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Violent protests after Hizb militant killed in Kupwara

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Security forces on Tuesday shot dead a top Hizbul Mujahideen militant in Jammu and Kashmir, triggering violent protests in Sopore to which he belonged. Police said Sameer Wani was killed after security forces surrounded a house in Nagri village in Kupwara district, some 100 km from here, following information that some militants were hiding there. A police officer told IANS that security forces came under heavy fire from the hideout, leading to fighting that left Wani, the Hizb divisional commander for north Kashmir, dead. As soon as reports of Wani’s…

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Four terrorists barge into BJP leader’s house, snatch AK 56 from security guard

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The suspected terrorists are still on the run. Four suspected terrorists reportedly entered inside Jammu and Kashmir BJP leader Ghulam Mohamad Chopan’s house in Budgam on Tuesday and snatched an AK 56 rifle from his personal security guard. According to initial reports, the incident took in the morning when the BJP leader was at his home in Chandoa of Budgam district. Chadoora is around 17 km from state capital Srinagar. The suspected terrorists overpowered the security guard, snatched a rifle from him and ran away. An alert has been sounded…

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‘Hindustan Construction Company polluting our water resources’

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Bandipora village bears costs of Kishanganga Power Project Inhabitants of a Bandipora village are up in arms against Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) for polluting the water resources of the area. Residents of Pazalpora village told Kashmir POST that the company has polluted the main source of water from where the water is supplied to the village for drinking purpose. “Since the work on construction of the 330 megawatt Kishanganga power project started the water resources of the area either started depleting or they got polluted by the heavy machinery used…

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No takers for Drabu’s ‘right to drink’ diktat in Kashmir : Liquor ban

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Jammu and Kashmir government’s stand ruling out ban on sale or trade of liquor in the state has evoked strong condemnation from Kashmir’s powerful clergy, civil society, sections of academia and the pro-Azaadi camp led by the Srinagar-based cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. During the Zero Hour in the Jammu & Kashmir legislative council, finance minister Haseeb Drabu said, “There is a demand for banning liquor but I believe that the issue needs to be addressed on the basis of freedom of choice”. While ruling out a ban on liquor, Drabu…

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National Conference walks out over ‘bias’ against Kashmir

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Claims discrimination over sanctioning of IIT and IIM The National Conference (NC) led by its working president Omar Abdullah staged a walkout from the Assembly here today over the alleged discrimination against Kashmir in sanctioning of an IIT and IIM. Senior NC leader Ali Mohammad Sagar criticised the PDP-BJP government for adopting a discriminatory approach towards Kashmir, particularly in the case of sanctioning an IIM last year, while referring to the earlier case of central universities in both Kashmir and Jammu regions. “The government’s replies on these issues are unfortunately…

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Govt departments oppose Army firing range in Gurez

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Allotment of alternate site in Leh subject of Home department clearance Several government departments have strongly opposed the setting up of the proposed field firing range in Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district citing serious consequences of any such move. The state government is exploring possibilities of setting up field firing range (FFR) for Army’s artillery exercises after the army submitted a detailed proposal for the allotment of a huge chunk of land in Gurez Valley for this purpose. Departments including PHE, Tourism, Forest, Wildlife, Executive Engineer Special Sub-Division…

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People who voted Drabu to power bigger sinners than him: Asiya Andrabi

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Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM), Syeda Aasiya Andrabi, on Sunday said that a person who helps a sinner is worse than the sinner itself. Andrabi was hinting at the State Finance Minister, Dr Haseeb Drabu, for his anti-ban views on alcohol. “We must introspect that who we are voting to power. We must know the person who how Drabu to power is a bigger sinner than him,” Andrabi said, while speaking at a one-day seminar “Shahr-e-Ramadan-Shahr-e-Al-Qur’an” organized by the DeM here in Srinagar. “Pro-India politicians belonging to any party have nothing…

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Counting disrupted in Anantnag after bogus vote allegation

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was leading by nearly 3,000 votes against her nearest rival as counting in this south Kashmir assembly constituency was briefly disrupted on Saturday after Congress supporters alleged that bogus votes were being counted in the name of postal ballots. But the vote count resumed immediately even as dozens of supporters of Congress candidate Hilal Ahmad Shah shouted anti-government slogans and protested over “unsealed” postal ballots. Shah alleged that postal ballots were “not properly sealed and were basically bogus votes”. The returning officer refused to entertain his…

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Clashes erupt in north, south Kashmir, Srinagar after Friday prayers

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Clashes erupted in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Friday after some youth threw stones on forces personnel. According to witnesses, scores of youth assembled at Main Chowk and started shouting pro-freedom, anti-India slogans. They later began throwing stones at the police and paramilitary personnel deployed there. Witnesses added that the police and paramilitary forces in the area retaliated by lobbing tear smoke canisters. As the clashes intensified, the shopkeepers downed shutters of their shops and traffic was also affected. Police summoned reinforcements to the area and chased away the youth. No one was…

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Masked men raise Pakistan, ISIS flags in Srinagar

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Masked men in Kashmir raised Pakistan and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) flags and pelted stones at policemen after Friday prayers in protest against New Delhi’s rule. The protesters also raised pro-Pakistan and pro-freedom slogans at the rally in Srinagar. Protestors pelted stones at security personnel who in turn fired tear gas shells to disperse them. Several incidents of pro-Pakistan rallies have been reported in recent times in Kashmir, which both India and Pakistan claim in full but rule in part. Flags of militant groups like ISIS,…

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