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Despite ban, beggars swarm Srinagar

May 9, 2022 Editor

Failure of authorities to enforce ban on begging in the summer capital is taking toll on people. Organised begging mafia brings beggars in private vehicles and drops them at various places across the city. So lucrative is the begging business for this mafia that they are hiring non-locals for begging in streets, malls, petrol stations, outside masjids, shrines, temples and traffic signals. “Kingpins of these gangs drop beggars in cars to their designated begging spot and in turn, they have to share their day’s earnings with them. In some cases,…

Experiment with alternative politics: Does Shah Faesal’s political exit mark end of process?

May 6, 2022 Editor

In March 2019, when Faesal launched his political party, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement, the bureaucrat had compared himself to the likes of Sheikh Abdullah. In April 2022, however, he called his eight months of political activism ‘chasing a chimaera’. Former Jammu and Kashmir bureaucrat Shah Faesal is all set to leave behind the ‘shadows of the past’ and return to the civil services after quitting in 2019. The move is seen by many as a last-ditch effort by Faesal to return to his former life after failing to make…

Dog Menace: Kashmir witnessed 5629 dog bite cases in last one year

May 6, 2022 Editor

A whopping 5,629 bite victims, mostly of dog bites, were reported to the Anti-Rabies Clinic at Srinagar’s Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital in the last one year. The presence of dogs on every nook and corner has led to man-dog confrontation due to which the number of cases of dog bites has increased in the region, doctors say. An official from ARC SMHS told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that from 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022, as many as 5,629 bite cases were reported to ARC SMHS…

Protests in Kashmir against prolonged power cuts during Ramadan

April 23, 2022April 23, 2022 Editor

Several areas witness 12-hour cut Brace for more outages say, officials Protests erupted in many parts of Kashmir over a major power breakdown that has created a huge inconvenience for people during the month of Ramadan. Scores of women today staged a protest in the Gawkadal locality of Srinagar against the administration for failing to provide the scheduled power supply. Similar protests have been witnessed in other parts of Kashmir over the past one week as villages and towns are facing more than 12 hours of the power outage and…

J&K Police arrest PhD student under UAPA for article published 11 years ago

April 19, 2022 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency on Sunday arrested a Ph.D. scholar from Budgam district for a “highly provocative and seditious” article in the online magazine The Kashmir Walla. The article was published in 2011, according to The Indian Express. “Abdul Aala Fazili’s article, ‘The shackles of slavery will break’, is intended to create unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, and written with the purpose of abetting the youth to take the path of violence by glorifying terrorism,” the police said in a statement. The article promoted a false narrative to…

No curb on news media in J&K: Anurag Thakur

April 8, 2022 Editor

The Press Council of India constituted the committee in September 2021 to study the state of media in Jammu and Kashmir Information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday told the Parliament that the Centre has not imposed curbs on any news media in Jammu and Kashmir. Thakur made the disclosure while responding to a question posed by Trinamool Congress MP Abir Ranjan Biswas in Rajya Sabha. The West Bengal lawmaker sought to know whether the government is aware of the recently-released Press Council of India’s fact-finding committee (FFC) report…

Five employees terminated by govt for having terror links

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Editor

In July last year, as many as 11 employees of the Jammu and Kashmir government have been sacked for terror links. Those dismissed included two sons of Hizbul Mujahideen founder Syed Salahudin. In a significant crackdown, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday (March 30) terminated five employees for having terror links, news agency ANI reported. Police constable Tawseef Ahmed Mir, Pulwama, computer operator Ghulam Hassan Parray, Srinagar, Arshid Ahmad Das, a teacher from Awantipora, police constable Shahid Hussain Rather, Baramulla and nursing orderly, health department Sharafat A Khan, Kupwara…

Pandit Organisations differ on centre’s claim on casualties

March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 Editor

The recently released movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ has opened Pandora’s box of claims and counterclaims about the number of Pandits killed by Pakistan-sponsored ultras in the Valley. Many organisations have now blamed the successive governments for failing to compile precise data of the same. Over 1,200 killed Over 1,200 were killed between September 1989 and January 1990 in the Valley and many more after that. Several cases were not registered. Kuldeep Raina, general secretary, panun kashmir Can be above 1,600 The number of victims can be above 1,600. There have…

Overpricing of essential commodities takes toll on Srinagarities

March 25, 2022 Editor

The failure of authorities to regulate rates of essential commodities is taking a heavy toll on the people of the summer capital. People complain that vegetables, fruit, and poultry are being sold at exorbitant rates in violation of notified rate list. Consumers complain that chicken is being sold in Srinagar at Rs 170-180 per kg in comparison to the notified rate of Rs 150. “There is no check as poultry and vegetable sellers are taking people for a ride. The rate list is only for formality,” said Ashiq Ahmed, a…

No direction to hotels not to host people from Kashmir: Delhi Police

March 24, 2022 Editor

Delhi Police said they have not given any direction to any hotel against hosting people from J&K. Attempts to discredit the image of Delhi Police can attract penal action, Delhi Police said. Reacting to a video going viral on social media, the Delhi Police on Wednesday issued a clarification that they have not given any director to any Delhi hotel to not give reservations to people from Jammu and Kashmir. “Some netizens are trying to discredit the image of Delhi Police through willful misrepresentation of the video in circulation which…