Category: Community

Kashmiri Scholar Sajad Rather becomes AMU student’s union Vice-president

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With the election results for the student body of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) declared, a Kashmiri scholar has been elected as the vice-president of the AMU Students’ Union. Sajad Subhan Rather has become the first Kashmiri to grab the coveted post of vice-president of the students’ body of the AMU, one of the largest residential universities in north India located in Aligarh, Utttar Pradesh. In fact, the AMU campus has one of the largest presence of a vibrant student community from the Kashmir valley and other parts of J&K.…

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French Journalist arrested while shooting documentary on pellet victims in Srinagar

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Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested a French journalist while shooting documentary on pellet victims, and booked him under Passport Act. The former TV Channel TF 1 French journalist, Paul Comiti , police officials said, was arrested from Pratap Park Srinagar on Saturday while he was preparing a documentary on the pellet victims. Police said they have registered FIR vide number 87/2017 under section 14 (B) Passport Act and Comiti is presently lodged in Police Station Kothi Bagh. The act, police said, envisages seizure of passport or travel documents from…

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Geelani warns parents against sending children to army-run schools

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Hurriyat (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, has warned parents not to send their children to Army-run schools. Expressing apprehension over the reports of “mischievous activities”carried out by educational institutions run by the forces, Geelani said that teachers are making children “indifferent towards their religion and specific culture.” Taking serious note of this, Geelani warned parents to avoid these institutions. “For petty material gains, we are losing our next generation,” said Geelani. He asked parents to “be watchful and careful about their future.” “ We should never send our youth to…

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How power lines could help lead to peace in Kashmir

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In Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to supply electricity to every Indian household, connecting homes in the state of Jammu & Kashmir might be the toughest. Along India’s violence-prone northern border, engineers and construction workers are hauling tons of high-tension wires and steel frames on pack mules across barren deserts and mountain ravines to electrify one of the country’s most inhospitable states. Still, the effort, budgeted to cost 48 billion rupees ($740 million), may turn out to be Modi’s most rewarding. In some villages, winter outages persist for 20 hours a…

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Jay Bhanushali goes shirtless in Kashmir, ‘Chills’ amidst snow clad mountains

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Telly Ville is blessed with a number of good-looking actors. One handsome hunk, who is gifted, when it comes to looks, with the perfect blend of cuteness and hotness, is Jay Bhanushali. The actor recently took a trip to Jammu and Kashmir with his gorgeous wife Mahhi Vij. Amidst all the clicks that the two have been sharing on their social media platforms, one click stands out and once you have taken a look at it, you will know why. Jay posted a hot snap of himself, wherein he is…

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ADJ Srinagar court stays release of ‘Half Widow’

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The court of additional district judge Srinagar has put a stay on the release of the movie ‘Half Widow’ directed former bureaucrat Farooq Renzu’s son Danish Renzu. The court while hearing the case filed by Shafi Ahmad Wani, author of the book titled ‘Half Widow’ has passed the direction as an interim relief to the author who has alleged that the story of the movie has been copied from his book. “Till next hearing non/applicants are directed not to release, telecast, exhibit, view in public or private or otherwise making…

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Admin issues advisory on Snowfall, Police establishes helplines

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The divisional administration Kashmir Thursday issued weather advisory according to which moderate to heavy snow is expected at most places in the State from December 11- 13, 2017. “A western disturbance is approaching J&K and adjoining areas. This system is likely to affect J&K from December 9 onwards and produce moderate to heavy snowfall on December 11, 12 and 13,” an official spokesman said. The advisory asked the Deputy Commissioners of Kashmir division to take all the precautionary measures in their respective districts. “It is enjoined upon all Deputy Commissioners,…

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Agency-backed religious scholars trying to incite sectarian violence: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Wednesday said that there was a need for “unity” among religious scholars whom he accused of trying to incite sectarian violence in Kashmir. “A number of delegations from different parts of Kashmir, especially south Kashmir visited me and showed concern about the hate speeches being preached on mosque pulpits to set Kashmir on fire,” Mirwaiz said at a Seerat conference organized by Awami Action Committee (AAC). JKLF chairman, Yasin Malik, senior Hurriyat leader and Shia cleric , Moulana Abbas Ansari, also spoke at…

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At BJP rally on Dal, cadre recite Quran, Urdu poetry

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today held a first-of-its-kind rally at Char Chinari, a small island on the Dal Lake, as part of its efforts to gain foothold in the Kashmir valley. The party cadre recited Quranic verses, read Urdu poetry and underscored the need to have a strong Muslim leadership in Kashmir while seeking support from a place where it has so far failed to make any electoral gains. “Char Chinari has usually inspired poets but this is for the first time we have held a programme here and…

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‘I could not bring him back and it will haunt me forever’, A mother laments death of her militant son

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Since the day her son disappeared in January—after which he joined the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)—Mehmooda Wani made frantic and often desperate attempts to locate her youngest son, thinking up ways of persuading him to give up arms and come home. But Yawar Bashir Wani, 21, never returned to meet his parents, particularly his mother, after joining militancy. He was a militant for 308 days. The end came swiftly. On Monday night, security forces blew up a residential home in Kulgam, killing Yawar and two foreign militants. One August morning, the…

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