Category: Community

High Court seeks report on FIRs filed against rising Braid-chopping incidents

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Asks police to disclose within two days incidents reported Taking cognisance of a public interest litigation alleging harassment of women due to the mysterious braid-chopping incidents, the J&K High Court has sought a status report from the police, explaining the total number of FIRs registered into the braid-cutting incidents and also the number of such reports received across the state. These directions were issued today by a division bench of the High Court headed by Chief Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad in response to a PIL by lawyer Hilal Ahmad Lone,…

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Spy cams to tackle braid-chopping fears

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Due to the fear of braid-chopping incidents, Valley residents have started installing spy cameras around their homes. More than 50 braid-chopping cases have been reported so far with the latest incidents coming from Srinagar city. The police have failed to reach any conclusion about the incidents. If the government fails to take any action, these can create a large-scale fair psychosis in Kashmir. — Rifat Mohidin A paltry reward! The police recently announced Rs 6,00,000 reward for persons giving information/assistance in nabbing of suspects in braid-cutting incidents. The police also…

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Clerics of Majlis-e-Shura issue fatwa banning women from travelling alone

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A day after the Darul Uloom Deoband in Uttar Pradesh issued a bizarre fatwa banning women from plucking, trimming and shaping their eyebrows and cutting hair, clerics of Majlis-e-Shura, a religious conglomerate in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, on Monday issued a diktat barring women from going out alone in public. According to Times Now, the religious conglomerate issued a list of diktats imposing restrictions on women in the state. According to the diktat, women can’t go to markets and public events alone, they must not interact with men on…

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SMC issues advisory for safe buildings

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The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has issued an advisory for city residents asking them to ensure safety of buildings by adhering to building bylaws. In the advisory, officials stated that a safe environment could not be achieved without the involvement of people. “The government can only make and promote guidelines but unless people don’t follow rules for safety from natural and man-made hazards, the dream of a safe society cannot be achieved,” the advisory read. Officials said we should not forget the two worst natural disasters in the Valley –…

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Omar Abdullah, Adhan Sami exchange stinging notes over Valley concert

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Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and singer Adnan Sami had a verbal duel on micro-blogging site Twitter for sharing the pictures of empty chairs at the music concert held last evening on the banks of the Dal Lake. Omar shared a picture of empty chairs at the concert, which was organised by the state government’s tourism department at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre, with a comment “that’s a real pity”. The former Chief Minister’s tweet drew an outburst from the singer who had performed at the concert. “You are a…

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Tight security for Adnan Sami’s concert, Traffic advisory issued

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Govt appoints 100 liaison officers Traffic advisory issued for Adnan’s concert Police have put in place tight security measures for the musical concert of Adnan Sami which is scheduled to be held at SKICC on Saturday. “There would be adequate security arrangements for the show. There would be area domination and deployment of forces for law and order,” said a police officer. Inspector General of police Kashmir, Munir Ahmad Khan, told Kashmir Post that all security arrangements are in place for the concert. “Adequate security measures have been put in…

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Kashmir’s ‘Mass Rape’ survivors fighting for justice

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More than 26 years ago, Indian soldiers allegedly raped more than 30 women in the Kashmiri villages of Kunan and Poshpora. Those who survived the attack are still fighting for justice, as Aliya Nazki from BBC Urdu reports. It was 23 February 1991. The people of Kunan, a tiny village in Indian administered Kashmir’s Kupwara district, were retiring for the night after a cold winter day. Zooni and Zarina (not their real names) were also getting ready to go to bed when they heard a series of loud knocks on…

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Rohingya Muslims in Kashmir: Part of a larger game plan to escalate hybrid warfare; no room for politics

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Over the years, security dynamics in the state of Jammu and Kashmir has evolved rapidly. While the security forces have managed to contain militancy in the Valley, the other two parts of the state — Jammu and Ladakh — are now up against a new challenge from migration of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. This has a direct impact on the security of the country as a whole and of the state in particular. Different reports have given varying figures of Rohingya immigrants in India. According to one estimate, there are around 40,000 Rohingyas…

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Er Rasheed questioned for 3rd consecutive day by NIA

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The Indian federal investigation agency, National Investigation Agency (NIA) is questioning the Jammu and Kashmir lawmaker, Er Rasheed for the third consecutive day at its headquarters in New Delhi. A spokesperson of Er Rasheed informed Kashmir Post that the questioning of Kashmir lawmaker is going on and it will continue on Thursday. “For the three consecutive days since Tuesday Rasheed sb is being questioned from 10 am till 7 pm.” Pertinently, the NIA on May 30 had registered a case alleging that Kashmiri resistance groups receive findings. Till date it…

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Joint leadership blames govt, forces for Braid chopping incidents across Kashmir

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Joint separatist leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Wednesday blamed the government authorities and forces for ongoing braid-chopping incidents in Kashmir. In a statement, they said: “The shameful act of braid chopping by forces and authorities is aimed to divert the attention of people from right to self-determination movement for which the people have presented unparalleled sacrifices.” Expressing serious concern over increasing incidents of braid-chopping, the leaders said: “In presence of heavy contingents of forces personnel and under a well thought out ploy,…

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