Is Asia’s largest Apple farm in Kashmir? No clue says Govt 5 gardeners look after thousands of kanals

The state government has no clue if the 2600 Kanal apple producing farm in south Kashmir’s Zainapora village of Shopian is the “largest apple farm in Asia or in the world.” While it is being widely believed in Kashmir that the Horticulture Development farm at Zainapora is the largest in Asia, but officially there is no confirmation about it. “We don’t know about the status of this apple producing farm if it is the largest in Asia or in the world. But in J&K, it is the largest apple farm,”…

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1.11 lakh jobless youth registered in JK: Govt

The government said that 1410 selections were made by Public Service Commission (PSC) and 19,470 by Service Selection Board (SSB) during past three years. “During the current year, PSC made 256 selections and SSB 1752,” the government said. Jammu and Kashmir Government today said that 1,11,077 unemployed youth are registered with the different District Employment and Counselling Centres (DE&CC) of the state. The information was dished out in response to a question by the senior PDP leader and MLC Muhammad Khurshid Aalam in the upper house of the assembly. Giving…

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Separatists call for protests today

The separatists also referred to news reports about the process initiated by the Government for identification of land in many districts of the Valley for Kashmiri Pandit townships. Vowing to fight the “ill-designs” of the J&K government, top separatist leaders on Wednesday warned the coalition dispensation to stop its “oppressive policies” or face agitation. “These so-called rulers are playing hypocritical politics and lying about separate colonies and new industrial policy,” said a joint statement from Hurriyat chiefs Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik.…

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Govt flip-flop on Industrial Policy, 4 Clauses put on hold: Drabu

• Now Drabu contradicts Industries minister, says policy on hold • ‘Likely changes at budget session end’ A day after Minister for Industries, Chandra Prakash Ganga’s statement on New Industrial Policy raised a political storm, Minister for Finance, Haseeb Drabu Thursday sought to allay the fears, saying that the policy has indeed been put on hold. “The provision regarding the industrial estates has been put on hold,” Drabu said in the Legislative Assembly. “The confusion was created on this and we have put it (New Industrial Policy) on hold.” He…

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Jammu tense after ‘desecration’ of another temple by dismissed Police Cop

Internet ban extended up to June 17, accused booked under PSA Close on the heels of desecration of a temple in Janipur area of Jammu, another temple was ransacked in Nanak Nagar locality by a drunken dismissed police constable. As a preventive measure and to avoid any flare-up in the situation, the District Administration has extended the internet ban up to June 17 and booked the accused-Gurcharan Singh alias Minta-under Public Safety Act (PSA). Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Simrandeep Singh confirmed to Kashmir POST about slapping of PSA on the accused.…

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Two sweets manufacturing units sealed

State Food Control Organisation on Thursday sealed two sweets manufacturing units here after these were found to be manufacturing food items in insanitary conditions which are detrimental to human health. Acting of a specific information, a team from FCO, led by Assistant Commissioner Food Safety Srinagar Hilal Ahmad Mir raided various food business operators in the summer capital. Following the inspection, two units manufacturing sweets and confectionaries were sealed after the inspection team found these operating from unhygienic premises. ‘During inspection, two units namely Haldi Rahman and Mantassa Sweets were…

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Non-state subjects looted temple wealth : BJP

The BJP has raised voices against non-state subjects, which, it alleged, had sold the temple wealth and land in Kashmir. “The crime was mostly done by non-state subjects, mahants and pujaris, in nexus with some influential people. Later, many of the mahants left the Valley to some unknown places,” the BJP said in a statement. Senior BJP leader Ashok Bhatt along with party’s Kashmir media in-charge Altaf Thakur and other senior workers had visited the temples in Srinagar district in the past few days. “We gathered feedback at the grassroots…

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About 100 living in old age homes in Jammu, none in Kashmir

About 100 people, mostly male, are living in four old age homes in Jammu region while there is none in the Kashmir valley, Minister Incharge Social Welfare Sajjad Gani Lone told the Legislative Council.Mr Gani replied to a question by Naresh Kumar Gupta. The Minister said the state has law relating to maintenance and welfare of parents and senior Citizens Act 2014 and efforts are afoot for its implementation.He said,”provision for establishment of two old age homes by the government has been kept one in each (Kashmir-Jammu) division with intake…

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Complex voter form putting off Pandits : Anantnag bypoll

Have to fill time-consuming Form-M to prove they are migrants As Anantnag braces for the bypoll on June 22, displaced Kashmiri Hindus belonging to the constituency living in Jammu have to go through a complex process to prove they are migrants to cast their vote at a special polling booth being established for them. Community members claim that filling the Form-M introduced by the Election Commission after the exodus of 3.50 lakh Pandits in 1989-90 has always restricted their participation in the democratic process. There have been allegations that migrant…

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VHP ensures release of 22 rioters in Jammu

All the 22 persons arrested for torching vehicles and damaging public property in Jammu on Tuesday were released on Wednesday by the police following a meeting held between Health Minister Bali Bhagat, police and civil administration officers, and leaders of RSS and VHP. Sources said that the meeting, held at the PWD guest house, was dominated by the RSS-VHP men who threatened a “2008-like agitation” if the arrested persons were not released by 6pm. The right-wing leaders at the meeting included prominent lawyer and former BJP leader Leela Karan Sharma,…

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