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Srinagar: Government forces on Wednesday morning launched a cordon-and-search operation at Bhaderwan area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Reports reaching GNS said that a joint team of army’s 55 RR, 44 RR, CRPF and SOG laid a siege at Bhaderwan, Awantipora today morning .
Sources said that the cordon was laid following inputs about the presence of some militants inside a hideout in the area and some militants including a top Hizbul Mujahideen Commander is beleived to be trapped.
A police officer also confirmed the incident and said that the cordon was launched following inputs about the presence of some militants.
Meanwhile, Internet has been snapped in Awantipora police district in wake of the the operation(GNS)
Pune: Asserting that India should adopt a “clear-cut roadmap” to tackle the Kashmir issue, former DGP of Jammu & Kashmir K Rajendra Kumar has said the US pulling out troops from Afghanistan will have implications in the Valley and militant outfits may feel emboldened.
Kumar was delivering the Lalitaditya Memorial Lecture in Pune, organised by Sarhad organisation. During his speech, he also said that there is a need to send a stern message to Pakistan for its support to militancy.
“A stern message needs to be sent to Pakistan in terms of retaliation. We need to make it more costly for Pakistan because today Pakistan is not feeling the pinch it should feel,” said Kumar.
He said India should deal strongly with Pakistan as far as training camps and militant launchpads are concerned.
“Now USA is existing Afghanistan. It has its implications in Kashmir. It is a matter of time that we will be feeling its implications in the Valley. After the US withdrawal, the terrorists organisations would feel pumped up, emboldened,” he said.
Seeing America’s withdrawal as a “sign of victory”, militant outfits can feel that New Delhi can also be defeated, so there is an urgent need for India to adopt a “clear-cut roadmap” to deal with militancy in Kashmir, he asserted.
The US is planning to withdraw 7,000 troops from Afghanistan. The American troops contribute to training and advising local forces fighting the Taliban and the Islamic State group.
Underling Pakistan’s active role in spreading militancy in the Valley, the former IPS officer said Pakistan is not only sponsoring militancy but also sending its nationals to Kashmir in the garb of fighting jihad.
“No matter which government is in power, Pakistan continues to sponsor terrorism in the Valley,” he said.
He said militancy in Kashmir started with local militant organisations but now it is tilting towards Islamic extremism.
“The Valley has a rich history of Sufism but over the years it has moved towards Wahabism,” he said, adding that efforts should be made to take Kashmir back to Sufism.
Suggesting measures, he said the state needs stringent laws to deal with anti-national forces, a concrete policy to encourage youths to give up militancy.
The surrender policy must ensure that youth who give up militancy are gainfully employed and discouraged from returning to the menace, he said. He also called for political outreach and empowerment of the civil society.
He said social media has played a destructive role in inciting sentiments of the youth. PTI
Srinagar: Alama Iqbal Library of the University of Kashmir (KU) has taken a cue from the Department of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) and civil secretariat in banning traditional Kashmiri attire ‘Pheran’.
For the past few days, authorities of the Alama Iqbal Library are not allowing students to enter the library wearing Pheran.
KU students said for the past two days, the library staff was not allowing them to enter the library wearing a Pheran.
According to students, the library staff is quoting Directorate of Internal Quality Assurance (DIQA) guidelines for not allowing them venture into the library wearing a Pheran.
However, they said when they demanded a written copy of guidelines from the library authorities, they refused their request.
Arif Maqbool, a law student, said, “Two days ago, I went to the Iqbal Library but the library staff, on seeing me wearing a Pheran refused me entry.”
J&K Students Movement (JKSM) General Secretary, Naveed Bakhtiyar said, “We want complete revocation of such guidelines and orders, which are adversely affecting our culture.”
He warned the KU authorities of stopping harassing students or be prepared for massive student protests.
KU’s Chief Librarian, G M Peerzada said, “The order of not allowing student to enter the library was in place for security reason.”
He said the authorities would install CCTV in the library in the coming months and when the cameras would be in place, students wearing any kind of dress would be allowed to sit inside the library.
“Many times, some mischievous students were found stealing books from the library while hiding them inside their pherans,” Peerzada said.
Earlier, DSEK had banned ‘Pheran’ in its zonal offices in the Valley while a similar ban on the Pheran was in place in the civil secretariat at Srinagar.
The ban on pheran comes close on the heels of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) removing Kashmiri from the online portal ‘Basha Sangam’ following a complaint by some Kashmiri Pandits.
All these decision of interfering with the Kashmiri language and indigenous Kashmiri dress are being looked at in the Valley as a cultural onslaught carried by New Delhi on the Kashmiri people
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Tuesday started pre-poll deliberations to gear up its foot soldiers for vigorously campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming electoral battles.
To activate the cadre, top RSS leader Suresh Joshi, known as Bhaiyyaji Joshi, reached Jammu this morning. “Joshi, second in command in the RSS after Sarsangh Chalak Mohan Bhagwat along with Rupesh Kumar Prant Pracharak of Jammu and Kashmir, Parshotam Deedechi Seh-karvah (General Secretary) and Brig (Retd) Suchet Singh, Sangh Chalak, chaired a closed door meeting of top 120 RSS Pracharaks, who are active in different parts of the state including Kashmir to formulate strategy for the coming elections,” reliable sources told the Greater Kashmir.
“The meeting was followed by an interaction with RSS volunteers from Jammu urban wherein about 390 volunteers participated and were directed to remain prepared for any responsibility,” sources said adding, “Later over 100 representative of Seema Jan Kalyan Simiti, an offshoot of RSS, active in bordering towns from Kathua to Poonch called on Joshi,” sources said.
“Bhaiyyaji reiterated that there is a need to further increase organization’s activities in border areas for national security,” sources siad.
Later, top BJP leaders led by union minister and member parliament Dr. Jitendra Singh, member parliament Jugal Kishore, member parliament (Rajya Sabha) Shamsher Singh Manhas, Speaker Dr. Nirmal Singh, State President Ravinder Raina and General Secretary Organization Ashok Kaul, former MLAs Kavinder Gupta and Sunil Sharma called on Bhaiyaji Joshi.
Sources present in meeting said that BJP leadership discussed its roadmap for polls with over 40 representatives of all sister organizations of RSS.
Joshi is on two-day visit to Jammu and is scheduled to hold interactions and close door meetings with representatives of about 50 offshoots of the Sangh to convince them to campaign for BJP in the coming elections.
“On second day he will chair special meetings with representatives from Kashmir and Ladakh,” sources said.
The visit of Joshi is significant because he had met BJP national president Amit Shah in Delhi on December 20 to devise a strategy for the Lok Sabha elections.
Srinagar: Union civil aviation ministry has said that no airline was interested in operating night flights from Srinagar Airport.
The ministry told Parliament—in reply to a query by Srinagar MP Farooq Abdullah— that though the infrastructure needed for night flight operation was available at the airport, no airline was interested in doing so.
Farooq had told Parliament that people were facing a lot of inconvenience because night flights were not available at the airport that has been cleared for ‘international’ flights.
A tiny slice of about 200 kanals of land of the Indian Air Force base, which is built on thousands of kanals of kareva land, is maintained by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) as the Srinagar ‘International’ Airport, housing the terminal and parking space for aircraft. The runway and everything else belongs to the IAF.
After a commercial aircraft carrying members of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and IAF personnel landed in the night in August, the airport was “technically” cleared for night operations. Former governor NN Vohra later pushed the issue of night operations with the Union ministries of defence and civil aviation. The Centre recently had asked the IAF to clear the decks for night flights.
In its reply to Abdullah’s query, the Union civil aviation ministry also stated that though Srinagar Airport was equipped for international flights, airlines were not operating these because they didn’t find enough customers.
“Indian carriers are free to mount air services from any point in India to foreign destinations as per the respective bilateral air service agreements. However, actual operations are guided by traffic demand and commercial judgment of the airlines,” the ministry said.
The airport, which was given the international status in 2005, handles 38 domestic flights a day. The only international flights operating from the airport are Hajj fights.
The proposal for night flights was mooted by the Omar Abdullah-led government in 2011 but was kept in abeyance as the airport is also used by the Indian Air Force. The state government had expected that an increase in flying hours is likely to boost tourism.
Srinagar: Advisor to Governor, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai on Tuesday said that the government will provide all possible assistance to the tourism stakeholders in their efforts to project Kashmir as world’s top tourism destination.
In an interactive session with tourists and tourism players here on the banks of Dal Lake, Ganai urged the service providers and stakeholders to work towards placing famed Kashmir among the world top tourism destinations by the year 2020. He suggested for introducing effective tourist friendly measures to make the stay of the tourists longer in Kashmir. He also stressed on the need to introduce various attractions such as evening cultural shows among other festivals for extending the nightlife.
Stating that Jammu and Kashmir was the safest place for the travellers, Ganai appealed tourists to visit the State—which offers diverse tourism products and unmatched beauty.
Extending greetings to the tourists who had come to celebrate Christmas and new year in Kashmir, the Advisor said for past few months, the tourist footfall here has been encouraging which is the outcome of the untiring promotional activities carried out by the department and by the tour operators.
Ganai said over 8.5 lakh domestic and 50,000 foreign tourists have visited Kashmir this year so far and the hotel occupancy at Gulmarg is almost 100 per cent for the New Year.
“The tourist arrivals have picked up and more tourists are comings. The bookings have also picked up which can be gauged from the fact that the Gulmarg is fully packed for New Year. This is very encouraging,” Ganai said.
He also advised travel and tour operators to make a good relationship with the outside state travel agents, tourism promoters. “Travel agents and tour operators must work very hard to convince traveller to visit Kashmir. You have to build upon your contacts and personal relationships with the travel agents from other states who bring tourists here,” he said.
The Advisor also emphasized on providing quality services to the travellers so that they go back with happy memories.
“We are extremely proud of our people whose conduct with tourists is very pleasing. The travel and tour operators are working very hard to bring tourists to Kashmir. We also have to focus on providing the best services to the tourists who will give the best experience to the travellers here in the State,” he said.
Recalling about his recent visit to New Delhi, Ganai said that he has appealed Union Government to make efforts to promote JK Tourism at national and international levels.
Advisor Ganai also exhorted upon the people and the service providers not to compromise on the fragile environment and keep surroundings clean. He stressed on the stakeholders, including non-governmental organizations to come forward and make Kashmir clean and green.
He said that another key issue that comes to the fore was regarding infrastructure. He said at some of the tourist destinations, infrastructure would be given a major facelift.
Director, Department of Tourism, Kashmir Nisar Ahmad Wani also interacted with the tourist and the service providers on the occasion. He assured full support to the service providers in marketing the State as the best tourist destination of the country.
Wani said tourism department will be aggressively promoting the J&K State in the travel marts and road shows outside the State to attract maximum traveller to the State.
On the occasion, representatives from various travel, hotel, houseboat and Shikara associations gave various suggestions for the promotion of tourism. They also raised many issues confronting tourism industry.
Advisor Ganai gave them a patient hearing and assured that their grievances would be addressed.
Deputy Director Publicity Reyaz Ahmad Shah, Deputy Director Recreation Sarfaraz Mohammad, Deputy Director M&W Abdul Qayoom Kirmani besides other officers were also present on the occasion.
SRINAGAR: People’s Conference chairman Sajjad Lone who is an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party said People conference worker were with Freedom Movement always adding that NC and PDP are mukbir (Informers).
During party convention in Handwara Sajjad Lone said that when PC won 2 seats in 2014 and he became Minister of Animal husbandry that time these people (NC-PDP) start making memes on social media and now with such memes I kicked out all these people”.
He further added such people had make fun of him and har said that “I only see dreams”. He added after national conference, PC was the second recognised political party in Jammu and Kashmir that time PDP was not born in JK.
“We are fighting for Jammu and Kashmir not only for Kashmir. All the three regions are same for us. All are same for us. We will form govt in Jammu and Kashmir”, he added.
“Those who vote for NC or PDP are voting against their own child. NC-PDP will never win a single seat in Kupwara, he added”.
Referring to NC and PDP, he said it was imperative to “expose their active role in the erosion of Article 370 till now” and his Peoples Conference would come up with white paper on it.
“We will come up with a factual detailed white paper clearly exposing their devious role,” Sajjad said.
He further added that whatever is happen in Kashmir all done by NC even 1 lakh people has been killed in Kashmir because of NC. “People conference worker are with Freedom Movement always and NC and PDP are Mukbar of Freedom Movement.
He added because of these political parties people were killed in Kashmir. (PTK)
Srinagar, Dec 25: As the recent killing of seven civilians at the encounter spot in village Sirnoo in Pulwama district evoked wide-spread anger triggering a debate whether the standard operating procedures (SoP) of forces was faulty, security grid of Kashmir have started fine-tuning its encounter strategy to prevent repeat of Pulwama incident.
Reliable sources revealed to Kashmir News Service (KNS) that forces were ‘reprimanded’ by the Governor S P Malik and his security advisor Vijay Kumar for the seven civilian killings at the encounter spot at village Sirnoo where three local militants were also killed.
On Friday last, three local militants and seven civilians including a teenager and a MBA graduate were killed in at Sirnoo during an encounter. Forces said that the encounter took place in an open field, where youth from all directions tried to march towards the “spot where militants were cornered” and in the heavy exchange of firing seven civilians got killed.
However, while on one hand, the killing of seven civilians triggered a three-day long shutdown in Kashmir amid protests, the Governor Malik asked forces to follow the SOP in true letter and spirit besides “streamlining their synergy while engaging themselves in counter insurgency operations.” Governor’s advisor Vijay Kumar too chaired a meeting in Jammu and passed similar directions to the forces: “Follow the SoP to ensure civilian causalities don’t occur.”
A source said that all the security agencies have been in a huddle since past many days to “find out what went wrong in Sirnoo.”
“It has unanimously been decided that the law and order component will be further strengthened to deal with the protesters who try to inch closer to the encounter sites in a bid to help militants flee,” the source said. “All the measures will be taken to fine tune the SOPs, to prevent collateral damage.”
A top police officer confirmed that police, CRPF and the army top officials have held a series of meetings to fine-tune the SoPs just to ensure no civilian causality takes place during counter insurgency operations.
“Various layers of cordons will be further strengthened to ensure zero collateral damage. As far as blowing up of houses is concerned, forces only resort to that when there is a firing from the other side,” he said, wishing anonymity. (KNS)
Srinagar: There was no relief from the severe cold that has been lashing the valley for a fortnight with minimum temperatures reaching minus 5.5 in Srinagar minus 7.7 in Pahalgam and minus 7.6 in Gulmarg.
An unabated cold wave continued on Tuesday in Kashmir with the Met denying any possibility of rain or snow till New Year.
There was no relief from the severe cold that has been lashing the valley for a fortnight with minimum temperatures reaching minus 5.5 in Srinagar minus 7.7 in Pahalgam and minus 7.6 in Gulmarg.
Drass in Kargil was the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir at minus 19.5 degrees Celsius. The town remained literally frozen as even the maximum temperatures in the town remained below freezing point.
Leh recorded minus 10 and Kargil minus 14.2 as the minimum temperature today.
Jammu was at 4.1, Katra 5, Batote minus 2, Bannihal minus 3.3 and Bhaderwah was at minus 2.2 degrees Celsius.