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Despite offensive, Kashmir sees rise in locals joining militancy

October 24, 2017 Editor

94 youths turned militants this year, the highest in last seven years The security forces have launched a massive offensive against militants, but apparently that has failed to dissuade local youth from joining militancy. This year so far nearly 100 Kashmiri youths have joined militancy, the highest in the last seven years. A senior police officer said 94 local youth had joined militancy this year and a majority of them belonged to four districts of south Kashmir – Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian —- which have remained on the edge…

Fed up with corruption in RTO, Govt outsourcing issuance of driving license

October 24, 2017 Editor

In a bid to tame corruption and reform the system at Regional Transport Office, the state government has decided to outsource issuance of driving licenses to third party. Moreover registration certificate of new vehicles will be issued by dealerships from November with a view to discourage agents who were charging hefty sums from applicants. The decision, as per sources in the Transport department, was taken after complaints of rampant corruption and hijacking of RTO’s functioning by agents. Officials privy to the development informed Kashmir Post that government is finalizing a…

New initiative brings new hope: Dialogue on Kashmir

October 24, 2017 Editor

A fresh initiative attempting peace through dialogue has been brought into sight by the Centre when it was needed the most to deliver tangible results to uplift the mood in Kashmir. The appointment of former Intelligence Bureau chief Dineshwar Sharma is a substantive action to find a way out to resolve the vexed Kashmir problem that has caused a huge crisis for the state and embarrassed the country at the international level. This has the obvious imprint of Narendra Modi who had been seeking to resolve the Kashmir problem since…

If you can’t beat them confuse them

October 23, 2017 Editor

From Babylon to Kashmir, the Good and the Evil speak the same language, the language of confusion “When the descendants of Prophet Noah (AS) started increasing in number, pertinently the more united they would become and the bond that strengthened their unity was first based on their common language and then secondly a collective urge to build a city with a tower as high so that it may reach the heavens to show their ascendancy (over Lord) and subsequently represent a symbol that would keep them united and not to…

Kashmiris tearing themselves apart

October 23, 2017 Editor

Kashmir is tearing itself apart and Kashmiris have jumped onto an oversized ship of self-driven madness, negotiating the rock bottom status of the ever-declining waters of the Jhelum. They are out on a frenzied chase to nearly kill the alleged braid-choppers as if that is an answer to all their self-created problems. In this process, Kashmir is self-destroying itself. The Vale is witnessing never-seen-before scenes of savagery. This is an unwelcome addition of a sad chapter to the ongoing history of the place and its people. When mobs seek to…

Kashmir Police identifies culprits behind Braid Chopping incidents, blames a Political Party

October 23, 2017 Editor

The increasing braid chopping incidents in the valley have scared people to the extent they have started guarding villages at night. Police, however, have accused radical elements and detained worker of a political party for raising the false alarm of braid chopping. According to a report by The Hindu, the police in North Kashmir revealed that miscreants who attacked women had three objectives. “It is aimed at disturbing peace; creating animosity between people and security forces, especially the police; and creating an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty for women to…

25 Slain Students were buried in the park they often played: 1993 Bijbehara Carnage

October 23, 2017 Editor

One of the lesser known facts of the Bijbehara massacre which was allegedly carried out by BSF personnel on 22 October 1993 is that 25 of the 40 slain persons were students who were buried in the park where they would often play. The victims were fired at when they were marching on the Srinagar-Jammu highway protesting against the government forces’ siege of Hazratbal shrine, one of the holiest places in the Valley, where some militants were holed up. More than 200 protesters were injured in the firing. One of the deceased…

Divide within militant camp spills into open, UJC alleges Musa part of Indian conspiracy

October 21, 2017 Editor

A deepening divide within Kashmir’s militant camp has come to surface as Pakistan-based United Jehad Council (UJC) struggles to contain the growing influence of its former commander Zakir Musa, a hardcore Islamist. The UJC, a conglomerate of several leading militant groups loyal to Pakistan, issued a damning allegation against Musa and described him as a “façade” used by Indian intelligence agencies. Musa, who has publicly vowed to fight for an Islamist cause in Kashmir and disavowed fighting for a secular state, is a former field commander of Hizbul Mujahideen. He…

We can’t give sweeping judgment that it is mass hysteria: Nayeema Mehjoor

October 21, 2017 Editor

Had the state authorities professionally handled the alleged braid cutting incidents at the beginning in Kashmir, the mysterious phenomenon wouldn’t have touched the alarming levels, chairperson State Women’s Commission (SWC), Nayeema Mehjoor, said on Friday. “There is every possibility that a few cases of braid chopping would have been related to mental health in the beginning. Even a few cases suggest so even today. But the phenomenon has now gone out of control where criminals and other elements have joined in,” Mehjoor said. Mental health experts who are probably the…