Day: December 14, 2015

Has PDP buried self rule?

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Within a year in power, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shelved its self rule agenda with its senior leaders questioning the party leadership over the “sell out”. Talking to us, one of the founders of PDP and Member of Parliament (MP), Tariq Hameed Kara said he would like to hear from the party leadership – the chief minister (Mufti Mohammad Sayeed) as well as the party president (Mehboba Mufti) why the party sidelined its self-rule agenda. “After coming to power, governance is the only agenda left for the party now,”…

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How to prevent diabetes at workplace

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If you are already showing higher than normal blood sugar levels as you spend more and more hours in office — enroll for an intervention programme at your workplace if it offers one immediately. According to a new study, employees enrolled in a workplace intervention programme as a group lost more weight, showed greater reductions in fasting blood sugar and ate less fat than employees who received only written health guidelines for diabetes prevention. “Adults spend a large portion of their time at work. This study shows that it is…

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Will Bajpathri be another Tosamaidan?

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The Jammu and Kashmir government has agreed to “expeditiously examine” the Army’s demand for notifying Bajpathri forest area—close to Yusmarg hill resort in central Kashmir’s Budgam district—for its use as an artillery firing range. The Army had taken up the issue during the Civil-Military Liaison Conference (CMLC) headed by Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed in September this year. “Noting that the details of the proceedings undertaken so far in regard to the notification of Thambri (Bajpathri) field firing range, it was agreed that Government will expeditiously examine the proposal for…

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Eid-e-Milad celebrations start in Valley

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Eid-e-Milad celebrations started in Kashmir valley today with the beginning of ‘Rabi-ul-Awwal’ month of the Islamic calendar. While Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, is observed on the 12th Rabiul-Awwal, devotees regularly throng the Hazratbal Shrine on the banks of the Dal Lake for 12 consecutive days from today. Supplications are also held at several other shrines during these 12 days as part of distinct Milad celebrations in the Valley. During the Milad days, religious groups also take out processions while several programmes are held across the Valley throwing…

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Youth ‘lynched’ in Katra village, another struggling for life

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Three persons arrested, one still at large: Police A youth was allegedly lynched in a village of Katra allegedly by the family members and neighbours of a girl, to whom the victim along with his friend had gone to meet during the intervening night. Quoting investigation, a senior police officer wishing anonymity, told that Rahul (21) son of Sham Lal of Mara Morh in Udhampur and his friend Abhishek (21) son of Prithvi Raj of Udhampur went to a village Bhagta in Katra. “They allegedly entered into the house of…

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‘Dangal’ experience changed my life: Kashmiri actor Zaira Wasim

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Zaira Wasim, who was unknown a few months ago, has now become a household name in her native Kashmir after landing a role in superstar Aamir Khan’s upcoming movie Dangal. Competing with a thousand girls, Zaira never thought she would ever get a chance to land a role in the film. But luck was on her side, as she bagged the role of wrestler Geeta Phogat and got the chance to share screen space with Aamir. After completing shooting for six months in Mumbai, Zaira is now back in Srinagar. “I…

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Hurriyat (G) slams obscene BSNL SMSs

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Warns telecom company to desist or face service boycott  Taking strong notice of the obscene and dirty SMSs continuously sent to the subscribers, Hurriyat Conference (G) has warned government telecom company BSNL to stop such messages failing which it would appeal people to boycott its services. In a statement, Hurriyat Conference (G) said that Jammu & Kashmir has rich cultural and moral values. “Government institutions under the agenda of cultural aggression want to eliminate these values of the state on different fronts,” it said in the statement. Hurriyat (G) spokesman…

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Geelani is my leader

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Dawood Nabi I believe in action not in reaction. But the reaction to Syed Ali Geelani’s recent interview prompting me up to write few lines. This is a letter that is prompted by recent “response drama” to one of the bravest and the most prominent Hurriyat leaders who did everything what was in his ambit for the aspiration of the Kashmiris. Criticism is good but only when it is constructive. Geelani Sahab remains Kashmir’s most beloved and heroic figure despite vindictive criticism. He is an ideology and idea which cannot be…

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Not Art 370, PDP-BJP Govt cancerous for JK: Congress

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Terming the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the rightwing Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) coalition government as cancerous for the State, Congress Saturday said the PDP MPs behaved like silent spectators in the Parliament while BJP MPs promised to abrogate Article 370 from Jammu Kashmir stating that Parliament has powers to do away with the article which is cancerous for the Indian constitution. Talking to us, State Congress Vice President and MLA Sopore, Abdul Rashid Dar said it was unfortunate that PDP MPs acted like silent spectators in the Parliament…

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School girls face online flak for army-sponsored tour

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Thirty girl students from various city schools, currently on an army-sponsored National Integration Tour, are facing online flak for taking part in the programme.” See our gals (sic) on army tour.. Salute to their parents. Boys of kashmir giving blood and gals (sic) selling blood,” a Facebook user wrote in one of his post. He also posted a group picture of the girls currently on the tour along with another picture of a boy’s funeral. Another user commented in Kashmiri: “Baya yeli yeman ti gharrr manz mar na kanhh teli…

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