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GNS REPORT : Over 20,000 Kashmiri Muslims are reported to have converted to Christianity since the inception of militancy in 1990. Information gathered from various sources reveal that Christian missionaries made their way into Kashmir in a big way soon after the armed turmoil hit the state and tried to reach out to what Christianity Today-an evangelical periodical-said (in a report on September 9, 2002) war-weary Muslims in Kashmir. The periodical put the number of neo-Christian then to 15000.  The conversions are likely to have surged past 20,000 with over a dozen Christian missions and churches based in the US, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland operating in the state. Pulwama, Budgam and Baramullah besides border villages in Kupwara and Bandipora, upper belts of Srinagar, Ganderbal and Kangan are the prime targets of evangelists.  Hundreds of people attacked a Christian School at Pulwama on September 15, 2006 and damaged the building, ransacked furniture alleging that studen

Governor N.N.Vohra inaugurates 7 th  edition of SaMaPa Aalap GNS JAMMU : The 7 th  Annual ‘SaMaPa Aalap Festival' presented by the SaMaPa (Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts) in collaboration with Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board and Deptt. of J&K Tourism, Jammu commenced with scintillating Santoor recital by renowned Santoor maestro and music composer Abhay Rustum Sopori. The first session of the seventeen day long festival was inaugurated by His Excellency Sh. N.N. Vohra, Governor Jammu and Kashmir and Pandit Bhajan Sopori, the great music legend at Press Club Jammu. The concert was specially organized for the Journalists and Media personalities of Jammu & Kashmir State and music connoisseurs. Abhay played a beautiful self composed Raga named Raga Nirmalkaunce, dedicated to the Her Holiness Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. He presented a brief Aalap explaining the intricacies of the Raga. Abhay presented 2 compositions, a bandish ‘Jai Jai Nirmal Janani’ w

PDP led regime has scripted a chapter of peace, equitable development in J&K: Mufti GNS Jammu : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that PDP-Congress regime in its tenure had delivered response governance to the people by addressing aspirations and wishes of all regions and sub-regions of the state. He said that PDP led regime had also scripted a new chapter of peace and development in the state. Addressing an impressive public meeting organized by party state secretary Hussain Ali Wafa at village Langer in the outskirts of Jammu city, Mr Sayeed reminded that there was total chaos and confusion in the state when PDP led regime was formed in the year 2002. “Through our visionary policies and programmes, PDP led regime has changed political discourse of the state”, he said and added that it was all due to the result of the policies of the party that peace was established in the state during that period.  “Th

Tahir Mushtaq  GNS JAMMU : Domestic violence again women are on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir. Even the educated and the economically independent women are at the receiving end, according to anecdotal evidence contained in police data.  Police figures show an increase in domestic violence cases, mostly relating to matrimonial disputes and family squabbles. Harassment for dowry too is one of the most common complaints lodged with the police, data shows.  Comparing the figures in 2010-2011 the city witnessed a total of 1100 cases of domestic violence but this time till end of 2011, nearly 605 cases have been reported in the Women Cell of the police.  As per the data, about 400 domestic violence cases have been sorted out after mutual compromise while FIR has been registered in 14 cases at Women Cell, Canal Road. Nearly 191 cases are pending before the court for hearing.  "My higher qualification above that of my spouse became the biggest drawback as my in-laws suspected m