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The head of the family works as a casual labourer and is reported to be an alcoholic.

 Kerala: A 25-year-old man was on Sunday arrested in Kerala on charges of raping his mother, police said.

”This was happening for some time and there used to be ruckus in their home over this. The neighbours were unhappy over this and filed a complaint and we arrested the man,” a police official at the Pala police station near Kottayam said.

The head of the family works as a casual labourer and is reported to be an alcoholic.

The accused – who at times used to work in a hotel at Pala – has confessed to the crime, he said.  (IANS)

By  » [ Moazum Mohammad | Kashmir Reader]

Srinagar: A day after a former student of Kashmir University’s Institute of Kashmir Studies (IKS) was killed in a gunfight with the army, the Institute faculty on Saturday took out a break from their schedule and went for a daylong picnic to Gulmarg, with the varsity’s acting Vice-Chancellor calling it “unfortunate”.

The slain Hizbul Mujahideen militant Tariq Parray, a resident of Laribal, Tral, in south Kashmir Pulwama district, who was killed on Thursday evening along with two other militants, had joined the IKS in 2013. He appeared in examination in 2013. However, he left the department after appearing in just one paper in the first semester.

On Saturday, when Kashmir Reader approached the IKS to further inquire about Tariq, the Institute was bolted from outside. It was learnt that the Institute had organized a picnic to Gulmarg. Around 40 people led by IKS Director Gul Mohammad Wani and including Assistant Professors—Sajad Padder, Mehmood-ur-Rashid Vaid and a non-state subject—had gone for day-long vacation to the picturesque spot.

Wani while talking to Kashmir Reader questioned the credibility of the slain student and the source of information. “So you are the one who had filed the story. I know the ba**+*d who provided you the details about that student…that donkey was a contractual lecturer in Political Science department. How did you report without talking to me,” said Wani.

As reported by Kashmir Reader on Saturday, IKS is a brainchild of former J&K Governor Lt Gen SK Sinha. The institute was modeled to counter insurgency and to bring younger generation of Kashmir “closer to Kashmiriyat”, the term coined by Sinha to describe the communal harmony in the Valley as it existed at the time of Partition. Through the IKS, Sinha wanted to promote “Sufi-Islam” in the Valley to “eliminate insurgency”, which he believed had its roots in “Islamic fundamentalism”.

Meanwhile, Kashmir University’s acting Vice-Chancellor Prof G M Shah said it was “unfortunate” that the IKS had organised picnic a day after one of its former students got killed.

“Leave aside politics, on humanitarian grounds the Institute shouldn’t have gone to Gulmarg. It’s quite unfortunate. They should have deferred it for some days. It wasn’t compulsory for them to go to picnic,” Shah told Kashmir Reader, adding that the slain militant had left the Institute half-way.

“We even condole the death of those pass-outs who studied in the varsity 25 years ago,” Shah added.

We are always on job to ensure the safety and guidance of tourists: SP Tourism

Srinagar: Apropos to a news item published in a section of print media regarding Tourist police, SP tourism in his statement rebutted the contents of the news item. SP Tourist police said that Tourist police is always on job to ensure safety, assistance and guidance to the tourists and to redress their grievances round the clock.

SP Tourist police said that the news item titled “As holiday makers throng Kashmir, tourist police in hibernation” is fabricated and far from truth. The contents of the news item gives the impression that the correspondent had received the information from the Superintended of police tourism enforcement which is totally false and irrelevant to the facts. SP tourism said that the correspondent had never conducted any press conference or contacted me regarding the publishing of the information in the news paper.

SP added that Tourist police is always on job to ensure the safety, assistance and guidance to the tourists and to redress their grievances round the clock. The tourist police has busted a racket of fake tour travel agencies and booked the culprits, besides we have refunded an amount of Rs 4,89,440/= to the bonafide tourists and an amount of RS 5,00,950/= has been realized as fine from various tourist trade violators during the current year.

‘They have fundamental right of expression’

Srinagar: President Doctors Association of Kashmir (DAK) Dr Nisar ul Hassan said that government employees as citizens have fundamental right of speech and expression towards the illegalities which are being committed against the society. “They have inherent right to sensitize and aware the general masses about the insidious machinations of the powers that be,” Dr Hassan said in a statement issued to KNS.

He said: “Government employee is not a slave of government and government cannot act like a master to doctor his/her emotions and sentiments. It is dictatorial and authoritative to punish an employee for his/her ideology with which he/she is brought up. It is undemocratic and illegal if his/her dissent is criminalized.”

Dr Hassan observed: “Government employee has inalienable right to raise issues of public concern. He/she is bound by his/her conscience to rise against tyranny and tyrants. It is vindictive on part of government to subject an employee to unleashed reign of subjugation and terror if he/she as a conscious citizen raises his/her voice against legitimate grievances.” The DAK president remarked that the government employees cannot be timid and surrender to subjugation but have to be conscious of their responsibility. “Government employees represent pain of their fellow citizens and have an obligation to relieve them from miseries and sufferings.”

Srinagar, June 21 (KNS): As the delegation of Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir led by Shabir Ahmad Shah was on way to Tral to pay tributes to Shaheed Adil Ahmad Mir, Shaheed Adil Ahmad Shah and Shaheed Tariq Ahmad Parray, a large contingent of police intercepted them and arrested Shah along with Muhammad Yasin Ataai and others. However, Islamic Political Party chairman Muhammad Yusuf Naqash, Wajahat Qureshi of JKLF-R and Mahaz-e-Azadi president Muhammad Iqbal Mir succeeded in reaching Tral.

According to a statement issued to KNS. while expressing resentment over the arrest of Shabir Ahmad Shah, the HCJK spokesperson said that Shah has been advocating for the peaceful solution of Kashmir issue while as the youth, by getting fed up with the oppressive rule of India, now prefer to give their blood rather than finding a political solution to the issue. He said the present militancy is the result of stubbornness of India with regards to finding of peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue.

We believe that Kashmir issue rose to international level because of the invaluable sacrifices rendered by the people of Kashmir. “Today, HCJK leader Shabir Ahmad Shah was going to Daadsara, Rathsona and Lari Bal to pay tributes to the martyrs and to express solidarity with them but the so-called government, as routine, did not let him move forward. We strongly condemn the restrictions on the activities of pro-freedom leaders,” he said. Meanwhile, Islamic Political Party chairman Muhammad Yusuf Naqash, Wajahat Qureshi of JKLF-R, Mahaz-e-Azadi president Muhammad Iqbal Mir, Tariq Ahmad Sheikh, Molvi Buland Shah, Muhammad Yusuf Mir and Sajad Ahmad Lone visited Daadsara, Rathsona and Lari Bal to pay tributes to the martyrs and to express solidarity with them. On the occasion, they pledged to take the resistance movement to its logical conclusion and also expressed solidarity with the bereaved family on behalf of Shabir Ahmad Shah.

Khaliq-made Mufti” shouldn’t lecture on democracy: Sagar

‘Mufti is a specialist in sabotaging democracy’ 

Srinagar: National Conference has reacted strongly to Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s baseless and hypocritical remarks against National Conference and has termed him the biggest saboteur of democracy in the history of Jammu and Kashmir.

National Conference General Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar said that Mufti Mohammad Sayeed while blowing the false trumpet of “historical facts” had sadly murdered history yesterday when he has surprisingly summoned the face to accuse National Conference of “never allowing democracy to flourish in J&K” while pleading before parties like Panthers Party and Bahujan Samajwadi Party for an alliance in Jammu region.

According to a statement issued to KNS, Sagar said “Mufti has always been on the side of history that was against democracy and democratic institutions in J&K – be it 1957, 1962, 1967 , 1972 or 1999″. Be it Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, G. M. Sadiq, Mir Qasim, G. M. Shah or Governor Jagmohan – Mufti Sayeed was always on the side of the brazen subversion of democracy in the State and was always a part of a lobby to erode Article 370. Hence, ‘Khaliq-made Mufti” should not lecture on democracy,” Sagar said.

The NC General Secretary said that it was none other than Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his fellow conspirators who in 1972 undemocratically and arbitrarily declared all members of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s Plebiscite Front as ineligible by law to contest any election or to even campaign for any candidate – and hence yet again thwarted democracy in J&K. “With what face does the same Mufti Sayeed lecture about democracy and democratic institutions in the State?,” Sagar asked.

Sagar said that Mufti Sayeed was always hell-bent to undermine and trivialize democracy in J&K in every single political party and dispensation he switched his loyalties to. “Be it Mufti Sayeed of DNC, Mufti Sayeed of Bakshi’s “Peace Brigade”, Mufti Sayeed of Congress or Mufti Sayeed of Janata Party, or today the Mufti Sayeed of PDP – he has always been a screw-driver used by anti-J&K forces to weaken the democratic voice and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir”, the NC General Secretary said.

The NC General Secretary said that it was Mufti Sayeed again in 1984 who sabotaged the democratically elected government of Dr. Farooq Abdullah and helped Delhi in installing G. M. Shah as a puppet Chief Minister to suit its interests. “Mufti Sayeed’s biggest assault on democracy and democratic institutions in J&K was when he imposed President’s Rule in J&K as the then Home Minister and yet again over-threw another democratically elected government in the State. It was Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who violated the sanctity of democracy in J&K by going against the elected government’s opposition to the installation of Jagmohan as the Governor of the State”, the NC General Secretary said.

Sagar while terming Mufti’s role as the Home Minsiter of India in repressing the people of Kashmir as a dark blot on the face of democracy in the country, said that Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s re-invention in the mask of PDP in 1999 was at the behest of covert forces and agencies who have always harbored a plan to weaken National Conference and hence remove the sole hurdle in their plan of abrogating Article 370.

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today issued show cause notice to party leader, Sayeed Irfan Naqasbandi for indulged into indiscipline

In a statement issued to KNS, today, a party spokesman said that youth leader Sayeed Irfan Naqasbandi has taken internal matter of the party to the public and created indiscipline. The spokesman said that Naqasbandi, a youth leader of Kangan, had some issue with another party leader but instead of taking up this matter at the appropriate platform of the party, Naqasbandi has taken this internal matter to the media. “Naqasbandi has taken  internal matter to the media with malafide intension”, spokesman said and added that a show cause notice has been served to Naqasbandi and has given a week’s time to reply.

Malik will lead Lal Chowk Chalo protest on 23^rd June: JKLF

Srinagar: “To stop “Quit Kashmir” movement of JKLF that is going to restart from 23^rd June 2014 when Kashmiris besides observing a total shut down will march peacefully towards Lal Chowk and demonstrate their resistance against the ill designs of RSS and BJP against Kashmiris  , police and forces have raided many places including JKLF headquarters Maqbool Manzil , almost all the district offices and residences of many leaders and activists throughout Kashmir,” this was stated by a spokesman of JKLF in a statement issued to KNS on Saturday.

He said the residence of JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was raided last day and he has gone into hiding to lead the major procession towards Lal Chowk on Monday 23^rd. last night police raided the residence of JKLF zonal chief organizer Bashir Ahmad Kashmir.

“Police raided JKLFhead office many a times and harassed people living around the office. STF arrested a JKLF activist Mohammad Rajab at Nowdal Tral, tortured him severely and later released him in a critical condition. Police and forces have been destroying and  JKLF posters and other material in villages and towns.”

The JKLF spokesman while condemning these arrests, raids, torture and harassment said that police and forces have created a war like situation and to stop a peaceful peoples protest police and forces are hell bent upon using every tactic.

He said that these harsh measures cannot deter Malik and other from leading peaceful and democratic protest strike and March towards Lal Chowk. He said on 23^rd June 2014 Kashmiris will show their resistance against the anti Kashmiri nefarious designs of RSS and BJP.

He said that the enemies of Jammu Kashmir are conspiring to destroy and snatch the “Muslim” identity from Jammu Kashmir and RSS and BJP are planning to declare Lakhs of outsiders (Non-Kashmiri) “refugees” (Sharnarthees) as the citizens of Jammu Kashmir to change the demography of Jammu Kashmir.

“Kashmiris cannot remain silent over this and will fight all these conspiracies and resist all these moves and motives. He said that Kashmiris will re-start “quit Kashmir” movement and on Monday 23d June 2014 a total shut down will be observed in Kashmir and people will march towards Lal Chowk and stage a peaceful protest against these dangerous designs.”

The JKLF spokesman said that chairman Malik will lead a peaceful procession on the day (Insha Allah). Meanwhile, JKLF has paid rich tributes to a innocent martyr Ajaz Ahmad Bazaz alias Yasir of Mandir Bagh Srinagar who was martyred by SOG in custody. JKLF while paying rich tributes to this great martyr pledged to take the sacred mission of these martyrs to its desired end.