Day: August 27, 2015

“Militancy rooted out by Congress revived during PDP-BJP rule”: Rahul

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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said People’s Democratic Party befooled the people of Kashmir by forming the government with a party that was untouchable for it during the election time. “PDP sought votes from people to keep BJP at bay but after elections it joined hands with the same party which according to it was anti-people and anti-Kashmir,” Gandhi told reporters outside Dak Bungalow Sopore. He said that both BJP and PDP care a fig for the people and these parties are interested in power rather than allaying the…

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Why Kashmir first?

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M ASHRAF If Kashmir is to be redeemed and saved, then every Kashmiri must adopt the maxim, “Kashmir First” in every aspect of life For every Kashmiri, the most important thing at the moment is the “Kashmir First”. It is Kashmir which gives him his identity. Here, one recalls a saying about a blade of grass growing on a piece of land. It has been said that every blade of grass in the world has a piece of land in which it has its roots. It is from this piece…

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Do not politicise my JK Visit : Rahul Gandhi

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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for politicising his visit to Jammu and Kashmir. ”BJP says ‘Rahul Gandhi is on a tour’. For them, meeting the poor is a tour, when they meet industrialists its politics,” he said while a addressing a gathering in Baramulah. Rahul Gandhi pointed out that the people who were affected by ceasefire violations wanted compensation for the damages suffered by them. Gandhi also condemned the opposition’s move to play politics over the Congress’ posters and flags in Srinagar. ”The Congress Party…

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Another Pakistani terrorist caught alive in Uri

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In a major development, Indian security forces captured alive another Pakistani terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. As per reports, the unidentified terrorist, believed to be 22 years old, was captured alive during an encounter in Uri sector in North Kashmir along the Line of Control in which four militants were also killed. The operation was jointly conducted by the Indian Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police. The encounter which started yesterday carried on for over 20 hours. As per sources, five terrorists had infiltrated into India through…

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Facebook, Twitter make LoC irrelevant for users in two parts of Kashmir

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Thousands of users from PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan region are friends with each other on Facebook Internet particularly social networking sites have made the Line of Control which is known as ‘khooni lakeer’ or bloody line to many people living on the two sides of the de facto border irrelevant in many ways. Thousands of Facebook users in Jammu and Kashmir are in the friend list of those from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan region of the State which Pakistan claims to be its ‘Northern Areas’. They interact through the website and exchange…

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Private practice responsible for high mortality among patients: DAK

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Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Wednesday said, private practice by government doctors is unethical and is taking heavy toll on poor patients. President DAK Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan in a statement today said, “Private practice by doctors in tertiary care hospitals is responsible for high mortality among patients.” During emergency hours when the services of senior doctors are needed most, patients are left to the mercy of trainees thus jeopardizing the lives of critically ill patients, statement said. Patients in Accident and Emergency departments are seen by students who are at learning stage…

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Geelani praises Sharif for his pro-Kashmir statement

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‘Appeals Pak rulers to be consistent, firm on recent stand’ Terming the statement of Pakistan Prime Minister Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif after the cancellation of NSA level talks as very encouraging in which he had termed the Kashmiris as basic party instead of third party to the Kashmir dispute, Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani Wednesday showered praises on him. Appealing the Government of Pakistan to maintain the consistency and firmness over their recently adopted stand regarding Kashmir, Geelani said the case of the Kashmiri nation is very strong…

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Experts rue ‘distortion’ of league football in JK

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While football leagues world-over are played in a particular format with every team getting chance to have a go at every other side, JK’s football governing authorities have ‘distorted’ the format by dividing the league into groups. Experts say J&K Football Association (JKFA) has converted the football league into a two group event “which kills the very idea of league format of the game” “JKFA, without checking into pros and cons of the decision, a few years back, changed the format of its annual league football events which include Super…

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Authorities sit on encroachment of roads, footpaths; City-centre areas worst affected

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Failure of authorities to remove encroachment from roads and footpaths is taking a heavy toll on vehicular and pedestrian movement. The entire stretch of footpaths and roadsides at city centre areas including Regal Chowk, Ghanta Ghar, Amira Kadal, Hari Singh High Street, LD Crossing and Batamaloo has been encroached upon by street vendors and shopkeepers who place their goods there—hampering pedestrian and vehicular movement. At city centre Lal Chowk, street vendors have encroachment upon footpaths causing immense inconvenience to pedestrians. “Due to encroachment of footpaths near Biscoe School and Ghanta…

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KPs throng Nagbal Shopian to participate in annual Kapal Mochan Shradh

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Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) from different parts of Jammu and Kashmir State thronged Nagbal Shopian Wednesday to participate in annual Kapal Mochan Shradh- a festival observed “to seek liberation of souls of deceased, especially for those who die young”. Scores of Pandit families including migrants KPs took part in a Havan at Shiva Temple Nagbal. The village is around one and a half kilometers from Shopian district situated on the banks of nallah Rambiara. A Havan was organized on the eve of the main Puja that is celebrated each…

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