Don’t politicize NIT issue, resolve mutually: KCC&I

The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Inc) has noted and is watching with grave concern the events related to trivial issues recently that crept in between the students and the management of NIT Srinagar which is being fanned out of proportion by the politically motivated vested interest with apparently a nefarious design to rouse the sentiments of local people and cause unrest. The Chamber would call attention of the authorities to the fact that such issues have been occurring among students of institutions like JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY (JNU), FILLING…

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JK performs worst in pvt sector job creation

In a concern, Jammu and Kashmir figures second least performing state in terms of private sector job creation. The state’s share stands just at 1579 in about nine lakh positions filled across India in quarter 4, 2015-16. According to a survey, ‘State-wise job openings in India in Q4 FY16’ released by Assocham, JK’s share in private sector jobs has been a negligible 0.2 per cent. J&K has figured on number 19, only before Odisha among 20 states surveyed by the industry body. The survey conducted for January to March quarter…

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Don’t name, shame borrowers publicly: CCIK to Banks

The Associated Chamber of Commerce & Industries- Kashmir (CCIK) is surprised at the recent disclosure of heavy bank defaults and NPAs flying thick and fast in all types of media. It said the alleged amount of defaults runs in thousands and lakhs of crores in which leading banks were the parties. “If allegation of thousands of crores was made against one party, that same one defended it by pointing out defaults of some other party are running in lakhs of crores and why he alone should be maligned.” It said…

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Dal Lake Conservation Case

Expressing displeasure over absence of top officers including Chief Secretary in Dal Lake conservation case, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday observed that all the constitutional, statutory and administrative authorities are “servants of laws.” “The court would have initiated action in accordance with law against these authorities but in view of the request by Senior Additional Advocate General N A Beigh, we defer at this stage initiation of proceedings against them,” a bench of Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar and Justice Ali Muhammad Magrey observed. Hearing a Public interest…

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Youth congress demands ban on sale of liquor in JK

J&K Pradesh Youth Congress State General Secretary and Executive Member J&K Pradesh Congress committee Sheikh Aamir Rasool today demanded blanket ban on consumption and sale of liquor in J&K State. “Six states including Kerala, Bihar, Nagaland, Manipur, Gujarat and Mizoram have already banned the liquor. The J&K State government should also consider banning it in the state,” said Aamir Rasool in a statement today . Liquor is root cause of dwindling household economy and domestic and social violence across the state he said. Aamir Rasool further said that total prohibition…

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Govt bans sale, production of ‘unsafe’ Khyber milk products

In the wake of orders of a court in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, the J&K government Wednesday ordered recall of milk and all milk products manufactured by Khyber Agro Farms and directed that these products should not be supplied till further directions. The government has issued orders for implementing the judgment of Judicial Magistrate Budgam and ordered Controller Drug and Food Control Organisation to “remove milk and milk products manufactured by Khyber Agro Farms Private Limited ‘immediately’.” The Health and Medical Education Department, in its order No HD/Legal/Drug/MR-56/2016 dated 06-04-2016…

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Centre assures safety of students as NIT crisis deepens; first litmus test for Mehbooba

The Centre on Wednesday assured full safety of all outstation students studying at Srinagar’s National Institute of Technology days after a bitter clash between two groups of students, which posed the first major challenge for the newly-installed BJP-PDP coalition government in the state headed by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. A three-member team of central government officials also visited the volatile campus of a Kashmir college to take stock of the situation there. The three-member team, headed by Sanjeev Sharma, a director in the union Human Resources Development ministry, met officials…

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Late Marriages: Islamic and medical perspective

The family of a woman seeks a man who is a government employee because it is a kind of job which has a secure tenure and other perks Kashmir is predominantly a Muslim-dominated region and the population of non-Muslims is almost negligible. The religion of Islam advocates and encourages early marriage, but contrary to the Islamic teachings, the anti-Islamic traditions and customs are being practiced and consequently promoted and endorsed. According to the National Health Profile 2015, compiled by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence under the Ministry of Health…

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Khrew truckers’ protest on for over a month

Oppose new truck union, face tough police action Injured persons, damaged houses, deserted roads and hundreds of stranded trucks barely 20 km from the city centre in Srinagar show alleged police brutality against people of Khrew, an industrial area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district with big cement factories. For over a month, truckers in Khrew, where transportation of cement from both private and government-run factories was the main source of livelihood, had been protesting against private factory owners for allegedly floating a separate truck union, Alkhudam. To transport cement from…

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Geelani vouches for safety of non-local students

Lashes out at GoI over harassment of Kashmiri students outside JK Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani on his return to Valley on Wednesday vouched for safety of non-local students in NIT campus and criticized Government of India (GoI) on harassment of Kashmiri students studying outside the State. “Our religion teaches us not to have any hatred with people on the basis of religion, race or nationality,” Geelani told reporters, here. He arrived here this afternoon after spending two months in New Delhi, where he underwent treatment. He was…

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