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  • Icicles on a tree

    Photo taken in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Monday shows icicles formed on a frozen tree as mercury took a massive dip across the region.

     

  • ‘Young voters’

    Two kids wearing caps with logo of Peoples Democratic Party photographed at a polling station in Pahalgam. 

     

  • Mehjoor Nagar vote

    Serpentine queues of voters at a polling booth in Mehjoor Nagar – one of the worst hit areas during floods – in Srinagar on Sunday. 

     

  • Clashes on Polling Day

    A scene of a clash between supporters of Peoples Democratic Party and National Conference in Srinagar on Sunday.

     

  • Cricket over Ballot

    Youth prefer cricket over ballot in a locality in Srinagar on the day the city went to assembly polls in fourth phase of elections.

     

  • Acid Attack

    Students protest against acid attack on a law student at Nowshera in Srinagar on Thursday.

     

  • PDP Rally in Srinagar

    Scene from a Peoples Democratic Party rally at Sher-i-Kashmir stadium in Srinagar on Thursday. 

     

  • Rising Kashmir family bereaved

    Veteran trade union leader A G Hafiz passes away

    Srinagar: Veteran trade union leader and journalist Abdul Gani Hafiz passed away Thursday morning after brief illness. He was 79 and is survived by two sons and five daughters.

    Hafiz breathed his last at Sher-e- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) where he was admitted for last two weeks. He was suffering from cancer and lost the battle. He was later laid to rest in his ancestral grave yard in Natipora. Large number of people from different walks of life joined the Nimaze-e-Jinaza and extended solidarity with the family. His Rasm-e-Chaharum will be observed on December 14 (Sunday).

    Born in Natipora he started his career with Rural Development department and soon got associated with Low Paid Employees Federation. He valiantly fought for the rights of the government employees and led the first pen down strike of the employees and went underground. He became the Secretary of Federation and functioned for many years. For his pro employees struggle he was also dismissed from service but he never gave up. He was also jailed in 1975 and lodged in various jails. Though reinstated later, he voluntarily quit the job and dedicated himself to the welfare of employees.

    A prolific writer, Hafiz Saheb as he was known to his friends and admirers edited Urdu weekly “Awami Mua’zin” for many years and before that he worked as Editor in “Naya Sansar”. He also edited monthly magazine “Naye Rastey”. A multi faced personality; Hafiz Saheb was a man with qualities of head and heard. A noted social worker he had dedicated his life towards the work for downtrodden people. He had closely worked with noted human rights activist Late H N Wanchoo.

    The deceased was father of Rising Kashmir Managing Editor Hafiz Ayaz Gani and  Hafiz Ejaz Ahmad (businessman) father in law of RK Editor Shujaat Bukhari besides Mir Ghulam Jeelani, Er Shuja Suhrawardy and Musadiq Jan.

    His death has been widely mourned and various social and political organisations have condoled it expressing solidarity with the family.

  • Sonia in Anantnag

    Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi campaigning for Ghulam Ahmad Mir at Shangus in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.

     

  • Tral on election day

    Government forces deployed in large numbers at main market in Tral area on the day of elections on Tuesday.