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Kashmir

Locals claim to grow tea in south Kashmir; officials unaware

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Residents of some areas in south Kashmir have claimed to have been producing tea for the past couple of years, while the concerned department remains unaware about it. As per the locals, Kashmiri tea is being cultivated in many places, particularly in Liver village of Anantnag district, and Kuchmullah and Nahir areas of district Pulwama. “I have been cultivating Kashmiri tea in my farm since 2013. Our family is consuming this tea for past two years, even though its colour is not pink like that of Nun Chai (salty tea),”…

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Temple land encroached upon with help of PDP MLC, claims Pandit body

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A Kashmir Pandit activist has written to Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, claiming that the land belonging to a temple in Srinagar has been encroached upon by goons and alleged that they were being supported by a councillor of the ruling party and a police officer. Sanjay Tickoo, president of the Kashmiri Pandit Sangarash Samiti, has written an open letter to the Chief Minister, in which he has claimed that a “commercially high valued” piece of land belonging to a temple in the Bonamsar area of Sonwar locality in the…

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Urs of Shah-e-Hamadan observed

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The annual Urs of Mir Syed Ali Hamadani, who is known as Shah-e-Hamadan by devotees, was observed with religious fervour today. After night-long prayers and supplications, devotees from all over the Valley thronged ‘Khanqah-e-Moala’ – the shrine of the Sufi saint, which is located in the old city on the banks of the Jhelum, throughout the course of the day. The area outside the shrine wore a festive look with roadside vendors selling a whole lot of eatables and other items. Devotees were seen feeding pigeons that are usually present…

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Will boycott products from other states but won’t stop eating beef: Anantnag traders’ body

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The traders of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday said that the threats by Vishwa Hindu Parishad(VHP) and other Hindu organizations to enforce economic blockade of Kashmir have exposed their evil intentions against Kashmiri Muslims. Chairman of All Traders Association of Anantnag (ATAA), Ghulam Nabi Shah said that threatening Kashmiris of economic blockade was foolishness on part of VHP. “We will boycott all the products supplied to us from Indian states but won’t stop eating beef on their diktat. Let them block the supplies to valley and that is not…

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Valley Consumes more beef to defy HC ban

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court directive seeking implementation of a century-old law, banning slaughter of bovines in the state, has increased beef consumption in Kashmir. It has also increased chances of bovine slaughter in the region on Eid-ul-Zuha. Since the issuance of the court direction earlier this month, the consumption of beef has increased in urban pockets such as Srinagar, where mutton has remained a preferred choice, as the ban is being seen as an infringement of religious rights. The direction of the High Court to the administration to…

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Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani decides to participate in OIC meet in New York

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Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani has decided to participate in the annual meeting of the foreign ministers of member states of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Kashmir contact group to be held in New York from September 27. “Geelani has decided to participate in the meeting and has started to fulfill the necessary formalities in this regard,” a Hurriyat spokesman said here. He said the Hurriyat chairman has many times in the last 25 years got invitation from the OIC, but due to non-availability of travel…

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Kashmiris won’t succumb to intimidations, says Shabir Shah

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VHP leader Leela Krishan Sharma had yesterday threatened “economic blockade to Kashmir region if the Jammu and Kashmir Speaker allows discussion on anti-beef ban bill” in the Legislative Assembly. Reacting strongly to the statements of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), senior Hurriyat Conference (G) leader Shabir Ahmad Shah Saturday said that Kashmiris would not succumb to intimidations and would resist every anti-Kashmir move “tooth and nail”. VHP leader Leela Krishan Sharma had yesterday threatened “economic blockade to Kashmir region if the Jammu and Kashmir Speaker allows discussion on anti-beef ban bill”…

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Flood-hit families still cry for compensation

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Flood victims in Srinagar who lost their homes last year continue to cry for relief as hundreds of such families are still waiting for the second instalment of the compensation which the government had promised to release by the end of July. The flood victims across Srinagar, which was worst hit in September last year, have been waiting for the compensation for over a year now. They have alleged partiality on the part of the authorities. “In our locality most of the houses were either damaged or partially damaged but…

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Traffic restrictions announced on Eid-ul-Adha

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The city administration today announced a “no-entry zone” for vehicular traffic on the Residency Road from Radio Kashmir to the Hari Singh High Street, which will come into force from September 21, ahead of the Eid-ul-Adha. The police said in a statement that the restrictions on traffic movement and diversions would be imposed in view of the ensuing Eid-ul-Azha as “tens of thousands of vehicles are expected to throng the city hub at Lal Chowk”. The traffic police had made elaborate arrangements to discourage traffic jams on the Residency Road…

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Five militants killed as Army foils infiltration bid in Gurez

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Five unidentified militants were killed as the Army foiled a fresh infiltration attempt in north Kashmir. It was the first infiltration bid in the Gurez sector of Bandipore district along the Line of Control this year. Sources said there was prior information about the infiltration of four to five heavily armed militants from the sector and troops had stepped up surveillance in the area. The militants were intercepted within a kilometre after crossing the LoC and they were engaged by the troops in the dense forest in Kanzalwan, Gurez, nearly…

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