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NIA to file chargesheet against Hurriyat leaders in terror funding case by mid-January

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The NIA is ready with its charge sheet against Hurriyat leaders in the Kashmir terror funding case. The NIA had lodged FIRs against them after India Today aired a sting operation exposing these separatist leaders. Nine months after India Today aired the sting operation that caught top Hurriyat leaders admitting to fomenting trouble in the Kashmir Valley for financial benefits from across the border, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to file its charge sheet this month. The charge sheet in the Kashmir “terror funding” case will be filed…

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Power crisis across Kashmir going from bad to worse

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The power scenario in Kashmir has turned from bad to worse as the power development department has failed to ensure power supply as per their curtailment schedule leaving both residents as well businessmen, industrialists high and dry. Despite centre government announcing an additional grant of 700 MW to the state for meeting the “power deficit”, the power scenario in Kashmir has not improved. However as per official of PDD, the lack of “requisite infrastructure and system capacity of PDD is rendering the additional power quota useless, resulting in power outages…

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Supreme Court notice to centre on plea against new Haj policy

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The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the center on petitions challenging the new Haj policy that has resulted in reduction in the Haj Committee of India’s share to 70 per cent seats even as tour operators’ quota allegedly went up from 25 per cent to 30 per cent. The private operators charge hefty amount from Haj pilgrims. A three-Judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra — which asked the Centre to respond to the petitions by January 13, however, noted it would intervene in the…

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January 6, 1993 when BSF killed 57 civilians in Sopore

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Justice continues to elude to victim families of Sopore Massacre from past 23 years whose near and dear ones lost their lives at the hands of Border Security Forces personnel in Apple town Sopore in North Kashmir way back in January 6, 1993. At least 57 innocent civilians were put to death by BSF on that fateful day when they went on a rampage after a militant allegedly snatched a riffle from a trooper. Shortly after the incident, BSF troopers from 94th Battalion butchered 57 civilians. People who are witness…

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Threat of more Fidayeen attacks loom Kashmir Valley

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After New Year eve fidayeen attack on CRPF camp in south Kashmir, the security agencies in Valley are apprehending more fidayeen attacks by Jaish-e-Mohammad militants and have increased the security around the security installations. “Yes, there is apprehension of Fidayeen attack on security force camps in the Valley,” IG CRPF Ravideep Singh Sahi told New Kashmir Post. He said there are also chances of militants carrying out grenade lobbing and hit-and-run attacks on security forces. “With Republic Day approaching, there are chances that militants may resort to attacks,” IG CRPF…

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On rehab package govt gets facts wrong

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Already facing the allegations of bulldozing the democratic institutions of the state, the PDP-BJP government today undermined the sanctity of the Legislative Assembly by giving wrong information in the House. In a written reply to the question of Ali Mohammad Sagar, National Conference member, the government informed the House that Rs 2,000 crore had been approved under the Prime Minister’s Development Package for one-time settlement of 36,384 displaced families from PoK and Chhamb. The government said not even a single penny had been sanctioned so far from the approved fund…

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Bullets used by militants pierced bulletproof shields, reveals initial probe

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The deadly attack carried out by three Jaish-e-Muhammad militants at Lethpora in Pulwama district on Sunday has left a “series of challenges” for security forces in Kashmir as preliminary investigations have suggested that the attackers used “steel-coated armour-piercing bullets to inflict maximum damage” to the central reserve police force personnel. This is for apparently for the first time that militants have been found using bullets that pierce bulletproof shields used by forces to protect themselves during gunfights, an officer told Kashmir Post. The CRPF officer said that one of the…

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‘Kashmir Daily’ First Kashmir-based film to be released across country

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For the first time, a locally made two-and-a-half-hour film — ‘Kashmir Daily’ — will be released across the country this week. Even as only a handful of films have so far been produced in the Valley without cinema halls, the scheduled country-wide release of the film has brought cheer to its makers. ‘Kashmir Daily’ has well-known Bollywood actor of Kashmiri origin — Mir Sarwar — in the lead role, who has acted in acclaimed films Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Phantom, Dishoom and Jolly LLB-2. “This is for the first time that a…

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NN Vohra first Governor to address joint session for 10 yrs

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History was scripted in the Central hall of the Legislative Assembly today when Governor NN Vohra addressed the joint session of the state Legislature for the 10th consecutive year. He has worked with four Chief Ministers during a decade-long stint as the Governor of the state. Vohra was appointed as the 12th Governor of the state on June 25, 2008, which saw the successful conduct of two Assembly elections during his rule. He worked with four Chief Ministers — Ghulam Nabi Azad (PDP-Congress coalition), Omar Abdullah (NC-Congress coalition), late Mufti…

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Rare role of Kashmiris in suicide attack sparks concerns, 16-year-old Pulwama attacker urges Kashmiris to fight India

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Jaish-e-Mohammed, the terror group responsible for the Pulwama attack, justified using a minor as a suicide attacker saying the trio offered themselves for “the mission.” Two young Kashmiris, aged 16 and 21, were among the three suicide attackers who targeted the CRPF camp at Lethpora in Pulwama in the Valley on Sunday, resulting in death of five troopers — a fact people in law administration and security forces find worrying because instances of direct local involvement in such attacks is rare. The people added that instances of such involvement are…

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