Category: Community

Govt should investigate wealth sources of mainstream leaders: Er Rashid

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Awami Itihad Party (AIP) chief and MLA Langate Er Rashid Thursday urged government to investigate sources of wealth of mainstream leaders in Jammu and Kashmir. He accused some television channels of “character assassination” of people of Kashmir and announced that his party will not participate in any debate on these channels as a mark of protest Disclosing his assets during a press conference here, Rashid urged Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to direct state Crime Investigation department (CID) and Crime Branch to investigate the source of wealth of every mainstream politician.…

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Travel, Trade to resume on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route from Monday

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The cross-Line of Control trade and travel on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route, which was suspended on July 21, will resume from Monday following a meeting between authorities from Jammu and Kashmir and PoK at Kaman Post in Baramulla district on Thursday. The travel on the weekly bus service will resume from Monday, while the trade will resume from Tuesday, Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla, Nasir Ahmad Naqash told PTI. Naqash said the two sides agreed to have regular monthly meetings to sort out any differences arising during the course of the cross-LoC travel…

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NIA crackdown on terror funding in Kashmir has left leaders of both factions of Hurriyat isolated

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On Wednesday afternoon, the road leading to the residence-cum-office of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Srinagar wore a deserted look. Outside, the policeman inside a bunker-type vehicle, with a CCTV camera fitted on to it, scanned every passerby coming towards the residence of the octogenarian leader who has been mostly confined to this house since 2010 by the state government. “No one comes here these days,” the policeman on duty said from inside the stationed vehicle. “Not even his relatives visit this place now. It has never been…

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‘Hardouk Ooush’ film directed by Wasaf Jeelani makes it to Spain film festival

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A short film, written and directed by a young Kashmiri boy, is set for screening at an international film festival in Spain. 24-year-old Wasaf Jeelani said his film, ‘Hardouk Ooush-Tears of the autumn’, has been selected for International India film festival Spain. The film, produced by Vivek Budakoti and Rajita Sharna, has been made under the banner of Magic Lantern Productions. Inspired by Anton Chekhov’s short story ‘Misery’, the film is an attempt to present a perspective on enforced disappearances in Kashmir, said Jeelani.

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SKIMS appoint ‘Blue eyed’ as asst professors, allege Post-Doctoral Fellows

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A group of Post-Doctoral Fellows (PDF) Monday accused SKIMS, Soura of resorting to favoritism, malpractices and preferring distance mode candidates for the posts of assistant professors in violation of norms. Aspirants told Kashmir Post that SKIMS, Soura advertised a number of assistant professor posts in 2014 against different vacancies and the process of which has begun from the past three weeks. “The Institute wants to appoint blue eyed candidates who have pursued their degrees via distance mode. The process of the selection is under way for the past three weeks,”…

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Now, pay mobile bills at BSNL counters only: GST Impact

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No payments to be made at area shops; customers suffer The bill counters of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) are witnessing huge rush these days as all the recharge and bill payment SIM cards of the mobile shop owners have been blocked after the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) in Jammu and Kashmir. For the last one decade, people avoid standing in queues to pay their mobile bills because the payment could be made at any mobile shop of any locality. However, from this month onwards, the…

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Geelani, his family has no illegal assets: Hurriyat (G)

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Hurriyat Conference (G) Sunday said the amalgam has decided to take legal action against the NIA and Indian media on the “character assassination of its leaders and their family members.” According to a statement issued here, the spokesman of Hurriyat (G) said they have started consultations with the legal experts regarding the issue. Denying any unauthorized, illegal or disproportionate property belonging to Syed Ali Geelani, the spokesman said Geelani’s daughters are married while his two sons including Nayeem and Naseem have no illegal assets. “Indian authorities under well thought out…

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‘Deceitful ploy to erode State’s Special Status’: Statistical Bill Row

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Calling the extension of Collection of Statistics Amendment Bill-2017 to Jammu and Kashmir as a “deceitful ploy to erode state’s autonomy”, Kashmir’s civil society and business community on Thursday said the PDP-BJP government is “not leaving any stone unturned to fulfill RSS agenda.” A day after the Bill that will empower the government of India to directly collect data from J&K was passed by Rajya Sabha “without taking state legislature into confidence”, the civil society members and business community unanimously called the move as “another nail in the coffin of…

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Loophole in Aadhar card processing poses security threat

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A technical lacuna in making Aadhaar cards is posing a security threat to the sensitive state. This has happened as the Information Technology Department, now tasked with making the cards, has issued instructions to the Aadhaar centres to make cards on the basis of two government-issued identity proofs. However, with the centres unable to check the genuineness of the proofs, this loophole can be misused. Earlier the Aadhaar cards were being made on the basis of Temporary Identification Number (TIN), which was circulated to each person, who was counted during…

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RSS tries back-channel diplomacy in Kashmir

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After the much-publicised Akhil Bharatiya Prant Parcharak (ABPP) conclave in Jammu, a top leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has conducted a four-day tour of the Kashmir valley as part of the back-channel diplomacy efforts. RSS bigwig Indresh Kumar met representatives of different political and social groups to explore possibilities of convincing some leaders having clout among the masses to publicly denounce violence and terrorism to isolate supporters of separatism and violence. When contacted, Indresh Kumar, one of the members of the RSS core group and convener of the…

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