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Cop decamps with four rifles from DSP’s residence in south Kashmir

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A cop of Jammu and Kashmir Police has decamped with four rifles from the residence of a top-ranking police officer in south Kashmir. Sources told KIF on Saturday that Shakoor Ahmad, who was posted as Personal Security Officer (PSO) to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and SDPO Bijbehara Irshad Ahmad Bhat in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district, decamped with the rifles last night. Ahmad, a resident of Kundalan in Shopian district, was escorting Irshad, when he was badly injured in a militant attack recently, said a police officer. Sources believe…

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Cops accused in Wamiq Farooq’s killing want case shifted out of Kashmir

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The two policemen, who are in judicial custody in the Wamiq Farooq killing case, have sought transfer of the case proceedings out of Kashmir. The policemen have moved an application before the High Court at its Jammu wing. In the transfer petition filed before the High Court, where it was listed before the registry, one of the grounds cited by the accused policemen is that that they have a threat to their lives at the hands of complainant (father of slain teenager) and his counsel. The other ground cited is…

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Shutdown ends, life limps to normalcy in Pulwama

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The Auqaf Committee and Traders Federation today decided to call off the shutdown in Pulwama after the administration assured them that all detained youths would be released and no FIR lodged against them. In a meeting held at the Deputy Commissioner’s office, the administration assured the members that all persons put under detention would be released, but no martyrs’ memorial hoarding would be installed at Shaheed Park till further orders. Pulwama head priest Mohammad Akram Dar conveyed the decision to the locals via the loudspeaker of the Chatapora mosque. “Open…

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Mercury dips in Kashmir but little chance of snow fall

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Amid fears that this year’s winter season may turn out to be one of the hottest ever for North India, mercury once again dipped in most parts of Kashmir Valley even as minimum temperature rose by six degrees in Leh town in the frontier Ladakh region to settle at minus 7.4 degrees Celsius. As per the Met Department, dry weather conditions will continue for most part of the rest of Chillai-Kalan, the 40-day harshest winter period ending January 31, bringing down the chances of any further snow fall Kashmir had witnessed…

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Mehbooba attends prayer meet at Mufti’s grave

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She will meet leaders on government formation soon: Naeem Akhter PDP president Mehbooba Mufti attended the congregational ‘fateha-khwani’ (prayers for the deceased) at her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s grave here today. Hundreds of PDP workers assembled at Dara Shikoh Garden. They attended prayers for their late leader after offering Friday congregational prayers at the park. Mehbooba arrived from Srinagar around 2 pm. A sombre Mehbooba walked holding the arm of her brother, Mufti Tasadduq. Her daughters and sisters accompanied her to the grave. Mehbooba stayed at her father’s grave for…

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Experts express resentment over capturing of musk deer

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Wildlife experts and animal rights activists in Kashmir have expressed concern and regret over capturing of a musk deer by locals in Lari area of Kangan in Ganderbal district. Wildlife experts said that these species of deer are extremely shy and usually prefer to stay away from human population. The deer if captured by humans can die before the captors realize it, as the animal is very fragile and frail. A wild life expert while talking to us said that locals should have called the wild life expert after spotting the…

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Boy battles for life after being mauled by stray dogs

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A six-year-old boy is battling for life in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, after stray dogs mauled him while he was walking through a street in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The multiple canine bites have badly torn his face, head and neck. His face and scalp were badly mutilated. The attack has broken his facial bone and elbow as well. The doctors, who conducted emergency surgery on the boy, have put him on ventilator. His condition is said to be critical.…

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Srinagar out of smart city race

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The summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir has been dropped out from the list of 100 potential ‘smart cities’ as it failed to meet the eligibility criteria. Srinagar could not even make it through Stage 1 of the selection process that included Institutional Systems and Capacities (15 points), Self-financing (30 points) and past track record (30 points). Besides Srinagar, Rae Bareli and the newly-formed Telangana’s state capital Hyderabad are also out of the smart city race. Soon after BJP came to power in mid-2014, the Narendra Modi-led government announced the…

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Killing the chill – the Kashmiri way

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Kashmiris carry it inside the ‘pheran’, a traditional long flowing tweed over-garment, to keep the freezing winter away Have you ever imagined carrying red-hot charcoal filled in an earthen pot inside your dress? It sounds dangerous, but Kashmiris do it to kill the chill. As Kashmir freezes in bone-chilling temperatures, woollen and thermal wear are not enough to cope. ‘Kangri’, commonly called kanger in Kashmir, is a traditional earthen pot in a woven wicker basket and filled with red-hot charcoal. Kashmiris carry it inside the ‘pheran’, a traditional long flowing…

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Pulwama deadlock enters 15th day, crisis refuses to die down

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PDP legislator blames administration Shutdown resumed in Pulwama on Thursday after the administration allegedly backtracked from its word with residents to release the arrested youth and allow installation of plaque for slain militants. The representatives of Pulwama town said they had called off the shutdown on Wednesday after the assurance of the administration that they will be allowed to erect a simple sign post here at a local graveyard. “The decision was taken after we were assured by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir that people here will be allowed to erect a…

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