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James and Doug Dykes return to Kashmir, where their parents were shot in front of them

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Seventy years ago, a young British couple was shot dead at a mission hospital in Kashmir, making orphans of their three sons – one only two weeks old. To mark the anniversary two of those sons, now white-haired, made a personal pilgrimage to the spot. “I feel very emotional to be here,” says Doug Dykes, standing yards from the veranda where his mother and father suffered fatal bullet wounds when he was two years old. “I saw my parents being killed – that’s what I’ve been told. My father tried…

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2.2mm Rainfall temporary relief, not end of dry spell: Weatherman

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Kashmir Wednesday received light rainfall after sixty six days dry spell while upper reaches received snowfall. In Srinagar, rains along with gusty winds started around mid-night, bringing cheer on the faces of people. However, the rainfall was of short duration. Deputy director meteorological department Dr Mukhtar Ahmad told Kashmir Post that only 2.2 mm rainfall was recorded in Srinagar. “It is a temporally relief and not an end of the dry spell. There are no reports of water rise in water bodies. Except Kargil and Leh, rainfall occurred across the…

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Dry spell triggers water crisis across Kashmir Valley

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700 of 1,681 supply schemes affected, Jhelum flowing at record low level For the first time, Kashmir is battling an acute drinking water crisis as over 700 water supply schemes have been affected because of scanty precipitation in the past six months. Of the 1,681 water supply schemes in Kashmir, officials say that over 700 are badly hit as the Jhelum —- the main source of drinking water in Kashmir —- is flowing at a record low level in the past six decades. “Unprecedented water crisis is unfolding in Kashmir…

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Majid Khan, a promising footballer from Anantnag is LeT’s latest recruit

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Majid, a second-year under-graduate commerce student at the government degree college Anantnag, is the LeT’s latest recruit in the Valley. In the house of 20-year-old Majid Khan, a bright student and a promising footballer who joined the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) last week, it’s heartbreak. His mother Ayesha Khan weeps inconsolably and beats her chest as she implores her son to return. At least ten women in the family’s sitting room hold her back as she shrieks and cries. “I want my only son back…. Majid, come back. Come back and kill…

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Politicians, Cops under NIA lens for exchange of banned notes

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The National Investigation Agency has zeroed in on dozens of politicians, bureaucrats and police officers who had allegedly illicitly exchanged demonetised money into the new currency after November 8 last year. The NIA will also be investigating the role of a prominent bank of the state that had helped politicians, bureaucrats and police officers in the Valley to exchange the money on the instructions of some politically influential persons. “Each and every entry is under scrutiny and also how bundles of old currency were exchanged with the new under clear…

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90% dip in Stone-Pelting incidents in Kashmir in 2017: S P Vaid

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Jammu and Kashmir Police chief S P Vaid has said that there has been a 90 per cent dip in incidents of stone-pelting in Kashmir Valley this year as compared to the last year and credited the people of Kashmir for the improvement in the situation. NIA raids, he said, were not alone responsible for the change in situation in the Kashmir Valley and maintained there were multiple factors at play including demonetisation and action against top militant commanders. The Director General of Police said it was normal to witness…

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Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) rears its head in Kashmir

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It is roping in locals for terrain knowledge, and targeting suspected informants. Terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), once virtually wiped out from Kashmir, is back in action and has consolidated its base giving security forces cause for serious concern. “The JeM has captured the area of Lashkar-e-Taiba. The LeT is on the wane now. In a change of tactic, they have taken a lot of locals into the ranks as they have terrain knowledge,” a senior Army officer said. The JeM is full of foreign terrorists who infiltrated from across the…

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Notice to Yasin Malik forced resistance camp to make a U-Turn on talks scheduled on Nov 4

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The Kashmiri separatists had made up their mind to give another try to an engagement with New Delhi and also to bring Pakistan on board as latest as November 4, but a notice to JKLF chief Yasin Malik the very same day made them do a U-turn and reject the talks offer in almost absolute terms. “They felt the space to operate for the Hurriyat Conference was being completely squeezed. Since there was no back channel at work, they thought it was time to tell Delhi that separatists cannot be…

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Kashmir militancy continues unabated as note ban makes no impact

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At the height of demonetisation in 2016, there were interminable queues, a widespread cash crunch, tiny-scale debt mechanisms, and more than a hundred deaths. Amid all that drama, an academic sent me a message from Kerala, asking whether I thought the move would end terrorism in Kashmir. The government had cited terror funding as a major reason behind implementing demonetisation, and she said she wanted to know what I thought. I did not reply at the time. Despite my cynicism, I decided to wait, just in case the government had…

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NC questions Mehboob’s silence over ‘Fraudulent’ high profile appointments

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‘Govt promoting mediocrity, nepotism’ National Conference on Wednesday expressed anguish and questioned the silence of Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, over the “brazen nepotism” being allegedly promoted by the PDP BJP government. In a statement, NC provincial spokesperson, Imran Nabi Dar, said that present regime was“throwing all rules and regulations to winds”. “How come posts of director, a commissioner and other high profile appointments are being made without following the set protocol? The government is making it clear that merit has no value in the present regime,” Dar said. Citing the…

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