A day ahead of polling for by-election to the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, miscreants stepped up attacks on polling staff and polling stations in Kashmir’s Budgam district, police said today. Some miscreants tried to set ablaze a government school building, designated as a polling station, in Narbal area of Budgam district late last night, DGP S P Vaid said. He said the building was saved by the timely action of police personnel deployed in the area. In a separate incident, a group of youth pelted stones at polling staff, who were…
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Youth crushed to death, Another serious while hit by vehicle ferrying CRPF
Another critical; Protesters torch vehicle; Police registers case Massive protests erupted in Brein area of Nishat Srinagar on Friday after a vehicle ferrying CRPF men for election duty hit a car in which two persons were traveling, leaving one of them dead on the spot. The condition of another person was stated to be critical. Witnesses said the incident happened at 8:30 pm. “All of a sudden, the bus came in reverse direction hitting hard a Maruti vehicle in which two persons were traveling,” witnesses said. “The incident triggered chaos in the…
Read MoreAmid Rains, defunct drainage system water logs Srinagar
Heavy rains coupled with defunct drainage caused waterlogging in several areas in the summer capital hampering pedestrian and vehicular movement. Waterlogging was witnessed in various areas of city-centre including Residency Road, Lal Chowk and MA Road affecting pedestrian and vehicular movement. The problem was compounded by defunct drainage system in various areas of the summer capital. Flood-like situation was witnessed in several areas due to waterlogging. Inhabitants of Khanyar in Shaher-e-Khaas expressed resentment over inaction of authorities to de-water the submerged roads there. At Baba Demb, the road was submerged…
Read MoreWaits & Watches situation for Election Commission
May take call on Srinagar by poll today if flood-like situation persists As flood-like situation prevails in Kashmir due to heavy rain, the Election Commission has not ruled out the possibility of postponing the byelection to the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency which is scheduled on Sunday. However, the Election Commission will take a final call tomorrow if the flood-like situation persists. “So far there is no change. We are waiting and watching the situation,” J&K Chief Electoral Officer Shantmanu told Kashmir Post. “If the situation persists, we may take a…
Read MoreCivilian killings hit Govt’s publicity stunts
PDP-BJP Govt talks down Mehbooba’s year in power The killings of more than 100 civilians since last year at the hands of government forces Tuesday forced Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti-led government to call off its customary promotion of “one-year achievements”. The government neither came up with advertisements in the media about the “accomplishments” of the Mehbooba-led government during the past year nor did it hold any news conference to boast about it. Mehbooba had taken over as Jammu Kashmir CM on April 4, 2016, around three months after her father…
Read MorePellet Horror Continues : Chadoora teenager 65th to lose both eyes
27 Persons Fired With Pellets In One Month On Monday, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, a teenager from Chadoora in Central Kashmir was fired with pellets in both his eyes by security forces, making him the 65th victim losing both eyes to the deadly pellets of security forces since July 2016. As many as 27 people have been fired with pellets from March this year. As per hospital records at least 27 persons, mostly young boys, were admitted to SMHS Hospital with pellet injuries in one or both eyes from March 9.…
Read MoreFake Pathribal Encounter celebrates 17th anniversary
Victim families seek international probe The Army might have closed the Pathribal fake encounter case but even after seventeen years the victim families remain defiant and while seeking international probe vow to fight for justice. On the 17th anniversary of the killings, the victim families are organizing a remembrance meet in Brari-Aangan village of Shangus in this South Kashmir district to remember five people killed in the stage managed encounter by army and the subsequent killing of eight protesters in Brakpora village by police and CRPF. “The Army might have…
Read MoreOn Pak Day eve, JK Govt ‘Besieges’ Resistance Camp
In a first move its kind, the J&K government has barred Kashmir’s resistance leadership from attending the Pakistan National Day function in New Delhi on Thursday. While chiefs of both factions of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have been placed under house arrest, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik has been lodged in Central Jail Srinagar. And while senior resistance leader Shabir Ahmad Shah has been confined to his house, the National Front chairman Nayeem Ahmad Khan was detained at Srinagar airport…
Read MoreShabir Shah steps down as Hurriyat(G) General Secretary
Separatist leader Shabir Shah, who is the general secretary of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference, has asked Syed Ali Geelani, party chairman, to relieve him of the top post. Shah had joined the Geelani-led faction in September 2015. Immediately after his joining, he was made the separatist faction’s general secretary. Shah said he had written to Geelani and had told him that he wanted to step down from the post. “Since I became the general secretary, I have remained continuously under detention because of which I have not…
Read MoreNational Conference, Congress slams PDP for ‘Importing RSS’ into Kashmir
Fascist forces have no place in Kashmir: Mir PDP is carbon copy of RSS: Sagar National Conference and Congress Tuesday assailed PDP for importing RSS into Kashmir, saying that the politically sagacious people won’t allow the machinations of saffron social engineering to succeed in a pluralistic state like Jammu and Kashmir. “PDP stands exposed for facilitating the RSS to spread its tentacles, first by inducting its political constituent BJP into the government and now by vitiating the atmosphere on communal and regional lines”, senior NC and Congress leaders said while…
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