Day: June 27, 2016

Govt departments oppose Army firing range in Gurez

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Allotment of alternate site in Leh subject of Home department clearance Several government departments have strongly opposed the setting up of the proposed field firing range in Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district citing serious consequences of any such move. The state government is exploring possibilities of setting up field firing range (FFR) for Army’s artillery exercises after the army submitted a detailed proposal for the allotment of a huge chunk of land in Gurez Valley for this purpose. Departments including PHE, Tourism, Forest, Wildlife, Executive Engineer Special Sub-Division…

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People who voted Drabu to power bigger sinners than him: Asiya Andrabi

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Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM), Syeda Aasiya Andrabi, on Sunday said that a person who helps a sinner is worse than the sinner itself. Andrabi was hinting at the State Finance Minister, Dr Haseeb Drabu, for his anti-ban views on alcohol. “We must introspect that who we are voting to power. We must know the person who how Drabu to power is a bigger sinner than him,” Andrabi said, while speaking at a one-day seminar “Shahr-e-Ramadan-Shahr-e-Al-Qur’an” organized by the DeM here in Srinagar. “Pro-India politicians belonging to any party have nothing…

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Unborn baby dies after woman gets stuck in lift at LD Hospital

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A baby died in the womb after a pregnant woman got stuck in a lift at the Valley’s lone tertiary care maternity hospital, Lal Ded (LD). Officials said the woman (name withheld) from south Kashmir was stuck in the lift in the wee hours of Friday when a doctor was taking her for surgery. “Due to some technical snag in the lift, both woman and the accompanying doctor got stuck inside for around 45 minutes,” said a senior doctor at LD Hospital. The patient was being taken to the operation…

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Jammu gears up to welcome Amarnath Pilgrims

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Spiritual ambience gripped Jammu ahead of the annual Amarnath yatra, set to commence on July 2 (Shivratri) and conclude on August 18 (Shravan Purnima and Raksha Bandhan). Sadhus started coming to Jammu to get registered for the yatra and the administration arranged their stay in different religious buildings and community halls. On-the-spot registration was arranged at Ram Mandir at Purani Mandi. Looking at the massive response of pilgrims, the state administration introduced token system at Sangam banquet hall near the railway station for on-the-spot registration. Simrandeep Singh, Deputy Commissioner (DC),…

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Srinagar records season’s hottest day, Heat wave on in Jammu

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Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar on Sunday recorded this season’s highest temperature at 33.5 degrees while the heat wave continued in Jammu where it was 35 degrees. “The maximum temperature in Srinagar was 33.5 degrees Celsius, three degrees above average, which is the highest recorded so far this season. Jammu city recorded 35 degrees as the heat wave continued there unabated,” a Met department official told IANS. “There would be some relief from sweltering heat in Srinagar during the next two to three days although we are not expecting…

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Withdraw separatists’ security : MLC Ramesh Arora

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today batted for withdrawal of security of separatist leaders of Kashmir. “We appeal to the government to withdraw security of CRPF and other local forces from the separatist leaders who boycotted Anantnag election where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti got victory,” BJP senior leader and MLC Ramesh Arora said. He was addressing a press conference here. Joining the BJP chorus of hitting out at the Congress on the 41st anniversary of the imposition of internal Emergency by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Arora said: “Indira Gandhi…

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Mehbooba Mufti’s religion jibe stokes a major row

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Mehbooba had said that how could people spill blood in the name of Islam and that too in the holy month of Ramadan. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has stoked a major controversy by dragging religion (Islam) in the Pampore terror attack that left eight CRPF men dead and 22 others injured. “It (terror attacks) will not achieve anything. We are only defaming our Kashmir and state. At the same time we dealing a blow to our religion (Islam) under whose garb we do such things,” Mehbooba told reporters…

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DAK anguished at Govt refusal to ban liquor

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‘Minister’s remark on alcohol provocative’ Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today expressed deep anguish at refusal of government to ban sale and trade of liquor in Jammu and Kashmir (JK). While in many states alcohol is banned for public safety, President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that liquor is being promoted in JK putting lives of people at risk. Finance Minister’s remark on the floor of the house that there should be freedom of choice for alcohol is highly provocative. This statement from a Muslim Minister is…

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Ashamed of bloodshed in name of Islam during Ramzan: Chief Minister

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An anguished J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, paying tributes to CRPF jawans killed by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in Pampore on Saturday, said she couldn’t comprehend how such barbaric killings were carried out in the name of religion. Eight paramilitary personnel were killed and 25 others injured in the attack, the worst in the last three years in the restive state. “I am unable to understand how somebody can indulge in such shameful acts of bloodshed in the name of Islam, and that too in the holy month of Ramzan when…

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