November 13, 2015 | Kashmir POST

PM’s flood relief package for Kashmir: Know your compensation

November 13, 2015 Editor

From the PM Modi’s 80, 000 crore package, Rs 2000 crores will be utilized for relief and rehabilitation of flood-affected people in Jammu and Kashmir. This includes Rs 1200 crores for reconstruction of damaged houses and Rs 800 for traders hit by the deluge. During a press conference in Jammu on Friday, the government announced break-up of the fresh relief for the flood-affected households out of Rs 80000 crore Prime Minister’s reconstruction plan announced recently. This will be in addition to the relief already paid to the flood-affected households and…

Weather to improve in JK from Tomorrow

November 13, 2015 Editor

The weather across Jammu and Kashmir is likely to improve from Saturday as the Meteorological Office said that the spell of rainfall in the state will end today. “Weather will start improving from tomorrow (Saturday) in Jammu and Kashmir. The moderate to heavy rainfall in the plains and snow in the higher reaches which had been forecast on Thursday would end on Friday evening,” an official of the Meteorological department told IANS in Srinagar today. The minimum temperature was 5.8 degrees Celsius in Srinagar today while it was 5.6 degrees…

Government constitutes 23-member ‘Tourism Advisory Board’

November 13, 2015 Editor

Chaya, Burza, Siah, Tramboo among its members The Jammu and Kashmir Government has constituted a Tourism Advisory Board under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. The Board comprises 23 members and a member Secretary to advise and suggest measures for tourism development, promotion and publicity, creation of high end infrastructure and any other issue related to Tourism in the State. The members are Parvez Dewan IAS, Former Union Tourism Secretary, Dr. Lalit K Panwar IAS, Former Union Tourism Secretary, Umang Narula, IAS, Chairman cum Managing Director ITDC, Ashwani…

New Delhi’s financial packages to JK ‘fail’ to bolster Kashmir economy

November 13, 2015 Editor

The Rs 80000-crore financial package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Srinagar on November 7 may have gratified the PDP-BJP coalition government in the State, but doesn’t extend any hope about stimulating Kashmir’s own economic strength, experts have opined, citing ‘failure’ of a host of previous such financial packages in Kashmir. The present financial package is the third such economic package announced for J&K since 2002 when the then Prime Minister AtalBihari Vajpayee announced Rs 8687 crore package envisaging 26 projects. According to experts, a major share of the…

CM has become an ‘RSS Pracharak’: NC

November 13, 2015 Editor

Mufti on ‘Sadhbavna Tour’ to Goa for Modi’s PR mission: Mattu National Conference on Thursday ridiculed Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s desperation to travel to Goa to speak at a seminar organized by an RSS patronized, right-wing think tank to deliver a lecture aimed at eulogizing the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi viz-a-viz Kashmir. “CM Mufti has sadly taken to being an RSS Pracharak like a duck takes to water. At a time when both the Prime Minister and his party stand condemned throughout the country for the growth…

Food wrapped in newspapers harmful, DFCO warns

November 13, 2015 Editor

Waking up from deep slumber, the Drug and Food Control Organization (DFCO) on Thursday warned people against taking food wrapped in newspapers, saying it could be hazardous for their health. This is apparently for the first time that the Organization—mandated with enforcing food safety regulations—has come out with such an appeal amid reports that it is ignoring food safety norms in broad daylight. On Thursday, an advisory issued by the DFCO warned of strict action under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 against people found selling food items in newspapers.…

Kashmiris, Sikhs protest Modi’s London Visit

November 13, 2015 Editor

Kashmiris, Sikhs, Dalits and Nepalese held a protest demonstration in London and other cities of the United Kingdom to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UK. They were carrying placards and raising slogans against “extremist policies of the Indian Government” and its “closing of eyes towards growing intolerance in the country against minorities.” They also raised slogans “Go Modi, Go Back and Modi not welcome.” Hundreds of protesters staged a demonstration outside Downing Street here. The protesters also carried placards like ‘Hindutva is threat to Indian unity’, ‘Modi…

‘JK govt must add mother tongue, third language column in admission forms’

November 13, 2015 Editor

National Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Prof Akhtarul Wasey Thursday asked the state government to include information of child’s mother tongue as well as preferred third language for study in school admission forms in order to promote Urdu and regional languages. “All the affiliated schools of state board should include a column in the application forms for admission as per the recommendations of National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities (NCRLM) on compulsory registration of mother tongue,” Prof Wasey said while addressing a seminar at Central University of Kashmir, here. He…

DAK welcomes decision to shift interview venue

November 13, 2015 Editor

The Valley-based doctors today welcomed the government’s decision to conduct interview for recruitment of lecturers in the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS) in Srinagar. The government had earlier notified that the interviews would be conducted in Jammu. Welcoming the government decision, the Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) said the decision would give respite to hundreds of doctors for whom going to Jammu was impossible in view of tight duty schedule in hospitals. The authorities had earlier fixed interview for the post of lecturers in SKIMS, Bemina, in Jammu. The DAK…

Killing of Burmese militant ups ante of Intelligence agencies

November 13, 2015 Editor

Flag Ministry of Home Affairs on Rohingya refugees settling in Jammu The recent killing of a foreign militant has reignited the fears of security forces vis-à-vis the floating population of Rohingya refugees in J&K and their vulnerability to falling prey to the designs of terror outfits. Rohingyas have settled down in good numbers in Jammu city, which has always remained on the terror radar. One of the two foreign militants killed in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Tral town in October was identified as Chota Burmi, a native of Myanmar.…