Category: Community

Braving Curfew, Firing, Anantnag youth join hands to provide succour to injured

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Working tirelessly for last seven days the local youth here have joined hands and formed a voluntary group, providing succour to the injured and their attendants. Even other patients admitted in Anantnag (Islamabad) hospitals and their attendants are also being taken care of despite strict curfew and restrictions in place in the town. Around 150 civilians who sustained injuries in security forces’ action have been treated at District Hospital Anantnag with 130 among them reported in first two days only after the killing of Hizb commander Burhan Wani last Friday.…

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Born after 2011? Food Act doesn’t cover you

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NFSA unclear on providing ration to children born in or after 2012 The newly introduced National Food Security Act (NFSA) has no provision of ration for children born after 2011. “There is a directive that those born up to 2011 are entitled to ration, but those born after 2011 are not,” said GS Chib, Director, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) Department. He said the government intended to impose a cut-off date for consumers. “This cut-off date will remain in force till any other decision is taken,” he said. Asked…

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Community kitchen at SKIMS ensures no one sleeps without food

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The Relief Committee Anchar- a self help group constituted by three mohalla committees- is serving food to estimated 2000 people on daily basis post eruption of protests after killing of Hizb Commander Burhan Wani. While thousands of stranded attendants are itching to go home due to prevalent situation, but local volunteers at SKIMS are ensuring that none has to sleep without having food. Amid crisis and chaos in the Srinagar tertiary healthcare institution, SKIMS the resilience of Kashmir is evident from the fact that local volunteers of adjacent mohallas have…

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‘Imams arriving at Kashmir to create wedge between Sunni-Shia Muslims’

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Appealing Sunni and Shia Muslims to get united at this critical juncture, Shia cleric and patron Pairwan-e-Villayat Jammu Kashmir Maulan Sibt Muhammad Shabir Qami Thursday claimed that reliable sources have informed him that a group of non-local Imams have been arriving into the state to divide people on sectarian basis. “A group of outside state Imams (clerics) is arriving in Kashmir and their sole motive and agenda is to divide the people here on sectarian lines. I appeal people of Kashmir to be united and foil their designs,” Maulan Sibt…

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Weddings On, Receptions gone in Valley

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The weddings are still taking place, albeit quietly, in the Kashmir valley, but invitations to wedding receptions have been cancelled en masse amid violence, curfews and shutdowns. The Valley, including Srinagar, has been virtually shut since the Friday killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani triggered street protests leaving over 30 people dead and hundreds injured. The violence took place when the Valley was about to witness the beginning of marriage season after a month of Ramadan fasting. The situation has forced families to take back their wedding invitations. Local…

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Local parties to boycott visit of clerics, scholars

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Clerics and scholars who have announced to visit valley to “restore” peace are likely to face boycott as political parties and local clerics in Kashmir say they have no role to play. The delegation had met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on July 12 in the wake of ongoing protest in which 35 people have been killed by the security forces Local clerics and the political parties say that the visit of the delegation is not going to end the protest in the Kashmir. “They don’t know anything about the…

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JK govt seeks services of eye surgeons

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The Jammu and Kashmir government has sought services of eye surgeons for treating dozens of youth who are in danger of losing their eyesight after getting hit by pellets during protests over the past five days in the Valley. “A specialised team of surgeons from New Delhi and other parts of the country are being rushed to Kashmir to take care of the persons injured in ongoing law and order situation and needing super-specialty care,” an official spokesman said. He said, “Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti spoke to Health Minister J…

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Classifieds section in newspapers tell a different sad tale about Kashmir

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The violence in Kashmir has hit the post-Ramadan wedding season, with newspapers carrying notifications announcing the cancellation of feasts and invites. This started on Sunday (July 10th) , when editions of most of the newspapers carried classified advertisements on the cancellation of wedding invitations. The ads announced the weddings would take place with utmost simplicity, a PTI report said. Bilal Ahmad, a resident of Lal Bazar, said a big feast had been planned for his cousin’s wedding on July 11 but he was forced to cancel invites because of the…

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Festivity punctuated by death and violence

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The festive mood was still on when the news of Kashmir’s ‘azadi’ icon Burhan Muzaffar Wani’s killing broke out late in the evening. It was third day after Eid and children in the nearby lane could be seen bursting firecrackers. The mood was enthusiastic and the kids holding their toy guns were seen everywhere — some posing as rebels, some as policemen and others as victims falling to bullets from both sides. That’s the impact deep-seated turmoil has on the kids in the Valley. The same trauma had made Wani,…

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Volunteers cater to medical, other needs in hospitals

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At SMHS Hospital here where thousands of people are spending uneasy days with their loved ones admitted for firearm and pellet injuries, volunteers are proving a great help. From the moment an ambulance or a private vehicle arrives at the gate of the hospital, the volunteers swing into action. A human chain is formed to keep the crowd, media and onlookers at bay and facilitate free and easy way to Operation Theatre and Emergency area. The volunteer presence is seen everywhere in hospital. “We have come up with a system.…

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