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High flying rumors become Don Quixote’s windmills in Kashmir

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High flying rumours become Don Quixote's windmills in Kashmir

Kashmir has been agog since the last five days with rumours running high that ‘something big like August 5, 2019’ is going to happen. In 2019 also rumours flew wild saying ‘Delhi was planning something big’ and those rumours came true when articles 370, 35A and the statehood were scrapped by the Indian Parliament. What fuelled the rumours of 2019? The official advisory to tourists to leave the Valley, the curtailment of the Amarnath Yatra which was in full swing when the government decide to cut it short. The huge…

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The man behind ‘Black Diary’ of Scams in J&K

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The man behind ‘Black Diary’ of Scams in J&K

With the transfer of Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, conjectures over his Diary of Scams gain momentum By: Naseer Ganai Despite being transferred to the Union ministry of commerce, outgoing chief secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam is yet to leave Jammu and Kashmir. He continues to meet officials and visit places. Besides his extended stay, what has generated a lot of curiosity in bureaucratic circles is Subrahmanyam’s ‘black diary’. “I have a black diary and its three pages are full of scams,” he had said last year, in a briefing in August. “If…

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Two fresh ‘Suicide’ incidents reported from Kashmir

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Two fresh ‘Suicide’ incidents reported from Kashmir

Kashmir Valley reported two more suicide cases on Sunday morning. The deceased including a lady and a minor boy. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a lady (name withheld) wife of Bashir Ahmed Dar of Sather Sangam area of South Kashmir’s Bijbehara allegedly hung herself at her residential house. The lady was brought to Sub District Hospital Bijbehara by her legal heirs, where doctors declared her dead. Police initiated proceedings under section 174 CrPCc & after autopsy dead body was handed over to legal heirs for last rites.…

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Wildlife Dept issues do’s and don’t as man-eater leopard remains at large

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Wildlife Dept issues do's and don't as man-eater leopard remains at large

Shaken by the killing of a five-year-old girl, wildlife authorities have issued a fresh list of dos’ and don’ts’ to ensure the safety of women and children as man-eater leopard remains at large in central Kashmir. On Saturday, Adda Yasir Mir became the latest victim of the man-animal conflict. Her mutilated body was found in a nursery near her home at Ompora Housing Colony in Budgam district. Wildlife Warden, Wetlands, Ifshan Dewaan told The Kashmir Post that there is a confirmed leopard presence in the forest nursery at Ompora. “It…

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CID clearance mandatory for all employees: Orders SKUAST-K

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CID clearance mandatory for all employees - Orders SKUAST-K

The administration today made the CID verification of the employees working including that of new entrants at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir (SKUAST-K) mandatory.The varsity said that the employees whose CID verification has not been submitted so far shall resolve the matter immediately with concerned authorities under intimation of the administration. It said that the salary of the incumbent employee will be stopped forthwith till verification by the CID.It said that the appointees shall give an undertaking in the shape of an affidavit to the effect that…

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Adha Yasir, 4-year kid mauled to death by a leopard in Budgam

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Adha Yasir, 4 year kid mauled to death by a leopard in Budgam

The four-year-old girl was playing on the lawn of her house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district. Her parents, who were in the house, and neighbours in Ompora Housing Colony remember the girl running about. The parents rushed out, only to find their daughter nowhere. They alerted the neighbours, the local police and launched a massive search operation. Roughly one hour later, local residents found the girl’s necklace and slippers from the forest that surrounded the colony. “This raised suspicion that the girl was taken away by a leopard, which…

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People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration: Done, Dead, and Dusted

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People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration - Done, Dead, and Dusted

Ishfaq-ul-Hassan Last week, National Conference (NC) sent feelers to end the boycott of the Centre’s delimitation commission. It marked a significant shift in the NC’s policy post-August 5, 2019 when the Centre abrogated Article 370 and downgraded Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories. Under Reorganization Act, 2019, the Union Territory of J&K will have an Assembly while Ladakh will not. Under the Act, the number of seats in the J&K Assembly would be increased from 107 to 114 after delimitation. According to the Delimitation Commission Act, 2002, the Delimitation…

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A curse called unemployment

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Unemployment in JK has been higher than the national rate; a concern that should find its place in the list of priorities of the government once the situation gets normal in the union territory. According to one research organization that published its findings and analysis a few years ago, the unemployment rate in the 15-17 years age group was almost thrice of the national rate for the same group, and in 18-29, it was almost double. Youth in Kashmir have been moving from pillar to post to get accommodated but…

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Lockdown dries up dairy demand, farmers forced to pour milk down the drains

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The deadly coronavirus pandemic has left the country devastated and has taken everyone’s life for a toss. The pandemic has also affected many businesses beyond repair. Anguished with the public’s lowered demand, dairy farmers in Kashmir dumped thousands of litres of milk in the drain. The farmers blamed the COVID-19 lockdown for their plight. In Pulwama district of the Valley, tormented farmers brought trucks loaded with milk cans to Industrial Estate Lassipora and threw them all in the drain. Pulwama is the highest milk-producing district in the Valley. Dairy farmers…

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Amid strict lockdown, non-local laborers are entering Valley in jam-packed vehicles

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Amid lockdown imposed by the government to prevent COVID-19 from spreading in Jammu and Kashmir, the non-local labour force has been finding it easy to make their entry into the Valley at a time with the region is facing serious economic crisis due to pandemic. The jam packed buses with non-local labouers are entering into Kashmir throwing away the Standard operating Procedure (SoP) that calls for 50 per cent seating capacity in public transport, to winds. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the non-local labourers are visiting Jammu and…

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