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Govt has failed to protect border dwellers: Ajay Sadhotra

January 23, 2018 Editor

National Conference (NC) leader Ajay Sadhotra has said the BJP governments at the Centre and the state have failed to protect the lives and property of the people living along the International Border and the Line of Control. During his visit to border villages from Chakrali-Gajansoo to Lalyal Camp and Kanachak in the Marh block, the NC leader condemned the frequent ceasefire violations by Pakistan. “I have come to enquire about your condition,” he told border residents and expressed shock and grief over the killing of people and expressed sympathies…

Surrounded by Pak on Three Sides, Mortar Shells Rain on Kashmir’s ‘Basmati Villages’

January 23, 2018 Editor

12 people, including 5 soldiers, have lost their lives in the fresh bout of firing along IB and LoC while more than 50 civilians have been wounded, an indication that populated areas are being targeted. The farmers of villages in RS Pura and Suchetgarh sectors – known for growing the fabled basmati – are living in fear due to the roaring guns on both sides of the restive international border. This sowing season, they are fearful of stepping on to their fields, lest unexploded shells that are littered around might…

Booming guns give sleepless nights to residents along IB

January 22, 2018 Editor

As guns boomed along the International Border on Friday and Saturday, the thuds of falling shells could be heard in Jammu city, reminding people that how close the winter capital, having a population of 7 lakh, is to the battlefield. People living in residential colonies of the Temple City looked towards the western horizon as border villages experienced heavy and sustained bombardment. They could even hear the sound of heavy calibre weapons being used all along Suchetgarh, Kanachak and Akhnoor sectors. Jammu is separated from Pakistan by the 198-km International…

Soldier, Teenager among 4 killed in Pak shelling, death toll goes up to 10

January 20, 2018 Editor

Pakistani forces on Saturday once again resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation along international border and the Line of Control across RS Pura, Akhnoor and Krishna Ghati in Poonch. A soldier and a 17-year-old boy were among four people killed and 11 others including two BSF men were injured along the Line of Control in Poonch district and on the international border on Saturday as Pakistan pounded Indian posts and forward villages. Saturday’s casualties have taken the death toll to 10 since Wednesday. Pakistan Rangers targeted over 30 Indian posts and…

‘Separate Homeland’, Protests mark ‘Holocaust Day’ in Jammu

January 20, 2018 Editor

Pandits reiterate demand for separate homeland, setting up of judicial panel Marking 28 years of their exodus from the Kashmir valley, displaced Pandits today observed ‘Holocaust Day’ by holding protests in different parts of the city and at migrant camps. Every year, community members gather on January 19 to remember the events of 1990 when the minority community faced threats in the Valley and lakhs were forced to leave their homeland. Representative organisations today jointly held protest, recollecting the events and the plight of people who continue to live in…

Minor raped and murdered in Kathua, triggers outrage; Mehbooba Mufti says ‘Guilty will be punished’

January 19, 2018 Editor

She went missing on January 10 after she had left home in Rasana village. An eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua was raped and murdered before her body was dumped on a roadside. She went missing on January 10 after she had left home in Rasana village. Expressing concern Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti‏ on Thursday took to Twitter assuring expedite the investigation. She added that the guilty will be punished. “Outraged by the heinous incident in which a young Bakerwal girl has lost her life. Incidents like this will…

210 Complaints filed by Pandits regarding encroachment of properties, action in 5 cases only

January 18, 2018 Editor

Displaced Kashmiri Pandits have filed 210 complaints regarding encroachment of their immovable properties in the Valley since 1990 when they were forced to flee due to the armed insurgency. However, the government has taken action in just five cases under the J&K Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997. The government said this in a written reply to a question put by BJP MLC Girdhari Lal Raina in the Legislative Council. According to the details given by Minister for Disaster Management Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction…

2666 deaths in 15996 mishaps, Jammu region saw highest road deaths in last 3 years

January 13, 2018 Editor

Jammu district has reported the highest number of casualties, injuries and accidents in the state in the past three years. The state has witnessed 2,666 deaths and 22,021 injuries in 15,996 road accidents in the past three years. The data was released by the Minister in charge of Transport in the Legislative Council on Thursday. The data gave the district-wise number of road accidents and persons killed or injured in the state from 2015 to October 2017. Jammu district reported the highest number of 3,721 accidents which killed 408 persons…

Kishtwar facing ecological imbalance due to development of power projects: Legislative Council Panel

January 11, 2018 Editor

The Committee on Petition of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council today said that Kashtiwar district is is facing brunt of ecological imbalance and negative effects of development process due to the Power Projects on the Chenab Basin. According to an official spokesperson, the meeting of the Legislative Panel Committee on the petition was held here today under the Chairmanship of MLC, Saif-ud-din Bhat to examine the issues relating to a petition of BK Thakur on behalf of people of Marwah-Dachchan and Kishtwar on Chenab Valley Power Projects (CVPP). The meeting…

With ‘Migrant’ tag, moving on tough for displaced Kashmiris

January 9, 2018 Editor

In the 28th year of exile, children of displaced Kashmiri Pandits continue to face identity crisis. With the stigma of being migrants attached to them, a generation born and brought up outside their native land see it as a mark of humiliation. Although Pandits were displaced from the Valley following the rise of armed insurgency, successive governments have recognised them as “migrant” and not displaced, a deliberate policy decision to negate the reasons for their exodus. Even those youngsters who returned to the Valley under the Prime Minister’s employment package…