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Srinagar to be developed as Green, Clean City : Govt

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Jammu and Kashmir government plans to develop Srinagar as green and clean city with proper and hygienic disposal of garbage. “Yes, it is a fact that Srinagar Municipal Corporation is trying to develop Srinagar as green and clean city. For this purpose, a lot of measures are being initiated which include proper and hygienic disposal of garbage,” Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said in a written reply to a question in the Assembly here. Singh, who is Minister for Housing and Urban Development Department, said construction of fountains at different…

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Tanvir’s body arrives in Batamaloo, thousands attended funeral

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Thousands of mourners on Wednesday accompanied the body of Sheikh Tanvir Sultan from his residence in Bemina towards the martyrs’ graveyard in Batmaloo. Tanvir was killed in a shooting in Kud area of Udhampur district of Jammu on Monday. Witnesses said that thousands of people, mostly youths, accompanied the body towards the graveyard where Tanvir elder brother, who was a militant commander, is buried as well. The mourners, according to witnesses, were shouting slogans in favour of Kashmir’s freedom and Islam. Police and paramilitary forces, they said, have deployed in…

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Essential commodity prices ‘Sky high’ during Ramadan in Srinagar

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The prices of essential commodities especially vegetables have gone sky high in the holy month of Ramadan while common people blame enforcement agencies for mess stating that they have miserably failed to keep prices under control. Netizens on social networking sites are busy in sharing photographs comparing rate list of essentials before and during the holy month of Ramadan. “With the commencement of the holy month the prices of essentials and vegetables witnesses almost 80 to 100 percent hike. The ‘Saag’ is being sold at Rs 70 per kg, while…

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Slain youth’s family contests govt version, Day-long protests, clashes in native place

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‘Our son was psychiatric patient since 1997, had left home for Amritsar on June 13’ ‘Police denying body to family, wants simple burial’ In deep shock and despair, the family of Srinagar youth killed in Udhampur shootout on Tuesday contested the government and police claims about the gunfight, stating their son was a psychiatric patient since 1997 and had left home on June 13 morning for Amritsar to get his shoulder injury treated. The family also asked police and government to explain how an active militant can stay in his…

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Biker hurt after being hit by Army vehicle

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Clashes erupted on the outskirts of Srinagar at Lawaypora this morning after an Army vehicle hit and injured a motorcyclist on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway. The police had to resort to aerial firing and teargas shelling to disperse the protesters at Lawapora, 10 km from Srinagar, who were protesting against the Army driver. Motorcyclist Bashir Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Check-e-Kawoosa, was injured when he was hit by an Army vehicle at Lawapora. He was shifted to a hospital. However, as the news of the accident spread, people thronged the highway…

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Chief Minister salutes shikarawala’s brave act

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Body fished out after six days Along the banks of the Jhelum river near the Raj Bagh locality, a braveheart shikarawala’s body rested on a wooden plank inside a tent as men prepared to perform its ritual bath. Ghulam Mohammad Guroo’s body was retrieved from the the Jhelum after six days. “We are proud of him,” Noor Mohammad Zaindari, Guroo’s neighbour, said. “But the government should not forget him and help his family,” he added. In the region, where death has become a routine in the recent decades as thousands…

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Dara emerging as new site for adventure tourism

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Located on the outskirts of the city, the Dara locality is emerging as the new site for adventure tourism as the state government plans to promote it as the venue for paragliding. “In order to tap adventure tourism potential in Srinagar, the Department of Tourism is promoting paragliding at Dara which is close to Srinagar city,” a government spokesman said. The paragliding takes flight at Astan Marg in Dara and flies for about 10 to 15 minutes before making a landing at Harwan. Around five to six flights sail in…

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SMC gets two complexes for displaced traders

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The Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency (JKERA) today handed over two rehabilitation complexes — namely Rambagh and Jehangir Chowk rehabilitation complexes — constructed by it with a cost of Rs 100 crore to the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC). An ERA spokesman said the complexes had been set up for the rehabilitation of shopkeepers getting displaced due to the construction of the Rambagh–Jehangir Chowk Flyover in Srinagar city. During a function held here that was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, and Chief Executive Officer, J&K, ERA, Vinod Sharma,…

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Once a Bollywood ‘darling’, Boulevard now losing sheen

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During a recent shooting stint in the Valley, Bollywood actor Tom Alter shared an interesting account of his experience on the Boulevard along the Dal Lake. He said, during a personal trip to Kashmir in 2010-11, he had met a local youth on the Boulevard. The youth had asked Tom if he knew Shammi Kapoor. When Tom said yes, the youth told him he wanted to invite Shammi to Kashmir. The youth recalled that the evergreen Bollywood song “Yeh Chand sa Roshan Chehra” from “Kashmir ki Kali” was filmed on…

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City lack parking space irking residents

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As the government makes tall claims that it is taking all measures to streamline traffic on city roads, it has failed to provide parking space to the locals in Srinagar. The residents said today that a few places in Srinagar city which were being used as parking spaces had been handed over to street vendors leaving no option for them to park their vehicles. “In the morning while parking my car outside my office in Jahangir Chowk, it took me more than an hour to find a place. There is…

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