Category: Community

NIA summons bar body head Mian Qayoom

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the funding of secessionist activities in Kashmir, has summoned J&K High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) president Mian Qayoom for questioning. Qayoom has been called to the NIA headquarters, New Delhi, on Wednesday as the investigation into a case pertaining to waging war and hatching a criminal conspiracy against the Indian state entered the fourth month. “It appears that you (Qayoom) are acquainted with the circumstances of the case which I am assisting in investigating. You are required to appear before me on…

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Shoppers throng markets, but Overpricing, Traffic jams play spoilsport

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While markets across Kashmir witnessed an increased hustle and bustle on Thursday ahead of Eid-ul-Adha or the festival of sacrifice on Saturday, massive traffic jams across the summer capital Srinagar, especially in the evening hours, caused a huge inconvenience to commuters. Massive traffic jams were witnessed at Pantha Chowk, Dalgate, Lal Chowk, Raj Bagh, Sonwar, MA Road and various other areas of the city on Thursday. While traffic in various parts of the city plied fairly smoothly till the afternoon, massive traffic jams were seen during the evening hours, much…

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The endless wait for disappeared Kashmir’s to return

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Victims gather in a Srinagar park to remember their loved ones, some of whom have not been seen for decades. In a central park in Kashmir’s Srinagar, relatives of the disappeared gather for a day of remembrance and mourning. Some burst into tears as they hold photographs of their lost loved ones, some of whom have been missing for years and whose fate remains unknown. It is the International Day of the Disappeared and these families have one simple question: are their loved ones dead or alive? They have waited…

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Expect rain on Eid, says Meteorological Department

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The Meteorological Department has forecast rain and thunderstorm in Srinagar city and other parts of the Kashmir valley on Saturday, the first day of Eid-ul-Azha. In a forecast bulletin issued today, the Meteorological Department said wet weather was expected in the region for three days beginning Friday later this week. The department said rainfall was expected at a few places in the Kashmir valley on Friday and Saturday. The downpour is also likely in Srinagar, the department said, where light rain is expected on Friday while thunderstorm with rain is…

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Prayers mark annual Urs of Shah-e-Hamadan(RA)

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The annual Urs of revered Sufi saint Mir Syed Ali Hamadani was observed with traditional fervour today at the Khanqah-e-Moula shrine on the banks of the Jhelum in old city. After night-long prayers (shab khawani) at the shrine that had started after ‘Isha’ prayers last night at 10.30 pm, the devotees today offered prayers and supplications at the shrine throughout the day on the Urs of the saint, popularly known as ‘Shah-e-Hamadan’. “The devotees thronged the shrine from all over Kashmir in large numbers on the occasion of the Urs.…

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In this new age of militancy it is the J&K Police which is at the receiving end

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On 28 August afternoon, suspected armed rebels shot at Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Abdul Rashid Pir near Lal Chowk in volatile south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Pir, who received bullet injury in his abdomen, was first moved to district hospital Anantnag for treatment from where he was immediately referred to Indian Army’s 92 base hospital in Srinagar. ASI Pir could not survive. The slain policeman hailed from Panzath, Qazigund in south Kashmir. Pir was not the first policeman to be killed in a suspected militant attack in the…

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Police trainees from Kashmir accuse officer of harassment, ‘He calls us stone pelters, gets annoyed if we offer prayers’

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A batch of about 1000 Kashmiri recruits who are undergoing training at the Police Training School (PTS) Kathua in Jammu region on Sunday alleged that they are being harassed by a police officer who is in charge of the training course. A group of trainees told Kashmir Post on the condition of anonymity that they are being thrashed, abused, threatened and called names. “For the past nine months we have been through hell. All the 978 recruits are undergoing basic training and all of us belong to Kashmir,” the trainees…

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Tracing the life of a ‘Half Widow’: Muslim director, Kashmiri pandit writer join hands for a film

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Half widow is a term used extensively in Kashmir for women whose husbands have disappeared mostly in custody of security forces in the past 28 years of conflict. An upcoming film traces the story of one such woman. Kashmir has often attracted filmmakers for the beauty and conflict that the valley brings but an upcoming film will now showcase a Kashmiri perspective. Based on the lives of Kashmir’s ‘half widows’, the movie is generating a lot of buzz for something every native has yearned for – an insider’s view. Interestingly,…

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FIR against Army after authorities confirm student’s death in fake encounter

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Protests against the killing of a local youth in an alleged fake encounter took a violent turn as protesters torched an official vehicle of the district administration of Kupwara in Kashmir. Shahid Bashir Mir of Daril Tarathpora who according to his family had gone missing was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Hafrada forests. His killing sparked violence in Handwara and surrounding areas, while people staged a massive protest demanding a registration of FIR against the army troops involved in the incident. Protesters according to eyewitnesses torched an official…

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Fissures in BJP’s Kashmir unit? 2 Groups shoot letters to high command

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First time since the BJP shared power in J&K on March 1, 2015, major fissures have surfaced in the party’s state unit with two groups locking horns against each other. Irked by the approach of some party leaders, a group of disgruntled party leaders and activists have shot a letter to BJP’s Kashmir affairs in-charge Dr Narendra Singh, appealing him to investigate the “acts against the party’s interest and promoting lobbyism.” The letter, signed by BJP’s district presidents and party activists reads that there are some people lobbying for their…

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