Month: October 2015

BJP mobilising supporters in Kashmir for PM’s rally

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Ram Madhav to arrive in Srinagar on Oct 31 to oversee preparations To make its presence felt in the Kashmir valley, the BJP has decided to mobilise a large number of party supporters for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Srinagar on November 7. The party has already begun the exercise to ensure the participation of BJP workers from the Valley in the rally. Highly placed sources in the BJP said national general secretary of the party Ram Madhav, who was instrumental in the formation of the coalition government, is…

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Airlines ignore Kashmir for Diwali offer

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SpiceJet, Indigo slash base rate to Rs 749 on major tourist destinations Kashmir, one of the most beautiful tourist destinations in India, seem to have been at receiving end due to the discrimination shown by the airlines while announcing massive discounts on air fare during festive seasons. SpiceJet which has announced a Diwali offer on Tuesday has slashed base air fare as low as Rs 749 on major sectors and to tourist destinations. However, it has ignored Srinagar in its latest Diwali offer as no ticket is on offer on…

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Protest in Betingo against Farooq Abdullah’s visit

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At least four female protesters and a lady constable was injured when the protests erupt against the emergence of National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah in Betingo hamlet of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses told CNS that Farooq Abdullah arrived in Betingo to express sympathy with the bereaved family of Zahid Rasool Bhat who lost his life after Hindu mobs attacked a Kashmiri truck on 9 October this month at Shivnagar Udhampur. “As Farooq Abdullah emerged in the hamlet scores of females took to streets and staged a…

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Kashmiri journalist faces life threat in New Delhi

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Noted Kashmiri journalist Bilal Bhat has been threatened by the house owner and a gangster to leave Delhi or face the consequences. Bilal Bhat has narrated his ordeal in an email. The text of his email is as: Jamia Nagar Okhla , New Delhi 110025 28 October, 2015 Subject: I am getting life threats and conspiracies are hatched against me because I am a Kashmiri. I am a Delhi based Kashmiri journalist and I want to bring to your notice how we are suffering in different Indian states. It’s no…

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PDP-BJP alliance great chance to change J-K’s destiny: Mufti

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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Wednesday justified the PDP-BJP alliance, describing it as a great opportunity that has come his way to change the destiny of the people of the state. He promised to lay a strong base for building a new J&K, where peace and prosperity go hand in hand. “I have no personal agenda and don’t enter into any deals. History has given me an opportunity to change the course of the state and I have taken up this challenge with both hands,” he stated. The Chief…

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Divide state and tackle one community region of Kashmir: Hari Om tells Modi

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Terming PDP, NC, Congress and CPI-M as chips of the same anti-Jammu and anti-India block, senior ‘BJP leader’ and former political advisor to J&K BJP, president Prof Hari Om, Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to divide the state to end alienation in Jammu province and tackle the restive, radicalised and one-community region of Kashmir. Segregation of Jammu province from Kashmir Valley is the need of the nation and exigency of the time, he said. He added that the dangerous developments which unfolded in Kashmir after October 3 in and…

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Govt extends ‘Ladli Beti’ scheme to Srinagar

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J&K Government has extended ‘Ladli Beti’, an incentive scheme for the girl child, to Srinagar district. The scheme launched initially in six districts of the state earlier this month is aimed to reverse the declining child sex ratio that had plunged below the national average of 943. In the 2011 census, the sex ratio slipped in J&K to 889 females per 1,000 males from 901 in 2001. A senior official of the Social Welfare Department said the government had extended the scheme to Srinagar district where the sex ratio, as…

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Kanger: Symbol of our heritage

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Dr Qayum Hamid Changal I was born and brought up in Kashmir. I have seen, heard and felt a lot of it. Magnificently crafted, it is an embodiment of Kashmiri art and culture. A fire pot with hot embers, it’s kept at ease beneath the traditional clothing Pheran to keep cold away. We call it Kanger, the name itself manifesting the chain of emotions attached to it. About six inches in diameter, it reaches a temperature of about 70 degree celsius, thus is a dominant provision during chilling winters to…

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US public assertion on terrorism, Kashmir dispute irks India

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Indian envoy seeks briefing on outcome of Nawaz’s visit to US India has lodged protest with the United States against its public assertion with regard to terrorism that has been given bilateral trajectory between India and Pakistan and Kashmir has been termed as ‘dispute’ in the wake of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s meeting with President Obama on Friday last in White House. The Indian reservations have been reflected in its wide media observations. Highly placed diplomatic sources in Washington told The News Tuesday that India was awaiting the response of…

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‘Rigidity’ of Army adds to traffic chaos outside school on BC Road

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Daily traffic snarls leading to total chaos outside Saint Mary’s Presentation Convent School on the BC Road continue to take a toll on commuters and traffic policemen alike, courtesy Tiger Division of the Army, which allegedly has not been allowing the school management to use the school land for the purpose of dropping and picking up schoolchildren. “The Army doesn’t allow parents of our children and drivers of privately hired school vehicles to use the strip with our compound wall for the purpose of dropping and then picking up the…

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