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Inclusion of Jammu in smart city project sought

September 22, 2015 Editor

The Jammu West Assembly Movement (JWAM) today demanded inclusion of Jammu city in the list of smart cities announced by the Central Government recently. The movement has alleged that the present PDP-BJP government is following discriminatory policies towards the region like previous governments, who denied Jammu its share. Activists, led by JWAM president Sunil Dimple, today held a protest against the BJP-PDP coalition government in J&K and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for following anti-people policies and alleged that most of the promises remained unfulfilled. “Where is the notification for AIIMS.…

Urs of Shah-e-Hamadan observed

September 22, 2015 Editor

The annual Urs of Mir Syed Ali Hamadani, who is known as Shah-e-Hamadan by devotees, was observed with religious fervour today. After night-long prayers and supplications, devotees from all over the Valley thronged ‘Khanqah-e-Moala’ – the shrine of the Sufi saint, which is located in the old city on the banks of the Jhelum, throughout the course of the day. The area outside the shrine wore a festive look with roadside vendors selling a whole lot of eatables and other items. Devotees were seen feeding pigeons that are usually present…

Will boycott products from other states but won’t stop eating beef: Anantnag traders’ body

September 21, 2015 Editor

The traders of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday said that the threats by Vishwa Hindu Parishad(VHP) and other Hindu organizations to enforce economic blockade of Kashmir have exposed their evil intentions against Kashmiri Muslims. Chairman of All Traders Association of Anantnag (ATAA), Ghulam Nabi Shah said that threatening Kashmiris of economic blockade was foolishness on part of VHP. “We will boycott all the products supplied to us from Indian states but won’t stop eating beef on their diktat. Let them block the supplies to valley and that is not…

Punjab college expels Kashmiri students

September 21, 2015 Editor

After a year of their studies, Deshbhagat Dental College Muktsar Punjab has shown the door to 13 Kashmiri students whose admission was cancelled by Punjab government with the college management refusing to return their fee and certificates. The situation at the college became tense after all Kashmiri students went on a night-long protest demanding end to the stalemate. “We had taken admission in BDS at the college in 2014 and early this year they told us that our admission is cancelled as Punjab government doesn’t allow students who have not…

Will start movement against economic blockade: Geelani

September 21, 2015 Editor

Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani on Sunday cautioned that if the communal forces enforced any type of economic blockade to Kashmir, a public movement will be started against it. Geelani was reacting to the economic blockade threat by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). “Economic blockade of Kashmir will have very serious consequences and the situation will be out of control for everybody. I want to caution that if the communal forces enforce any type of economic blockade to Kashmir, a public movement will be started against that…

PDP-BJP Coalition may not survive after Oct 3: BJP leader

September 21, 2015 Editor

Slams Agenda of Alliance, accuses BJP of surrendering interests of Jammu for sake of power Concerned over moving of bills in Assembly by opposition members to scrap beef ban law, senior BJP leader Prof Hari Om Sunday said the PDP-BJP coalition may not survive after October 3, when the Assembly session begins. “The PDP-BJP coalition alliance would not survive after October 3,” Hari said while speaking during a seminar organized by Jammu Lawyers Forum (LWF) at Press Club of Jammu, here. He was referring to the bills moved by opposition…

Children and Hope dying in Kashmir

September 21, 2015 Editor

Arun Joshi Burhan was in the protective lap of his father Bashir Ahmad when some unidentified gunman or gunmen showered bullets at them. The three-year-old might have asked why his body was riddled with bullets. Why could the protection of the lap not shield him from the marauders who killed him and his father who, after quitting militancy nine years ago, was leading a normal life? There are no easy answers available to these questions in Kashmir — the land where children are unsafe like the men or women of…

Valley Consumes more beef to defy HC ban

September 21, 2015 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court directive seeking implementation of a century-old law, banning slaughter of bovines in the state, has increased beef consumption in Kashmir. It has also increased chances of bovine slaughter in the region on Eid-ul-Zuha. Since the issuance of the court direction earlier this month, the consumption of beef has increased in urban pockets such as Srinagar, where mutton has remained a preferred choice, as the ban is being seen as an infringement of religious rights. The direction of the High Court to the administration to…

Now, Bhagavad Gita available in Kashmiri

September 21, 2015 Editor

Grappling with the question of losing their cultural identity in exile, some events still vividly bring displaced Kashmiri Pandits together out of nostalgia for Kashmir. A book release function in Jammu today turned into a platform for community members to pour their hearts out over the plight of their literature in exile. It was the occasion of the release of ‘Bhagwat’, a poetic translation of the Bhagavad Gita into Kashmiri language by late Kashi Nath Bagwan, a prominent Pandit writer. The first-of-its-kind Kashmiri translation of the Bhagavad Gita was released…

11 Persons test positive for dengue in J&K

September 21, 2015 Editor

The cases of dengue in the state have reached 13. Two of the patients tested positive live in Delhi. The Health Department in collaboration with the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has geared up to take preventive measures for dengue. Laboratories in Jammu have detected 11 dengue cases in the last two weeks. Of them, six were living outside the state and five were infected in Jammu. “The toll has reached 13 so far. Of them, 11 were diagnosed in Jammu. Nine patients have been discharged and two others are admitted…