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Parachute Journalists covering NIT ROW for New Delhi

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Police in J&K believe that media coverage to NIT events is key factor for the campus to remain boiling. A section of the media has been covering the campus with a twist, a police report sent to state government has reportedly suggested. Interestingly, a number of Delhi based news channels have flown journalists specially to cover the happenings. “I’m sitting idle at home as our channel has flown reporters from New Delhi to cover NIT issue,” a reputed correspondent, who wished to remain anonymous, told. J&K police report to state…

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Jahangir-chowk, Rambagh road to be closed for traffic

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SSP Traffic Issues Diversion Plan Urges civil society, media to aware people about traffic rules Following the collapse of Kolkatta flyover recently in which 24 people lost their lives. Senior Superintendent of Police, Traffic, Srinagar, Thursday said that Jehangir-Chowk, Rambagh road would be closed for vehicular moment. The SSP during a press conference here issued Traffic Diversion Plan and asked for the closure of the Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover. The decision was taken keeping in view the dangers posed by overhead laying of deck slab on the Flyover and to reduce…

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Centre assures safety of students as NIT crisis deepens; first litmus test for Mehbooba

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The Centre on Wednesday assured full safety of all outstation students studying at Srinagar’s National Institute of Technology days after a bitter clash between two groups of students, which posed the first major challenge for the newly-installed BJP-PDP coalition government in the state headed by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. A three-member team of central government officials also visited the volatile campus of a Kashmir college to take stock of the situation there. The three-member team, headed by Sanjeev Sharma, a director in the union Human Resources Development ministry, met officials…

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Incessant rain exposes Srinagar’s drainage system

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Incessant rain since Tuesday has resulted in water logging on all major roads and lanes of the city creating difficulties for the people. In the summer capital, residents said they were forced to stay indoors as rain had resulted in flooding of all routes, restricting the pedestrian as well as vehicular movement. The locals were aghast at the authorities for failing to restore the defunct drainage system. “Due to water logged roads neither our children are able to go to school nor are we able to go to work. Despite…

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Clashes in NIT Srinagar after non-local students ‘assault’ police officer, HRD team to arrive in Srinagar

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HRD team to arrive in Srinagar, Singh calls Mehbooba Tension gripped the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar after a group of students clashed with police on Tuesday. “A group of NIT students, all of them non-locals, marched to the gates of the institute shouting slogans,” a police officer said. “A senior police officer advised them not to go out of the campus as that could result in a law and order problem. The students refused to listen and some of them manhandled the officer,” he said. He said police…

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Govt mulls separate bus corridor in Srinagar

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In its endeavor to streamline the traffic system in Srinagar, the Government is mulling to construct separate bus corridors—the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS). Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a high-quality bus-based transit system that delivers fast, comfortable, and cost-effective services at metro-level capacities. It does this through the provision of dedicated lanes, with busways and iconic stations typically aligned to the center of the road, off-board fare collection, and fast and frequent operations The plan has been envisaged by the Town Planning Organization (TPO) Kashmir in revised Master Plan…

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SMC sits on encroachment of footpaths

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Failure of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to remove encroachments from footpaths in Srinagar is taking a heavy toll on pedestrians. In absence of regulation, footpaths across the summer capital have been occupied by street vendors. The problem is severe is city centre areas including Lal Chowk, Hari Singh High Street, Amira Kadal and Batamaloo. At Ghanta Ghar, the street vendors have even occupied roadsides hampering smooth flow of vehicular movement. “It is ironical that vendors have occupied both sides of footpath at Lal Chowk. There is hardly any space…

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‘World Theatre Day’ Be Kus Chus?

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At Tagore Hall, Sohal Lal Kaul’s play on tortures, enforced disappearances, fake encounters takes you inside Army’s crammed detention centres To mark ‘World Theatre Day’, a powerful drama narrating the painful story inside Army’s detention center that became a symbol of torture and disappearances in Kashmir, was performed at Tagore Hall on Sunday. ‘Be Kus Chus’ (Who Am I) written by Sohan Lal Kaul pays a tribute to those disappeared and killed in fake encounters after being dubbed as militants and their sympathizers by government forces. The play was the…

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Dukhtaran-e-Millat hoisted Pak flags in Valley

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Activists of the hardline all-women organisation Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) today hoisted Pakistani flags at several places in Srinagar to mark ‘Pakistan Day’. Two bike-borne, veiled DeM activists this morning appeared in city centre Lal Chowk and waved Pakistani flags. Reports said Pakistani flags were hoisted at several places in old Srinagar city and on the Airport road. The flags hoisted surreptitiously were later removed by the police. The Jammu and Kashmir Police had registered a case against DeM chief Asiya Andrabi for hoisting Pakistani flags in Kashmir on August 17 last…

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10-yr-old booked for ‘waving Pakistan flag’

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Police have booked a 10-year-old boy for his alleged involvement in stone pelting and waving Pakistani flags outside historic Jamia Masjid in Shaher-e-Khaas here. Muhammad Ismail Khan, a resident or Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, presently putting up in Nowhatta area, was arrested recently on charges of stone pelting. Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Nowhatta, Aijaz Mir, said two FIRs have been registered against the boy. “We don’t disagree that he is a minor, but he is a chronic stone pelter. He has been sent to Juvenile Home…

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