Day: October 6, 2017

KCCI & JCCI to work in Unison stay away from politically sensitive issues

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The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and its counterpart Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) have joined hands to work on issues confronting various business sectors and overall development of the state. In a joint press conference held at KCCI office in Srinagar on Friday, the presidents of both KCCI and JCCI put forth several demands, which both the chambers would be raising with the government but vowed to avoid raking up any conflicting issues. “With regard to policy matters and issues wherein there are divergent views,…

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‘Tourists returning to Kashmir does not indicate that normalcy has’: Omar Abdullah

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The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir says the central agency’s raids on separatists in the Valley are not political but based on real evidence. In Srinagar, after months of anti-government protests and encounters between militants and security forces, the spotlight has turned to other matters: the threat to the state’s special status and the National Intelligence Agency raids on separatist leaders. At the same time, the Centre is talking about being open to dialogue with separatists and the state government is releasing tourism videos to shift the focus…

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Post Braid chopping incidents, Beard chopping reported from Charar-e-Sharif

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After braid chopping incident created fear among the valleyites, unknown persons chopped off beard of a Masjid Imam in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday. Molvi Ghulam Nabi Ghorsi was on way to Masjid in Futlipora village of Chrar-e-Sharief area early today to lead Fajr prayers when unknown persons caught hold of him and chopped off his beard, local sources said. He fell unconscious and was shifted to Hospital, they said. A police official in Chrar-e-Sharief has confirmed the incident. Meanwhile, Protests erupted in Natipora area of Srinagar on Friday after…

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No ‘Achhe Din’ on cards, the Modi bubble has burst

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Middle-class youth who supported Modi and gave him legitimacy are now seriously doubting his economic policies. That doubt will soon turn into rage. “The economy is in a tailspin. Yes, it can crash. We need to do a lot of good things to revive the economy”. These words are not mine, but Subramanian Swamy’s. Swamy is not a “pseudo-secular” critic of the BJP. He is a disappointed devotee of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was, only last year, the BJP’s weapon of choice in its assault on Sonia and Rahul…

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Rohingya Muslims in Kashmir: Part of a larger game plan to escalate hybrid warfare; no room for politics

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Over the years, security dynamics in the state of Jammu and Kashmir has evolved rapidly. While the security forces have managed to contain militancy in the Valley, the other two parts of the state — Jammu and Ladakh — are now up against a new challenge from migration of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. This has a direct impact on the security of the country as a whole and of the state in particular. Different reports have given varying figures of Rohingya immigrants in India. According to one estimate, there are around 40,000 Rohingyas…

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Today GST Council expected to give relief to SME’s and Exporters

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The Centre will use Friday’s GST Council to push through relief measures and calm jittery businesses complaining about the new tax regime. The panel of state and Union finance ministers is expected to ease exporters’ pain by allowing electronic payment of taxes through “virtual currency”, while announcing a series of steps for small and medium enterprises as it seeks to smoothen the implementation of GST. Expectations of a raft of measures were triggered after PM Narendra Modi’s strong defence of the health of the economy on Wednesday, which he backed…

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Er Rasheed questioned for 3rd consecutive day by NIA

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The Indian federal investigation agency, National Investigation Agency (NIA) is questioning the Jammu and Kashmir lawmaker, Er Rasheed for the third consecutive day at its headquarters in New Delhi. A spokesperson of Er Rasheed informed Kashmir Post that the questioning of Kashmir lawmaker is going on and it will continue on Thursday. “For the three consecutive days since Tuesday Rasheed sb is being questioned from 10 am till 7 pm.” Pertinently, the NIA on May 30 had registered a case alleging that Kashmiri resistance groups receive findings. Till date it…

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ISI forms ‘Halal Dasta’ to carry out terror attacks in J&K

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According to intelligence agencies, the ISI has formed a new group called Halal Dasta by recruiting members from various terror outfits to carry out attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, and along the LoC. With security forces upping their ante against terrorists infiltrating in Jammu and Kashmir from across the Line of Control (LoC), the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan has resorted to a new strategy. According to intelligence sources, the ISI has formed a new group of terrorists recruiting members of terror outfits like the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and named it…

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No let up in braid chopping incidents, KEA asks Govt to stop the menses

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People stage protests at many places, blame admin of shielding culprits Most victims are psychiatric patients or 10 standard failures: IGP KEA asks Govt to stop braid chopping incidents A series of fresh braid chopping incidents were reported from south, north and central Kashmir Thursday triggering protests at several places with people blaming the administration for “shielding the culprits”. The braid of a 40-year old woman was chopped by unknown persons at Nowdal village of Tral in South Kashmir’s district Pulwama last evening. According to her family members, the victim…

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Jammu Groom hires Chopper to bring his bride from RS Pura

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A groom from Jammu today hired a helicopter from a Delhi-based aviation company to bring his bride from a border village in the RS Pura area of Jammu district. “It was my family’s dream to see my elder brother bringing his bride in a helicopter, but that could not happen as the administration had declined our request to hire a chopper on security grounds. Since then, they were waiting for my marriage. Finally, this day has come,” said groom Anil Kumar, who runs a small PCO in the Gangyal area.…

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