AMU Scholar Mannan Wani joining militancy sends shock waves

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Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Research scholar Mannan Wani decision to join militancy has send shock waves across length and breadth of the Kashmir valley. A photograph of Mannan Wani holding an under barrel grenade launcher was posted on Facebook with a message, claiming that he has joined the militant organisation on January 5, and the image became viral within no time on social media websites especially Facebook and Twitter.

 

On the otherhand, The family of a research scholar, Mannan Bashir Wani who joined the militant organisation  Hizbul Mujahideen, has urged him return home and made heartrending appeals in this regard.Mannan, my son, please come back. I appeal to you (reporters) to help me get my son back,” his mother said.

Mannan Wani has a rich academic background as he was pursuing PhD in Geology at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
Wani, who has an M Phil in Applied Geology. His father is reportedly a lecturer, while his brother works as a junior engineer in the Jammu and Kashmir government.

From the streets of Kashmir to its online world masses are expressing shock over decision of such brilliant mind to take up arms and calling on all the stakeholders to resolve Kashmir issue to end this cycle of hopelessness.

Kashmir Press Club office bearers call on FM

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SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 23: The office bearers of Kashmir Press Club called on the Minister for Finance, Labour & Employment, Dr Haseeb Drabu here today to discuss the issues confronting the media fraternity in the Valley.
The Press Club delegation was led by its President M Saleem Pandit. It also included Vice-President Shuja-ul-Haq and Secretary Administration Asif Qureshi.
The officer bearers of the Press Club Kashmir demanded immediate handing over of the 9-HB building at Polo View Srinagar to the PCK so that it is made functional as maiden Aiwan-e-Sahafat in the summer capital.
They also demanded speedy operationalization of the J&K Journalists’ Welfare Scheme, for which the Government has already earmarked a corpus fund of Rs 2 crore.
The Finance Minister assured the Press Club office bearers to support the journalistic fraternity in their endeavour and get the needful done regarding handing over of the identified building at Polo View and its refurbishing for setting up the Aiwan-e-Sahafat Srinagar.
Dr Drabu also agreed to consider the demand of the working journalists for extending national pension scheme and health insurance cover to the accredited journalists of J&K.

Top Cop Dr. Sailendra Mishra speech widely appreciated in Kashmir

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Dr.Sailendra Mishra , IPS top cop known for his professional skills in the unstable Kashmir Valley in a recent function at Shrenagar Rajasthan gave much humane, realistic speech on Kashmir which was widely appreciated on ground and online world  . His discourse was quite unique, refreshing  and interesting .

Importantly he stated that we need to understand the reasons that lead to creation of Waseem Ahmad Malla and Burhan wani – ” We need to understand and read the story that makes militant and not just go through the episode of killing ,” stated Dr.Sailendra Mishra .

He observed that militants have actually rejected being Indian as a result of anger against system and frustration .” In Jammu and Kashmir we have certainly acts of  violence but not the what fits into terrorism , the terrorism is what we witnessed few days back in Egypt mosque when suicide bombers killed over three hundred Muslims ,” remarked Mishra.

Striking a very different note than the traditional monotonous note that follows the issues confronting kashmir conflict, Sailendra Mishra stated that we should never celebrate the killing of militant as it signals the defeat of system and adds to anger on ground .What Dr.Sailendra Mishra has stated is poles in contrast to the recent tweet of Cricketer Sehwag, which got heavily criticized in Kashmir. Sehwag had tweeted – ”Congratulations to @adgpi and J&K Police for the unbeaten double century this year, eliminating 200 terrorists in 2017 alone. Jai Hind ! May there be peace

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) 

Dr. Sailendra Mishra observed  that bravery, sacrifices  of Jammu and Kashmir police  get hardly noticed and praise is showered just on army and Paramilitary forces . He also went on to say that Prime time debates will never show true picture of Kashmir as real kashmir is full of hospitality and love.

After a long time a speech of security official has received such appreciation in pain hit Kashmir.

 

Kashmir Press Club Adhoc body nominated

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News Kashmir felicitates Saleem Pandit Srinagar: The Valley-based media persons including editors, working journalists, photographers and videographers have unanimously nominated an ad-hoc body of Kashmir Press Cub/Aiwan-e-Sahafat.
M Saleem Pandit (The Times of India) will head the adhoc body as its President while Shuja-ul-Haq (India Today TV) has been nominated as Vice President and Shamim Mehraj (The Kashmir Monitor) as General Secretary.
Asif Qureshi of ABP has been nominated as Secretary Administration and Mehraj-ud-din of AP as Secretary Finance.
Besides the office bearers, seven members, nominated by different media associations would be part of the adhoc managing body of the Kashmir Press Club.
The managing committee members are Haroon Rashid (Kashmir Editors Guild); Zahoor Ahmad Shoora (Kashmir Press Association); Habib Naqash (Kashmir Press Photographers Association); Ehsan Fazili (Kashmir Correspondents Club); Shahnawaz Khan (Kashmir Working Journalists Association); Mir Farhat (Young Journalists Association).
The ad-hoc committee will coordinate with the government for the establishment of first press club at Srinagar. Once the club is established, this ad-hoc body would ensure elections for the formation of a permanent body .

News Kashmir team felicitates Saleem Pandit for being torchbearer in steps towards establishing press club in Kashmir.

Frequent,long power cuts irk Khumeini Chowk residents

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Frequent, long power cuts irk Khumeini chowk residents

SRINAGAR, Nov 20: Residents of Bemina Khomeini Chowk and adjoining areas have complained of frequent and unscheduled power cuts in the area.

A delegation of the area under the banner of Bemina Development and Welfare Forum (BDWF) told this newspaper that the PDD employees have failed to adhere to the scheduled announced by the PDD authorities.

“Our area gets power from Rakh Arath receiving station. Every now and then, we face unscheduled power cuts on the pretext of grid rotation and electric fault. Due to long power cuts, we face lot of hardships, particularly in this cold weather,” the delegation said.

“During day time, the field staff fixes the fault, but during night time no one from the field staff is present in the area to repair the fault. And the faults usually occur during evening time,” the delegation added.

The delegation said that the PDD employees at grid station Bemina were developing a knack of violating the power cut schedule.

The delegation appealed to chief minister and chief engineer PDD to personally look into the matter to mitigate the sufferings of the people.

Bemina Residents angry over “inaction ” over CM directions

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  • Bemina residents angry over “inaction” over CM’s directions

SRINAGAR, Nov 14: Residents of Bemina suburb in the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday expressed dismay against the concerned departments of the Jammu and Kashmir government for not meeting their civic demands despite Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s direction.
The residents said they met Mehbooba at a public meeting in Budgam district on October 8 this year under the banner of the Bemina Development and Welfare Forum. They claimed to have presented a list of their demands to her.
“The chief minister had issued on the spot directions to the concerned officials present in the meeting. However, more than a month has passed, but unfortunately not a single demand has been taken care of,” Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, who head the delegation, said in a statement.
Demands raised by the residents in the meeting included a good drainage network from Hyderia Colony Hamdania Colony, construction of toilet blocks, upgradation of Public Health Center, Khomeini Chowk, an ambulance, a well-maintained public park and playground, upgradation of a nearby Government High School to the higher secondary level, ration store, a school in Rakh Arath colony, and repair of faulty power transmission lines in Dargund and Dansoosa areas.
The residents, in the statement, stated, “Bemina Khomeini Chowk is a forgotten neighbourhood of Srinagar. The forlorn area, comprising many small villages and ghettos, has a population of over 15000, but the area has been completely ignored by the government authorities and political representative, which is quite evident from dilapidated roads, poor power infrastructure, lack of proper drainage system, shoddy healthcare service and poor educational infrastructure.”
They alleged that the district administration Budgam has turned a “blind eye” towards the area.
“For the district administration Budgam, Bemina is on another planet. They seem to be least bothered about the problems faced by the people in the area. They only make false promises and employ dilly dallying tactics,” the delegation said.
They sought the Chief Minister’s intervention to redress their grievances in a time bound manner.

 

Marriage Hall in busy Gonikhan Betrays Commonsense

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Scores of traders are questioning the rationale behind the state government move to construct a Marriage Hall in the heart of the ever busy historical Gonikhan market here in Srinagar city. The traders have said that this visionless construction will deprive parking space and furthermore, they will face many hardships on account of it.
On the otherhand, Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) has started work on the construction of a Marriage Hall at Bandook Chawani area of Gonikahn market.

While talking to News Kashmir Magazine, a trade delegation of the area stated – “ This area is the historical commercial hub and it is a criminal joke by the government to build marriage hall here as they had been previously dislocating families from here as it is clearly  commercial area, this illegal construction  is  the clear cut violation of Master Plan and will adversely affect business of the traders. There is no fun of building a   Marriage Hall  in a commercial, depopulated  and busy area like Gonikhan. It serves no purpose and is just being built as political office in name of  building marriage hall. Majority of the people have sold off their houses and  owners have turned them into business houses now. We don’t find any logic in setting up a Marriage Hall in the area. It will kill the business in entire area .”
Although authorities at SDA on face value maintain the value of building marriage hall in the area, sources have revealed that it is being built under immense political pressure.

SMC Commissioner visits Bemina, takes stock of public grievances

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Srinagar, Sept 16: Municipal Corporation (SMC) Commissioner Dr. Shafaqat Khan visited many interior areas of Bemina Saturday morning to review arrangements made for Muharram and to take stock of public grievances.
Accompanied by many senior SMC officials, Commissioner toured Safvi Abad, Mohalla Kamal Bhat, Khomeini Chowk and adjoining areas and met local people.
Chairman of the Bemina Development and Welfare Forum, Syed Ali Safvi, apprised the commissioner of myriad civic problems in the area. During his whirlwind visit, SMC Commissioner did on-spot assessment and issued instructions for the speedy redresal of all problems, including lighting, drainage and sanitation.
The commssioner assured local people that all arrangements would be put in place by the civic agency in coordination with other departments for the month of Muharram. “As per instructions from the top, all necessary arrangements would be made so that Muharram this year is observed in its true spirit,” said Dr. Shafaqat Khan. “We will ensure proper sanitation in all the areas including procession routes so that mourners don’t face any inconvenience or hassles.”
SMC Commissioner said Khomeini Chowk needs a robust drainage system and there are multiple government schemes with loan from Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank (WB) to make sure that drainage network in Srinagar city covers 90 percent area within two years.
“We have projected the cost of scheme in ADB loan at 26 crores and we promise the people in Srinagar – including in Bemina – that within two years we will have a functional and robust drainage network,” said the Commissioner.
Bemina Development and Welfare Forum (BDWF), which facilitated the SMC Commissioner’s visit, thanked him for his tour of interior areas of Bemina and urged him to follow up on his promises in time-bound manner and ensure all necessary arrangements are put in place for Muharram.