Day: May 30, 2017

Kashmir problem confined to 5 Districts only: Venkaiah Naidu

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The government has ruled out talks with separatists in Kashmir and insists that the problem of violence is limited to just five districts of south Kashmir while the rest of the state is “in peace”. The government is ready for talks on “development” with all other stakeholders, says Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu, who questioned the demand for a Ramzan ceasefire. In an interview with IANS, the Information and Broadcasting Minister said the state and central governments were making “best efforts to deal with the situation” in the Kashmir Valley…

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Explain ‘Permanent Solution for Kashmir’: Congress to Rajnath

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The Congress today asked Home Minister Rajnath Singh to explain the contours of a “permanent solution” to solve Kashmir that he talked about and accused the PDP-BJP alliance of driving J&K to the edge. The Congress also asked the BJP government to open its eyes and realise the extreme damage that the “ideologically incompatible alliance” as well as their continued dithering is doing to the national security of India. “The Home Minister of India Rajnath Singh has been making rather curious statements to say the least. Would the Home Minister…

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Srinagar youth planned to join ISIS; deported from Turkey

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A 21-year-old Kashmiri youth, who was allegedly trying to join the terror group ISIS, has been deported from Turkey to India after being picked up by the Turkish authorities, official sources here said today. Srinagar resident Afshan Parvaiz was deported from the Turkish capital of Ankara on May 25 and whisked away to an undisclosed destination by the security agencies in Delhi, the sources said. He was being assessed by various security agencies, they said. Parvaiz had left home after an argument with his father, who wanted him to join…

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Centre wants military solution to Valley: Mirwaiz

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Claiming that that the statements of the Defence Minister Arun Jaitley and Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat indicated that New Delhi had handed over Kashmir and its people to the Army, moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today said it looked like the Central government was interested in a military solution to a political and human issue. In a statement today, Mirwaiz, who continues to be under house arrest, said the “statements coming out of New Delhi show that the Government of India has decided to openly admit that it…

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The Danger of becoming Jammu Vs Kashmir

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I spent most of last week in Kashmir with a team from the Kolkata-based Centre for Peace and Progress led by its chairman OP Shah, meeting everyone we could. That, of course, included four Hurriyat leaders – Mirwaiz Omar Farooq; Shabbir Ahmed Shah; A.M. Bandey – and the one who’s got everyone’s goat: Syed Ali Shah Geelani. But we also met Governor N.N. Vohra, who not only spent 90 minutes briefing us in detail, but also thanked us most generously for making the visit, underlining the need to reach out…

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Not a single power project awarded for construction during 2 years of PDP-BJP rule

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During its more than two-year rule in J&K, the PDP-led coalition government hasn’t allocated a single power project for execution, even as state’s power demand during the period has grown by around 15 percent. “Not a single MW project has been allocated for construction by this government,” a senior official told Kashmir Post on Monday. When the PDP came to power in alliance with BJP in March 2015, one of its major poll planks was to get back power projects from the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation and focus on energy…

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Restrictions, Shutdown cripple life in Kashmir for 2nd consecutive day

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Protests, clashes at some places Curbs to continue today in view of Tral Chalo: DGP Schools, college to remain closed: Div Com Train services, mobile internet remains suspended KU, IUST postpone exams The restrictions imposed by authorities and shutdown called by separatists to protest the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar Bhat and his associate paralysed life in Valley for the second consecutive day on Monday. The curfew-like restrictions remained in force for second day in areas falling under Khanyar, Nowhatta, Safakadal, MR Gunj, Rainawari, Maisuma and Kral Khud police…

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Power, Water supply hit as windstorm lashes Jammu

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A windstorm that hit the Jammu region on Sunday evening has exposed the preparedness of the administration to deal with such exigencies as several areas remained without power and drinking water amid hot and humid weather conditions today. Many parts of the city and its outskirts remained parched as the functioning of lifting stations and pumps of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department was affected due to erratic power supply. A senior official of the Power Development Department (PDD) claimed that the high-velocity windstorm that hit the region last evening…

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