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  • ‘Anti-Kashmir think tanks hell-bent to change JK’s demography’: Sehrai

    Srinagar, Jan 15 : Reacting on tagging and filing yet another plea in Supreme Court (SC) against the Article 370, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai Tuesday said anti-Kashmir think tank are hell-bent to change the demography of the Jammu and Kashmir.
    Sehrai as per a statement issued said, “It’s a well-thought-out ploy to tamper with the special status and Muslim majority character of Jammu and Kashmir.”
    “These forces are working hard to sabotage the future referendum process in Jammu and Kashmir and was hatching conspiracies to achieve desired results to influence the process of referendum,” he said.
    He said such moves were hatched to change the “disputed nature of J&K and its Muslim majority character too”. “The extremist elements had since 1947 always tried to push the Kashmir issue on the back burner and dilute its historical status and disputed character which they continue to do till this date. From Srinagar to New Delhi, efforts are being made to shift focus from Kashmir issue by portraying it away from its historical and ethical background,” he said.
    Meanwhile, Sehrai expressed sorrow over the demise of Haji Ghulam Nabi Mir, member of Jamat-e-Islami Kulgam, President of JK Electrical Employees Union Mir Abdul Salaam Rajpori and cousin brother of General Secretary (TeH) Hamzah Shah.
    Sehrai extended his condolences and sympathy to the bereaved families and prayed for the deceased souls. ‘Anti-Kashmir think tanks hell-bent to change JK’s demography’: Sehrai

    Srinagar, Jan 15 : Reacting on tagging and filing yet another plea in Supreme Court (SC) against the Article 370, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai Tuesday said anti-Kashmir think tank are hell-bent to change the demography of the Jammu and Kashmir.
    Sehrai as per a statement issued said, “It’s a well-thought-out ploy to tamper with the special status and Muslim majority character of Jammu and Kashmir.”
    “These forces are working hard to sabotage the future referendum process in Jammu and Kashmir and was hatching conspiracies to achieve desired results to influence the process of referendum,” he said.
    He said such moves were hatched to change the “disputed nature of J&K and its Muslim majority character too”. “The extremist elements had since 1947 always tried to push the Kashmir issue on the back burner and dilute its historical status and disputed character which they continue to do till this date. From Srinagar to New Delhi, efforts are being made to shift focus from Kashmir issue by portraying it away from its historical and ethical background,” he said.
    Meanwhile, Sehrai expressed sorrow over the demise of Haji Ghulam Nabi Mir, member of Jamat-e-Islami Kulgam, President of JK Electrical Employees Union Mir Abdul Salaam Rajpori and cousin brother of General Secretary (TeH) Hamzah Shah.
    Sehrai extended his condolences and sympathy to the bereaved families and prayed for the deceased souls.

  • Mehbooba forgot militant families, when she could have done something for them: Omar

    Says let people decide why she is doing it now

    Srinagar, Jan 15: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday questioned PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for visiting militant families.
    As per Kashmir News Service (KNS) correspondent, talking to reporters on the sidelines of workers convention in Kulgam district, Omar said as Chief Minister she could have done more for such families, but at that time she completely forgot them.
    “She could have done good for these families, when she was heading a government. She had good relations with Prime Minister. She was calling Defence Minister on phone and was also heading a powerful Unified Command,” he said.
    Omar said but at that time she never bothered to visit them.
    He said Mehbooba had power, then she didn’t visit the families of militants. “Now when she has nothing with her, even her party is in shambles. She is visiting these families,” said the NC vice president.
    “I don’t have problems why she is visiting their families. I have a problem why did she not visit them when she was in power,” he said.
    Omar said it is for the people to decide if Mehbooba is doing all this for polls. (KNS)

  • JNU case: Sedition charges will ruin lives and career of Kashmiri students, says JRL

    Srinagar, Jan 15: Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Muhammad Yasin Malik has strongly denounced the sedition charges and filing of charge sheet in 2016 case by the Delhi Police against Kashmiri students pursuing studies at Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) in 2016 including Aqeeb Hussain, Mujeeb Hussain, Muneeb Hussain,Umair Gul, Rayees Rasool, Khalid Bashir, Basharat Ali said the charges will have serious consequences on the academic and future carrier of the students and demanded immediate withdrawal of all charges.
    The leaders said the students only participated in the programme organized by JNU students Union in 2016 to condemn the undemocratic act of Government of India under which the son of soil Muhammad Afzal Guru was hanged in Tihar Jail under shadowy circumstances without even informing his family members and in contravention to all established norms and rules.
    The leaders said to book the students in 2019 clearly exhibit the vote bank politics of the ruling dispensation. They said to harass the Kashmiri students pursuing studies outside Jammu and Kashmir is not a new practice, earlier in many universities and colleges Kashmiri students have being harassed even beaten up , forcing them to drop the studies incomplete and return home
    The leaders said that one the one hand worst kind of atrocities are being unleashed on the people of Kashmir and on other the carrier of Kashmiri students outside the state is being ruined on One pretext or the other.
    The JRL appealed International Human Rights Organizations ICRC, Asia Watch, Amnesty International and other humanity loving nations to take serious notice of these nefarious practices carried out to ruin the carriers of the Kashmiri students.

  • Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti giving false hopes to Delhi that Kashmiris will surrender: Er. Rasheed

    Srinagar 15 January: Asking NC and PDP to stop mud sliding at each other, AIP President Er. Rasheed has said that people of J&K should wake up and uproot both of them, so that politics of hypocrisy, exploitation and deception comes to an end. While reacting to allegations being levelled by Omer Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti against each other in south Kashmir today, Er. Rasheed said “Both have disrespected people’s mandate, diluted Kashmir cause and given New Delhi a free hand to carry on its policies of oppression and suppression through state terrorism. Let Omer Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti bring clarity in their goals and tell people either J&K is India’s integral part or a dispute that needs to be resolved. They must either side themselves with the masses or with New Delhi. Their confusing stances on one hand are diluting Kashmir cause and creating false hopes in New Delhi that Kashmiris can be forced or persuaded to surrender and on the other hand their promises not to repeat mistakes of the past create a false hope among a large section of Kashmiris that they will represent them the way they promise or they deserve to be represented”. Er. Rasheed appealed masses to make a choice once for all if they want to be trapped continuously between the duel policies of NC and PDP or truly want a leadership which would speak with consistency and sincerity and ask New Delhi and Islamabad to give Kashmiris right to self-determination. Er. Rasheed said it is responsibility of masses not Omer Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti to ensure that people don’t get cheated every time by the traditional politicians. He said “No one should expect NC and PDP to talk about issues which are mainly created by them only. If masses on one hand continue to abuse main stream parties but still vote for them, which is the only thing they require, why should people be so angry and disappointed with them after they bring them to power”. Er. Rasheed appealed masses to unite and reject both NC and PDP so that New Delhi is made to understand that its hidden proxies cannot rule, always run away and leave Kashmiris to death and destruction.

  • Abandoning Foetus: Social Fibre in Disarray

    Kashmir lost its claim to heaven a long time ago but the debate today is not about ‘why’ but ‘who’ caused the paradise to fly away, leaving behind its miserable and yet romantic claimants.Say Kashmir, and the sweet aroma of pine takes over the mind fluttering among images of valley flowers,

    While the valley is brewing to shivered cold, resorting to bone ache, and suddenly you get to hear the act, that tender your muscles and your brain starts oscillating in agony. While I was on the way to home, and as usual my phone keeps on beeping with variable feeds, and at a moment my eyes stucked to a feed, mentioning that a baby was thrown outside in a cartoon enveloped in polythene, across the road from the city’s maternity hospital Lal Ded. Not the first time, I got to hear such inhuman act, previously such incidents have fillled the social networking sites with tera byte data.

    Kashmir, a Conservative populace with rigid religious beliefs, where such incidents dwindle the heart, to the core and ionise in the surroundings within fraction of the second.

    …”oh foetid soul, you aren’t a burden, your cravings, your presence, is sacred, unworthy are those, who abandon you … you are born to take nap at the realm of GOD”…

    This mischievous act is on surge in kashmir citing numerous incidents in the past, Now concerning the aetiology of this social chaos, : over the years there has been a paradigm shift in the psychological, behavioral, living style of the people inhabiting valley, leading to variant changes, pertaining to psychosexual onslaught, Now we see pre marital sexual relations, a non serious concern leading to apathy in the ethos of society, the ramifications of this are vivid and perturbing, the couple especially in their teen ages, moved by their sudden hormonal changes engage in sexual relationships, and in certain cases, unaware of its complications, maybe due to lack of knowledge, debarring the use of protective devices, the female counterpart conceives and remains unaware for most of the time, as fear of surroundings, the societal rejection, the client fears to express the event to parents, till she develops such symptoms, and in reaction, either they go for illegal termination of pregnancy or wait for the term to deliver remaining in isolation carried out in privacy, and later the baby is abandoned.

    In certain cases, the baby delivered from legal couple, go for termination, if it’s unwanted, or a female,, called female infanticide “in kashmir such incidents are on record where foetus laden with blood were found in toilets, on the footsteps of shrines, some years back, an abandoned baby, caught by mob of dogs was noticed outside lal ded hospital, such incident shocked the consciousness of people,.

    Congenital defects :Every single creation of God is not futile, but I can say, a sheer ignorance, the babies who are born with genetic defects have every right to continue life, even Stephen Hawkins was born with hereditary defect, still he rose to prominence, even normal human couldn’t think ever, contributes to the cause of abandoning babies, recently a horrendous incident captivated the conscious minds of valley where a father tried to Bury his live baby, citing the reasons of poverty, that he can’t afford the care of baby born with genetic defect.

    Now describing the risk factors, loosening bondages from religious acuity, problems in socialisation, faults in upbringing, difficulties in coping up with puberty, lack of education, accelerate such incidents.

    The treatment is more of a belief than literal.The old age adage holds true every where, we should focus on preventive strategies, we should be more religious, because not a single religion advocates such horrendous act, be more conscious when you go for such a relationship, we should profoundly act on such incidents, awareness schedule should be set up,

    We need to develop legal resolutions for those abandoned, because we have many childless couples, so as to create balance.

    Certainly at the end, those who abandon live births, are abandoning the humanity, the moment they opt for such gigantic mischief, they turn into wilds, and their ability to be human seizes.

    Tawfeeq Irshad Mir

    B.Sc. Hons Nursing, GMC, SRINAGAR

    E-Mail: tawfeeqir[email protected]

  • Kashmir still a challenge due to Pakistan’s activities: Rajnath

    Extremist violence in northeastern areas saw a decline of 80 per cent, Singh said.

    Kashmir is still a challenge due to destabilising activities by Pakistan, union home minister Rajnath Singh said here on Monday, and asserted that the army, the Central Reserve Police, the Jammu and Kashmir police and intelligence bureau men were “acting in better coordination”.
    He was talking to mediapersons after inaugurating the administrative building, residential block and officers’ mess at the SSB sector headquarters here.

    Speaking about Naxal incidents, the home minister said they had dropped by 50 per cent during the last four years.
    Extremist violence in northeastern areas saw a decline of 80 per cent, Singh said.
    Singh said the security forces were “tackling well the militants pushed into India by Pakistan”.
    “Pakistan sends militants to separate Jammu and Kashmir from India, but the security forces are dealing well with the anti-national elements and militants,” he said.
    Lauding improvements made on the internal security front, he said, “No major militancy incident had taken place in India during the last four-and-a-half years (of the NarendraModi government).”
    Singh said the country’s economy today was “counted as the world’s fastest growing”.
    “By 2030, the Indian economy would rank among top three economies of the world”, he said.
    “The Modi government has launched the world’s largest universal health care scheme Ayushmaan Bharat which has benefitted 7.5 lakh people so far”, Singh said.
    The Union minister also visited Bahraich, where he laid the foundation stone of the state’s first Integrated Check Post (ICP) at the Indo-Nepal border in Rupaideha area. The ICP was constructed at a cost of Rs 200 crore.
    Responding to a question about the alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the BahujanSamaj Party in Uttar Pradesh, Singh said the BJP would win not less than 72 seats in the upcoming LokSabha elections.

  • SAC approves Rs 2 Crore grant for Real Kashmir Football Club for 3 years, beginning 2018-19

    JAMMU, JANUARY 14: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the grant of Rs 2 crore as financial assistance to the Real Kashmir Football Club annually for a period of three years, beginning 2018-19.

    Within two years of the formation of “Real Football Club “, the team has performed exceptionally well at the national level including the National Football League, where the Club successfully defeated or drew with top teams including Mohun Bagan, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Churchill Brothers, FC Goa etc.

    Through its prolific performance, Real Kashmir has been gaining popularity among the youth of the State. In matches played in Kashmir Valley, more than 25000 people were in attendance to cheer for their favourite football teams.

    However, presently the Real Kashmir Football Club is financially not in a position to meet the expenditure on players including expenses on training, travelling, boarding & lodging.

    Taking note of financial constraints of the Club, its future prospects and to bring more and more youth in its fold, the SAC approved grant of assured financial assistance for a period three years to the Club to begin with.

    The SAC further directed the Department of Youth Services & Sports to formulate a proposal in consultation with the Finance Department for providing grant to sports teams of J&K which qualify for top level national leagues in Cricket, Hockey, Kabaddi and Badminton.

  • Two J&K Police Women Battalions with 2014 posts approved by SAC

    JAMMU, JANUARY 14: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the raising of two women battalions of Jammu and Kashmir Police along with creation of 2014 posts of various ranks for these battalions.

    The posts include 2 posts of Commandants, 6 posts of Deputy Commandant, 14 posts of Dy.SP, 14 posts of Inspector, 4 posts of Inspector (M)/ Tel, 46 posts of Sub-Inspector, 4 posts of Sub-Inspector (M)/Tel, 46 posts of Assistant Sub-Inspector, 10 posts of Assistant Sub-Inspector (M), 320 posts of Head Constable, 8 posts of Constable (Tel), 1402 posts of Constables/Tel, 138 posts of Followers, 2 posts of Medical Officer, 4 posts of Medical Assistant and 2 posts of Nursing Assistant.

    The two battalions will be raised exclusively for women on the pattern of Border Battalions. The move is aimed at equipping the J&K Police to effectively deal with crimes against the women and give due representation to the Women in the Police force.

    Due to inadequate representation/availability of women police personnel at various levels and to address the issues of gender based violence faced by women, State Government had taken up the issue of raising of Women Police battalions with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

    The recruitment to these two women battalions will be completed within one year from the date of sanction. The raising of a women battalion will involve financial implications of Rs 235.86 Crore of which Rs 105.11 Crore will be provided by Government of India and Rs 129.94 Crore will be State share.

  • Hardship Allowance revised for J&K Police

    JAMMU, JANUARY 14: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the grant of Hardship Allowance @ 8% of basic pay in the revised pay levels in favour of Gazetted and Non Gazetted Police Personnel w.e.f 01.01.2019.

    The SAC also approved Hardship Allowance @ 10% of Basic Pay in the revised pay levels in respect of ‘Classified’ category of Police personnel including those deployed with Special Police components and Bomb Disposal squads. The Police personnel entitled to 10% Hardship Allowance will be notified by the Finance Department separately.

    The new rate of Hardship Allowance will be in lieu of Hardship Allowance paid @ 10% of pre-revised Basic Pay as per Government Order No. Home 1162 (P) of 2010 dated 16.09.2010.

    The Police personnel were entitled to Hardship allowance @ 10% of basic pay in terms of 6th Pay Commission. In view of the implementation of 7th Pay Commission, there was a need to revisit the rates of Hardship Allowances so as to bring in rationality in the rates viz-a-viz the hike on account of pay.

  • CRPF trooper injured in Tral succumbs to wounds at AIIMS

    Srinagar, Jan 14: After battling for life for nine days, a paramilitary CRPF trooper who was injured critically in a gunfight in Tral area of in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district succumbed to injuries at AIIMS hospital in New Delhi.

    PRO CRPF Kashmir Sanjay Sharma told GNS that the trooper namely Mahesh Kumar Meena succumbed to injuries today in the evening.

    The encounter had ended as lone militant managed to flee after a day-long gunfight with a joint team of army’s 42 RR, CRPF’s 180 batallion and SOG launched a cordon at Arpal area of Tral on January 5.

    The 39-year-old was airlifted to AIIMS Trauma Centre, New Delhi after sustaining bullet injuries during the encounter. (GNS)