Day: December 5, 2015

LeT operatives Dujana and Ujana are in Kashmir: Delhi police

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There is a possibility of militant attack by operatives of the Lashkar-e-Taiba in the national capital, Delhi Police said in a First Information Report, on Saturday. The complaint, which was filed by  the police on December 1, said there can be suicide attacks in Delhi and other parts of the country, reports said. The police have submitted this report in the concerned anti-terror court. The militant group will target key personalities and crowded areas in the city, the complaint said. According to this complaint, Lashkar operatives  Dujana and Ujana have…

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BJP surrendering sensitive issues of Jammu region: Panthers Party

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While criticising state Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu for his refusal to roll-back tax on chopper services to cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) today accused BJP of surrendering the “sensitive issues” of the people of Jammu region. “BJP has failed to confront its partner over the sensitive issue which had a tremendous emotional appeal,” chairman of the JKNPP Harsh Dev Singh said here. He said that BJP had utterly disappointed the people by quietly acquiescing before its coalition partner on the subject despite…

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Kashmir is the capital of fatty liver disease patients: DAK

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“hospitals lack Fibroscan, Patients suffer” Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said that Kashmir hospitals are without the facility of Fibroscan that is used to establish the presence of fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with liver disease. Terming Fibroscan as an essential diagnostic tool for liver disease patients President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that patients in hospitals suffer due to lack of Fibroscan. It is unethical to keep hospitals especially tertiary care without Fibroscan as doctors nowadays cannot deal with liver disease patients without this breakthrough…

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Flood Aftermath: ‘Winter appropriate time for Jhelum dredging’

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The inaction by authorities to complete the dredging of river Jhelum and the spill channel so as to increase its carrying capacity, has become a cause of concern for local population. Srinagar city bore the brunt of last year’s floods as habitations on both sides of Jhelum were submerged for several weeks. On September 7 last year, the water level in Jhelum broke all records— crossing 33-feet at Sangam at Islamabad (Anantnag) in south Kashmir and 23-feet at Ram Munshi Bagh here. Due to the deluge, tons of silt from…

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Downtown traders call ‘Srinagar bandh’

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The traders of downtown have called for Srinagar Bandh on Saturday against “atrocities” committed  by the force personnel after the congregational Friday prayers in historic Jamia Masjid area. “Police and paramilitary CRPF today crossed all limits and used brute force in Jamia Masjid and neighboring localities after the congregational Friday prayers,”  Jamia Market Traders Federation President Javaid Ahmed Zargar said. He alleged that from Nowhatta to Saraf Kadal, the force personnel unleashed a reign of terror. “While shops and houses were ransacked, traders and inhabitants were roughed up by police…

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‘Police acting like private army of Sangh Parivar’

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Awami Itihad Party (AIP) Chief and MLA Langate Er Rashid on Friday alleged that administration has given a free hand to goons in Jammu province for harassing Muslims. While condemning the Kalakot incident in which two Kashmir based vehicles were torched and damaged, Er Rashid alleged that there seems to be Jungle Raaj in Jammu province and police are acting like private Army of Sang Parivar. In a statement he said, “The Chief Minister seems to have given control of Jammu in the hands of these goons, as a part…

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Sheikh Abdullah: A victim of betrayal

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Mohammad Muzaffar Thakur Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah opened his eyes in a middle class family at Soura on December 5, 1905. He went to Lahore and then to Aligarh Muslim University for higher education, where he met some intellectuals, prominent among them was Dr. Sir Mohammad Iqbal which broaden his vision and understanding. Sheikh Sahib dominated the political horizon of Jammu Kashmir for more than half- century and his political career can be classified in four phases that is from 1930-1947, 1947-1953, 1953-1975, and 1975-1982. Due to continued deprivation, poverty, slavery,…

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Bhaderwah observes partial bandh; Muslims hold protests in Jammu against Hindu Mahasabha chief

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Remarks against Prophet  Muslim community Friday staged a protest demonstration against the Hindu Mahasabha chief Kamlesh Tiwari demanding his arrest, while in Bhaderwah the business establishments were closed on Friday. Angered over the remarks of the Hindu Mahasabha leader against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the community members took out protest march in Old City from Talab Khitikan to Shaheedi Chowk after Friday prayers. The protesters were shouting slogans against the saffron leader and demanded that police should arrest him for his remarks. Meanwhile, Imam Jama Masjid Talab Khitikan also expressed his…

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Mehbooba urges Centre to start international flights from Srinagar

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti today called on Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma in Delhi and sought his intervention in starting international flights from the Srinagar Airport. She urged Sharma to install guiding lights on the runway to facilitate flight operations at the Srinagar Airport during poor visibility. “According to the Airports Authority of India, the instrument landing system is already in place at the airport. The flights are not able to operate due to non-availability of guiding lights on the runway,” Mehbooba said. The PDP president said…

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UN to look into West Pak refugee issue

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said it will look into the issue of around 1.5 lakh West Pakistan refugees who have been discriminated and denied citizenship rights in Jammu and Kashmir since 1947. “What I have come to know is that West Pakistan refugees became refugees in 1947 before we came into operation. This is my first visit to Jammu and Kashmir and I am here to look into all these issues,” William Tall, Chief of Mission, UNHCR, India and the Maldives, told. “Protection of refugees…

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