Day: August 25, 2020

The making of a Hindu India

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If India is today a Hindu nation, it is also a tinderbox in which the self is defined by the perpetual hatred of others. Uday Chandra On August 5, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for a Hindu temple in the northern city of Ayodhya. This fulfilled the orders of India’s Supreme Court, which last November awarded a victory to those who have long been campaigning to build a temple there, in place of a Mughal-era mosque that was demolished by a right-wing Hindu mob in 1992.…

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Traffic suspended on national highway as fresh landslide claims three lives on Jammu-Srinagar highway

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The death toll after a landslide on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway following heavy rains in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir rose to three after rescuers retrived two more bodies, official said on Tuesday. The bodies of the three members of a nomad family were recovered from under the debris at Jammu’s Mahore area, officials added. A 30-year-old man, his 25-year-old wife and their son got buried along with livestock under the debris late on Monday-25 following heavy rainfall, they said. JS Johar, senior superindent of police (national highway), said…

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“Statehood, Article 370, 35-A must be restored”, Yashwant Sinha backs Gupkar Declaration

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Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Yashwant Sinha on Monday said that Jammu and Kashmir must get the statehood again and Article 370 and 35-A that were scrapped on August 5 last year, should be brought back. In his twitter post, the former union minister, who is also the member of the Concerned Group of Citizens (CGC), welcomed the resolve of the local political parties here in Jammu and Kashmir to insist on the restoration of the status quo ante. He stated that he stands with the people of Jammu…

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Rainfall to end J&K’s dry spell: IMD

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Jammu & Kashmir is expected to receive widespread rainfall by Wednesday and over the next few days after an extended dry spell since May that led to a surge in day temperatures in the Valley, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Moderate rain and thunderstorms were reported from Jammu and the Himalayan Pir Panjal Range region from Bhaderwah to Poonch. “The rainfall will move forward towards east later in the day [Tuesday],” an IMD official said. He said the Kashmir Valley will receive rainfall by Wednesday morning. Meteorologist Sonam Lotus…

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Aug 5 internationalised Kashmir as never before: Farooq Abdullah

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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Monday said that by scrapping J&K’s special Constitutional status on August 5 last year, the Government of India had “dug its own grave” as this move has “internationalised Kashmir problem as never before.” “The great thing that has happened after doing this (scrapping of special status), Kashmir has become an international problem. The Government of India is unable to get rid of it. After years, the UN Security Council met and debated Kashmir three times and…

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Kashmir incurred Rs 45000 Cr loss due to successive lockdowns: Kashmir Trade Alliance

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Successive lockdowns in the past one year have dented Kashmir’s economy by over Rs 45,000 crore as per the report released by a Valley-based traders’ body. Business establishments remained shut for months after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 last year and just when economic activities started picking up early this year, the lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic wrecked the businesses. “Since August 5, 2019, the business community has suffered a total loss of Rs 45,000 crore. A loss of Rs 21,320.64 crore was incurred as a result…

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