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Kashmiris not safe in any part of India: Hurriyet Conference

March 17, 2016 Editor

Concern raised over harassment of Kashmiri students Hurriyet leaders and organisations have strongly condemned the harassment of Kashmiri students studying in different colleges and universities in India. The spokesman for the forum of 24 pro-freedom organizations All Parties Hurriyet Conference led by Syed Ali Gilani in a statement expressing deep concern and anguish over seeking of details of Kashmiri students by the Kolkata police said that no corner of India was safe for the Kashmiris and they were being harassed everywhere in all possible ways. He castigated the West Bengal…

Post wedding, Urmila spotted in Kashmir

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 Editor

Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar’s secret wedding with Kashmiri businessman and model Mohsin Akhtar Mir had become a talk of the town. The actress had left her fans and everyone else surprised after she made an announcement on her marriage. Post their wedding, for the first time, the newly wed couple was recently spotted together in Srinagar, Kashmir. Dressed in pink dress, one can see in the picture Urmila Matondkar is standing with her husband and are engrossed in some conversation. It seems the actress has visited her husband’s hometown to…

Rains lash valley, fresh snowfall in higher reaches

March 17, 2016 Editor

Low lying areas of Kashmir are witnessing intermittent rains since last night which has resulted in dipping of mercury throughout the region. There are also reports of fresh snowfall in the higher reaches across Pir panchal and Zojila on Thursday. Rains are also reported along the Srinagar-Jammu highway however it was through, traffic police sources said. However, Batote-Doda highway was closed for traffic after landslides at Ragi Nallah. The Met Office has forecast widespread rain-thundershower most parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Reports of fresh snowfall have reached from Bandipora, Gulmarg,…

SMC starts sanitation drive on Jhelum banks

March 17, 2016 Editor

The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) today launched an extensive sanitation drive along the banks of the Jhelum river that has become a dumping ground for solid wastes. On the first day, the drive was kicked off in areas near Lasjan and Pantha Chowk, in presence of Srinagar Deputy Commissioner Farooq Ahmed Lone and SMC Commissioner Bashir Ahmed Khan. “During the drive, the officials concerned were directed to keep proper cleanliness in and around the banks of the Jhelum and other adjoining locations,” the officials said. The drive would be extended…

Kashmiris continue to be ‘harassed’ outside JK

March 17, 2016 Editor

In a worrying sign, Kashmiris studying or doing their businesses outside Jammu and Kashmir are being subjected to harassment by police in the wake of recent pro-Afzal Guru protests at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi last month, several aggrieved Kashmiris told over phone on Wednesday. In a fresh case of harassment, a group of Kashmiri students studying in a college in Rajasthan were reportedly detained by police on Monday after being beaten up in the campus over beef-eating rumors. The students, according to reports, belonged to Mewar University…

Anti-Terrorist Squad keeping tabs on Kashmiris in Goa

March 17, 2016 Editor

The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Goa Police has been instructed to conduct door-to-door checks of tenements inhabited by the people from Jammu and Kashmir, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said on Wednesday. In a written reply to Dabolim legislator Mauvin Godinho on migrants involved in crimes, Parsekar, who also holds the Home portfolio, said: “One copy of such tenant verification form filed is forwarded to the native district Superintendent of Police of the tenant/migrant for verification of criminal records/antecedents.” “In addition to the above, Anti-Terrorist Squad, Goa, also does…

Garbage on city roads to be cleared soon: SMC

March 15, 2016 Editor

Officials of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) today assured that the garbage lying on the city roads from the past more than a week was being cleared at war footing. Residents had expressed resentment as the city had virtually started stinking due to unattended solid waste lying scattered on the city roads, risking their health. People residing near the garbage dumping site at Achan had been protesting from the past 10 days, demanding that the garbage site be shifted. The residents halted the work of the SMC employees by blocking…

Rain brings mercury down to 10°C in city

March 15, 2016 Editor

Rain lashed the city for the fourth consecutive day today, causing a significant drop in the temperature. The sky remained overcast throughout the day but rain began late in the afternoon, taking residents who were expecting a dry day by surprise. The heavy downpour caused the mercury to plummet drastically, gripping the city again with cold wave. The downpour over the past three days has significantly decreased the maximum temperature in the city. The day temperature, since Friday, has risen to a high of not more than 10°C, down by…

World asked to help Kashmiris attain birthright

March 15, 2016 Editor

India urged to release all illegal detainees in IOK Senior Hurriyet leader Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi has called upon the world community to help people of Kashmir attain their right to self-determination, recognized by the United Nations. Agha Syed Hassan during his visit to the ailing Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Syed Ali Gilani at his residence in Delhi, today, said that the continued detention had badly affected the health of the octogenarian leader. He prayed for early recovery of Syed Ali Gilani who was discharged from the…

Don’t visit ailing Geelani, says Hurriyat

March 14, 2016 Editor

The hardline Hurriyat Conference has asked people to refrain from visiting its ailing chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who has been advised by doctors to avoid gatherings. Doctors at Max Hospital, New Delhi, have advised Geelani to avoid meeting people and stay away from public gatherings, said a Hurriyat spokesperson, Ayaz Akbar in a statement issued here. “Geelani’s health is improving and people are requested not to visit him to enquire about his well-being,” Akbar said. The octogenarian leader was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital on…