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Kashmir

Masarat Alam released from Kathua Jail, rearrested by CID

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Two days after hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Masarat Alam’s Public Safety Act (PSA) was quashed by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, he was released from Kathua Jail around 7.30 pm today and rearrested immediately by a CID counterinsurgency team outside the prison gate. The CID team will hand over Masarat Alam to a party of the Baramulla police awaiting in Jammu. Masarat Alam was lodged in Kathua Jail after he was booked in September this year under the PSA by the Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla, for fuelling the unrest in…

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BJP to strengthen base in Kashmir

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After the BJP bid to strengthen its base took a hit during the unrest, the party has now resumed activities in the Valley with an improvement in the situation. The party held a series of functions in Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla and Kupwara districts recently. BJP state general secretary (organisation) Ashok Koul, who chaired the party functions across districts, said the party had again asked its ministers in the state to “adopt” districts in the Kashmir valley and reach out to the people. “We have asked our party workers to reach…

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Power, Ration crisis unprecedented, Govt unmoved: NC

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Rather than rectifying the crisis, CM busy with distributing scooties: Sagar National Conference on Tuesday lashed out at the state government over the unprecedented power and ration crisis in the state and said the Chief Minister was too busy in her photo-ops and ribbon-cutting functions to take note of the misery and suffering that people are reeling under. NC General Secretary Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar conducted an extensive tour of Downtown and interacted with public and traders’ delegations from various areas who apprised him of the scarcity of essential commodities…

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Kashmir on the brink of another agitation: Domicile Row

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As the Sun was setting on Christmas-eve, security agencies in Kashmir were taken by surprise when massive stone-pelting erupted in the summer capital of Srinagar. Voicing pro-freedom slogans, masked youth appeared in areas like congested Batamaloo and high-security Airport Road, throwing rocks at the police and paramilitary CRPF. It happened on Saturday when there was actually no call for any roadside protests. However, there was a hartal, as a part of the 2-day strike call given by the “united” Hurriyat, spearheading the ongoing agitation. A day prior to this, the…

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2016 – A year of turmoil for Kashmir

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2016 saw Mehbooba Mufti taking over as the first woman chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Army claiming to have conducted surgical strikes on militant camps in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) after a militant attack in Uri left 19 army men dead while protests for over five months hit hard normal life and resulted in shutdown of schools and death of 94 people. The government had also to grapple with the NIT unrest, mysterious school burning incidents and blinding due to pellet gun firing issues. The only silver lining…

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Cold wave tightened grips across Kashmir, Weatherman predicts no respite

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Cold wave tightened its grip across Kashmir as minimum temperature dropped at most places in the Valley, with Srinagar recording a low of minus 5.5 degree Celsius last night, officials said on Friday. On Friday—the third day of 40-day-long harshest winter period called ‘Chillai-Kalan’—the Dal Lake in Srinagar and most other water bodies in the Valley were seen partially frozen. “The maximum temperature recorded in Srinagar on Friday was 8.1 degree Celsius while the minimum was minus 5.5 degree Celsius,” a Meteorological department official here told Kashmir Post. He said…

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Kashmir Valley heats up over Domicile, Separatists to hit the streets

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Separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir have announced a state-wide protest on Friday, following reports that said the government has started issuing domicile certificates to West Pakistan refugees. The announcement by the government comes at a time when Kashmir is yet to recover from the aftermath of the five-month-long unrest triggered by the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani. Separatist groups lashed out at the government, particularly ruling party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), of attempting to “change the demography” of the state to fulfill the “Hindutva agenda” of its…

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People of India don’t know the truth about Kashmir: Geelani

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If we want Kashmir to stay in India we will have to see where our faults lie: Morarka ‘Article 370 critical to the relationship between India and Kashmir’ People of India do not know the truth of Kashmir and if they come to know about it then many righteous Indians would understand our problems and position, senior separatist leader, Syed Ali Geelani told a delegation of Indian civil society. The delegation was led by former Rajya Sabha member and minister in charge of PMO, Kamal Morarka here Monday. He was…

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At -4.9°C Srinagar records coldest night of season

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Srinagar experienced its coldest night of the season as the mercury settled nearly five degrees below freezing point, resulting in freezing of water supply lines and water bodies. The temperature at night was recorded at minus 4.9°C, down from the previous night’s – 4.5°C, an official of the Meteorological Department said. The official said the sub-zero temperatures have resulted in freezing of water supply lines in many areas of the Valley, while fringes of several other water bodies were also frozen. Qazigund also recorded its lowest temperature of the season…

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NHPC’s Rehab Plan for Kishanganga Hydro Electric Project in doldrums

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Affected people allege non-utilization of funds meant for rehabilitation The delay in implementation of Rehabilitation Plan by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has affected health of people and environment here in Kralpora Mantrigam area in Bandipora, where the work is in progress on 330 Megawatt Kishenganga Hydro Electric Power Project. The residents demanded probe into the utilization of funds meant for Rehabilitation Plan. Affected villagers said that all is not well with the Rehabilitation Plan meant for development of the affected area. Panicked by growing destruction, people affected by the…

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