2016 Kashmir Unrest Was Planned In Advance: Mehbooba Mufti

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Press Trust of India
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister preparations for the five-month long unrest in Kashmir were made in advance a today blamed Pakistan, and the separatists for derailing the dialogue process by shutting doors on the All Party Delegation, saying the preparations for the Valley unrest were done beforehand.
The preparations for the five-month long unrest in Kashmir were made in advance and when the triggers like separate Kashmiri Pandit Colony and Sainik Colony did not work, the killing of Burhan Wani triggered the unrest, she said.
“The Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Lahore and it was followed by Pathankot terrorist attack and today in Jurian. Entire nation had their eyes on those (separatists) doors and the nation was breathless to see the outcome and several senior leaders went to meet them. They could have opened the doors,” Mehbooba said while replying to the discussion on the Kashmir unrest in the state Assembly.
She said that had the separatists opened their doors, it could have led to the start of a dialogue.
“A message would have gone and they (separatists) would have told the All Party Delegation what they have done in the past and what steps have they taken to resolve the issue,” she said.
Referring to the unrest in Kashmir, which left several people dead and many injured, the chief minister said that the unrest took place under a “well-planned conspiracy”.
“Earlier they used the issue of separate Kashmiri Pandit Colony and then Sainik Colony to trigger the unrest but when they failed, this (Burhan Wani’s killing) provided them the trigger they wanted to instigate unrest,” Mehbooba said.
“Preparations (for the unrest) were made in advance as from the very next day slogans were being raised in the mosques and large number of CDs was distributed,” she said.
“Some elements” used small kids as shield and pushed them inside security force camps and police stations, she added.
It is easy to say that security forces could have exercised restrain but when a mob attacks a police station with petrol bombs, stones and axes, it becomes difficult to exercise restraint, Mehbooba said.
Claiming that said that the injured were not allowed to go to hospitals, she said that pregnant ladies were asked to show their baby bumps to prove their pregnancy to got the hospitals.
“Many school children did not go to the school in uniform as they feared they would be attacked. Several students who went to give examinations were accompanied by their mothers who were carrying doctor’s prescriptions to show them (protesters) that they were going to see the doctors. They were so much scared,” she added.

History Created : First Time In Kashmir Two Footballers Selected By CRPF To Play SPANISH LEAGUE

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Football is a very popular game in Jammu and Kashmir. The Kashmir valley has
produced top class players who have gone on to play at both National and
International level. Mr. Abdul Majid was the trail blazer of this region. He has captained the National side and has many international achievements. The present
sensations like Ishfaq Ahmed and Mehrajuddin Wadoo are the products of this tradition.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has a similar history of excellence
in sports. The Force has in its ranks one Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, 02 Padma Shris and 16 Arjuna Awardees.
The CRPF also has the policy of encouraging sports in its areas of
deployment. In this direction, the Ops Kashmir Sector of CRPF partnered with
Football Next Foundation to identify and encourage the best talent in the sport in
Kashmir valley. A tie-up was made with Sociedad Deportiva Lenense, Proinastur club (A 3rd division professional club from the famous Spanish La Liga, which is the
national football league in Spain). The club agreed to take on contract a player for the position of Central Forward and Right winger for the coming 2017 January
window. It may be mentioned here that this will be for the first time that any Indian player will be seen playing for a Spanish La Liga club. The Ops Kashmir Sector, CRPF was given the responsibility of identifying this talented player.
A three-member selection committee was formed to conduct trials for this
selection, consisting of Mr. Anit Ghosh, Mr. Ishfaq Ahmed and Mr. Hilal Rasool
Parray. Mr. Anit Ghosh is a product of the Tata Football Academy, Jamshedpur and
has been a member of the Indian football team from 1994 to 1999. In a professional career spanning from 1994 to 2012, he has played in various national and international tournaments. He has represented India sub juniors in Iran and South
Korea in 1994, Asian Games, Bangkok-1998, has captained East Bengal, and has played for famous teams like Mohun Bagan, Mohameddan Sporting Club, Kolkata, Churchil Brothers, Goa etc. He is a reputed coach and has trained in countries like Germany, Holland, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. Mr. Ishfaq Ahmed is a famous
professional footballer presently with Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League.
Starting his career in 2002, he has played for Dempo, Mohun Bagan, Salgaocar and East Bengal. He also scored a goal in his debut international appearance against Turkmenistan in the U-23 tournament. Mr. Hilal Rasool Parray is a reputed coach from Kashmir. He is an Asian Football Confederation Pro-License Diploma Holder,
and is the first and only coach from North India amongst 08 such Indian coaches. He has played in various tournaments like Santosh Trophy (1999 & 2002), Federation
Cup(1997, 98),Durand Cup (2001), and attended various seminars and workshops
relating to football coaching.
We are extremely grateful to J&K Football Association for the help given by them and for their unstinting support.

Based on the results of the trials, we are proud to announce the selection of
Basit Ahmed for Centre Forward and Mohammed Asrar Renbar for Winger.

Saw Mill Fire Destroys Livelihood of Baramulla Families

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News Kashmir Desk
Fire incident broke out at Azad Gunj Near grid station Baramulla in the saw mill at 12 A.m on second January 2017.
Pertinently, the reason of fire is unknown. On the otherhand,  three families were surviving on the said saw mill as it was only bread earning source of these three families.

The affected families include Mohammad Ismail Dar, Gulam Nabi Dar and Fayaz Ahmad Dar.
Citizens of area have demanded from concerned authorities compensation to these hard hit families.

DG CRPF reviews security situation in Kashmir

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The Director General, CRPF, Shri K. Durga Prasad was on a 2 days visit to J&K from 24/12/16 to 26/12/16 to review the security situation and to boost the moral of troops working on groud in tough and adverse conditions.
        DG CRPF reviewed the security situation in Jammu region and 25/12/16 morning reached Srinagar and visited areas of North & South Kashmir. Besides, having a Sainik Sammelan at Srinagar. Shri Prasad visited Sopore in North Kashmir where he took stock of ground situation and interacted with officers and men of CRPF.The Officers of Police and civil administration were also present.
          DG CRPF visited Quazigund where he reviewed the prevailing security scenario of South Kashmir and to boost the moral of troops, he specifically choosed the day of Christmas to be with the Jawans. At Quazigund,  he appreciated the role of CRPF QAT, which performed very well during last few encounters  in South Kashmir.
       DG  CRPF also held a Sainik Sammelan at Srinagar,which was attended by Officers and Jawans of all the battalions. DG CRPF highly appreciated the role of CRPF units deployed in Kashmir valley and asked them to work with same zeal and enthusiasm  in maintaining the peace and harmony in Kashmir.He directed to uphold the human values, while performing duties with complete dadication. During the visit, DG CRPF also presented DG’s Commendation Disks to several personnel who preformed exceedingly well on operational front.
IG (Ops) Kashmir,CRPF Sh Zulfikar Hasan and IG CRPF Srinagar Sh Ravideep Sahi accompanied the DG during visits and ops briefings and security review.

Civic Action Programme By 117Bn CRPF

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On 21/12/2016,  117 Bn CRPF donated a  R.O. Water purification system and 04 Nos toilets with running water facility in Senior Secondary Girls  High School, Raj Bagh , Srinagar constructed under Civic Action Programme 2016-17. CRPF inspite of their challenging and busy schedule in maintenance of law & order situation in the state has taken care of the society. In which CRPF carried out many social constructive work i.e. providing of Computers, Books, School dress, construction of toilets, development of sports facility etc. Function was presided over and was inaugurated by                  Shri Narinder Paul,  Comdt. 117 Bn, CRPF.

The chief Guest Shri Narinder Paul Commandant -117 Bn interacted with students and teachers faculty and promise to conduct such programme in future also .

During this function officers of 117 Bn, CRPF Wazirbagh  SHO, Rajbagh,  Teachers faculty,  students, and unit personnel are present on the occasion . School staff and students of the school  expressed  their gratitude for the gesture of CRPF.

Government to undertake 100 days Good Governance Campaign from 25th December

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New Delhi, December 22, 2016

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Information & Broadcasting has said that the vision of the Government under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister is to position the nation on a sustainable growth trajectory. The Government is committed to bring about transformational changes in the country with the mantra of ‘Reform, Perform & Transform’. The vision has been depicted in the Government of India Calendar 2017 with the theme “Mera Desh Badal Raha Hai, Aage Badh Raha Hai”. He mentioned this while delivering his address at the release of the Government of India Calendar 2017. On the occasion, Shri Naidu Also released the Press in India Report 2015-16 prepared by Registrar of Newspapers of India. Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore was also present on the occasion.

Shri Naidu also announced that starting from 25th December this year, the Government would be launching a 100 days campaign across the country on the theme of Good Governance. Ministers, Members of the Parliament would be travelling across the country to highlight key initiatives of the Government that has been taken in the last two and a half years. Good Governance Day is observed on the birth anniversary of the former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In this context, he mentioned that the endeavour of the Government is to improve delivery systems, need to promote digital transformation and take forward the connectivity revolution in all sectors.

Speaking further Shri Naidu stated that the phenomenal growth of the print media sector has mandated changes in the print media policy/guidelines in the past years. The need to update policies keeping in mind the changing dynamics in the print media sector, has resulted in evolving a robust mechanism for RNI to maintain an updated list of Publications in the Country. This mechanism also facilitated weeding out illegal publications that may prove to be an irritant to law enforcement agencies. On the New Print Advertisement Policy framework, the Minister said that it provided for circulation verification Procedure for empanelment of Newspapers and Journals with DAVP. The procedure involved certification by RNI if circulation exceeds 45,000 copies per publishing day.

The Minister also gave a broad analysis of the general trend of the Indian Print Media based on the Annual Report by RNI. He said that the Indian print industry continued its growth story at a steady rate of 5.13% over the previous year. A total of 5,423 new publications had been registered during the year 2015-16 with the total number of Registered Publications as on 31st March, 2016 standing at 1, 10,851. Giving the Circulation-wise details, Shri Naidu said that Hindi publications continued to lead with 31,44,55,106 copies per publishing day followed by English with 6,54,13,443 copies and Urdu with 5,17,75,006 copies per publishing day.

Earlier, Shri Naidu also launched the Government of India Digital Calendar 2017 App. He added that the calendar App can be downloaded from google play store at free of cost. The Government of India Calendar showcases various flagship schemes and initiatives of the Government identifying a different theme every month. The details are as mentioned below:

  • Jan:Skilling India for Youth Led Development
  • Feb:    Empowering the Poor
  • Mar:Sashakt Nari, Sashakt Bharat
  • April: Futuristic India through Infrastructure Building
  • May:MSME: India’s Economic Backbone
  • June: Farmers: Bread Winners of our Nation
  • July:Rural Electrification: Lightning Every Home
  • Aug:Armed Forces: Pride of the Nation
  • Sept:   Cashless Transactions
  • Oct:Swachh Bharat: New Vigour to Sanitation
  • Nov:Corruption Free Governance
  • Dec:Sugamya Bharat: Accessible India
  • courtesy: PIB

PIB organises one-day workshop for journalists of Srinagar and Budgam districts

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Press Information Bureau (PIB) Srinagar organised a one day workshop for the working journalists of Srinagar and Budgam districts at DC Office Complex, Budgam  on Tuesday.

The workshop, titled Vartalap, is aimed to act as a direct interface between PIB’s Regional/Branch offices and the journalists working at district and sub-district levels. It is part of PIB’s media outreach strategy with the aim of establishing direct contact with working journalists.

The workshop was inaugurated by District Commissioner Budgam, Mr Mir Altaf Ahmad. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Altaf said that media can take the message of development to the masses like no other medium, and the government on the other hand can learn from the recommendations of the media. This he said, will ultimately benefit the common man as it will help to bridge the gap between the masses and the administration. He also said that media should take up issues related to the welfare of common masses and follow them persistently so that the things can change for the better.

The proceedings of the workshop were chaired by Mr Ghulam Abbas, Assistant Director (Media and Communication) PIB Srinagar who stressed upon the need to give preference to proactive development journalism in the state.

He urged the participating journalists to play a positive role in highlighting development issues and be a mirror to the government in the implementation of the welfare schemes.

The main objective of the workshop was to ensure effective communication and dissemination of information regarding government policies, programmes and schemes to the masses. The workshop aimed at deepening the level of communication and interaction between the journalists and the administration for the overall benefit of the citizens.

Around 6;0 working journalists from the twin districts of Srinagar and Budgam participated in the one-day event. The journalists were sensitized about their role in highlighting local issues and making people aware in rural areas about benefits of centrally sponsored welfare schemes.

Special sessions about various nuances of development journalism and role of a local journalist viz-a-viz development in rural areas were also held in the workshop, which was addressed by senior and experienced working journalists besides other resource persons. Those who held the special sessions included Ms Raziya Noor, Correspondent Dainik Jagran, Ms Mubashira, Block Programme Manager, National Rural Livelihood Mission, Mr. Tasaduq Ahmad Dar, Zonal Head, J&K Bank, Mr Tarique Ahmad Bhat, CEO Associated Media, Mr Reyaz Masroor, Correspondent BBC London and Mr Parvez Majid Lone, Correspondent Rediff.com.

courtesy : PIB.

Army pays tribute to soldiers killed in Pampore attack

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Army on Sunday paid tributes to three soldiers killed in a militant attack in South Kashmir’s Kadladal area of Pampore town on Srinagar outskirts in Pulwama district yesterday.

Senior officials from the civil administration, including the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmed Khan, and other security agencies joined the Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen JS Sandhu in paying homage to the slain soldiers, said an army spokesman.

Pertinently, He said the mortal remains of the slain soldiers – Naik (Gnr) Ratheesh C, 35, a resident of Kotolipram, Kannur district in Kerala, Gunner Farate Sourabh Nandkumar (33) of Village Bhekrai Nagar, Pune and 24-year-old Gunner Shashikant Pandey, resident of Zharian, Dhanbad district in Jharkhand – would be flown to their natives places where they will be laid to rest with full military honours.

44 BN CRPF ORGANISED A CIVIC ACTION PROGRAMME AT DOWN TOWN SRINAGAR

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In a colourfull ceremony, 44 bn crpf organised a civic action programme today at Naqshband public school, S.r. gunj, Sarafkadal, down town srinagar. teachers, students and parents attended the function in which many items were provided to the school, like white boards with markers for all the classes, desk & benches, book shelves, multimedia projector with screen, r.o. system of 500 ltrs/hr capacity along with storage tank of 1000 ltrs and lot of books.

Addressing the gathering sh. Rajesh Chaurasiya, commandant 44 bn highlighted the mutual support and cordial relations the people in the neighborhood maintained with the forces inspite of unrest in the last few months, the loss which the students suffered during these months and to help them overcome this loss commitment of crpf towards extending help for their better education by providing modern audio visual aids of teaching, books for higher learning and r.o. system for safe and healthy drinking water. he also assured the school authorities for more help in future.

Delivering his vote of thanks, sh. Rafiq Ahmed Wani, principal,  said that the school will always be gratful for the help/support received from CRPF and ensured that the books/items provided will be put to the best use which will definitely help the teachers and the students.