Day: December 6, 2017

Shiv Sena team detained before hoisting Tricolour at Lal Chowk, released

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Six activists of the Shiv Sena were detained here on Wednesday as police thwarted their bid to hoist the Tricolour at Lal Chowk, an official said. The Shiv Sena activists arrived at Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower) in two vehicles and were taken in preventive custody as soon as they alighted, a police official said. The detained activists were taken to the Kothibagh police station where they were released after completing legal formalities, the official said. The Jammu unit of the Shiv Sena had sent a special team to hoist the…

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Weatherman sounds alert, predicts heavy snow, rains across J&K

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The Meteorological Department for Jammu and Kashmir has issued a weather warning from December 11 to December 15. In a statement issued today, the MeT said: “A fresh Western Disturbance is most likely to affect the state of J&K from 11th to 15th Dec. 2017 with moisture feeding taking place from the Arabian Sea.” “Under the influence of this system, moderate to heavy rain/snow is expected at widespread places of Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh region. “The main activity of this system (moderate to heavy rainfall/snowfall) is likely to occur during…

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Mehbooba Mufti pitches for release of political prisoners

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has urged the Centre to help her in the release of political prisoners whose health is deteriorating in prisons and also shift Kashmiri inmates from Tihar Jail to J&K prisons to help make the atmosphere tension-free in the state. Official sources said upset over the recent incident of thrashing of Kashmiri inmates, including Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin’s son Shahid Yousuf, in Tihar Jail by personnel of the Tamil Nadu Police, the Chief Minister had urged the Union Home Ministry to shift all inmates to Jammu…

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Women’s football team meets Rajnath, gets assurance on sports infrastructure

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Members of Jammu and Kashmir’s first women football team today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and apprised him of the difficulties being faced by sportspersons in the state and sought his help. During the half-hour meeting, the team members requested the minister to provide better sports infrastructure to motivate the youth to take up sports in a big way. Talking to The Tribune, head coach of the team Satpal Singh Kala said the Home Minister gave us a patient hearing and promised all possible help. “When we informed him…

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Govt unable to sell Baglihar power due to lack of buyers: Altaf Bukhari

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Education Minister, Syed Altaf Bukhari, Tuesday said the state government wasn’t able to sell power of 450 megawatt (Mw) Baglihar-II project due to non-availability of buyers. Altaf said that the per unit generation cost of the hydropower was very high due to which the power of the project was sold at Rs 8.5 per unit which was higher by Rs 2.5 to solar power cost. “Our Ganderbal project couldn’t start as a Mumbai based company informed that hydropower wasn’t a viable option given the cheap rate of the solar power,”…

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Maiden Sangh Parivar conclave in Valley

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A ‘Samanvay Baithak’ of the Sangh Parivar was held in Srinagar today amid allegations of Kashmir-centric parties that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was setting its foot in the Valley. It’s the first time that such a meeting of the Sangh Parivar has been organised in the Valley to devise a strategy for expanding base in Kashmir province. The leadership of the Sangh Parivar has deliberately made it a low-key affair due to threats to its Valley-based leaders. The meeting is significant in a way that the RSS has spread…

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Muslim bodies protest against ‘Biased’ encroachment drive in Jammu

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People under the banner of three Muslim bodies today staged a protest outside Jamia Masjid at Talab Khatikan here against a “biased” anti-encroachment drive and demolition of a religious school. The protest was jointly staged by Jammu Muslim Front, Jammu Muslim Youth and Muslim Development Forum against yesterday’s anti-encroachment drive by Jammu Development Authority (JDA) in Gole Gujral area of the city. “We are not against the anti-encroachment drive but fail to understand why the drive is restricted to Muslim dominated areas only,” an activist told PTI. The drive was…

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Shiv Sena sends team to hoist tricolor at Lal Chowk

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The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Shiv Sena has sent a team to Srinagar to hoist the Indian flag at Lal Chowk on Wednesday, its state chief Dimpy Kohli said on Tuesday. The party’s move comes in the wake of National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah daring the Centre to hoist the tricolor at Lal Chowk. “A special team of the Sena was today sent to Srinagar where it will hoist the tricolor at Lal Chowk tomorrow,” Kohli said. He said Abdullah had challenged “Indians to hoist the tricolor at…

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J&K cop in trouble for questioning govt’s counter-militancy policy

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Jammu & Kashmir DGP on Tuesday sought an explanation from a senior police officer who stirred a controversy by publicly questioning the rationale behind the state government’s counter-militancy policy in the valley, asserting the problem in the valley wasn’t terrorism. Barely a week after security forces in Kashmir observed the success of ‘Operation All Out’, under which they eliminated 200 terrorists in the valley, IPS officer Shailendra Mishra questioned its efficacy, calling it the country’s “collective failure” in dealing with the violence in strife-torn Kashmir. In a video that was…

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Dineshwar Sharma met Gani Bhat and another Hurriyat leader during his second visit

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New Delhi’s “special representative” for Kashmir talks Dineshwar Sharma has met senior Hurriyat leader Abdul Gani Bhat and one more separatist leader during his second leg of Kashmir visit last week, a media report said. According to a report in Economic Times, the former Intelligence Bureau head Sharma drove to the residence-cum-office of Abdul Gani Bhat in Wazir Bagh Srinagar on November 27 around 10:30 pm in Srinagar where another Hurriyat leader was present during the meeting, which went on for around an hour. The meeting assumes significance as the…

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