Day: December 18, 2015

BJP’s demand to declare Accession Day a holiday lands PDP in a fix

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To declare 26 October a gazetted holiday or not? The question is loaded with political implications in Jammu and Kashmir. It has set Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on a collision course with the BJP, his party’s alliance partner in the state. On 26 October, 1947, the then ruler of the state, Maharaja Hari Singh, had signed the Instrument of Accession to make Kashmir part of India. Before partition, Kashmir was an independent princely state. Soon after India’s independence, it got plagued by invasions led by Pathan tribesmen, forcing its…

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115 unfair means cases registered during class 10 exam

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The JK Board of School Education (BOSE) has registered unfair means cases against 115 students who appeared in annual 2015 regular 10th class examination held in November this year. Of the total, maximum cases include possession of chits while 19 are ‘smuggling’ cases and three cases of impersonation. After the culmination of 10th annual examination, BOSE authorities convened a meeting regarding the cases and have also announced the punishment against erring students for resorting to unfair means in the exams. “We convened a meeting regarding the issue and took decisions…

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Residents recover abandoned baby from dog’s mouth

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‘Society growing ugly and inhumane’ In a shocking incident, a dead newborn infant was seen into the mouth of a dog, parading at Press Enclave in summer capital Srinagar on Thursday morning. The infant wrapped in a newspaper had been thrown in garbage at SRTC yard opposite Tyndale Biscoe School while the dog after recovering the baby started running with infant into its mouth. Eyewitnesses said that people chased the dog and it left the baby on road. Hey said that the police rushed to spot and handed over the…

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Sgr-Leh highway opens for one way traffic

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One-way traffic resumes on highway connecting Ladakh with Kashmir after 6 days Traffic on the highway, connecting the Ladakh region with Kashmir valley was restored from Thursday after remaining suspended from December 11 due to snowfall and slippery road conditions. However, the administration has already announced to close the highway for winter months from December 20 to avoid any accident due to slippery road conditions as the mercury drops to below minus 10 degree Celsius to minus 15 degree at several places. Traffic police sources said, “We allowed one-way traffic…

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CRPF removes 25-year-old bunker in Srinagar

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Grenade attack on CRPF picket at Sekidafar On directions of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Thursday removed a 25 year-old bunker from Kawdara area of Srinagar city, an official spokesman sad. PDP MLC Khursheed Alam, who was present on the occasion, said the government is committed to provide relief to people of the state. “Removing bunkers from residential areas is one such move as promised by the Chief Minister,” he said The CRPF has removed around 50 bunkers from the city since 2010. Terming removal…

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Rural dept to employ 1,200 data entry operators

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The Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj today said it would engage a total of 1,200 data entry operators at the panchayat level in clusters to enable panchayats to function on modern lines and have means to maintain books of account. This was announced by Minister for RuralDevelopment and Panchayati Raj Abdul Haq Khan while chairing a review meeting at the Civil Secretariat. “For strengthening the panchayati raj institutions, the departmentwill engage 1,200 accountant-cum-data entry operators at the panchayatlevel in clusters so that panchayats are able to function on…

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National Conference raises pitch against NFSA

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The National Conference today raised its pitch against the National Food Security Act, accusing the coalition government of snatching food from people of the state. “Today people are worried about the food security Act,” NC president and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told reporters at Shangus in Anantnag district. Omar described the government’s statement that the NC was behind the protests against the food Act as “unfortunate”. “Imagine in Srinagar city alone there are 3 lakh people whose food is being snatched. If this is the situation in Srinagar, elsewhere…

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Announcement of IIT jacks up realty prices in Jagti

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In the backdrop of the snow-clad Pir Panjal range and NHAI’s neatly laid highway that meanders along hillocks, at the first look, it resembles an exotic and picturesque place of Europe. And announcement of setting up an elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has increased the prices of reality in the Jagti area of Nagrota. The government has already identified the land for the IIT at Khanpur in the vicinity of Jagti. “The four-lane National Highway 1A (NH1A) project had already changed the look of this area and now the…

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HC directs SMC to seal Taj Mohi-ud-Din’s city complex

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‘None can be permitted to reap benefit of his illegal actions’ High court has directed Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC)  to seal a commercial complex of top congress leader and former minister Taj Mohi-ud-Din at Residency road, Srinagar. A division bench of the High Court said prima facie, it appears that the petitioner (Taj Mohi-ud-Din)  has committed serious breach of permission granted to him for raising of construction as he has not maintained car parking in the complex, which was the fundamental condition for permission. Earlier, SMC informed the court that…

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Protest against NFSA continues in Srinagar, anger justified: Geelani

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 The proposed implementation of National Security Act sparked protests in Srinagar city for the fifth consecutive day. Protesters who took to roads blocked boulevard road for hours near Brein Nishat appealing government not to implement the bill in the state. Police diverted the traffic near Obroi Place after protesters did not allow vehicular movement on the road. The protesters said that Food Security Bill is good for states like Uttar Pradesh or Bihar as majority of the consumers in these states kive Below Poverty Line (BPL) while in Jammu and…

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