Day: September 19, 2015

Beef and meat bans cast shadow over Eid-ul-Azha

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With hundreds of families across the country preparing Eid-ul-Azha in the last week of September, the ban on sale of meat, including beef, has come as a huge setback for the traders who were expecting a good business during the festive season. Akbar Qureshi, a meat trader in the Mankhurd area of Mumbai, is a worried man since the ban on beef came into force in Maharashtra in March this year under the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act, 1995. Since then, he has been able to sell very little buffalo…

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Kashmiris won’t succumb to intimidations, says Shabir Shah

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VHP leader Leela Krishan Sharma had yesterday threatened “economic blockade to Kashmir region if the Jammu and Kashmir Speaker allows discussion on anti-beef ban bill” in the Legislative Assembly. Reacting strongly to the statements of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), senior Hurriyat Conference (G) leader Shabir Ahmad Shah Saturday said that Kashmiris would not succumb to intimidations and would resist every anti-Kashmir move “tooth and nail”. VHP leader Leela Krishan Sharma had yesterday threatened “economic blockade to Kashmir region if the Jammu and Kashmir Speaker allows discussion on anti-beef ban bill”…

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Geelani calls for strike tomorrow, says killing of 3-yr-old Burhan ‘barbaric’

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Calling the killing of the father-son duo and Hizb commander Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, whose body was found in Kunzar today, as “mysterious Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani has called for a state-wide shutdown tomorrow to protest the killings of former militant Bashir Ahmad Bhat and his three-year-old son in Sopore last evening. Calling the killing of the father-son duo and Hizb commander Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, whose body was found in Kunzar today, as “mysterious”, Geelani appealed people to make the strike a success, said a spokesperson. “The killing…

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Kashmir is never going to be part of Pakistan: Farooq Abdullah

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National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has rejected the notion that the threat of a nuclear war would solve the Kashmir issue, asserting that the region would never be a part of Pakistan and dialogue is the best way to “move forward”. Admitting that Kashmir has been the main agenda as far as India and Pakistan are concerned, Mr. Abdullah said: “What is important is dialogue between the two nations to get to some point of understanding. “There is no way, by threats of…

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Will protect JK’s ‘special place’ in Constitution: CM

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J&K Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Friday asked people to “grab the historic opportunity presented to them for bringing in lasting peace and development in the state.” He said he wants to “bring down the walls of hatred between India and Pakistan as people of J&K will be the principal beneficiaries of thaw in relations between the two neighbours.” “My primary goal is to take away the clouds of political uncertainty, which have hovered over the horizon of J&K for 70 long years,” he said, addressing a public gathering after…

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Aryans jeopardizing career of JK students

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Admitting them in colleges not recognized by UGC The students who have enrolled their forms in different courses via Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh are running a risk of jeopardizing their career. The group got affiliated with the university which is not recognized under the University Grant Commission (UGC). Aryans Group of College, Chandigarh, which has received a lot of media hype during the past two years in the Valley, attracted many Kashmiri students to enroll in various technical courses through the group. he college was previously affiliated with Punjab…

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39 Officers / Ministers surrender LPG subsidy in J&K

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J&K minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) and Tribal Affairs Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali and 39 other officers today surrendered their LPG subsidy here. Zulfikar along with 39 officers of CAPD surrendered the gas subsidy at a function organized by the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to felicitate the consumers who had given up their gas subsidies, an official spokesman said. The Minister appealed the people to come forward and voluntarily surrender their LPG subsidy so that the money saved can be used for providing the same facility to below poverty…

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Kishenganga Hydroelectric Power Project| High Court seeks response on residents’ rehab plea

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A bench of Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar passed the direction on a petition filed by the nine inhabitants of Village Kralpora Check Bandipora in a representative capacity through advocate Altaf Mehra The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued notice to state government and National Hydro Electric Power Corporation for response on a petition seeking directions for rehabilitation of the families affected by the Kishenganga Hydroelectric Power Project in Bandipora in accordance with the National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy 2007. The petitioners also seek directions for constitution of a panel…

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Gangabal yatra begins tomorrow

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The annual yatra to Gangbal lake, which is considered to be the abode of Lord Shiva, is all set to start on Sunday. Talking to us, All Parties Migrant Coordination Committee (APMCC) chairman Vinod Pandit said pilgrims had started arriving and the yatra would be flagged off from Naranag in Ganderbal district of the Kashmir valley. The yatra is being organised by the Harmukh Ganga Gangbal Trust (HGGT) with the support of the APMCC. “A group of around 100 devotees will set out for the yatra after the puja at…

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Flood-hit families still cry for compensation

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Flood victims in Srinagar who lost their homes last year continue to cry for relief as hundreds of such families are still waiting for the second instalment of the compensation which the government had promised to release by the end of July. The flood victims across Srinagar, which was worst hit in September last year, have been waiting for the compensation for over a year now. They have alleged partiality on the part of the authorities. “In our locality most of the houses were either damaged or partially damaged but…

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