Year: 2015

Doda-Kishtwar highway turns into death trap

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Though there is no rain in the entire Chenab region for the past one week, the 115-km stretch of the Batote-Doda-Kishtwar national highway has been in a pathetic condition. It has turned a death trap for thousands of people who regularly commute through the road. The authorities are not bothered about the loss of lives in road accidents as the region is being neglected by the government. On May 14 this year, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in his maiden visit to Doda announced the release of Rs 12 crore…

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Srinagar-Leh highway awaits ‘all weather connectivity’

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Though the government of India (GoI) has approved and sanctioned the construction of two vital tunnels on strategic Srinagar-Leh national highway to make it an all ‘weather road’, however the delay in the execution of these two vital projects has marred the purpose of this project. Much to the respite for the people of Kargil and Leh, the twin districts in Jammu and Kashmir, which remain inaccessible for rest of the country due to inclement weather during winters, it was not less than a dream come true. The strategic 434…

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Talent going waste due to lack of infrastructure: Wadoo

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Kashmir has great football potential but the game is not being properly patronized and lack of infrastructure is forcing the talent go waste. Valley’s soccer star Mehraj-ud din Wadoo, while talking to us he said that lack of infrastructure is the only problem that growth of footballers is decreasing day by day and we don’t see much quality players coming from the new generation. “Our government is busy sorting out other things of the state rather than build a basic infrastructure for the youth to get involved in sports,” he…

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Modi visit: At cost of people’s freedom

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Kashoo Tawseef Right to live that too in one’s own place is an inalienable birth and basic human right of any individual anywhere in the world as Nelson Mandela said, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” Jammu Kashmir is an example of such challenge to humanity where this right is being violated every day and night. This time, Prime Minster Narendra Modi was visiting Jammu Kashmir to attend various meetings and address few rallies, good for him. But question remains why people of Jammu…

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Govt. to implement National Food Safety Act in JK

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Jammu and Kashmir government will soon implement the National Food Safety Act (NFSA) in the state Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public distribution Choudhary Zulfkar Ali informed this here while inaugurating a new CA&PD office complex at Baramulla yesterday, an official spokesman said today . Zulfkar said that under the NFS Act, five kilograms of foodgrains would be given per soul at subsidized rates. The new Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department office at Baramulla has been constructed at a cost of Rs 80 lakh.The minister appreciated the role of department, saying the…

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Parvez Rasool to set up cricket academy in Kashmir

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Jammu and Kashmir’s only international cricketer Parvez Rasool is going to set up a cricket academy in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir. The Parvez Rasool Cricket Academy will be established in Model Higher Secondary School in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district, official said. “Today the road map for establishing the state of the art Parvez Rasool Cricket Academy at Model Higher Secondary School Bijbehara Anantnag was finalised in collaboration with Kanwal Foods,” a post in the official Facebook page of Directorate of School Education Kashmir read. It was not clear…

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Conspiracies being hatched to trifurcate J&K: Civil society

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·      ‘RSS trying legal attack on JK’s special status’ ·      Asks youth to unite, fight back attempts to scrap article 35A Ridiculing state government for being in slumber to respond to the petition in the Supreme Court challenging incorporation of Article 35A in the Indian Constitution, JK civil society members Saturday asked youth to come together and fight for “designs of RSS which is trying to change the demography of state.” The members Saturday said dangerous conspiracies are up in arms against the state which can…

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Pellet victims avoid treatment in Kashmir ‘to evade arrests’

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A number of youth hit by pellets during street protests in Kashmir avoid getting treated in Valley hospitals to evade arrests and persecution by police, medicos said on Saturday. Doctors at SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) and SMHS hospital here, who insisted not to be identified, said they treat “only a few victims of pellet guns because most of the victims go for treatment elsewhere, mostly outside the Valley, to evade arrests by police and the subsequent persecution.” Informed sources told that three youth with pellet injured were ‘seen’…

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Reconstitute Tourism Advisory Board: KCCI to govt

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The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) today demanded reconstitution of the recently formed Tourism Advisory Board. “While the chamber is considering all the pros and cons of the formation of the Advisory Board, it has been unanimously decided to take up the issue with the Chief Minister in an appropriate manner for reconstituting the same in consultation with the real tourism stakeholders,” KCCI secretary general Faiz Bakshi said after a meeting of the chamber here. Bakshi claimed that the board consisted of members most of whom are non-experts…

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Drabu to seek investment for JK at Dubai economic forum

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Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu today left for the UAE to attend the maiden conclave of the Arab India Economic Forum (AIEF) in Dubai from November 16 to 17. An official spokesperson said 300 delegates from the Arab world and India would attend the first AIEF to highlight investment opportunities in India and discuss solutions to meet investor challenges in the country. The focus of the summit will be investment in critical sectors such as infrastructure, tourism, renewable energy and banking. A special session at the two-day conclave is being held…

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