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Anti-NFSA protests continue in Kashmir Valley

February 20, 2016 Editor

Consumers appeal authorities to take necessary steps Protests against National Food Security Act (NFSA) refuse to die down as people in Kashmir Valley Friday rallied against Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CA&PD) department in north as well as in central Kashmir, demanding its rollback. Hundreds of people in Kangan staged protest demonstration demanding NFSA revocation. Terming the NFSA as an anti-people act, the protesters from various areas after Friday prayers assembled at Main Chowk Kangan in Ganderbal district and held a protest demonstration against the NFSA implementation, demanding its roll…

Clashes in Srinagar as cops stop protest march

February 19, 2016 Editor

Security forces on Friday scuttled a march here by a group of youth carrying posters of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and messages like ‘Thank you, JNU’, leading to clashes near the historic Jamia Masjid. Soon after the Friday prayers at Kashmir’s main mosque, a group of youth, shouting pro-freedom slogans, tried to take out a march towards Nowhatta Chowk, police said. Some of the youth were carrying the flags of Pakistan and ISIS terror group as also the posters of Afzal Guru who was hanged in New Delhi’s Tihar…

Kakapora remains shut against killings for the 4th day

February 19, 2016 Editor

This south Kashmir town observed a complete shutdown for the fourth running day Thursday to mourn the killing of two students, who died in forces firing earlier this week. Scores of force personnel were deployed around Kakapora town to thwart any protests. All the shops and other business establishments remained closed while traffic was off the roads. In the evening when the deployment was being withdrawn, youth took to the streets and pelted stones on forces. In retaliation, the forces lobbed teargas shells to disperse them. The clashes continued till…

Civil society sounds caution on sectarian profiling by police

February 19, 2016 Editor

A civil society group Wednesday termed the police move of profiling people on sectarian lines as a well planned strategy to divide people of Kashmir and to divert people’s attention from the ‘main goal of right to self-determination.’ The group urged clerics to stand united and prepare people to defeat ‘New Delhi’s designs of triggering a sectarian rift in the Valley.’ Addressing media persons here, Professor Hameeda Nayeem, chairperson of Kashmir Centre for Social and Developmental Studies (KCSDS), said that police move of profiling people on the basis of their…

Two killed in Pulwama avalanche

February 19, 2016 Editor

Two persons were killed at Narastan village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district after an avalanche hit them while they were fetching some fodder for animals. The area had received four feet of snow a few days ago. The police said they had excavated the bodies, both of whom were named as Mohammad Yousuf Gojjar. Local residents said both of them had gone to fetch fodder kept in rakhs (meadow patches in a forest area) in the morning and when they did not return some residents went out in…

Mehbooba’s first public address after Mufti’s death on Sunday

February 19, 2016 Editor

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti would deliver her first public address after the death of Mufti Muhammad Sayeed at party’s Srinagar headquarters on February 21, Sunday. Since her father’s death, Mehbooba maintained silence over government formation but sought assurances from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the implementation of Agenda of Alliance, the Common Minimum Programme of the two parties. Mehbooba would address the PDP’s workers convention on February 21, Sunday at PDP’s Srinagar party headquarters. Besides Mehbooba, the meeting would be attended by senior PDP leaders including…

Kashmir’s snowfall deficit has got everyone worried

February 18, 2016 Editor

Fruit growers in Kashmir say the warmer weather may lead to premature flowering in the plants causing quality damage to the fruit For the second consecutive year, Jammu and Kashmir is receiving lesser snowfall during winter compared to earlier years thereby affecting the Valley’s fruit industry and migration of birds. Experts say it is rare for Kashmir to receive such low quantity of snowfall with negligible precipitation in the plains. According to meteorological data, the Valley for the 13th time since 1901 witnessed a rare dry January. Chillai Kalan, the…

Fifty youth arrested in Srinagar on stone pelting charges since January

February 18, 2016 Editor

• Over 250 detained in 2015 At least 50 youth have been detained by police in downtown Srinagar since January 1 this year on charges of being involved in stone pelting. According to the data compiled by police, at least 50 youth have been arrested in Srinagar under charges of pelting stones on cops on Fridays and during shutdowns called by the separatists this year. The figures reveal that 82 stone pelting incidents took place in Srinagar in last two months. “50 youth participating in the stone pelting were identified…

Barring few places night chill continues in Kashmir Valley

February 18, 2016 Editor

Spring-like weather conditions prevailed though cold winds also continued during the day in the Kashmir valley, where the night chill is on because of sub zero temperature. Cold revisited Leh and Kargil where the minimum temperature dropped again and settled at minus 11.3 degrees and 9.6 degrees respectively. People in the Kashmir valley woke up to yet another sunny morning, presenting a look of Spring when 20-day-long Chilai-e-Khurd, second harshest period of winter after 40-day-long Chilai-e-Kalan had still couple of days left. This will, however, be followed by 10-day-long Chilai…

Hurriyat (G) rejects Govt probe, terms it a tradition post Pulwama Killings

February 18, 2016 Editor

Rejecting the probe commission ordered by the government in Pulwama killings, Hurriyat (G) Wednesday said such commissions have become a tradition and is part of government policy to diffuse the public anger. Hurriyat (G) reminded that recently during Kashmir visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Deputy Commandant of CRPF allegedly killed an innocent engineering student Gowhar Nazir Dar at HMT Zainakote in the broad day light and the same inquiry commission was announced in that case but till now neither this probe showed any result nor any accused has…