Wondering why non-local labourers didn’t turn up for work at your home on Saturday? Here is a clue. Scores of such workers comprised the audience to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his rally at Sher-i-Kashmir stadium in Srinagar on Saturday. Besides the PDP and BJP workers, government employees and daily wagers, non-local labourers formed a major chunk of the audience, reports said.
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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday asked PM Modi to announce the withdrawal of AFSPA from the state and resumption of composite dialogue with Pakistan during his rally in Srinagar. Abdullah wrote on Facebook that the financial packages haven’t changed the nature of the problem in Kashmir. “Three things I’d like to see in the PM’s speech today – One – a firm announcement with time frame for the phased withdrawal of AFSPA. Two – an unconditional invitation to separatists to come forward and open a dialogue…
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Independent legislator Er Rashid was detained on Saturday after he waved black flags to show his resentment to PM Modi’s visit to Srinagar. Reports said Rashid came out of residence in Jawahar Nagar area along with few of his supporters and waved black flags. Rashid had earlier appealed people to wave blacks to show their anger at the visit of Modi to the state. Reports said that a police contingent arrived at the scene and detained Rashid.
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Black balloons were released into air by unknown persons to show their resentment to the visit of PM Modi to Srinagar on Saturday. Eye-witnesses said that the balloons were spotted around an hour before Modi’s rally at nearby Sher-i-Kashmir cricket stadium in Srinagar. Hours before PM Narendra Modi landed in Kashmir, authorities suspended internet mobile services in the valley. Modi has arrived in the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium Srinagar to address a public rally. Thousands of people have gathered to listen the PM amidst very tight security.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about the Vajpayee model of Insaniyat, Jamhuriyat and Kashmiriyat during his address at a rally at Sher-i-Kashmir cricket stadium in Srinagar. He said they are the pillars to build a strong Kashmir. Here are the live updates from PM Modi’s J&K visit: . I announce 80,000 rupees crore package for Jammu and Kashmir. This is just a beginning amid a thunderous applause by the audience. . Rs 34, 000 crore are being spent to build a better and faster road between Srinagar and Jammu. .…
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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed expects Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, his first since the PDP-BJP coalition took over, to be a “turning point in the history of Jammu and Kashmir”. He compares it with then prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s visit to the state 2003 which generated a lot of goodwill. There indeed are high expectations among people from this visit. Here are five reasons why Modi’s address is important: Economic package The flood of September 2014 left the state economically devastated. It expected a substantial economic package from the…
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For Muslims and Hindus alike, New Delhi’s response is similar: ‘We are willing to give you bribes, but don’t expect justice, not ever.’ Omair Ahmad On November 7, Mr Narendra Modi will visit the Kashmir Valley. The hardline Kashmiri ideologue, and former MLA, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has called a “Million Man March” to protest Mr Modi’s presence – although none of us know what the prime minister has to say. In response, dozens of people have been put under “preventive detention” aka arrested, and the police and security forces…
Read MoreStudents of Government Degree College in Surankote today held a protest against the Army for allegedly disrupting regular college affairs in the name of ex-servicemen rally at Surankote. The students alleged that they were also beaten up by soldiers. They held a protest at a traffic check post (TCP) and later on shopkeepers and parents of the students also joined the protest and demanded action against soldiers who allegedly beat up students. The incident happened at about 10 am today when some college students were being frisked by the soldiers…
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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Srinagar on Saturday, the Kashmir business community is “little excited” as according to them the PM has “failed to keep his promise with the flood victims in the Valley.” Talking to us, President, Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mushtaq Ahmad Wani said they had little hope about any rehabilitation package to be announced by the PM “as Kashmiris are now fed up with such promises.” “Our message is clear to the Government. In the first instance the flood victims should be rehabilitated,”…
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The Wular Lake has shrunk in size and its water carrying capacity has been reduced as government has failed to work out conservation measures. The illegal constructions, garbage dumping and massive silting of the lake has hampered the conservation efforts. Due to the widespread encroachments, the lake left many areas inundated in the floods last September. The massive silting of the lake and dumping of waste by local bodies and growing encroachments in absence of proper government monitoring has left the lake piolluted. As per official records 20 villages with…
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