Month: December 2015

Aasiya opposes Gulmarg show as against Kashmir’s culture

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Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM), Aasiya Andrabi has castigated communal elements for hatching conspiracies against Islamic ideology, local culture and civilization of Jammu and Kashmir. Aasiya Andrabi in a statement issued in Srinagar said, RSS-backed people are planning to organize a cultural programme at Gulmarg on Thursday in an attempt to counter the Islamic ideology of Kashmiris. “This program is being sponsored by a few Urdu, English dailies and TV channels. In this programme shameless Bollywood actors have been invited to perform. The event is being branded as an exemplary show…

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MLA Rashid to move Bill for restoring ‘Sadr-e-Riyasat’ title in Kashmir

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Independent legislator Engineer Rashid is bringing a Bill before the State Assembly to restore the title ‘Sadr-e-Riyasat’ instead of Governor as State head, just a day after the High Court described the amendment of 1965 as “against the Constitution.” “I will bring a Bill in the coming Assembly session to make the necessary amendments so that the huge errors done are rectified. It is high time that all the political parties supported it without excuses and explanations,” said Mr. Rashid, an MLA from north Kashmir’s Langate constituency. “Restoration of Sadr-e-Riyasat…

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BJP in a bind over HC directive on Art 370, state flag

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State president Sat Sharma says top brass to take a call on party stand The BJP has been caught in a tight spot over the J&K High Court’s observation on Article 370, replacement of “Sadr-i-Riyasat” by Governor, and hoisting of state flag on government buildings and vehicles of constitutional authorities. The state BJP leaders were evasive when asked about the party’s stand on the issue and their future strategy. “We will be talking to the higher authorities about the issue and will study the observation or judgment, whatever it is,…

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Involve Jammu, Ladakh regions in dialogue: Hari Om

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Prof Hari Om, former political adviser to the state Bharatiya Janata Party president, has appreciated the Congress party’s view that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s engagement with Pakistan “is frivolous and unpredictable and is marked by fits and starts and abrupt U-turns”. He has demanded the involvement of Jammu and Ladakh regions in the dialogue process so that lasting peace could be reached in the state. Prof Hari Om today said the internally displaced Hindus should be involved in the dialogue process as their stand on India and its territorial integrity…

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Anupam Kher’s unique solution for Kashmir issue, Revoke Article 370

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Kashmir issue will get solved only if Article 370 is removed and people from other state are allowed to settle in the state, said actor Anupam Kher. According to the veteran actor, who has been in the controversy in the past also, the government must build separate townships for Kashmiri pandits.​ “The day article 370 (giving special status to J&K) is removed, the Kashmir problem would be solved. The day people from Bengal, Punjab, Gujarat and other parts of the country are given permission to settle down in Kashmir, the problem would be solved,…

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Kashmir Valley freezes, no respite in sight

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There might be no respite from the cold for people in the Kashmir Valley till Monday, the Met Office said here on Sunday.  There might be no respite from the cold for people in the Kashmir Valley till Monday, the Met Office said here on Sunday.The minimum temperatures across the Valley and Ladakh region was recorded below the freezing point. ”We expect weather to remain dry and cold in the state during the next 48 hours. The present cold wave conditions would intensify further although the day temperatures can improve marginally,”…

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Ladakh residents suffer as Air India reduces number of flights to Leh

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The air connectivity to the Ladakh region has been badly affected since the start of December as airlines have reduced the number of flights to the region. One of the three airlines flying to Leh from Delhi — Jet Airways — has withdrawn its operation since the first week of December, while Air India has reduced its flights from seven to three per week. Only GoAir is operating a daily flight on the Delhi-Leh sector. With no other mode of transport for people of Ladakh to travel from Leh to…

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82 Persons booked under PSA under Mufti-led govt in Kashmir: Geelani

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Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Saturday said that more than 80 persons were booked under the infamous Public Safety Act (PSA) till date in the present regime led by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. In a statement issued here, Geelani said that police today booked another Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader Abdul Gani Bhat Sopore under the PSA and till date 82 political activists and students have been slapped with the law in Mufti rule and dozens of them are still serving the preventive detention. While strongly condemning the slapping of another PSA…

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Strike disrupts normal life in Kashmir

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Normal life was disrupted in Kashmir Valley today due to a strike called by Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani to protest the killing of a mother-son duo in Rajouri district by a member of Village Defence Committee. Normal life was disrupted in Kashmir Valley today due to a strike called by Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani to protest the killing of a mother-son duo in Rajouri district by a member of  Village Defence Committee. Shops, business establishments, private offices and petrol pumps in and around the city centre here remained shut, while…

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A year that changed the political landscape of region

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2015 THE YEAR THAT WAS: LADAKH From nature’s fury to political excitement, Ladakh — the cold desert of the country — witnessed bad and good times in the year gone by. The BJP wresting control over the powerful decision-making body, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, for the first time in its history, hogged the limelight in the state and at the national level. The year also changed the political landscape of the region as the Congress, which was a major political force in Ladakh before 2015, lost its…

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