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Mehbooba, Omar attend R-Day function in Srinagar

January 27, 2016 Editor

Amid tight security arrangements, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and former chief minister Omar Abdullah attended the Republic Day function at Bakhshi Stadium, the venue of main function in Kashmir valley here today. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Asghar H Samoon was the chief guest at the Bakshi stadium, who unfurled the national flag. He took salute at the parade of the contingents of various wings of J&K Police, Fire Services, CRPF, BSF and school children. Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, both attired in the traditional Kashmir ‘pherans’ with Mehbooba wearing a headscarf…

Months after biometrics, Srinagarites await Aadhaar

January 23, 2016 Editor

Despite completion of biometric process several months ago, people in Srinagar are yet to receive Aadhaar cards. After data collection, authorities started the biometrics- under which the finger prints, eye scan and photograph- of individuals were taken. The process of biometrics was outsourced to Chinar Group of Companies which claims that the company has completed the process and it were the other offices who have failed to deliver the cards to individuals. Pertinently, the central government has made it mandatory for people to have Aadhaar cards— replaced by National Population…

Annual Urs observed at Dastageer Saheb Shrine

January 23, 2016 Editor

The annual urs of 11th century Sufi saint Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani, known as Peer Dastageer Saheb by devotees, was observed with religious fervour today. Devotees thronged the shrines of the revered saint in the Khanyar and Sarai Bala areas of the city and offered prayers. A caretaker of the Dastageer Saheb shrine at Sarai Bala said nightlong prayers were held at the shrine and there was no let up in the rush of devotees throughout the course of the day today. He said ‘Qaseeda Gousia’ was recited in…

Beware of traffic violations, you are under surveillance

January 23, 2016 Editor

Traffic Police Srinagar installs cameras at vital points to nab violators The Traffic Police Srinagar has begun a process of installing cameras in various areas of the City at ‘vital locations to nab traffic violators. The Traffic officials told , that the purpose was to track all those drivers and riders who break traffic rules. The Driving Licenses of the people who get caught from now on will be suspended for 3 months. According to the officials, the cameras have been acquired from the Police Head Quarters. The authorities have…

Srinagar shuts on 26th anniversary of Gaw Kadal massacre

January 22, 2016 Editor

Complete shutdown was observed in uptown Srinagar on Thursday to mark the 26th anniversary of Gaw Kadal massacre in which 52 civilians were killed by paramilitary forces. Shops, restaurants and others business establishments in Lal Chowk, Jehangir Chowk, Sarai Bala, Gonikhan, Maharaja Bazaar, Maisuma, Gaw Kadal, Basant Bagh, Mandir Bagh, Habba Kadal and adjoining areas remained closed in response to the strike called by separatists to pay tribute to 52 civilians, who were gunned down at Gaw Kadal on January 21, 1990. The traffic movement was also partially hit by…

For police, the ‘special case’ is closed and ‘records lost in 2014 floods’

January 22, 2016 Editor

The Gawkadal Massacre of 1990 is etched in the collective memory of Kashmiris who remember its victims every year, but for the J&K Police the case stands closed and its record lost to the floods of 2014. The vital documents—which included the preliminary investigation report conducted by the police after the carnage took place—haven’t been preserved by the police department which claims to have lost these in the floods of 2014. The killing of about 51 protesters in indiscriminate firing by paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force personnel in Srinagar’s Gawkadal…

Police crack down on rumour-mongers

January 21, 2016 Editor

In a latest action against rumour-mongers in Kashmir, the police today said they had registered a case against those who had updated a false report about the killing of a civilian in the Marhama area of Anantnag district. “No civilian has been killed or injured in Marhama, Anantnag, as some rumour-mongers updated on their Facebook pages,” the police said in a statement. They said an investigation had been initiated and a case registered against the persons who “are updating on their Facebook pages that a civilian was killed and many…

January 21, 1990: “52 innocent Kashmiri civilians killed over 250 injured”

January 21, 2016 Editor

It was this day (January 21, 1990), twenty-six years ago, when at least 52 Kashmiri innocent civilians were butchered by India’s Central Reserve Police Force in the heart of the Srinagar city when thousands of people took out a massive anti-India procession. Number of people who witness the bloodshed told CNS that anti-India sentiments were running deep and the city was reverberating with pro-freedom slogans. “On January 21, 1990, the whole city was under siege, massive search and crackdown operations were carried out to trace down the militants. The news…

After 15-yr wait, chemist’s family holds funeral prayers

January 20, 2016 Editor

Fifteen years after he disappeared, the family of a chemist from Rawalpora in Srinagar organised his funeral prayers today. The prayers were attended by hundreds of people, including separatist leaders. Manzoor Ahmad Dar of Rawalpora, on the outskirts of Srinagar, was arrested by the Army on January 19, 2002. His wife, Jana, who was also present today, has maintained in her testimonies before the courts that an Army contingent led by Kishore Malhotra, then a Major with 35 Rashtriya Rifles, had raided their house in the dead of the night.…

Div Comm stresses need for effective parking system

January 19, 2016 Editor

Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Asgar Hassan Samoon today stressed the need to adopt the concept of vertical parking and paid parking to decongest the city roads. Samoon also stressed the need to chalk out effective parking management mechanism. The Divisional Commissioner was chairing a meeting of officers from the State Development Authority, Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Roads and Buildings, Police, Government Press, Economic Reconstruction Agency and Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation. He said with limited free space available in Srinagar city, the stress should be laid on the construction of vertical…