Geelani’s son-in-law in dock Hurriyat (G) cadres have sought explanation from Geelani and asked him to suspend his son-in-law Altaf Fantoosh from the party membership forthwith. Fantoosh’s son Anees Ul Islam was given job in the SKICC when the Hurriyat asked other youth of his age to stage protests on roads and die. Altaf Funtoosh’s son Anees Ul islam was given VIP reception, job at SKICC Even as the Peoples Democratic Party -Bharatiya Janta Party alliance blessed senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani’s grandson Anees Ul Islam with a lucrative…
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We respect Cop’s families; stop harassing Militant’s families: Lashkar Chief
On Tuesday the DGP had said that his “message to militants is loud and clear. They should not drag families of cops into the conflict and instead face us on ground.” Stating that militants respect families of security forces in J&K, Lashkar-e-Toiaba Chief Mehmood Shah Thursday asked Director General Police SP Vaid to ensure that there was no harassment of militants’ families henceforth. While rejecting the statement that militants were harassing families of the forces, Shah, in a statement issued to local dailies said: “Till date the militants have never…
Read MoreHighway continues remained shut for 2nd day, Gulmarg coldest at – 4.6°C
The Srinagar-Jammu national highway remained closed for the second consecutive day today though there was slight improvement in the weather conditions after two days of intermittent snowfall in the higher reaches. The nearly 300-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed for traffic yesterday due to snowfall and rain at various places coupled with landslides and shooting stones. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which maintains the arterial road, has pressed its men and machines to restore traffic on the road but landslides…
Read MoreAmid increasing unrest in Kashmir, people suspect govt subsidised LED bulbs of being “Spy Sensors”
In 2016, as a part of the countrywide Ujala scheme for registered domestic consumers, the state government started distributed LED lamps at subsidised price Amid sudden rise in gunfights between militants and security forces in Kashmir, rumor mills are rife that the LED bulbs given on subsidy by the government are equipped with “hi-tech spy sensors” that keep the concerned agencies updated about any militant movement at residential houses. Unnerved, many people have been breaking the bulbs or looking for alternatives. As per the word of mouth (which is going…
Read MoreMilitants visit senior cop’s home in south, leave with a stern message
In a first-of-its-kind incident that has sent shockwaves through the J&K Police circles, a group of about a dozen heavily armed militants Saturday entered the home of a senior police officer in south of Kashmir and ransacked personal property of the officer and his family worth lakhs. Well-placed sources say that a group of militants with automatic rifles entered the house of one senior officer whose lives in Shopian district of South Kashmir. Once inside the premises, the suspected militants, as per the sources, asked the family members to warn…
Read MoreProbe ordered into lease of State land by Dharmath Trust
The PDP-BJP coalition government has ordered an inquiry into an alleged fraud by Dharmath Trust by leasing out hundreds of kanals of State land to a private company in Jammu district and has also referred the case to Crime Branch to register FIR and probe the fraud. As per a Government order No. 44 Rev (S) of 2017 dated 17 Feb 2017, Regional Director Survey and Land Records Jammu Inderjeet has been appointed Inquiry Officer to investigate the issue and identify the officials of the Revenue Department and management of…
Read MoreRules bent to give govt job to Geelani’s grandson during 2016 Kashmir Unrest
When scores of Kashmiri mothers were receiving bodies of their sons covered in shrouds everyday on calls of strike by pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani throughout the latter half of 2016, his grandson managed to get an out-of-turn job with the Jammu & Kashmir government run by the PDP-BJP coalition. Highly placed sources said Geelani’s grandson, Anees-ul-Islam, was appointed research officer in Sher-e-Kashmir international convention complex (SKICC), a subsidiary wing of the J&K tourism department, flouting all rules of recruitment policy of the state government. The pensionable job fetches…
Read More‘Azadi for Kashmir’ poster surfaces in JNU, removed
A poster calling for freedom for Kashmir had the Jawaharlal Nehru University administration in a tizzy on Thursday. The solitary poster was noticed by some students on the wall of the School of Social Sciences’ new block, after which they alerted the varsity administration. “Freedom for Kashmir! Free Palestine! Right to self-determination long live,” the poster, which appeared in the name of ultra-Left group DSU, stated. By evening, the administration had asked the university security to remove the poster. DSU, or Democratic Students Union, is the same group whose former…
Read MoreIslam will be largest religion in the world by 2070: Report
Population of Muslims will grow by 73% between 2010 and 2050 Islam is the only religion growing faster than the world’s population, and it will be the largest in the world by 2070, research has found. US-based Pew Research Centre analysed demographic change among the world’s major religions and found that the world’s population of Muslims will grow by 73 per cent between 2010 and 2050, compared to 35 per cent for Christians, the next fastest-growing faith. The world’s population will grow by 37 per cent over the same period.…
Read MoreGovt closing all its orphanages; to set up 2 Boarding Schools
The J&K government has decided to wind up all its orphanages and instead set up two Boarding Schools for orphans to ensure their overall development under one roof. “We plan to establish quality Boarding Schools one each in Srinagar and Jammu,” Minister for Social Welfare Sajad Lone told Kashmir Post. He said that the process for identifying the buildings in the two capital cities has started and the Boarding Schools will be made functional soon. Elaborating, the Minister said that the basic motive behind the move is to ensure overall…
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