Category: Community

Private properties damaged in agitations, hartals to be eligible for compensation

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‘Stringent punishment’ for people involved in such acts The private properties in the State would soon be within ambit of the law relating to the damage of public properties and if damaged in “undesirable activities” would be eligible for compensation from the State while persons found involved in direct action would be given “stringent punishment”. The decision to this effect was taken after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti placed the Jammu and Kashmir Public Property (Prevention of Damage) Amendment Ordinance, 2017 before the cabinet chaired by her on Tuesday, sources said.…

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Who is chopping women’s braids in Kashmir? Depends on whom you ask

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Police officer claims the damage is ‘self-inflicted’ but separatist leaders, militants and many others allege a ‘conspiracy’ by security agencies and the RSS. Seer shuts to protest ‘rescuing’ of braid chopper by army After causing panic in Delhi and adjoining states, braid chopping has reached Kashmir. Only here, the resultant “mass hysteria”, as psychologists have described such episodes, has given fresh ammunition to separatists and militants to corner the security agencies. The Valley reported its first braid chopping in September, about a month after Jammu had reported several similar incidents.…

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Boyfriend mistaken as braid-chopper, thrashed

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In a bizarre twist to the ongoing mass hysteria surrounding the alleged braid chopping incidents, the people in north Kashmir today mistook a youth as a braid chopper. A youth in Baramulla was thrashed mercilessly before he was rescued by the police. After preliminary questioning, it became clear that the boy had gone there to meet his girlfriend. The incident happened in the Delina locality of the north Kashmir this afternoon where people caught hold of the youth, identified as Nayeem Ahmad Malla, hailing from Dandusa village of Rafiabad, near…

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Jaish-e-Mohammad’s Afzal Guru Squad specialises in fidayeen strikes

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Three militants, who attacked the BSF camp outside Srinagar on Monday, were affiliated to Jaish-e-Mohammad’s Afzal Guru Squad, senior police officials said. The squad consists of highly trained militants who have previously carried out several high-profile attacks, including January 2016 attack on the Pathankot airbase and September 2016 Uri attack in which 19 soldiers were killed. In the past three years, it has also carried out attack on Army bases at Mohra and Tangdhar in north Kashmir and at Kathua and Samba in the the Jammu region. The squad specialises…

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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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