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Srinagar's Bakshi Stadium to host final leg of Legends League Cricket

SRINAGAR — Indian and international cricketing stars will be playing cricket in Kashmir after four decades as Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar will host the final leg of the Legends League Cricket, which commences on the September 20 at Barkatullah Khan Stadium in Jodhpur. LLC commences on the September 20 at Barkatullah Khan Stadium in Jodhpur and the final leg will be played at the Bakshi Stadium in…

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Kashmiri woman looks at a picture on a digital camera during a Republic Day parade at the Bakshi stadium in Srinagar on January 26, 2012. Republic Day marks the proclamation of India as a republic in 1950 -- three years after it won independence from British rule. 

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Will Not Let Pakistan’s Terror Plans Succeed in J&K: LG Manoj Sinha

Will Not Let Pakistan’s Terror Plans Succeed in J&K: LG Manoj Sinha Srinagar, Aug 15:Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha stated that the administration and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir are determined not to allow terrorism to revive in the Union Territory. Speaking at the 78th Independence Day celebration at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar, Sinha emphasized that efforts by the neighboring country…

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Alhamdulillah ❤️ Standing with Padma Shri Awardee Mr Faisal Ali Dar and Ssp Security Kashmir Shri Zulfikar Azad During All India Police Football Championship 2023 At Bakshi Stadium Srinagar. . #Kashmir #kashmiriyat #picoftheday #padmashree #travel #photography #Inspiration #artist #filmmaker #photographer #director #producer #ShahzadRso #RsoProductions (at Kashmir Valley) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpsBoJovmDe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Make Bakshi Stadium ready by Dec 15: Govt directs Exec Agency

Make Bakshi Stadium ready by Dec 15: Govt directs Exec Agency

‘Project was supposed to be completed by Nov 15’ Tasaduq Hussain Srinagar, Dec 02 (KNO): The J&K government has directed the executing agency to make Bakshi stadium Srinagar ready for inauguration on December 15 and file the day-wise work schedule to the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir office from onwards, officials revealed Thursday. A review meeting to check the status of various developmental…

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Coronavirus: MA, Bakshi Stadiums To Be Converted Into Hospitals To Meet Exigency Government of Jammu and Kashmir will  convert indoor complexes of Maulana Azad (MA) Stadium in Jammu and Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar into 100-bedded Level-I COVID-19 hospitals to meet any exigency arising due to spread of coronavirus in the union territory

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From Photos: One Week in India, one of 35 photos. A soldier from Uttar Pradesh contingent takes part in celebrations marking India's Independence Day at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar on August 15, 2017. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP / Getty)

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First time, PM’s I-Day speech live-streamed in Srinagar | India News - Times of India

First time, PM’s I-Day speech live-streamed in Srinagar | India News – Times of India

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SRINAGAR: For the first time in 74 years, digital screens were installed at vital spots in Srinagar town to telecast a Prime Minister’s speech live on Independence Day. The projectors, connected to sound amplifiers, were installed at Jehangir Chowk flyover and the traffic grade separator at Tourist Reception Centre. This was the first I-Day in J&K after it lost its status of a state in…

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Lal Chowk

Lal Chowk  is a city square in Srinagar in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir. Lal Chowk was named so by Left-wing activists inspired by the Russian Revolution as they fought Maharaja Hari Singh. It is a traditional place for political meetings with Jawaharlal Nehru, Jammu & kashmir first Prime Minister, Sheikh Abdullah, Kashmir's first premier and various other Kashmiri leaders having addressed people from it.

History 

It was at Lal chowk that Jawaharalal Nehru unfurled the national flag in 1948. It was here that he promised Kashmiris a referendum to choose their political future. It was in Lal Chowk that Sheikh Abdullah announced his love for Jawaharlal Nehru and India in a Persian couplet saying “Man Tu Shudi, Tu Man Shudi, Ta Kas Na Goyed, Man Degram Tu Degri (I became you and You became I; so none can say we are separate)”. 

On 2 November 1947 that Nehru,standing beside Abdullah, addressed thousands and said “The fate of Kashmir will ultimately be decided by the people. We have given that pledge and Maharaja (Hari Singh) had supported it. It is not only a pledge to the people of Kashmir but to the world. We will not, and cannot back out of it,” promised Nehru. Although this is conditional to Pakistan withdrawing troops from the then-Princely state.  

Lal Chowk fire 

The 1993 Lal Chowk fire refers to the arson attack on the main commercial center of downtown Srinagar, Kashmir that took place on 10 April 1993. The fire is alleged to be started by a crowd incited by militants, while civilians and police officials interviewed by Human Rights Watch and other organisations allege that the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) didn't provide enough protection to the building and did not allow the police to rescue of people, apparently in retaliation for the burning of an abandoned BSF building by local residents. 

Clock tower 

The Clock Tower gained political significance in 1992 when the then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Murli Manohar Joshi came to hoist the Tricolour atop the tower on Republic Day. Joshi’s move brought several militant groups together, uniting them against India. Joshi hoisted the flag in the company of soldiers. He was whisked away when a rocket fired by Pakistani-backed militants landed some metres away from the tower. Since then, the BSF and the CRPF undertook the hoisting ceremony until 2009 when they announced it was unnecessary to continue the ritual because the tower “had no political significance” and an official function was held at the nearby Bakshi Stadium on Republic day and Independence day anyway.

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Independence Day: Will never allow neighbouring country’s ‘militancy designs’ to succeed in J&K: LG Manoj Sinha

SRINAGAR — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that the UT administration and the security forces will never allow the neighbouring country to revive militancy in J&K and the people of Jammu must help forces to wipe out militancy from the region. Addressing the 78th Independence Day gathering at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar, the LG, as per news agency Kashmir News Observer, said that…

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Srinagar District Judo C’ship from Feb 6

#judo [Daily Excelsior]JAMMU, Feb 2: Jammu and Kashmir Judo Association is going to organise Srinagar District Judo Championship at Sher-e-Kashmir Indoor Complex, Bakshi Stadium Srinagar from February 6 to February 8, 2020 …

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No Restrictions for August 15 Celebrations at Bakshi Stadium: Div Com Kashmir

No Restrictions for August 15 Celebrations at Bakshi Stadium: Div Com Kashmir   SRINAGAR, JUly 30: Divisional Commissioner V.K. Bidhuri announced that there will be no restrictions for the August 15 celebrations at Bakshi Stadium this year. “Everyone is welcome to attend,” the Div com said while speaking to reporters at Srinagar. He extended an open invitation to the public, encouraging them to…

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Srinagar District Judo C’ship from Feb 6

#judo [Daily Excelsior]JAMMU, Feb 2: Jammu and Kashmir Judo Association is going to organise Srinagar District Judo Championship at Sher-e-Kashmir Indoor Complex, Bakshi Stadium Srinagar from February 6 to February 8, 2020 ...

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Real Kashmir FC, the first club from J&K to qualify for I-League, is ready to make its dream debut

"I learned all about life with a ball at my feet," was Brazil legend Ronaldinho's take on what football meant to him. And it's a sentiment that Real Kashmir FC would probably identify with after adjusting to the valley's "curfews and cordons" courtesy the 'beautiful game'. The first club from Jammu and Kashmir to qualify for the I-League is slowly building up to that dream debut on the big stage when they take on Churchill Brothers on November 6 at home turf. "We can be the positive story coming from Kashmir. I appreciate the media for putting out the good word. Now it is for us to do all the hard work and shine, we have no other option," says the team's veteran mid-fielder Khalid Qayoom. Qayoom and the rest of the squad enjoyed a day out in Srinagar recently, cheering on the players of an under-18 state championship match at the TRC Turf Ground recently. The two-year-old club, started by two friends -- Sandeep Chattoo and Shamim Meraj -- initially just for "fun", became the first club from the valley to qualify for the I-League by beating Delhi's Hindustan FC 3-2 in Bengaluru. Qayoom spoke about the many reasons why football has a "huge following" in the valley. "Mehraj (former India player Mehrajuddin Wadoo) and Ishwaq ahmed are the reason so many people want to become footballers. They are our role models. People see them as stars of the valley. God willing if we do better in I-League people will think the same way for us also," he said. The crowd at the practice match he watching was rather thin, mostly outside thanks to the weekly flea market -- starting from the ground to the Hari Singh High Street. Inside the ground, the decibel levels were significantly lower. Though not empty, the stands were mostly vacant. "Buck up", screamed Qayoom, joined by fellow mid-fielders Shahnawaz Bashir and Danish Farooq. This got the spectators involved, and what followed was a goal by Maharaja Sports. "And now you will see the goalkeeper of Maharaja Sports team bowing down in direction of the mosque and thank the lord," whispered a spectator to his young child, pointing to the mosque next to the stadium. And this is exactly what happened a moment later. "This photograph should make for the sports pages in local newspapers tomorrow," murmured another fan. It was game on for everyone present in the ground now. "Because of the cold there are less spectators today, otherwise in summer, and also when we will play the I-League matches here by God's will, you will see the stadium jam-packed ," said Qayoom, an ardent Cristiano Ronaldo fan. His father was also a footballer, though not a professional one like Danish's father. Qayoom said after long there is excitement in the valley. "Right now I think of myself as the luckiest person in the valley who is getting to live his dream," he said gleefully. Building the team up for the big challenge ahead is coach David Robertson -- ex- Rangers and Aberdeen player. The Scot said it feels like home here. Robertson is keen to improve not just players' skills but also his Hindi and loves to flaunt the new words and phrases he has been picking up -- sometimes without even asking. "Jaldi, jaldi... I use that a lot," he said smiling. That said, making football a career in J&K is easier said than done. Qayoom knows all about it. "Had things been peaceful in the valley, had the administration supported us, had the government supported us, I would have achieved this thing (making I-League cut) eight years back," said Qayoom, who will be turning 30 next year. Khalid rued the fact that state has literally no infrastructure for any sport. The TRC Turf Ground, the club's home ground for the upcoming I-League season which boasts of an imported synthetic turf, had nothing else to offer for the longest time and is now being spruced up. The facility, however, is yet to receive clearance from officials as a venue to host I-League matches. "The infrastructure here has only gone from bad to worse. We have the Bakshi stadium, which is now being turned into an international ground, but that could have easily been done 10 years ago. We are lagging far behind when compared to other states," he added. For someone who started playing football at the age of 14, Qayoom, a resident of downtown Srinagar, also spoke about the political turmoil and the "curfews and strikes" that affected his growth as a player. "They harm your day-to-day life, not only football," he pointed out. "We have been facing this situation all our life now. So yes we now know the tricks, we know how to tackle curfews, we know how to escape from the cordons," he said. "We had to adjust somehow. Like, here also usually our practice starts at 9 in the morning, if there is a curfew or strike we come at 7 only," he said. But that stopped bothering Qayoom and other players of the team long back. All they want to do is shine, and shine now. Are they in 'jaldi, jaldi'?, you bet. Read the full article

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Mehbooba inaugurates 29th Police-Public Mela 

#Mehbooba inaugurates 29th Police-Public Mela

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti inaugurated the 29th Police-Public Welfare Mela at Bakshi Stadium here today. A large number of people from different walks of life attended the fair, which is held twice every year in the capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu.

After inaugurating the mela, Mehbooba Mufti paid floral tributes to the jawans and officers of J&K Police who laid down their lives…

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Security beefed up in valley ahead of 15 August

Security beefed up in valley ahead of 15 August

Srinagar, Aug 10 (KNS): Authorities have sounded high alert across the valley while tight security arrangements have been made in and around Bakshi stadium where the main function of I-Day will be held. Apart from Bakshi stadium security has been beefed up in entire valley. Sources said that Police, paramilitary forces have intensified patrolling. Vehicle checking has also been intensified and…