Month: September 2015

‘Background checks essential before hiring school staff’

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A body of private schools in Kashmir has decided to carry out background checks before hiring any staff including teachers and drivers. “No school shall henceforth appoint or utilise the services of any staffer — teacher, lecturer, driver, etc — without the proper verification of the antecedents of the person concerned. The employee shall be appointed only after an NOC issued by his or her previous employer,” Joint Committee of Private Schools (JCPS) said in a statement today. The JCPS also decided that the merit and qualification shall be given…

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‘Right to self-determination only way to settle Kashmir’

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Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League (JKPFL) has said that granting of right to self-determination to the Kashmiri people is the only solution to the Kashmir dispute. The JKPFL spokesman, Imtiyaz Ahmed Shah, in a statement issued in Srinagar said that all other so-called formulas like self-rule and internal autonomy were unacceptable to the Kashmiris. He said that these so-called formulas had been designed by Indian agencies to divert the attention of Kashmiri people and to dilute the legitimate right to self-determination for which they the Kashmiris had rendered great…

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Old Srinagar city areas becoming hub of immoral activities

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Old Srinagar city areas have allegedly became hub of illegal activities, like puffing charas, drugs, gambling, and drinking, while as locals find it inconvenient and embarrassing to walk through streets and lanes because of the behaviour of the social renegades and miscreants. A delegation comprising residents from different localities of old Srinagar city told CNS that the public places, grave yards and open spaces in areas like Nawab Bazar, Syed Hamidpora, Dalal Mohalla, Chamardori, Zainakadal, Ishan Sahab, Dabtal, Aalikadal, Jamalata, Wazapora have become a hub of immoral activities and they…

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Can Mehbooba Mufti keep PDP together?

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She, however, has no previous record of running a government and is considered temperamental. Naseer Ganai News of Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s failing health came from none other than People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti. Two weeks ago, after coming out of a six-month-long hibernation, Mehbooba addressed her party workers in south Kashmir, known as the PDP bastion. She broke down at the mention of her father, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, at the workers’ convention. During her speech, the PDP president mentioned her father, but could…

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Kashmiri Pandits stage rally in Srinagar to press for their demands

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Non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits today staged a second rally in as many weeks to press for their demands including proper rehabilitation, employment and financial packages for the youth and renovation of temples. Dozens of Kashmiri Pandits assembled under the banner of Hindu Welfare Society (HWS) at Barbar Shah Chowk and took out a rally which culminated at Press Enclave, where they were stopped by police from proceeding to nearby Lal Chowk, considered the nerve centre of the city. On August 25, HWS organised a similar peaceful protest rally to highlight their…

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Pakistan can’t claim an inch, says Mehbooba

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Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti today said her party wanted to resolve the Kashmir issue, which if left unsettled could trigger another war between India and Pakistan. Addressing a public rally in Poonch here today, she said: “Both India and Pakistan are nuclear powers and if a war takes place, it would cause destruction everywhere. “Neither can Pakistan take an inch of Kashmir nor can an inch of the PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) land come to us. So, the ammunition worth crores of rupees being wasted by both countries on…

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NIA sets up 4 camp offices in J&K, wants permanent base there

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With Jammu and Kashmir being the hub of terror activities, National Investigation Agency (NIA) has set up camp offices at four places in the state and wants to establish a permanent base there for more effective monitoring of cases that take place in the region. The NIA, which was set up after the 2008 Mumbai attacks specifically for probing terror cases, has given a proposal to the Home Ministry for setting up a permanent office in Jammu from where it can monitor terror related cases in entire north India, official…

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Opposition dubs 6-month rule of PDP-BJP govt as ‘disappointing’

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As the PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir completed its six months in office on Tuesday, the Opposition termed the tenure as a period of “disappointment” and said expectations of the people in the state remain unfulfilled. “The six months of this government has been six months of disillusionment, disappointment, discontent and disgruntlement,” said Devender Singh Rana, Provincial president of the main Opposition party National Conference (NC). The pre-poll promises made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party have fallen flat and the coalition seems…

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Militant movement keeps security men on toes in CM’s hometown

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Heightened militant movement in Bijbehara, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s hometown, has been keeping security agencies on their toes for the last more than two months. At least four youths from Bijbehara town have joined militant ranks over the past few months, said Anantnag SSP Abdul Jabbar. They had been actively moving around the town over the past couple of months. The SSP said the movement of militants increased considerably at any place in case they had locals among their ranks. Militant presence was not new for the security grid…

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Use only NIC emails, govt tells officials

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The J&K Government has issued recommendations to its officials and departments asking them to avoid private email service providers and rely on the online mailing service provided by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) citing safety and security measures. The state government in a circular “strongly recommended” to its departments and offices to used email accounts provided by the NIC. “The use of emails in government offices is growing drastically and the information is instantly required to be disseminated between various organisations on day-to-day basis as it is the fastest means…

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