Category: Kashmir

Kashmir

Hit by pellets, 2 Pattan youth battle to save vision

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PDP prez asks police not to use pellet guns on protesters Two students Tanveer Ahmad Dar and Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, both hailing from Palhalan, Pattan, were hit by pellets and are now battling to save vision at SMHS hospital, here. 19-year-old Tanveer Ahmad Dar son of Abdul Majeed Dar of Tantraypur, Palhalan, Pattan was hit by pellets during forces action in Palhalan area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on November 6. He is admitted in Ophthalmology Department of SMHS Hospital and his condition continues to be critical with severe eye…

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Gowhar’s killing PM Modi’s gift to Kashmiris: Separatists

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Separatist have strongly condemned the killing of Gowhar Ahmad of Zainakote and termed it as gift of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kashmiris. YASIN MALIK Incarcerated JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik has strongly condemned the cold blooded murder of innocent Gowher Ahmad of Zainakote Srinagar who was an engineering student and was killed by government forces Saturday evening. In a statement jailed Malik said that this brutal killing is yet another ugly “gift” of Mufti -Modi alliance to the people of Kashmir. He said that once again an innocent life…

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Mehbooba says will review ‘use of pellet guns’

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The Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti said on Sunday that she was not aware about use of pellet guns in Srinagar. “I heard it today itself that pellet guns are being used in Srinagar. I will seek an inquiry into it,” she told reporters at SMHS hospital here where she was on a visit. When asked whether her government will ban use of pellet guns on protestors, she said: “I cannot commit right now. But we have to look into their use. Definitely, this needs to be reviewed.” Two…

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Broken windowpanes leave train commuters out in cold

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With sharp drop in temperature across Kashmir, thousands of commuters travelling in Banihal-Baramulla trains are facing hardships due to broken windowpanes. The Railways property was damaged on July 20 when youth indulged in stone throwing and extensive vandalism on the trains resulting in breakage of windowpanes, damage to back rest of seats and tearing off of seat covers. Due to the broken windowpanes, commuters, especially women and children travelling in the trains these days, are facing a lot of inconvenience. “Due to delay in installing the new panes, it is…

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Residents complain of dirty water supply

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Residents in various parts of Srinagar complained that they were getting contaminated water supply from the last two weeks which increased risks to various water-borne diseases. A group of residents from Rawalpora in the city said there was the problem of contaminated water from the last two weeks as there was mud visible in the water which was not safe for drinking. “The problem was always there but it was not much. Now the mud is clearly visible in water. The problem has worsened from the last week. We have…

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Mobile internet services suspended in Kashmir, Black balloons fly over Jawahar Nagar ahead of Modi’s Kashmir rally

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Black balloons were released into air by unknown persons to show their resentment to the visit of PM Modi to Srinagar on Saturday. Eye-witnesses said that the balloons were spotted around an hour before Modi’s rally at nearby Sher-i-Kashmir cricket stadium in Srinagar. Hours before PM Narendra Modi landed in Kashmir, authorities suspended internet mobile services in the valley. Modi has arrived in the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium Srinagar to address a public rally. Thousands of people have gathered to listen the PM amidst very tight security.

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Reach TRC peacefully: Geelani to people

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Appealing the people to come out in large numbers to take part in the scheduled ‘Million March’ program, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani Friday stressed the would-be-participants, especially youth, to remain peaceful, vigilant and disciplined all the way from their respective places. “Start your journey at 10:30 am from your respective places for the scheduled Million March programme which is going to be held at TRC ground Srinagar tomorrow. I appeal the participating people especially youths to remain peaceful, vigilant and disciplined during the march and not let…

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Kashmir can become Modi’s karambhoomi, if he so wishes

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit in Srinagar tomorrow would be judged on the touchstone of commitments made by him at a rally here in December last year. He is coming amidst times of great hope and despair for the people of this wounded paradise where many shifts and turns have taken place ever since the BJP came to power riding piggyback on the ultra Kashmir-centric and Muslim-oriented Peoples Democratic Party. Kashmir could become his “karambhoomi”, if he wishes so, because of multiple reasons. This is the only Muslim-majority state, where…

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Govt ‘forcing’ us to attend Modi’s Rally, say daily wagers

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The daily rated workers from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district Thursday alleged that the government has been forcing them to attend Narendra Modi’s rally in Srinagar on November 7. A group of daily rated workers working in different departments like Agriculture, Horticulture, Forest, Fisheries, Labour and Animal Husbandry from Pulwama district told CNS that Directors of the concerned departments have issued a circular wherein they have been directed to assemble at Town Hall Pulwama at 6 on Friday evening. “After getting assembled there we will be taken to Srinagar to attend…

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Kashmir cold to Modi’s visit

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Residents complain of poor flood relief and police harassment of youth The ruling political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party and the BJP, might be upbeat about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir on November 7, but on the streets there is a distinct lack of enthusiasm. Javaid Ahmad, a resident of Srinagar’s Jawahar Nagar area, whose three-storey house got damaged in the 2014 September floods, has received not much relief from the government and blames the Centre for this. “We were asked to go through a lot…

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