In Kashmir, Fear of the Pheran Returns in Full Force
Security forces have been asking those wearing the loose, traditional garment â including the reporter â to take it off as they fear it may be used to hide arms.
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Srinagar: Civilians wearing
pherans â the long robe traditionally worn in Kashmir in winter as protection against the cold â have found themselves under security forces’ scrutiny once again.
On February 19 two policemen were killed after being shot at close range by a militant in the Baghat area of uptown Srinagar, along the high-security Airport Road.
The incident was captured on CCTV cameras and a section of the video went viral on social media. In it, a militant was seen pulling out an assault rifle hidden inside his
Waltair Club Land Belongs To AP Govt: AAG Ponnavolu Sudhakar Tells High Court Jan 21, 2021, 16:37 IST
Additional Advocate General (AAG) Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy on Wednesday stated to the High Court that the Waltair Club lands in Visakhapatnam were government lands, in a petition filed regarding the notices served to the Club by the Special Investigation Team (SIT). After hearing the arguments, the Andhra Pradesh High Court issued interim orders staying the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigation into the Waltair Club land issue in Visakhapatnam.
Waltair Club President Phanindra Babu filed a petition in the High Court challenging the notices issued by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the Waltair Club land affair on May 27. The lawsuit, filed in the form of a lunch motion, came up for hearing on Wednesday. AAG Sudhakar Reddy, appearing for the government, told the high court that the club had leased the land and did not vacate it even after the l
After Minister s Intervention, IIT Jammu Takes Quick U-Turn on Pheran as Convocation Robes
The decision to select the pheran and pakol, the traditional Kashmir attire, as the dress code for the institute s first convocation was reversed after Jitendra Singh conveyed issues regarding sensitivities .
IIT Jammu students at their convocation. Photo: Twitter/IITJammu
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Srinagar: The intervention of a Union minister meant that the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jammu took a quick U-turn on its decision to encourage the traditional Kashmiri attire of pheran and pakol as the dress code for its maiden convocation, held on Saturday.
The intervention of the minister of state in the Prime Ministerâs Office, Jitendra Singh â who is also the Lok Sabha member from Jammu and Kashmirâs Udhampur parliamentary segment â meant that the institute was forced to revert back to the British-inspired convocation gown.
Twentieth Century Kashmir
Khalid Bashir Ahmad
accesses rare documents to rediscover many people between Allama Iqbal and Sheikh Abdullah to various events from Roti Agitation to the making of National Conference
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah with some of his colleagues, a year after the 1975 accord. The photograph shows the highest flood level in the background.
For fifty years beginning 1931, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah ruled the politics of Jammu and Kashmir, both from within and outside of jail as well as within and outside of power. One of the most enigmatic politicians of his time, he was accused of having conflicting views on issues depending on the time and place he was positioned in. He was loved and hated in equal measure by his admirers and adversaries. His politics was known to be pro-India and anti-India at the same time. A considerable period of his political career, over a decade, was spent in jail which he blamed on New Delhi for misunderstanding him. Architect of