Category: Community

In hijab, women cricketers bat for equality

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Her hijab firmly in place, she slings her bat across her shoulders and rides her Scooty to college and practice, challenging not just her rivals on the cricket field but also societal and religious stereotypes. As captain of the women’s cricket team in Baramulla’s Government Women’s College, Insha is one of the young women setting trends in this suburban town in north Kashmir. “Bekhauff azad rehna hai mujhe (I want to stay independent without any fear),” asserted the 21-year-old fourth-semester student of the Government Women’s College who successfully led her…

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New Delhi behind braid chopping in Kashmir: Jama’at-e-Islami

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Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday expressed concern over continues braid chopping incidents in valley and termed it a part of “deep rooted conspiracy”. “For several weeks many parts of valley witnessed braid chopping of teen girls especially in South Kashmir which has left women folk in chaos and confusions. In this atmosphere teen girls are scared from coming out their homes even men are hesitating to come out for Fajr and Isha prayers as they feel more such attacks can happen in their absence,” a statement of Jama’at said.…

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Kishanganga Project nearing completion, power generation by Jan 2018

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The 330 Megawatt Kishenganga Hydro Electric Power Project (KGHEP) in North Kashmir’s Bandipora District is nearing completion as the executing agency has started filling the reservoir to divert water from Kishen Ganga river into Bonar Stream to feed powerhouse located in Mantirgam. The construction of the over 800 million dollar Hydroelectric Power Project being built along Kishenganga River (Neelam) is in full swing and is expected to complete by January 2018, officials told Kashmir Post. Over six million cubic meters of water is being stored in the 23.86 meter high…

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Qayoom Najar longest surviving Hizb commander killed near LoC

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A top militant commander of Hizbul-Mujahideen, chief of ‘Lashkar-e-Islam’ and a longest surviving militant in Kashmir Abdul Qayoom Najar was killed in a gunfight with the army soldiers near the Line of Control in Uri, Baramulla on Tuesday, officials said. Addressing a press conference here, general officer commanding of army’s 19 infantry division RP Kalita said: “Security agencies keep on receiving regular inputs about the infiltration of militants along the LoC in Uri. It was due to these inputs that troops foiled an infiltration bid at Maidan Nallah in Uri…

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60 Students identified behind April 2017 protests in Kashmir, Suspects Separatists role in fuelling crisis: NIA

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The National Investigation Agency and Jammu and Kashmir Police are currently investigating nearly 60 students for taking part in stone-pelting and “provoking violence” during the students’ protests in April 2017, of which nearly 35 have already been questioned. The police and NIA also suspect that separatist leaders funded the April 2017 students’ protests, and the recent NIA summons to Aala Fazili, a PHD student in University of Kashmir’s pharmacy department, is part of the investigation. “The police have identified at least 60 students who took part in the April 2017…

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Govt announces no construction zones along highway

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Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan Monday announced ‘No-Construction zone’ along the Srinagar-Jammu highway within periphery of 100 meters. It was observed that rampant illegal constructions are going on along the highway against the norm. In this connection, blanket ban has been imposed on any kind of construction along the highway with periphery of 100 meters which has been declared No-Construction Zone. Divisional Commissioner directed all Deputy Commissioners of the Valley including Leh and Kargil to implement this order in letter & spirit. He asked them to personally look into…

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Bilal Dar an 18 year old ragpicker becomes example for Kashmiri Boys

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It was a day of 18 year old Bilal Dar alias Billa of Laharwarpora of Bandipora district on Sunday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned his name in Mann Ki Baat on radio address. Bilal Dar was 14 year old when he started earning his living by picking up waste from the Wular Lake in Bandipora district of north Kashmir in 2013. Bilal’s father Mohammad Ramzan Dar, who also a Ragpicker, died in 2003 due to cancer and he took to collecting plastic trash and other waste material from the…

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Kashmir Issue be settled under UNSC resolutions: OIC

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Indian government has for the eighth consecutive year refused visa documents, passports and other facilities to the leaders of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) including Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq of Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) who were invited by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to attend the Contact Group’s important meeting held here on the margins of the ongoing summit session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The denial of the Indian government has infuriated the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The sources…

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Shabir Shah received Pak funding to promote terror in Kashmir: Enforcement Directorate

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Shah was arrested by the ED on July 25 from Srinagar and was brought to Delhi where he was produced in a court. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday filed a chargesheet in the Delhi Court against Separatist leader Shabir Shah for his involvement in a decade-old money laundering case for alleged terror financing. “Shabir Shah admitted that he talks to Hafiz Saeed over the phone on the issue of Kashmir. He recently spoke to Saeed in January 2017,” ED in its chargesheet said. It also added that Shah received…

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Amit Shah summons J&K BJP MLAs, Ministers to Delhi

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All BJP ministers, MLAs and speaker J&K Assembly Kavinder Gupta have been summoned to New Delhi where they will be attending a meeting to be chaired by BJP president Amit Shah on September 25. It was learnt that the ministers will be informed about some important party decisions at the meeting. This has given rise to speculations about a change in party’s ministerial arrangement in J&K. The meeting is being held after BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav cut short his J&K visit and flew back to Delhi. In Srinagar,…

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