Category: Community

‘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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Getting militants to mainstream part of ‘Operation All-out’: DGP Vaid

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Claiming that ‘Operation All-out’ is a holistic strategy to bring back normalcy, J&K Police chief Shesh Paul Vaid today disclosed that they had been able to dissuade at least 70 youth from joining militancy this year. Outlining the achievements of 2017, Vaid said the “fight against terrorism will continue till lasting peace is restored in the state”. “But at the same time, our priority will be to bring the local youth (who have joined militancy) back on the right path. With the collective efforts of parents, civil society and the…

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Muslim women can now perform Hajj without ‘Mehram’: PM Narendra Modi

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Calling the policy allowing Muslim women to perform Hajj only in the company of a male guardian as “injustice”, Prime Minister NarendraModi said on Sunday that his government has removed the restriction following which hundreds of women have applied to travel alone for the holy pilgrimage. According to the ministry of minority affairs, Muslim women aged above 45 will now be allowed to go for the pilgrimage without ‘mahram’ in a group of at least four. In his monthly radio address ‘Mann kiBaat’, Modi said that removal of the restriction…

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Triple-talaq bill getting ‘Full Support’ from J&K BJP

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The Bharatiya Janata Party, an ally of ruling People’s Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir, said on Friday that it fully supports the legislation criminalizing triple-talaq. The legislation was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday amid heated debate and opposition by several members. “We fully support the move (criminalizing triple-talaq). We will support any act by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” BJP’s general secretary (organisation) Ashok Koul told Kashmir Post. The triple-talaq bill is being passed under the leadership of Modi and we fully support it, he said However, he…

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Induction of Tassaduq Mufti brazen promotion of dynasty rule: Vakil

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President Jammu Kashmir Bachao Tehreek and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil Friday said that induction of Tassaduq Mufti brother of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as a minister is a brazen promotion of dynasty rule in the State. He said BJP too is exposed by supporting induction as it speaks against dynastic rule at the national level. Vakil also lambasted NC and Congress and said they should correct their past on promotion of dynasty politics before raising fingers on others over the issue of dynasty politics. “National Conference has promoted and…

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Govt’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma keeps hope afloat

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While Dineshwar Sharma’s appointment as the Central government’s special representative to hold peace talks with all stakeholders in J&Kis not the first such attempt, his focused endeavors in the past two months have kept peace hopes afloat. Sharma’s appointment came as a surprise initiative by the fag end of the year on October 23 when the Durbar, the seat of the state government, was gearing up to shift from the summer capital to the winter capital of the state. Between May and October, when the Durbar functions from Srinagar, Kashmir…

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Congress taunts BJP, NC says empowering one family

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The State Congress chief G A Mir Thursday questioned BJP’s silence over the induction of Tassaduq Mufti, younger brother of chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, in the state cabinet, saying the party which had made dynasty rule an issue in poll campaigns is “keeping its eyes closed.” “It is easy to deliver sermons but when it comes to one’s own house, the BJP is silent today,” said Mir. “If you look at this government, over two dozen relatives of Mehbooba are directly and indirectly running the affairs,” Mir told reporters at…

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Politics of Separatism faces an uncertain future after being sidelined this year

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It wasn’t all that long ago that Kashmiri separatists were seen as ‘untouchables’ for the security establishment. There seemed to be an unwritten rule somewhere in the holy grail of Jammu and Kashmir that the Hurriyat leaders are not to be disturbed. Although authorities have on and off confined them to their homes to prevent large gatherings, that was all. With one sensational event after another denting their credibility in 2017, some prominent separatist faces are today languishing in Tihar Jail. While it would’ve created an uproar earlier, there isn’t…

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