Category: Community

OIC to hold an emergency meeting on J&K

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Meeting to bring together foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Niger, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir will hold an emergency meeting via videoconference on Monday to discuss the latest situation in the disputed territory. The online meet will bring together the foreign ministers of the Jammu And Kashmir Contact Group member states: Azerbaijan, Niger, Pakistan Saudi Arabia and Turkey, the OIC said in a statement. “The meeting is part of a series of continuous Jammu And Kashmir Contact Group meetings…

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Govt identifies 67 sites for opening liquor shops in Kashmir

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The J&K Government is going to open liquor sale points at different locations in the Kashmir valley, where since 1991 militant groups had declared a ban on its sale and consumption. The Excise Department has identified 183 new locations — 116 in Jammu and 67 in the Kashmir valley — for sale of liquor. According to an official document, the Excise Department has conducted a survey in exercise of the powers under rule 28 of the J&K Liquor and License Rules-1984 and Section 4 (B) of the Excise Act and…

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J&K’s Special Status was taken away so the land could be gifted to China: Iltija Mufti

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Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter gives big statement over Section 370 removal Iltija Mufti, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti, has once again taken up the case of Section 370 on the pretext of a clash with Chinese soldiers in the Galvan Valley of Ladakh. She has tweeted that whether the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was taken away so that the land here could be given as a gift to China. Iltija Mufti is currently handling the Twitter account of her mother Mehbooba Mufti and through that,…

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By revoking Article 370, India has handed China a way to interfere in Kashmir

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The revocation of Article 370 unwittingly gave Beijing a new weapon. By – Anik Joshi The Kashmir Valley and its surrounding territory have been at the heart of nearly every conflict between India and Pakistan—including three wars in 1947, 1965, and 1999. Colonialism created the problem, but the great powers have had little interest in it, with Britain washing its hands of the issue as soon as it could. But last year’s abolition of Article 370, the guarantee of Kashmir’s quasi-autonomy, has allowed an old player to take a stronger…

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Constitute village defense committees; Arm Kashmiri Hindus, Vulnerable Muslims In Valley: Former DGP SP Vaid

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Former DGP of J&K Police Shesh Paul Vaid has said that measures must be taken for instilling security among the Kashmiri Hindus. Reports say that he has favoured the arming of the minority community and the vulnerable sections of the majority — the Kashmiri Muslims. Vaid has said that the Kashmiri Hindus should be provided training arms to equip them against terror attacks. He said, “There is no harm in giving arms training and providing weapons to the minority Hindu community as well as to the vulnerable section of the…

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Weddings in Kashmir goes COVID style

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With the Covid-19 refusing to fade away, weddings in the Valley have become a small affair while adopting new social-distancing norms to prevent the virus from spreading. On Wednesday, a picture of a wedding with all people accompanying the groom given a separate sanitizer on a plate with food went viral on social media. “The dates of the weddings were fixed months before,” says Shazia Rafiq, whose wedding took place last week. “So, people with permission from authorities are going ahead with it. My wedding was scheduled a week ago…

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Razing properties by the state forces during encounters a new collective punishment for Kashmiri’s

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Nearly two dozen houses were reduced to rubble in recent encounters, a part of counter-insurgency. The state must answer if support for militancy has dwindled due to this coercive calculus. By -Basharat Shameem Kashmir, the destruction of houses and other properties by the state forces during encounters with militants—who are always vastly outnumbered—is a common act. But this unjust policy hardly ever makes news. During these encounters, numerous people are often left homeless and their earnings over a lifetime, along with their sources of living, are smashed to smithereens. The acts…

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Locals collect Rs 3 Crore in 7 Days to rebuild houses damaged in Nawa Kadal Encounter

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Junaid Kathju Bashir Ahmad Darzi, a daily wager, had lost all hope. On May 19, his two-story house in a densely populated area in downtown Srinagar had been severely damaged after an encounter.  Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants, one of whom was Junaid Ashraf Khan ‘Sehrai’, whose father is the chairman of the separatist conglomerate Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (a part of the composite All Parties Hurriyat Conference), were killed on the morning of May 19 after a 15-hour-long gun battle with security forces. For Darzi, the encounter had meant an expensive reconstruction effort.…

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Amid pandemic woes Kashmir’s big fat wedding to become lean

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The new norms restrict the number of guests between 30 and 50 As the season of big fat wedding season sets in Kashmir, the pandemic and the new norms have cut its size and dulled down the traditional flavor. The new norms, which have been set in place, restrict the number of guests between 30 and 50— depending on the threat perception based zones. Deputy Commissioner of Srinagar, Shahid Chaudhary, said that the wedding ceremonies would require prior permission and social-distancing would be mandatory. “Thirty to fifty guests would be…

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