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Cold wave tightens grip across Kashmir Valley, Srinagar freezes at -5.9 °C

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Editor

The cold wave sweeping Kashmir intensified on Thursday as the mercury fell several notches to settle well below the freezing point across the Valley, officials said here. Srinagar city — the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir — recorded a low of minus 5.9 degrees Celsius, which was over three degrees below the previous night’s minus 2.2 degrees Celsius. Gulmarg tourist destination in north Kashmir recorded 10.4 degrees Celsius as against the previous night’s low of minus 11 degrees Celsius, the officials said. They said Gulmarg was the coldest recorded…

Army captain among three named in Shopian Fake encounter charge sheet

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Editor

The 1,400-page charge sheet was filed in the court of the chief judicial magistrate, Shopian, on Saturday in the killings of Rajouri residents Imtiyaz Ahmed, Abrar Ahmed and Mohammed Abrar. Days after the army completed the summary of evidence in an alleged fake encounter in Shopian on July 18 that left three civilians dead, the Jammu and Kashmir police has filed a charge sheet in court against three persons including an army captain. The 1,400-page charge sheet was filed in the court of the chief judicial magistrate, Shopian, on Saturday…

Kashmir Votes, and India hails it as normalcy in a Dominated Region

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Editor

India’s ruling party worked to make Kashmir’s rural development council elections a showcase. But a visit by Times reporters showed a place still struggling under heavy-handed rule. Votes were counted on Tuesday in the first local elections in Kashmir since the Indian government waged a harsh political and security crackdown in the restive region last year. Officials hailed a solid turnout as a sign that democracy has been restored, but little in Kashmir feels normal. “The voting shows democracy being alive at the grass roots,” the region’s top civil servant,…

What is Kashmir Special Status and Articles 370, 35A?

December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 Editor

Indian government abolishes decades-old laws that gave a measure of autonomy to the disputed Muslim-majority region. India has scrapped a law that grants special status to Indian-administered Kashmir amid an indefinite lockdown and massive troop deployment in the disputed region.Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, told parliament on Monday that the president had signed a decree abolishing Article 370 of the constitution, stripping the significant autonomy Kashmir had enjoyed for seven decades.The move is expected to further inflame tensions in the Muslim-majority…

PDD’s new power curtailment schedule, the metered area’s to have 4.5 hours trim and non-metered area’s to have 7.5 hours trim

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 Editor

Less than a month after assuring least power outages this season, the power development department (PDD) has decided to increase curtailment hours in Kashmir. As per its new curtailment schedule to be implemented in few days, the daily curtailment in non-metered areas will be increased to 7.5 hours from the present 4 hours, officials said. “The daily curtailment in metered areas will be 4.5 hours from present three hours.” An official claimed that there was a “major increase” in the consumption this year, which “forced the department to increase the…

Twelve civilians wounded in Kakapora Grenade Blast

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 Editor

Twelve civilians were wounded in a grenade blast in Kakapora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. Locals said that suspected militants on Wednesday evening hurled a grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) party in main chowk Kakapora which missed the target and exploded on the roadside. “Twelve civilians were injured in the blast,” locals told Kashmir Post. An official said the injured were immediately shifted to a Sub District Hospital Pampore and two were referred to Srinagar for advanced treatment. The injured were identified as Raja…

What will Joe Biden’s win mean for Human Rights in the Kashmir, A Big Question?

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Editor

Delighted that ‘Islamophobic’ Donald Trump will soon leave the Oval Office, Kashmiris hope that the US will bring pressure to bear on India’s Modi government against crackdowns in the Valley. On Sunday morning, veteran Kashmiri journalist Yusuf Jameel heard a scrap dealer shout an unusual cry outside his home in Srinagar: “Ab ki baar, Trump gov khaar (This time, Trump is wrecked).” The slogan, which imaginatively rhymed with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election catchphrase for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was intended as a pun to convey the defeat of Donald…

New power schedule for winters assures “The lowest curtailment schedule in a decade” curtailment

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 Editor

The Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation has come up with a new curtailment schedule for winters, terming it as “the lowest curtailment schedule in a decade”. As per the schedule, there will be only two to three-hour daily curtailment in metered areas and three to four-hour curtailment in non-metered areas. Chief Engineer, Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation (KPDC), Aijaz Ahmed Dar, said that it will be the lowest curtailment schedule in a decade. “We have tried our best to resort to least curtailment hours and that is why as per this schedule…

The journalists in Kashmir are ‘Harassed’ and ‘Questioned’ for doing their job

October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 Editor

By Aamir Peerzada Journalism has become especially risky in Indian-administered Kashmir since the federal government stripped the region of its special status in August last year. That seemed evident this week when India’s top anti-terror agency searched the offices of the Greater Kashmir newspaper and the home of AFP journalist Parvaiz Bukhari. In all, India’s national investigative agency searched nine locations, including NGOs and homes of leading activists, in Srinagar city, the region’s capital. It said the raids were based on “credible information” that these organisations and people were receiving…