Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Missing


A boy of Karfali Mohalla in Shaher-e-Khaas went
missing today after he left for private tuitions. Police said 11- year-old Aman Ahmad Hazim ... son of Farooq Ahmad Hazim of Karfali Mohalla Srinagar went missing near MirzaMasjid. “After
he did not return till evening, we approached police. Hazim
was wearing pheran at the time of his disappearance. Heused to daily go for the
tuitions but today his teacher had gone to attend a condolence meeting and nobody was present there,”Hazim's relatives said. 
The family and police said anybody having information about Hazmi’s whereabouts can contact on 9622400343, 9469509278 or police station Shaheed Gunj on 9596770746, 9596770862.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Pro-freedom leaders under house arrest

Srinagar: The authorities have placed the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and other pro-freedom leaders under house arrest to prevent them from leading a rally to lay foundation stone of "Martyrs Memorial Wall" at Eidgah.
"We are framing our reply to the crubs implemented by the government," the Mirwaiz said.

Besides the APHC chairman, those who have been put under house arrest include Professor Abdul Ghani Butt, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Bilal Ghani Lone, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Nayeem Ahmed Khan and Zafar Akbar Butt.

JKLF chief Mohammad Yasin Malik told Kashmir Dispatch that he was placed under house arrest Friday evening by the state authorities.
Reports said police arrested the senior Vice Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front-R, Farooq Ahmed Dar from his residence and shifted him to a police station.
Mirwaiz Friday had announced to lay foundation stone of “Martyr’s Memorial Wall” in remembrance of martyrs at Eidgah in old city here.
“We had announced to lay the martyr’s memorial wall on July 13, 2007. But the government did not allow it. Insha-Allah (Good willing) we will lay the foundation stone tomorrow to member tens and thousands of martyrs,” Mirwaiz had told a gathering while delivering Friday sermon at historic Jamia Masjid here.
Martyrs graveyard, the main venue of Hurriyat programme was turned into a fortress with heavy presence of troops and police. Dozens of barricades were laid along the routes and at many places concertina wires and armored vehicles were used to block the roads, leading to the venue.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Farooq asks separatists to meet interlocutors

Srinagar: Farooq Abdullah, president of ruling National conference, Saturday expressed hope that the separatists would meet the three-member interlocutors appointed by the New Delhi for resolution of the Kashmir issue.
“We hope and pray that the separatists would meet the interlocutors and put their point of view before them so that they will present a detailed document for the resolution of Kashmir issue and put the same before parliament and people of India,” Farooq Abdullah told reporters after the party’s Central Working Committee in Jammu.
Farooq Abdullah, minister for new and renewable energy in Manohan Singh administration, also reiterated the National Conference was firm for its Autonomy demand.
He also ruled out division of the state as solution and all the three regions—Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh— were a single unit and “will remain so.”
He also set to rest all speculations about the change of guard in the state, underlining that the issue of chief ministership was settled once and for all at the start of the coalition between National Conference and the Congress.
Regarding the 31-mmber party meet, Farooq Abdullah said that it had discussion on ensuing panchayat elections, unemployment and the development in the state.
“The discussion during the meeting revolved round that how the party would go about the Panchayat polls, strengthening the coalition besides important issues like development and unemployment.”
He said that party has also convened a meeting of the party members to discuss ensuing Budget session of the legislative assembly on February 25.
The NC president said that government will press the government of India to approve financial plan of the state in-toto so that the development works don’t suffer in the state. Farooq also prayed that the Kashmir Valley would see a peaceful summer, said Press Bureau of India correspondent present on the occasion.

'Police ask Geelani not to leave New Delhi'

Srinagar: Authorities have asked the chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, not to leave New Delhi, the spokesman of the conglomerate, Ayaz Akbar told Greater Kashmir on Sunday.
He said Geelani was scheduled to arrive in Srinagar on February 21 (Monday). “Delhi Police have handed over a written order to Geelnai Sahib saying that he cannot leave New Delhi,” Akbar added.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Baramulla girl tops class 12th exams

A girl hailing from Baramulla in North Kashmir has topped the class 12th regular examinations the results of which were declared by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education early this morning.
Afshan Inayat, a student of Saint Joseph School, Baramulla, scored 97.6 per cent marks in the medical stream. She scored a total of 728 marks.
The second position was also bagged by a girl student Anjuman Geelani of the same school. Geelani scored a total of 726 also in the medical stream.
Arslan Reyaz studying student of Tyndale-Biscoe and Mallinson School, Lal Chowk bagged the third position. Arslan scored a total of 720 marks.

Fresh snowfall in Kashmir valley.

Srinagar: The high altitude areas of Kashmir Valley, including the famous hill resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam, experienced a fresh spell of snowfall, while the plains including Srinagar were lashed by rains today, coinciding with the start of the the last 10-day phase of winter known in local parlance as "Chillai Bacha".

"It is snowing heavily in the upper reaches including the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir and Pahalgam in the south and so far two inches to over one feet of fresh snow had accumulated on the ground," official sources said.
They said Gulmarg, the major attraction for tourists visiting the Valley during winter, which had recorded nearly five feet of snow early this week, had received three inches of fresh snow till 1100 hrs, while its peripheral areas including Kangdoori, Aferwath and Khilanmarg experienced over one feet of snow.

The fresh snowfall had brought cheers on the faces of tourists who had arrived at the hill resort to enjoy skiing, the sources said adding that tourists were seen dancing and hurling snowballs on each other despite sub-zero temperature.

Gulmarg was the coldest place in the valley with a low of minus 7.8 degrees Celsius as compared to minus 10.2 degrees the previous night, a spokesman for the MET office said.

Pahalgam, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, recorded four inches of snow this morning, the sources said adding the holy cave shrine of Amarnath and adjoining areas experienced over one feet of fresh snow.

The hill resort recorded a minimum of 0.6 degrees, the spokesman said.

He said Srinagar, which along with other plains, was lashed by light rains in the wee hours, recorded a low of 1.0 degrees celsius.

Kupwara town in Ladakh recorded 1.8 degrees, while the night temperature in Qazigund town of Anantnag district hovered around zero degrees.

Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian district towns of south Kashmir also experienced light snowfall after brief rains, the sources said.

"Chillai Bacha", the final 10-day long phase of winter in Kashmir, commenced today and is considered less severe than the 40-day long harshest "Chillai Kalan" and 20-day long "Chillai Khurd".

Friday, February 18, 2011

GoI monitoring "misuse" of social networking websites in Kashmir


Srinagar: The government has no plans to ban social networking websites in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast, however, "it is closely monitoring the misuse anti-national elements and "will put a proper safeguard in place".
"We are aware some people are misusing these networks...we will put proper safeguards in place, take corrective action. But we are not for taking any hasty decision," said defence minister AK Antony on Thursday.
Antony's statement attains significance in the backdrop of some pro-freedom  groups already using Facebook and other sites Kashmir and also the way they were used to mobilize people against the Hosni Mubarak regime in Egypt.
Pertinently the  Army, has come out in the open to express concerned about social networking sites in the Kashmir Valley. "Facebook and other social networking sites are being used as a tool of propaganda against the Army and other security agencies by elements hell-bent on disturbing peace,"  15 Corps commander Lt-Gen S A Hasnain had told meadia recently.
Antony, on his part, said though there was "remarkable improvement" in the ground situation in J&K but "inimical forces across the border are trying 24x7" to push as many militants as possible into the state. "We have to be very vigilant," he said.