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Tougher days ahead if military onslaught is not stopped: Syed Ali Geelani

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 Editor

Commenting on the second report about human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir by forces, issued by United Nations Human Rights Commission, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday said that although ‘Indian atrocities and barbarism’ has crossed all the limits and is continuing unabated for the last 71 years. “It is for the second time that UN has realized the gravity and severity of this grave and grim situation and recommended for the commission, to probe human rights violations,” Geelani said in a statement issued to Kashmir Post.…

India could lose Kashmir in next 10 years, warns former interlocutor Radha Kumar

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 Editor

A former interlocutor on Jammu and Kashmir Monday warned that India could lose Kashmir in the next decade if serious efforts were not made to resolve the lingering dispute. Radha Kumar said that the situation in Kashmir has progressively deteriorated. “It hasn’t been as bad as this in a long time,” she said at the opening session – ‘Kashmir Today: Towards an Indian Future?’ during the second day of Times LitFest on Sunday. “The government doesn’t seem to be working, and little of the common minimum program has been implemented.”…

India slams UN rights body over ‘False Narrative’ report on Kashmir

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Editor

India on Monday lodged a strong protest with the UN rights office over its report on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and asserted that it is merely a continuation of the earlier “false and motivated” narrative and ignores the core issue of cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan. Last year, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its first-ever report on Kashmir and in an update of that report it claimed on Monday that “neither India nor Pakistan have taken any concrete steps to address…

Allegations of land grab leveled against IPS officer Munir Ahmad Khan

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Editor

A week after top cop of Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) Munir Ahmad Khan was granted one-year extension as Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Law and Order, allegations of land grab have been levelled against him over a prime property in Srinagar. Munir Ahmad Khan and his wife Gulshareen had recently acquired a property in Srinagar. Trouble mounted for Munir Ahmad Khan after his Gupkar neighbour Bashir Ahmed Mir raised objections over the construction on the land and claimed it to be a “custodian land”. Bashir Ahmed Mir had…

Committee framed to bring Kashmiri Pandits back: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 Editor

In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind initiative, the separatist Hurriyat Conference (HC), led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and a four-member team of Kashmiri Pandits have come together to facilitate the return of Pandits who fled the Kashmir Valley by the thousands after militancy erupted in the state in 1989. A committee, comprising members from the separatist Hurriyat and Kashmiri civil society as well as migrant Pandits and those still living in the Valley, is being set up to coordinate the process, Mirwaiz said, “The return of Kashmiri Pandits is…

Terms & Conditions for dialogue with resistance camp set: BJP

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Editor

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday set pre-conditions for talks with the Hurriyat Conference, saying its joint resistance leadership (JRL) should publicly admit that J&Kwas an undisputed part of India and that Pakistan was in illegal occupation of a part of the state. In a statement issued on Tuesday, BJP spokesperson Sunil Sethi said the offer of the Hurriyat for talks was a farce as fight against militancy in Kashmir was at the decisive stage. “It is after many sacrifices by the armed forces and citizens that we have reached…

Finally, Jehangir Chowk – Rambagh flyover to be completed this week, final clearance by July 15

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Editor

Six years after the then Chief Minister Omar Abdullah laid the foundation stone of the 2.14-km express corridor flyover in the heart of Srinagar city, it is now nearing completion. The flyover — longest in Valley — is finally expected to be completed on Sunday. The snail-paced construction of the Rambagh-Jehangir Chowk flyover had become emblematic of the ill-planned development of the city and had become a topic of jokes and mockery. The flyover, which would connect the south part of the city with its centre, has missed several deadlines…

In a first, Amarnath pilgrims to be tagged for a safe trek

June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 Editor

In a first, each of the 300,000-odd pilgrims expected to visit the Amarnath Shrine this year will be tracked from the base camp to the shrine and back, using a unique card, even as nearly 45,000 security personnel will be deployed to protect them, a senior home ministry official said on the condition of anonymity. The annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine begins on July 1. “Each pilgrim will be personally tracked through a unique card. The cards will be given to them when they set out from the base…

Mela Kheer Bhawani today, 84 Vehicles left Jammu towards ancient shrine under heavy security

June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 Editor

Hundreds of devotees Sunday arrived at the temple of Mata Ragnya Devi at Tulmulla, one of the holiest shrines of Kashmiri Pandits, in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district to celebrate the annual festival of Kheer Bhawani falling on Monday. Nestled in the shade of mammoth Chinars at this village in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, the temple received hordes of devotees, most of them Kashmiri Pandits. Local Muslims welcomed the devotees. Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Hashmat Ali Khan told Kashmir Post that the district administration had made elaborated arrangements for the annual Mela.…