Category: Kashmir

Kashmir

Land allotted at Re 1 per-year-per-kanal, but Centre fails to fund NIFT in Kashmir

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While few days of strike in Jammu forced the Government of India to establish ‘AIIMS-like facilities’ in the winter capital of J&K too, it has failed to allocate funds to the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) set-up in the Valley six years back. The GOI sanctioned the NIFT in Kashmir in 2009 at an estimated cost of Rs 188 crore. Of this, 90 percent was to be paid by the Centre and the rest 10 percent by the State. The state government, according to documents, was further asked to…

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Over 500 minors detained in Kashmir since 2009, data reveals

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There seems to be no end to arrest of minors by police in Kashmir, with fresh reports indicating that few minors lodged at Juvenile Home here are not able to bail themselves out “due to the refusal of cops to provide them the necessary reports.” According to official sources, few minors detained from Srinagar in the past one week on charges of stone-throwing have been lodged at the Juvenile Home at Harvan here. “They are eagerly waiting to be bailed out, but are not able to do so because police…

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Authorities remove bottleneck for multi-level parking in Lal Chowk

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In a bid to remove bottleneck for construction of first-of-its-kind multi level parking in city centre Lal Chowk, Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) demolished several structures in Old KMD Yard. Officials said these structures were hampering the construction of multi-level parking facility. The demolition drive was conducted under the supervision of the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Dr Asghar Hassan Samoon, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Farooq Ahmad Lone, Vice-Chairperson SDA, Secretary SDA,  and other officers were present during the demolition drive. Pertinently, the maiden mechanized multi-layer parking facility is coming up at Old…

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‘Young sons sacrificing lives to end Indian occupation’: Aasiyah

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Paying glorious tributes to Talib Hussain Shah, the LeT commander killed in Kakpora Pulwama encounter the Dukhtaran-e-Millat president Syedah Aasiyeh Andrabi said that the young sons of the nation are sacrificing their lives to end the Indian occupation. She said that the nation in general and the leadership in particular is duty bound to safeguard and make the sacred sacrifices fetch fruits of freedom and fulfill the dream of mujahideen come true. Syedah Aasiyeh Andrabi condemned the use of force against the mourners and said those who claim to be…

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Thousands participated in Lashkar militant’s funeral

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Scores injured in clashes Despite restrictions, extensive military deployment around Kakapora town of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, thousands of people including females from adjoining hamlets participated in the funeral procession of local LeT commander Talib Hussain Shah, 22, who was killed during a gunfight with Indian Army on Thursday evening. Eyewitnesses told CNS that the extensive military and police deployment around Kakapora and adjoining areas failed in preventing thousands of mourners from marching in the funeral procession, carrying flags and chanting against the Indian ‘occupation’. Following the fatal encounter in…

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Why Kashmir hates the new OLX ad

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The new OLX India ad filmed in Kashmir is projecting much more the famed beauty of Valley previously exploited in many “Incredible India” ads and films. Apart from showing the usual stereotypes of Kashmir and Kashmiris as projected in many previous ads and films — bearded, skull capped, Pheran-clad Kashmiri — the new ad appears to normalise the relationship between the military and the Kashmiri natives who are shown as good old “friends” helping each other in tough times. In the past, many Bollywood films have used Kashmir as a backdrop to…

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A Kashmir shrine where men whirl and dance

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Reviving the central Asian Sufism tradition of ‘Dervish dance’, dozens of local devotees on Friday performed ‘Dambali’ at the shrine of Lal Bab Sahib in Zakura area on the outskirts of Srinagar city. Whirling and dancing at the Urs, the artistes belonged to Lalpora village of central Badgam district in the Valley, the home of the saint buried at Zakura. ‘Dambali’ artists come here each year on the Urs of the saint to invoke divine blessings and re-affirm their faith in the centuries old Sufist tradition of Kashmir. “Holding long…

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Panic in Qazigund over reports of presence of runaway terrorists

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A day after the Udhampur attack, panic gripped Qazigund area in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district when a truck driver informed the police about presence of two men, one of them armed, in the vicinity. The duo was said to have boarded a truck from Verinag to Lower Munda on the National Highway, the arterial road linking the Valley with rest of India. The truck driver informed a police post near Qazigund this afternoon that the two got dropped in a forested area near lower Munda, a place close to Jawahar tunnel…

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Police party attacked in Pulwama by suspected militants

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Militants today attacked a police party deputed to conduct a search operation in a village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Special Operations Group (SOG) of local police cordoned off Asthan Mohalla locality of Kakapora, 32 kms from here, around 4 PM on receiving specific inputs about militants hiding in a house, a police officer said. He said the militants opened fire on noticing the search party in an attempt to escape. Reinforcements, including Rashtriya Rifles personnels, have been rushed to the area to flush out the militants believed to be…

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‘Mufti Chief Minister of Kashmir only: Omar

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J&K ruled by two Chief Ministers Lashing out at PDP president Mehbooba Mufti for what he called ‘sheepish silence over the repressive action of the government towards people’ National Conference Working President Omar Abdullah Wednesday said that same Mehbooba used to corner NC-Congress coalition government when we used to restrict the movement of the separatist leaders in the interest of public order but today she is silent despite the fact that separatist leaders are being locked up and youth are arrested on the one or the other pretext. “Where is…

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