Year: 2015

PM Modi may offer J&K Rs 1 lakh-crore financial aid

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce a financial package for Jammu & Kashmir on August 15 during his Independence Day speech from Red Fort in Delhi, about a month after the state government said it would be unveiled. The blueprint of the package, which could be worth over Rs 1 lakh crore, is ready and awaits just a green signal from the PM, people familiar with the matter said. J&K government had expected the package to be announced around Eid-ul-Fitr in July, according to an earlier statement by…

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Syed Ali Geelani appeals for complete shutdown on 15th

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The veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Geelani has appealed for complete shutdown on 15th August, the Independence Day of India. Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said: “We are not against the freedom of any country including India but until this country will accept the freedom right of the Kashmiri people and will provide them a chance to decide their future by allowing independent plebiscite in Kashmir, till then it doesn’t have any moral and constitutional right to organize the freedom celebrations on the soil of the…

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Muslims look after a Hindu temple since last two decades

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Every morning, local Muslims enter the premises of Payer temple to clean its floor and lawns. They have been doing this for more than 20 years since Hindus known as Kashmiri Pandits left the village during the height of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. The temple is named after the village Payer, where it is situated. However, some historians also call it by the name Payech. Payer village is situated about three kilometres south of Pulwama district and 40 kilometres from Srinagar in Kashmir. The people of the village not only…

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BJYM to launch “Panch Kranti” for better execution of central schemes

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Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) today announced its plans to launch “Panch Kranti” programme in Jammu and Kashmir to fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “outstanding vision and commitment” to improve social strata of common people. Like in other states, the Morcha is going to launch “Panch Kranti” programme in Jammu and Kashmir, BJYM state president Suresh Ajay Magotra said. A road map has been chalked out to contribute in five particular schemes selected at the national level which include “Yog Kranti”, “Swachta Kranti” (Swacch Bharat), “Koushal Kranti” (Skill India), “Kanya…

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Two houses damaged, six water mills washed away in flood in Rajouri district

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Two houses were damaged and six water mills washed away in flash-floods triggered by heavy rains in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Due to heavy rains, there were floods and mudslides in Bhella rivulet yesterday in the Bella-Lakhi belt of Rajouri, district officials said. Due to which, mud houses of two persons in Khwas were fully damaged due to a landslide, they said, adding, six water mills constructed in the Bhella rivulet in the area were also washed away in the flash floods. Huge chunks of agricultural land with…

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Vitamin-deficiency warning signs

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Vitamin symptoms may be subtle at first, but they increase as the deficiency worsens. A diet rich in processed food is one of the main culprits, aside of the consumption of lack of food. But the main concern remains that all the chips and biscuits that you so love strips you off all the essential nutrients Junk fare is mostly `dead food’ and seldom has any nutrients to contribute to your health and wellbeing. Besides, it doesn’t help absorb them properly as it messes with your digestive tissues. So although…

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More Kashmiri youth joining militants becoming a source of major worry

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The surge in terrorist activity in Jammu & Kashmir in recent weeks coincides with an increasing number of local youth joining the ranks of the militants, say the Army and the state police. Seen with the evidence of extensive support for terrorists which helped Lashkar terrorist Naved and his accomplices remain undetected for several days, and which can help terror sleeper cells in future, this points to new level of support in the Valley for the jihadi message. An intelligence source told TOI that foreign mercenaries in 2010 formed around…

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3-day Jashan-e-Tosamaidan on in Khag

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Marking the first anniversary of freeing of Tosamaidan from 50 year-lease, three-day festival of Jashan-e-Tosamaidan commenced here on Saturday with people thronging the meadows in large numbers. On the first two days of the festival, thousands of people went to the meadows of Tosamaidan and enjoyed the serene ambience after decades of isolation of the places from local population. Once labelled as the ‘death meadow’, Tosamaidan now is becoming ray of hope for dozens of villages, worst hit during its 50-year lease to Artillery wing of Indian Army. Tosamaidan Bachav…

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200 development projects in JK await Forest dept clearance

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More than 200 proposed developmental works in Jammu and Kashmir, mostly road projects, are awaiting clearance by the Forest department, an official document has revealed. The document accessed reveals that 215 projects to be taken up by the Roads & Buildings department, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana’s implementing agency and Irrigation and Flood Control Department are awaiting the necessary forest clearance or have got stuck up due to allied issues. In a communiqué, Nodal Officer for Forest Conservation Act in the office of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) has…

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BJP has not given up its stand on Article 370: Nirmal Singh

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Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh has said that entering into an alliance with PDP does not mean that BJP has given up its stand on Article 370. He also said the RSS was doing its work in Kashmir since 1940 and that the alarm raised by separatists on the issue was only to whip up communal passions in the state. “In the coalition our guiding book is the Agenda of Alliance. BJP has not given up agenda (on Article 370). Same is the case with PDP, they too have…

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