Day: March 6, 2018

HC directs H&UDD to provide assistance to SMC in controlling stray dog menace

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The High Court on Monday directed Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD) to provide required finance assistance to Srinagar Municipal Corporation for controlling the menace of stray dogs in the summer capital. A division bench of Chief Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad and Justice Ali Muhammad Magrey issued the direction after it was informed that there was only one centre at Shuhama, for controlling the birth of the stray dogs at present. “In so far as birth control is concerned, at this centre, approximatelyb10 sterilization can be done per day. However,…

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Hindu Ekta Manch spits venom against Muslims, asks Hindus to boycott Gujjars

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Raising alleged issue of demographic change in Jammu, Kathua and Samba, Hindu Ekta Manch (HEM) leaders again appealed Hindus to boycott Muslims and weaken them financially. The instigating speeches were made during a meeting organized by Hindu Ekta Manch at Katal Brahmana in Hiranagar tehsil on Sunday, when they came to know that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was not ready to hand over the case of rape and murder of a minor to CBI even as “two BJP Cabinet Ministers had assured them”. Frustrated with poor response from the government…

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A day after, anger sweeps Shopian

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An Army chopper came minutes past noon and circled over a gathering of several thousand men, women and children who were waiting for the body of a militant at Rakh Kapran village of Shopian. On an unusually tense day, the chopper was the only sign of government’s presence and its writ in the district, which is located on the southern edge of the Kashmir valley. As the chopper flew away after briefly circling in the air, the militant’s body arrived in a procession at a ground where mourners had gathered…

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Suhail Ajjaj, missing Kashmiri student kidnapped by Maoists, claims poster

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No substantial evidence: SSP Kupwara The disappearance of a Kashmiri medical student from here took a new turn after a handwritten poster was found claiming that he was kidnapped by Maoists. The Odisha Police, investigating the disappearance of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar student Suhail Ajjaj, today said they are verifying the authenticity of the poster. The poster, written on a plain paper, was found on the wall of the Baramunda overbridge here in the morning and local people informed the police. “We are examining the authenticity of the poster and have started investigation.…

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Valley on boil after six killings, Four civilians killed in cold blood

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Restrictions, shutdown paralyse life in Valley; JKLF chairman detained Four civilians were killed in cold blood, 10 minutes after killing of militants: Locals Educational institutions closed till Wednesday; All exams postponed The tension prevailed in Kashmir after six people including four civilians and two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed by army in Shopian last evening. The normal life in Valley was paralysed by the shutdown called by separatists against the killings and restrictions imposed by authorities to foil restrictions and maintain law and order. A police spokesman said body of LeT…

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