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Three headless bodies found in Haryana

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Three headless bodies found in Haryana

The bodies, which were dumped along the Bhiwani-Rohtak highway, were found by people in Kharak village of Bhiwani, some 300 km from here, who then informed the police.

Three headless bodies were found inside a plastic drum lying near a canal in Haryana’s Bhiwani district on Friday, police said.
The bodies, which were dumped along the Bhiwani-Rohtak highway, were found by people in Kharak village of Bhiwani, some 300 km from here, who then informed the police.

The victims include a girl aged 10-12 years and a small child, police official Prem Singh said.
He told the media that the bodies had been cut into small parts and identification was proving to be difficult. 
Police have launched an investigation and are trying to identify the victims even though the heads of all three are missing.

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Massive fire breaks in Pahalgam hotel

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Massive fire breaks in Pahalgam hotel

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Massive fire broke out in a shopping complex and a building of hotel Glacier at Pahalgam in southern region of Kashmir on Friday.

Reports said that fire broke out at Hotel Glacier which immediately catches nearby shops next to the building.

Meanwhile a team of fire and emergency services rushed to the spot to douse off the flames.

The cause of fire was not known immediately officials at fire department confirmed.

MBA student turned militant laid to rest amid sobs and tears in South Kashmir

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MBA student turned militant laid to rest amid sobs and tears in South Kashmir

Skinder Gulzar

Srinagar : Thousands of people including women on Friday participated in the last rites of slain militant Ishaq Ahmed Wani at Koil area of Pulwama on Friday.

Slian Ishfaq Ahmad Wani was killed in a brief gunfight in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on early Friday.

Reports said that people in thousands turned up for the Hero’s funeral of slian MBA pass out turned militant at Koil village of south Kashmir.

Amid harsh weather conditions people in thousands participated in the last rites of slian militant, amid sobs and tears slain was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Koil village.

Meanwhile a complete shutdown was observed in parts of south Kashmir’s parts to mourn the killing of local militant, while railway authorities earlier this day suspended train services from Banihal to Srinagar as a precautionary measure.

KEG decries attempts at subverting institution of media in Kashmir

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KEG decries attempts at subverting institution of media in Kashmir


Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) expresses its serious concern over the failure of the governor administration’s public relations and information set-up in living up to the expectations and its inability to retain its status of being responsive and responsible towards the principal stakeholders, the media. There has been a literal collapse of the communication between the media and the department as a result of which the media is facing serious tensions.
After the governor’s administration took over, the KEG had detailed interactions with the entire information department in which the issues pertaining to the media were discussed threadbare. Later, the concerned adviser to the governor was also briefed in detailed. In fact, a detailed representation about the issues and the way-out was formally handed over.
However, the sluggish pace with which the custodians of the department are working, it seems unlikely that there is any forward movement. Amid the expectations that there would be some forward movement on key issues, flagged by the KEG, the communication literally collapsed and the disconnect continues to be the single dominating response, so far.
In fact, there are attempts at weakening the KEG – as the main custodian of the media in Kashmir, if not actually dismantling it. The department custodians have been playing the numerical card and avoiding acknowledging the main media that runs the show for the society. The department has been working overtime, even before the governor’s administration took over, to inflate the stake holding so that KEG’s ideas and suggestion get dumped in the pandemonium of numbers and associations.
On this front, the department has been liberally accommodating the new “stakeholders” on the advertisement front in such a way that it is used as a quid pro quo.
Kashmir media is currently fighting multiple battles to survive as a vibrant and responsive institution at a time when the society in turmoil faces shrinkage in voices and representation. Ideally, the governance set up should have been supportive but it is using this crisis to abuse the authority and disrupt the well-established tradition of cooperation and communication.
GST implementation by the department is a chilling instance of the systems that overrun the department. Under the law, the government and all the advertisers are supposed to pay GST on the bills raised against them and this amount is being paid to the Taxes Department by the newspapers.
The Information department is not paying this tax and is actually deducting the same amount from the bills raised. The newspapers, however, have been paying this amount from their own accounts. This means they pay the GST twice, one to the information department and the other chunk to the Taxes Department – both from their own earnings.
The tragic part is that the Finance Department has issued a formal order to stop this malpractice but the Information department has not even initiated the exercise for halting their broad daylight illegality. In fact, the officials who should have been in jail for resorting to this malpractice are devising systems and process to kill the media, especially the KEG.
KEG believes that the governor’s administration must enforce accountability in the department and revamp it if it is required. Kashmir media can withstand a crisis as long as it does not come from the department that is supposed to cooperate with the institution during the time of technology and systems transitions. It is high time to help the department in rediscovering its role.
 

Murder of missing Boniyar youth , Family stages protest

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Murder of missing Boniyar youth , Family stages protest


Suhail Khan


Boniyar, Dec 28 : Family and relatives of the Uri youth who was murdered in Baramulla last week staged a protest demonstration and demanded justice for their murdered son. 


A 25-year-old youth, Azim Nazir Khan, who was missing since December 13 from a gym centre in Azadgunj area of Baramulla was found hanging in a building in the same area after 4 days.


A large number of people including family members and relatives of murdered youth staged protest in Chandanwari area of Uri on Friday.


Shouting slogans against the murder, the protesters demanding justice for their murdered son.


The protesters including females who could be seen beating their chest amidst crying alleged that the deceased was murdered by Baramulla family where he was staying since past 10 years and was running their Gym.


It has been more than 10 days now since his body was found, however the police has not been able to provide justice to us alleged protesting.


Meanwhile the protesters appealed Governor, Satya Pal Malik,  Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir and other higher-ups in Governor Administration to look into the issue.


“We want justice, our protest against the cold-blooded murder of our son will continue till all the culprits involved in the crime are brought to justice protesting family added.

Family seeks whereabouts of missing son, stages protest in Kunzar

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Family seeks whereabouts of missing son, stages protest in Kunzar

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Baramulla, Dec 28 : The family members and relatives of a missing student on Friday staged a protest demonstration in the Kunzar village of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district against his mysterious disappearance.

Reports said scores of people including women staged a protest demonstration in Main market of Kunzar demanding whereabouts of their missing son from the area.

Shakir Ahmed Shiekh son of Mushtaq Ahmed Shiekh resident of Tak Batpora who are missing since yesterday evening from the area.

Meanwhile the protesting family demanded immediate recovery of their missing son.

Youth dies, two hospitalised due to suffocation in Pattan village

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Youth dies, two hospitalised due to suffocation in Pattan village

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Pattan, Dec 28 : In a shocking news youth died while two others were hospitalised due to suffocation in North Kashmir’s Pattan villlage on Friday.

Reports said that three youths from Ganjipora area of Buran Pattan were taken to Pattan hospital after trio found unconscious in their home, however doctors present at hospital declared one among them died while two others were reffered to Srinagar medical Institute for advance treatment.

Meanwhile Hospital authorities identified deceased identified as Haroon Rashid, while two reffered persons identified as Danish Majeed Shiekh son of Abdul Majeed Shiekh resident of Buran Pattan and Bilal Ahmad son of Mohammad Saber Naikoo resident of Palhallan.

Meanwhile police took cognizance of this incident.

Water crisis triggers protest in Sopore ,Baramulla

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Water crisis triggers protest in Sopore ,Baramulla

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Sopore, Dec 28 : Residents of Naseem Bagh area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday morning staged protest against the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department for failing to provide adequate water supply of the area.

The protesting inhabitants blocked Sopore-Srinagar road at Chankhan and raised slogans against PHE department and were demanding immediate restoration of water supply to them.

The traffic movement was halted in the area for sometime till a team of police reached the spot and assured the protestors that matter will be taken to higher authorities.

Pertinently same kind of protest reported in Heewan Narwav village of Baramulla, where scores of people including women came out to register their protest against the water crisis in the area.

The protesting residents said that they are facing immense hardships due to shortage of drinking water in this chilling winter.

Meanwhile officials in PHE department had assured to restore water supply in the area at earliest.

Forces launch Search Operation in Bandipora Villages

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Forces launch Search Operation in Bandipora Villages

Sajjid Raina

Bandipora, Dec 28 : Government forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation in two villages of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday morning.

Reports said that a joint team of Army’s 14 RR, special operation group of police (SOG) and CRPF conducted door to door searches at Chinar Mohalla of Gojerpati.

Reports added that another search operation has been launched in Sodnara area of Sumbal in Bandipora district.

Official sources told that on specific inputs about suspecious movement searches have been launched in both areas.

Meanwhile searches was underway in both areas of Bandipora district when filled this report.

Militant killed in Pulwama encounter identified

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Militant killed in Pulwama encounter identified


Qayoom Khan

Srinagar, Dec 28:(GNS) A militant who was killed in a gunfight at Rinzipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday morning identified as a local militant of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit.

A police officer said that the slain militant has been identified as Ishfaq Yousf Wani son of Mohammad Yousuf Wani of Qoil village of Pulwama.

He said that the family of the slain has been informed and the body is being handed over to them for last rites, he said.

Earlier, the encounter broke out after the search party of Army’s 55 RR and SOG was fired upon by the group of militants at Rinzipora area.

As per the sources, it was a group of three militants, two of them managed to escape from the spot.(GNS)

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