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Demonetization, Kashmir; How the process left the valley untouched

November 15, 2021 Editor

Many of us thought land prices in J&K will go down. But seven years down the line land prices are going up and up and people are unable to afford to buy land. Even after demonetization, Kashmir valley behaved as if the demonetization had happened somewhere else and they have nothing to do with it. There was the complete absence of chaos in the streets of Srinagar that was so visible in other parts of the country. No long queues were seen outside any ATM. And people were not complaining…

Srinagar records ‘Coldest Night’ so far, shivers at 0.1 degree

November 14, 2021 Editor

Besides Drass being the coldest in Ladakh, Leh recorded minus 9.6 degrees and Kargil minus 6.4 degrees as their minimum temperatures. As the mercury continued to dip, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far at 0.1 degrees Celsius, as Ladakh’s Drass town remained frozen at minus 12.7 degrees, the Met Department said on Saturday. “The minimum temperature in Srinagar was 0.7 degrees yesterday (Friday), but it fell further to 0.1 today. Pahalgam recorded minus 3.5 degrees Celsius, while Gulmarg recorded minus 0.2 degrees as the minimum,” a…

Businessmen, Students decry Kashmir’s new ‘Unscheduled, Unannounced’ Internet Shutdowns

November 12, 2021 Editor

The unscheduled internet shutdowns in different parts of Kashmir, especially capital Srinagar, have hit the students and businesses hard. By: Auqib Javeed For the last two weeks, Aisha Jan, 22, had to travel over 15 kilometers every day to attend her online classes in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district along with her younger sister. Jaan, who lives in the Soura area of Srinagar city, was accompanied by her younger sister, Aira Jan along with their father, who drops them at a relative’s home in Ganderbal so that his kids don’t miss…

To ease traffic burden a sixteen grade separators proposed in Srinagar

November 10, 2021 Editor

Amid bulging vehicle population adding to the traffic woes in Srinagar, an official report on mobility has recommended 16 junctions for grade separation including Sanat Nagar junction which is often marred by traffic congestion. As per the official report of the J&K government, sixteen junctions are proposed for Grade separation in phase-I & II, eight junctions are proposed in phase-I – Nowgam Chowk, Sanat Nagar Chowk, Tengpora-Batamaloo Crossing, Bemina Chowk, Parimpora Chowk, Shalteng Chowk, Humhama Chowk and Jhelum Bund near GPO to SangarMall.” “Remaining eight junctions are proposed in phase-II…

5000 additional CAPF men deployed in Kashmir for more security measures, Intense frisking in Srinagar

November 10, 2021 Editor

Day after the targeted killing of a civilian in old Srinagar, the city witnessed more security measures on Tuesday which included intensified frisking. Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, a salesman was shot dead by terrorists in the Bohrikadal area of old Srinagar on Monday evening from point-blank range. A resident of Bandipora district of north Kashmir, Khan was employed as a salesman in a shop owned by a minority community popular businessman in the area. Since Tuesday morning, joint parties of police and paramilitary CRPF were witnessed carrying out random searches and…

Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti express strong objection to using community halls as security barracks

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 Editor

Omar Abdulla, Mehbooba Mufti express strong objection to using community halls as security barracks

NC vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir had “regressed” to such an extent that community halls built during his tenure as chief minister of the erstwhile state were being used as barracks for security forces. “My Government built community/marriage halls & demolished bunkers in Srinagar. It’s disappointing to see the security situation in the city has now regressed so far that new bunkers are being constructed & the marriage halls are being used as barracks for security forces,” he wrote on Twitter.…

LockDown: Five areas of Srinagar put under strict corona curfew for 10 days

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 Editor

The places where strict corona curfew will be implemented are Lal Bazar, Hyderpora, Chanapora, Bemina (Hamdania Colony), Bemina (Housing Colony, Bilal Colony, SDA Colony). The curfew will be in effect from Nov 9, 2021, as of 12:00 AM. In view of rising covid cases in the city, the Srinagar district administration on Monday has imposed a strict corona induced curfew in five areas of the city for a total of 10 days, as reported by the news agency ANI. The places where strict corona curfew will be implemented are Lal…

Internet shutdown bringing back painful memories of 2019: M Y Tarigami

November 7, 2021November 7, 2021 Editor

Former J&K legislator and CPI(M) general secretary Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami said due to this unannounced ban on internet in some parts of Srinagar, businessmen, doctors, media personnel and other professionals are also suffering immensely Former J&K legislator and CPI(M) general secretary Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami on Saturday expressed pain over the internet shutdown in some parts of the city and said it brought back painful memories of the communication blockade in 2019. Tarigami on Saturday said, “There are reports that internet access is shut for most of the day in many…

Increased Security Force presence creates tensions in Srinagar, as if a War is about to Break Out

November 7, 2021 Editor

Marriage halls as well few schools in several parts of the city have been converted into barracks By: Jehangir Ali Marriage halls in parts of Srinagar are turning into barracks for security forces as the Jammu and Kashmir administration steps up military deployment across Kashmir due to a surge in militant violence. The decision to deploy additional security forces in Kashmir came after Union home minister Amit Shah chaired a security review meeting in Srinagar last month. After Shah returned to the national capital, sources said the J&K administration was…

1990’s Memories: Return of bunkers starts haunting Kashmir’s again

November 5, 2021 Editor

By: Shefali Rafiq On the busy Baghat Barzulla road opposite the Bone and Joint Hospital – men and women are waiting at the bus stop to reach their respective destinations for work. However, this time the wait for a bus is making passengers uncomfortable as just adjacent to the bus stop have come up two newly constructed bunkers from which a group of military men is consistently gazing through a small window with a gun pointing towards them. Twenty-seven-year-old Saima Khurshid is one of the passengers. Saima, an employee at…