Category: Community

The accession of Kashmir, The beginning of a 70 Year long dispute

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October 27 is the day Kashmir became a part of India through accession and Indian troops first landed on Kashmir to help it fight its battle against invaders. October 27 is the day Kashmir became a part of India through accession and Indian troops first landed in Kashmir to help it fight its battle against invaders. But the separatist forces see that day as the start of an occupation of the Valley that they are still fighting. Kashmir’s Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for a shutdown in the Valley…

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‘Black day’ in Kashmir marks 1947 Indian army arrival

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Seventy years ago on Friday, the Indian army landed in the Himalayan valley of Kashmir, giving rise to one of the world’s deadliest disputes. Every year the people in this divided region mark October 27 as a “black day” to protest the decades-old “Indian military occupation”. “You go to any home, and they tell you a story how their brother, son, and husband was killed and how they continue to face the atrocities of the army. We continue to live the repercussions of the day that gave birth to this…

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Governor okays Public Property Ordinance, Protesters causing damage to property face 5 year jail

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Whoever announces a direct action in the form of strikes, demonstrations, or other public forms of protests, which result in damage to public as well as private property can be punished with imprisonment for a period of two to five years and can be imposed a fine equivalent to the market value of the property damaged or destroyed. This has been made possible by the Jammu and Kashmir Public Property (Prevention of Damage) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, which was promulgated by Governor NN Vohra today. The new Ordinance amends the existing…

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All Braid-Chopping cases from ‘Grey’ areas: Police

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HC raps cops, asks them to set up special teams After conducting a crime mapping and profiling of the areas where most “braid-chopping” incidents were reported, the J&K Police have told the High Court that most cases have occurred in the pockets considered “grey” as far as the law and order situation was considered. The police further claimed that for the last three or four days there had been a 90 per cent decrease in the incidents across the Kashmir valley. With 153 alleged braid-chopping incidents having been recorded from…

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Braid chopping aimed to change political discourse in Kashmir: Civil Society

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A civil society group on Tuesday termed braid chopping incidents as “planned” saying the tactic is aimed to divert attention from political issues like Article 35-A and “create chaos in Kashmir.” Members of civil society were speaking at a round table conference held by Kashmir Centre For Social and Development Studies ( KCSDS) here. They rejected government’s claim that braid chopping is related to “mass hysteria”. Chairperson, KCSDS, Hameedah Nayeem said “braid chopping incidents started occurring in Kashmir at a time when the chorus against proposed abrogation of Article 35-A…

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Despite offensive, Kashmir sees rise in locals joining militancy

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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…

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

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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…

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New initiative brings new hope: Dialogue on Kashmir

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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…

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If you can’t beat them confuse them

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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…

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Kashmiris tearing themselves apart

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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…

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