Year: 2015

Flood victims wait for rehabilitation

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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…

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RSS anti-Kashmir statement betrays its foolishness: JKLF

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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…

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Two new blocks of SNM hospital Leh commissioned

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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…

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Authorities not to allow traders to protest at Srinagar

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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…

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

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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…

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Year after floods, school infra in shambles

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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…

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RSS not reviewing Govt, shares inputs only: Dattatreya Hosabale

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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…

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Mufti tells minister to work on ground

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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,…

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As Kashmir readies to remember last September floods

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HC questions government’s stand over the issue The J&K High Court Friday castigated the government for commemorating anniversary of the floods that struck Kashmir on 7th of September 2014, saying it (govt) was still undecided on granting the much-needed relief package to the people. The previous J&K government had sought a Rs 44000 crore relief package from Union of India in the aftermath of the destructive floods of September 2014. However, the Centre is still non-committal about providing the package for rehabilitation of the people affected and impacted by the…

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Mehbooba concerned over youths’ joining militancy

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People Democratic Party (PDP) President and Member Parliament (MP) Mehbooba Mufti today urged India and Pakistan to resume talks for restoring last peace in the region. Addressing party workers here today, Mehbooba expressed concern over loss of lives in border firing and the youths’ joining militant outfits in Kashmir valley. “It is a matter of concern that Kashmiri youth are opting for guns. Prime Minister should move a few steps forward and invite Nawaz Sharif for talks so that a long lasting peace is maintained in the two neighbouring nations”,…

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