Year: 2015

Salute Students’ Courage for protest at KU: Geelani

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Hailing the courage exhibited by the students in foiling the Marathon event at the varsity here on Sunday, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani said the educational institutions in valley are with the deliberate attempt being used for immoral acts and cultural aggregation by the government. Training guns against the PDP, BJP coalition, Geelani said the students who protested against the much hyped event at Kashmir University on Sunday proves that the youth here are politically mature enough to understand the difference between the friends and foes. The Hurriyat…

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Bring ordinance on beef ban by Eid : NC

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The National Conference (NC) today asked the state government to bring an ordinance to amend the state law banning sale of beef. The NC demanded the ordinance should be brought before Eid-ul-Zuha on September 25. NC leader Abdul Rahim Rather, while addressing a membership drive at Nagam in Budgam district today, said the ordinance route was necessary since the Assembly session starts after Eid-ul-Zuha. “While the NC has made it clear that the party will submit a Bill to make necessary amendments to the RPC in this context, the fact…

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PDP’s Mehbooba says beef sale to continue as usual in J&K

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Breaking the ruling party’s silence on the beef ban, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti said the decision of the division bench of the high court will not change the government’s policy on the sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir. “The government has not used any force to implement the ban and there won’t be any major change in the government policy vis-à-vis slaughtering of bovine animals and sale of beef,” she said. According to local news agency KNS, Mehbooba said, “The ban on beef has not only…

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Can Economic Package solve Kashmir issue, asks Omar

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Opposition National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today doubted if an economic package could address the Kashmir issue as he referred to the huge crowd that the funeral procession of an LeT militant had attracted in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. “1000’s attend a LeT (Lashkar-e-Toiba) militant’s funeral in Padgampora, Kashmir (I heard 20k-30k). Still believe an economic package is the solution, do you?? (sic),” Omar wrote on Twitter.Com. Omar was referring to the funeral of the militant killed in an encounter with security forces yesterday in Pulwama district of…

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Two civilians injured in suspected blast along LoC in Poonch

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Two civilians were injured in a suspected blast on a track along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday night. “There was a suspected blast on a track along the borderline in Poonch district tonight in which two civilians were injured,” a Defence Spokesman said. The injured have been hospitalised, he said, adding, the matter is being investigated. PTI

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Anti-India Slogans, Clashes mar Kashmir’s first Half-Marathon

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Youths shouting anti-India slogans pelted stones and clashed with security forces on Saturday in Srinagar’s Hazratbal area during the first-ever marathon in a state already tense over a beef ban. Officials said security personnel were forced to lob tear gas shells and cane a large number of youths who vandalised the dais at the venue where the marathon started near the University of Kashmir campus. The 21-km half-marathon was organised to raise awareness on saving the Srinagar’s iconic Dal Lake and more than 1,500 people are said to have participated…

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Clashes erupt in Pulwama

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Clashes erupted today between mourners and security forces in Padgampora village, native village of the slain militant commander killed in an encounter yesterday, leaving at least three persons injured. Irshad Ahmad Ganaie, the second-in-command of Lashkar-e-Toiba in Kashmir, was killed on Saturday in the Kakapora area of Pulwama after a brief gunfight with security forces. Hundreds of people reached Padgampora village in Pulwama this morning to attend the funeral of the slain militant. After Ganaie’s burial, people clashed with police and CRPF men. Youths threw stones while the police used…

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Won’t beg Centre for package: CM

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Says Delhi must have the sensibility to realise loss incurred by Kashmir in floods Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed today said he would not go “begging” to the Central government for a flood package. He said the Centre should have the sensibility to fathom “what the Kashmiri people have gone through during last year’s floods”. Mufti was addressing a gathering at the inaugural event of the police-sponsored South Kashmir Sports Festival at the Government Boys Degree College here. “The Government of India, people of India and the Prime Minister of…

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Water supply hit as daily wagers’ strike enters Day 4

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The drinking water supply in a major part of Jammu city remained disrupted for the fourth consecutive day as 24,000 daily wagers serving in the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department continued their strike demanding regularisation. Yesterday, the meeting between daily wagers’ representatives and the Chief Engineer (PHE) ended in a deadlock as the striking workers demanded written assurances from the government before resuming work. In most parts of the city, residential areas have not received water supply, compounding problems in hot weather conditions. Workers are demanding regularisation in the department…

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Qazigund-Banihal tunnel to miss May 2016 deadline

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The 8.5-km Qazigund-Banihal tunnel is set to miss another deadline as labourers are on a strike for the past more than 40 days. The tunnel has already missed many deadlines. Local labourers on strike have alleged wage disparity in comparison with their counterparts from outside the state. They say the project implementing unit and the executing agency do not listen to their grievances. Labour Union president Ghulam Nabi Khan said wage disparity was not the only problem they had been facing. “It (the executing agency) is not ready to recognise…

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