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Land for Kashmiri Pandit colony identified in Baramulla, say J&K officials

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The state government has been under pressure from the Centre for setting up separate colonies for Kashmiri Pandits in central, north and south Kashmir.  The Jammu and Kashmir government has finally identified a big chunk of land in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, close to the national highway and railway station, for setting up a colony for Kashmiri Pandits, officials have said. The state government has been under pressure from the Centre for setting up separate colonies for Kashmiri Pandits in central, north and south Kashmir. Officials said the state revenue…

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Handwara girl, parents free to go wherever they want: HC

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today ruled that the Handwara girl, who is at the centre of a controversy involving an allegation of molestation, and her family shall be free to go wherever they want. The court, however, termed the contentions of the illegal detention or confinement, as was alleged by her parents in their affidavits, as “unjustified and uncalled for”. This was observed today by a division bench of the High Court in its orders in the writ petition by Taja Begum, mother of the minor girl, alleging…

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Mehbooba, Naeem RSS mouthpieces: MLA Rashid

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Protesting against coalition government’s ‘anti-Kashmir policies’ independent lawmaker from Langate, Engineer Rasheed Thursday said Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ‘mouthpiece’. “Mehbooba Mufti is a RSS mouthpiece,” Rashid said while responding to a question about the Chief Minister’s denial regarding construction of Sainik Colonies in Kashmir. “I respect Mehbooba and Naeem Akhtar but unfortunately both of them are nothing but RSS mouthpieces,” he said, “If they have denied the allegations why are their friends in the BJP adamant that the colonies will be constructed.” Rashid and…

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Police foils Hurriyat (G) event, detains dozens of activists

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PDP-led govt implementing RSS agenda: Geelani Police Thursday foiled Hurriyat Conference (G) seminar and detained nearly two dozen members of the conglomerate during a sit-in protest at Hyderpora and lodged them in Humhama Police Station on Thursday. Hurriyat led by Syed Ali Geelani had organized a seminar titled “Present Situations and our Responsibilities” at its Hyderpora office. A large contingent of police was deployed in the area early morning and members were stopped from attending the scheduled event. Police sealed all lanes and bylanes near Hurriyat office and barred people…

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Celebrations across valley as 10 candidates clear UPSC

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Young boys and girls, born and brought up during turmoil, are now writing a new chapter of aspirational Kashmir by cracking civil services exams. This year, 10 candidates from the Valley have cleared the civils. At 28-year-old law graduate Sheema Nabi’s house in Srinagar’s Habak neighbourhood, proud parents are garlanding her, celebrating their daughter’s big achievement. “It is a very healthy trend in Kashmir because it is a good career option that’s open to everyone as long they are willing to work hard for it. It’s one of the fairest…

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‘Jashn-e-Wular’ sports festival in Bandipora

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Army in association with J&K Water Skiing and the district administration organised a water sports festival in Asia’s largest fresh water lake from May 9 to 11 under the aegis of Chinar Corps. The three-day sporting festival was aimed at creating awareness amongst the locals residing on the banks of Wular Lake regarding the tourism potential of the vast natural resource . The sporting festival saw the local fishing community from 16 villages actively participating in a boat race competition. The boat races was organized in three categories -single man,…

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Handwara Girl’s parents say no to police protection

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The parents of Handwara minor girl, who is at the centre of the controversy involving an alleged molestation bid by an Army man, in their undertaking before the J&K High Court have said that the family do not require any police protection or protective custody and wish to move freely and reside at any place of their choice. In the affidavit, which was today submitted to the High Court, the girl’s father has alleged that they were under wrongful custody of the Handwara police since April 2012. The HC had…

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Civil Service qualifiers from valley relish taste of success

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Deeba Farhat from Bijbehara town of south Kashmir was not content with the 553rd rank she secured last year prompting her not to join the civil services and prepare again. Improving on her performance, she is ranked 281st this time around. “I am not satisfied with my rank and I intend to appear in the exam again,” Deeba had told us in 2015. Deeba is a working Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS) officer in the state Rural Development Department. Though she is not entirely satisfied with her ranking but she says she…

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A drive for smoother traffic in Srinagar

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A group, Life on Roads, in association with the traffic police conducted an awareness drive for smooth vehicular movement on the opening day of Durbar move here on yesterday. “We took an initiative for road safety education and safe traffic drive in collaboration with Srinagar Traffic Police and in association with Sunrise in Kashmir (SRK) and Goodfellas — Food, Art, Entertainment. This was a first-of-its-kind drive for smooth traffic in the city,” said Life on Roads general secretary Nasir Khan. He said that volunteers of the first road safety club…

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Athar Aamir from Kashmir bagged 2nd position in UPSC Exams

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Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan of Jammu and Kashmir has secured second place in the 2015 IAS examination, results of which were announced today. A total of 1,078 candidates cleared the UPSC exam — 499 from the general category, 314 from the other backward classes, 176 from the scheduled castes and 89 from the scheduled tribes. Delhi-based Tina Dabi topped the test, followed by Jammu and Kashmir’s Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan and Delhi’s Jasmeet Singh Sandhu, reported Hindustan Times. 23-year-old Khan hails from Devipora village in Mattan area of…

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