most of the film has been shot in…

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At Vaishno Devi, Floral offerings to be turned into incense

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Offering flowers at shrines is a religious ritual as they are considered a symbol of devotion and reverence. To respect their sanctity, flowers are mostly discarded in rivers, thus causing a devastating effect on the ecosystem of water bodies. Keeping this in mind, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has begun a start-up to recycle flowers offered at the shrine and turn them into incense sticks. Additional Chief Executive Officer, shrine board, Anshul Garg said the board was working on innovative clean technologies to save the environment by effective…

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Mirwaiz urges India, Pakistan to stop bloodshed on LoC

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Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday urged India and Pakistan to stop “senseless killings” on the Line of Control (LoC), saying that soldiers were becoming “cannon fodder” for hate. Mirwaiz, while addressing a weekly congregation at the Jamia Masjid here, expressed concern and distress over the killing of civilians and soldiers in ceasefire violations along the LoC. “Each day civilians, including children, on both sides of the LoC are getting killed and becoming the target of the unresolved Kashmir conflict, which is very sad and painful,” he said. “Soldiers…

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NHAI says ‘No to private negotiation’ for land acquisition for semi-ring road

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National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) which is acquiring around 6000 kanals of land through state government for construction of 62 km long alternate highway (semi ring road) connecting Pampore with Ganderbal via Budgam has told Deputy Commissioner Budgam in its official communication that NHAI is not ready for private negotiation with farmers and affected people, sources said. Sources told Kashmir Post that Government is putting a pressure on farmers to give away their land on very low price. Given this, it is for the first time that the farmers…

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Swedish skier killed in avalanche at Gulmarg, another rescued

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A Swedish tourist was killed Thursday when an avalanche tore through a Himalayan resort in Indian Kashmir popular with skiers, police said. The 25-year-old victim was skiing with a fellow Swede in Gulmarg, a hill resort in Indian-administered Kashmir frequented by families and winter adventurers alike, when the avalanche barrelled down the slopes. Rescuers found one of them alive and “safe” in the snow but his fellow skier was killed in the deluge, said local police superintendent Imtiyaz Hussain. Hussain said an avalanche warning had been sounded the day before…

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Winter losing its bite over the years

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The winter in Kashmir is synonymous with snow, freezing cold, dearth of essentials and disruption in connectivity. Elders, however, believe that winter has lost its intensity over the decades due to low levels of snow. The landlocked Valley continues to rely on the snow reserves on high mountains which act as a source of water for drinking and irrigation during the summer months. Though the winter has lost its severity, people in Kashmir have learned to fight the weather vagaries with modern gadgets. Apart from the commonly used ‘kangri’, ‘hamams’,…

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Republic Day still 9 days away, but frisking begins across Kashmir

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Government forces have started a massive “frisking operation” in Kashmir way ahead of January 26, even as the police have erected makeshift checkpoints in Srinagar where the main official R-day function shall be held. A source in the police said that over 40 checkpoints have been set-up from Hari Singh High Street to Dalgate on the one side and from Amira Kadal to Zero Bridge, on the other. “Similar ‘nakas’ have been set-up on Srinagar-Baramulla highway and also on the entire byepass stretch from Nowgam to Hyderpora. A tight vigil…

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TV Channel booked for passing innocent Kashmiri youth as militants

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Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday registered a case against a news channel that telecasted pictures of youth and passed them off as militants. In a statement, a police spokesman said that the news channel showed “two innocent youth namely Farhan Shafi, a class 12th student, son of Mohammad Shafi resident of Wanigund Qaimoh and Farhat Rashid, a Diploma holder, son of Abdul Rashid Wani resident of Redwani Payeen as militants in place of killed militant Farhan Wani of Wanigund.” Farhan Wani, he said, was killed in a gunfight with…

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Haj likely to be costlier, but not because subsidy abolition

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Haj 2018 is likely to be costlier than last year but not because of the abolition of the subsidy by the government on Tuesday. The cost is likely to go up, thanks to the rise in expenses incurred in Saudi Arabia during Haj on accommodation, transport, food, etc. Notably, the government subsidy did not cover these expenses and was limited to the airfare. Haj Committee of India (HCI) chairman Mehboob Ali Kaiser said it was bargaining hard with the Saudi authorities to keep the cost in check but local factors…

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Kashmiris have realized they cannot achieve what they desired for: Bipin Rawat

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The army chief Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said that people in Kashmir have got tired and have realized that they cannot achieve what they have desired for, said a media report today. He said that people of Kashmir in general are getting tired of militancy. “It has not given them what they desired for. You cannot cede away from India. People have realised that. Some have got radicalised… I feel most of them want to join the mainstream,” said General Rawat, according to The Indian Express. Rawat said that he…

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