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Pakistan violates ceasefire in Poonch district

September 7, 2015 Editor

With today’s ceasefire violation, the number of such violations has gone up to seven in September. A day after an army jawan was injured in ceasefire violations from across the border, Pakistani troops once again resorted to firing on Indian positions in the frontier district of Poonch on Sunday. The firing drew retaliation from the Indian army. “Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violations in forward areas of Poonch’s Mandi sector along the Line of Control (LoC) today,” Jammu-based defence spokesperson Lt Col Manish Mehta said. “The area witnessed ceasefire violations…

With Kashmiris until Kashmir’s freedom: Hafiz Saeed

September 7, 2015 Editor

Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed on Sunday said he is with the people of Kashmir until its freedom, adding that Pakistan talks about dialogue while Modi government is creating war hysteria. Talking to the Difa-e-Pakistan (defence of Pakistan) rally in Lahore, Saeed said Indian aggression along the Working Boundary and Line of Control (LoC) should be considered war. “If India wants war then we’ll fight this war in Indian cities,” he said, adding that he considers 1971 war a ‘conspiracy’ and not a war. He said the war was of…

Flood victims wait for rehabilitation

September 7, 2015 Editor

A year after floods devastated parts of Kashmir, the victims of the natural calamity feel that governments at the Centre and in the state have done “precious little” for rehabilitating them. “We are talking one year down the line and all we have got peanuts in the name of relief and rehabilitation,” 75-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Bhat told PTI. Bhat’s three-storey house in Jawahar Nagar area of the city collapsed in the flood that struck Kashmir and some parts of Jammu in the first week of September last year. He and…

RSS anti-Kashmir statement betrays its foolishness: JKLF

September 7, 2015 Editor

The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has termed the RSS statement, advising the Indian government to suppress the ongoing movement in Jammu Kashmir with iron hand, as ridiculous. The JKLF Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik in a statement issued in Srinagar said, “It seems that RSS has lost all its wisdom because of its hawkish mindset. Since 1947, India has applied its policy of oppression in Jammu Kashmir. Besides killing lakhs of people, its forces subjected tens of thousands to the worst kind of torture in jails, interrogation centres and camps.”From…

Two new blocks of SNM hospital Leh commissioned

September 7, 2015 Editor

Chief Executive Councilor, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh Rigzin Spalbar today inaugurated two new blocks of SNM Hospital, Leh in presence of former Minister and MLA, Leh Nawang Rigzin Jora and Executive Councillor, LAHDC Leh. The new blocks have been constructed by PWD at a cost of around Rs 32 crore. Speaking on the occasion Spalbar highlighted the achievements in health sector quoting significant decrease in child mortality rate and death rate in the district. He appreciated the doctors, medical and paramedical staff for improving the health standards…

Authorities not to allow traders to protest at Srinagar

September 7, 2015 Editor

Authorities on Sunday decided not to allow Kashmir Economic Alliance and other traders body’s proposed protest against government’s failure to rehabilitate the flood victims at Lal Chowk on Monday. A senior police officer told Srinagar based news gathering agency Global News Service (GNS) that administration has denied permission to KEA for protest at Lal Chowk. The official said that the traders were offered SK Park as the venue which they declined. “They won’t be allowed to protest at Lal Chowk as there is apprehension of law and order problem as…

Afzal Guru, Yakub Memon hangings send signals of weak Govt: Justice Ajit Prakash Shah

September 5, 2015 Editor

Less than a week after after he demitted office as Chairman of the Law Commission of India after submitting a landmark report recommending abolition of death penalty except in cases of terror attacks, former Delhi High Court Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah Friday said the sudden and “secretive” hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was a mistake by the government. “I don’t understand why it had to be done so secretly and so suddenly. In my opinion, it was a sign of weakness and caused great setback to attempts…

Year after floods, school infra in shambles

September 5, 2015 Editor

Majority of the schools which were damaged in the September 2014 floods lie in a state of ruin badly hitting the education of the children. The government data reveals that the education sector has faced a loss of over Rs 90.29 crore and 1096 schools were damaged across Kashmir division. In the absence of infrastructure students are forced to shun the studies. The state government is however unable to repair the infrastructure due to paucity of funds. Director School Education Shah Faesal said, “Last year’s flood left tens of thousands…

RSS not reviewing Govt, shares inputs only: Dattatreya Hosabale

September 5, 2015 Editor

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Friday said it is not reviewing nor are giving any message to the government but only share inputs. After a three-day “coordination” meeting with the top brass of the government and the BJP, the RSS today said the Modi government was moving in the right direction with commitment and dedication and rejected criticism that it was acting like a “remote control”. The Sangh Parivar’s founthead said it was not reviewing the government’s performance but was only giving “inputs” to ministers, who are swayamsevaks, and it has…

Mufti tells minister to work on ground

September 5, 2015 Editor

Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Friday criticized his own Horticulture Minister for not doing enough and asked his ministry to work on ground rather than making speeches in the media. Inaugurating the state’s first-ever high-density apple orchard launched by a young techno-farmer Khurram Mir, Mufti was furious about the little work done by his minister in the horticulture field and asked him to pull his socks to work for the betterment of farmers. “We all must know ground realities are something very different than the claims we make on TV,…