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Complete Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover within 2 months: DC Srinagar

March 9, 2019March 9, 2019 Editor

Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Friday strictly instructed the concerned executing agencies to complete the Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh Flyover within two months.The DC who made these instructions in a meeting with executing agencies and contractors of the project assured the latter of timely provision of construction material and payments. He strictly directed the concerned agencies and contractors to work day and night in double shifts and ensure that the ?341 crore project is completed without any further delays.Dr Shahid Iqbal said the work will be monitored on daily basis,…

The decision to apply constitutional provisions to J&K has sparked Anger and Anxiety across Valley

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 Editor

Kashmir’s politicians say a central law cannot be applied when the state is under Governor’s rule while people fear it’s a step towards repealing Article 35A. On February 28, the Union Cabinet extended two constitutional amendments to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. While the Constitution (Seventy Seventh Amendment) Act, 1995 will make state employees from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes eligible for reservation in promotions, the Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 will provide the newly introduced 10% quota to the economically weaker sections. The Cabinet also…

Armed Resistance in Kashmir is ‘Not Terrorism’ and Kashmiris have Legal Right to Resist: UN

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 Editor

Pakistani / Kashmiri leaders and media must tell world that “armed struggle and resistance against illegal Indian military occupation and repression in (Indian occupied Kashmir) are not terrorism. In 1982, the UN “reaffirmed the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for independence, territorial integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial or foreign domination and foreign occupation by all available means, including armed struggle”. The shooting down of two Indian jets by the Pakistanis and continuous violations of ceasefire at the control Line in Indian held Kashmir is just not linked…

Fuel crisis continues across Kashmir Valley

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 Editor

In Kashmir where survival is the priority, from past few days a new concern has emerged among the panicked population: petrol, which has gone rare despite official claims that stocks have been replenished. Two days back, divisional commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan had announced end of petrol shortage with arrival of 67 petrol loaded tankers in valley. However, on ground situation seems otherwise. From north to south and east to west in Srinagar and other districts, Kashmir Post found many petrol pumps running dry, with either supplies being sold out…

GOI bans separatist group Jamaat-e-Islami J&K

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 Editor

The Union Government today banned separatist group Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir, a religious and political organisation, for a period of five years for indulging in activities “prejudicial to internal security and public order”. The notification, issued by the Union Home Ministry, stated that the step was taken in view of Jamaat being in touch with militant outfits and supporting extremism and militancy in the state. Post-Pulwama attack, several Jamaat leaders have been arrested in Kashmir. The Jamaat was banned for two years in early 1990s too.

Valley shuts against arrest spree, NIA raids

February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 Editor

Kashmir observed a complete shutdown on Wednesday against mass arrest of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists, the National Investigation Agency raids on residences of top separatist leaders including Muhammad Yasin Malik and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and “attempts to tinker with” Article 35-A.The two-day call for shutdown (for Wednesday and Thursday) has been given by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik. Last week, the police swooped on Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists—apart from religious scholars of Jamiat-e-Ahlihadith and some separatist leaders—for unspecified reasons,…

Chaos across Valley ahead of Article 35A hearing in Supreme Court

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 Editor

The mood in the Kashmir valley was one of dread ahead of the Supreme Court’s hearing of challenges to Article 35 A, which gives special rights to the state of Jammu & Kashmir. The petitions challenge Article 35 A of the Constitution, which empowers the Jammu and Kashmir’s legislature to define “permanent residents” of the state and provide special rights and privileges to them. The state’s mainstream regional parties and separatist organisations all believe , despite their other differences, that the Article should stay. “Everybody is anxious. We are a…

Kashmir shivers amid Chaos, Arrests, and Warnings

February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 Editor

A series of emergency orders issued by the state, arrival of paramilitary troops and the mass arrests of separatists and religious preachers in last two days has sparked wild speculations in Kashmir and enveloped the region in an unusual fear of war. The unusually high tension in the Valley has come in the backdrop of the Pulwama attack. The series of measures ordered by various government departments, either deliberate or coincidentally taking place in a brief span, has generated intense anxiety among residents who rushed to markets to ration large…

Yasin Malik, Jamaat leaders detained ahead of the hearing on Article 35A

February 23, 2019February 23, 2019 Editor

Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik was detained in Srinagar Friday night, ahead of the hearing on Article 35A in Supreme Court which is likely to take place on Monday. Malik who is also part of the Joint Resistance leadership (JRL) was detained in a police station. On February 11, the Jammu and Kashmir government had sought adjournment of hearing on the contentious Article 35 A case in the Supreme Court. About two dozen people associated with the Jamaat-e-Islami were also arrested from central, north and south Kashmir as…

We support UN resolutions on Kashmir: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Editor

Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for foreign affairs Adel al-Jubeir has that his country backs the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions on Kashmir and that India and Pakistan should hold talks to preserve the Kashmiri interests.The top Saudi official made the remarks during an interview with India Today in New Delhi where Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman was on a day long visit to India. “We have said there are UN resolutions with regard to Kashmir that Saudi Arabia supports,” Jubeir told senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. Al-Jubeir said…