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Kashmir

Cordon & Search Operation called off after Stone-pelting in Pulwama

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Government Forces on Monday night called off their operation against ‘hiding militants’ when people in large number hit to roads and resorted to stone-pelting in Newa area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sources told news agency CNS that after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in Lonepora Newa area, 55 Rashtriya Rifles, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police and 183 Battalion CRPF cordoned off the area at around 10 pm on Monday. Police sources said there were inputs about the presence of some top Lashkar-e-Toiba militants in the area.…

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Scores hit by pellets in eyes in Tral

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We’re not part of protests but still cops fired pellets towards us: Injured youth There is no end to use of pellets in Kashmir and at least nine people sustained pellet injuries in eyes during forces firing at an encounter site at Hayena in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. “Although we were far from the encounter site, the security men indiscriminately fired pellets and teargas smoke shells towards the people staging protests. The pellets hit my left eye. I am unable to see anything from the…

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Bias against Srinagar shocking: National Conference

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National Conference on Monday highlighted the PDP-BJP Government’s “brazen and shocking discrimination against Srinagar” during the District Development Board meeting chaired by CM Mehbooba Mufti. National Conference General Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar said the present Government’s statements about development and expansion of Srinagar had turned out to be mere statements and rhetoric as the city was facing the worst form of discrimination in terms of inadequate funds and lack of attention of the incumbent Government towards developmental projects initiated by the previous Omar Abdullah-led Government. The National Conference General Secretary…

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Unabated sand mining poses threat to trout production in Kupwara

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Despite a ban on sand mining, contractors in Kupwara district are using heavy machinery like earth cutters to extract huge quantities of sand and boulders from major streams in the district which is badly affecting the production of trout in these streams. Known for producing large quantities of fish, Nullah Warnow has become a major casualty of the sand-mining mafia. Local residents said truckloads of sand and boulders were being extracted from Nullah Warnow near Khumriyal and Gher Hatti. “The unabated extraction of sand and boulders is not only affecting…

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Kashmir witnessed 2690 stone pelting incidents in 2016

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1248 incidents reported in North Kashmir, 875 in South Kashmir and 567 in Central Kashmir JK saw 3-fold rise in rioting in 2016: Govt data Of the total 2,690 incidents of stone pelting in the valley in 2016, North Kashmir accounted for the highest number of 1,248 incidents followed by 875 incidents in South Kashmir and 567 in Central Kashmir, according to official data of state home department. Sopore, which is part of Baramulla district, has recorded the highest number of 492 incidents of stone pelting during the unrest, while…

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Srinagar City ‘Discriminated’ in road sector as well

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Raising a question mark on the PDP-BJP government’s Common Minimum Program that calls for “equitable and balanced development” of all regions of Jammu and Kashmir, the state’s summer capital continues to be ignored by the ruling dispensation while seeking the central funding for road infrastructure. Indicating that development of Srinagar is perhaps not a priority for the J&K Government, the Roads and Buildings Ministry has sought a meager Rs 35 crore for Srinagar out of more than Rs 1800 crore it has asked from Government of India under the Central…

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Four laning of Boulevard to begin from March 10

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After getting clearance from Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA), work on the four-laning of Boulevard road along the Dal Lake is likely to be begin by March 10, officials informed. Decks from resuming work on the four-laning of the road stretch along the lake have been cleared after LAWDA gave its No Objection Certificate to the Roads and Buildings Department. “All the modalities have been fulfilled and now the work on the four-laning of the road will start from March 10,” said Chief Engineer, R&B Kashmir, Sheikh Abdul Hameed.…

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HC asks govt to consider rehabilitation issue of affected villagers of Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project within 3 months

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the government to consider and decide in three months rehabilitation issue of villagers affected by the Kishanganga hydroelectric power project in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “The cabinet sub-committee or the delegated authority may hear the grievance of the displace families. The Commissioner Secretary for Relief and Rehabilitation is also to take part in the deliberations,” a division bench of Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and Justice D S Thakur said in its order. While the bench directed the concerned authorities to hear the affected…

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Clashes erupted in parts of Valley post Friday Prayers

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The police today lobbed teargas shells to quell stone-throwing protesters in the Nowhatta area of Srinagar. Meanwhile, clashes were also reported from various areas of the Kashmir valley after the Friday prayers. The protests took place in response to the separatists’ call against the “killing of innocent youth” by security forces and as part of the protest calendar, jointly issued by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik. This was for the third consecutive week that the separatists had given no shutdown call for Friday. Soon after…

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US Researchers discover ancient primate species in Kashmir

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“Among the primates, the most common ones in the Kashmir region are from a genus called Sivapithecus, which were ancestral forms of orangutans,” Patel said. Researchers have discovered a new primate species that lived in Jammu and Kashmir some 11 to 14 million years ago. Scientists have named the new species Ramadapis sahnii. It is a member of the ancient Sivaladapidae primate family, consumed leaves and was about the size of a house cat, said study co-author Biren Patel, Associate Professor at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California…

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