Category: Kashmir

Kashmir

Mahrajganj loses sheen, traders pin hopes on tourism

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Mahrajganj, first wholesale market of Kashmir, has lost its sheen to government’s negligence. Ignored by successive government, this old market has started losing its pivotal position in Kashmir’s economy. It was developed in 1864 AD by Maharaja Ranbir Singh, on the bank of river Jhelum in Downtown Srinagar. Traders from Punjab locally known that time as Khaetris would visit this place for business dealings. “Before 1947, the businessmen of this market had trade relation till Tibet in the Eastern side and Yarkand (in Afganistan) on its western side. Most of…

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Building new house distant dream for this Kulgam villager

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Muhammad Yousuf Dar’s house was washed away during the devastating floods in September last year. This was not the end to his misery as an accident left him bedridden and penniless soon after the floods. With little done by the state and Central governments to rehabilitate persons like 50-year-old Dar, he is finding it hard to feed his family, leave alone building a new house for them. Dar lives in the Gund area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The roaring waters of Vaishwa nullah wreaked havoc in Gund and adjoining…

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More youths take to militancy as violence flares in Kashmir

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A dozen locals turned militants in August-September At least a dozen more local youths have joined militancy in Kashmir in the last couple of months, as violence continues to flare up in the Valley. Four soldiers and three militants have been killed in the Valley in three different gunfights in the last 48 hours. Officials said the rising violence is reflective of the continuing draw of militancy among youth and tension building up between India and Pakistan in recent months. They said violence would continue at this pace for some…

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Forest food festival attracts youth

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The Forest Food Festival on the banks of the Jhelum attracted a lot of youngsters who showed a keen interest to know more about local herbs that were served to visitors. While youngsters were served snacks, cookies and beverages during the day-long festival at the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Rajbagh, elderly people were keen to know as to where they could get these herbs. A group of youngsters from city tasted a cake made up of local herb haend (taraxacum officinale) at a stall installed by the Department of…

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Land dispute forces closure of school in pulwama

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Students of the primary school at Bag-e-Inayat Ullah in Pampore education zone in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district are suffering as their school has been locked due to a land dispute in the village, leading to the blocking of the lane leading to the school. Teachers said the families residing there indulged in abusing the students and teachers and tried to disturb the learning environment. “The dispute between two families on way to the school has compelled us to lock the school as students had to face the brunt of the…

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Pledge to promote Kashmir cause reaffirmed

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The 13th anniversary of Azad Kashmir Radio and 6th anniversary of its second channel Radio FM-93 were observed here on Thursday with renewal of a pledge to achieve their prime objective of projecting the Kashmir cause in an effective manner. Azad Kashmir Radio Mirpur had started its regular transmissions 13 years ago on September 30, 2002. Then Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar A Memon had inaugurated its Broadcasting House. AK Radio Mirpur is the third major public-sector radio station in AJK next to Radio Muzaffarabad and Radio Tararkheil.…

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Gilani condemns Mufti Sayeed’s remarks regarding future of Kashmir

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The veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, has said that Jammu and Kashmir is the most militarized region of the world and Indian troops are occupying this land against the wishes of its people, unleashing brutal and inhuman atrocities upon its residents. Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar took strong exception to the puppet Chief Minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed’s assertion that the future of Jammu and Kashmir lies with India and termed it a big lie. He said that Mufti Sayeed and people like him had no…

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Domestic Violence in Kashmir, Eleven severely burnt women battle for their lives

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The burn ward of SMHS Hospital here symbolizes the increasing domestic violence in Kashmir as 11 severely burnt women battle for their lives. The space and resource-constrained ward struggles to cater to the load of such patients coming from all districts of Kashmir and even from Jammu, as the state government sits on the sanctioned Rs 4 Cr project under National Burn Prevention Programme of Government of India. As soon as one enters the ward, the smell of burnt flesh coupled with the swollen, disfigured bodies of women who must…

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Farmers depressed as unknown persons set harvest ablaze in Bandipora

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The farmers of Bandipora in north Kashmir Friday alleged that some unknown persons destroyed their harvested paddy crop by setting it ablaze last night. At least seven heaps of paddy belonging to four different families at Ward No. 4 Bandipora were set on fire by unknown persons, they said. The famers whose harvest was destroyed include Ghulam Nabi Parra, Mohammad Anwar Mir, Ghulam Rasool Mir and Mohammad Ramzan Mir. “We worked hard throughout the year by different ways including plouging, irrigating, removal of weeds and spraying of manure during sowing…

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Mass Movement appeals outfits to join Geelani group

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Expressing concern over the house detention and arrests of pro-freedom leaders, separatist organization Jammu Kashmir Mass Movement Friday alleged that RSS backed Government of India has been intentionally offending the religious sentiments of Muslim in the State. Addressing a press conference at her Natipora residence, Mass Movement Chairperson Fareeda Behanji said that state government has been muzzling the voice of the pro-freedom people in Kashmir. She expressed anguish over the killing spree by some “unidentified gunmen “just after the statement of Indian Defense Minister Manahar Parikar. She condemned the re-arrest…

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