Year: 2015

BGSBU’s MCA students accuse authorities of cheating

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The MCA students of 2010-2013 batch of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU), Rajouri alleged that the university authorities fleeced them by charging extra Rs 5000 fee per student as placement charges. The university authorities, at the time of admission asked us to pay additional Rs 5000 with Rs 2000 admission fee and Rs 25000 semester fee, as placement fee. Our batch had strength of 38 students,” students said. The students said that after the completion of our degree no company visited the varsity for placement purpose. “None of the…

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‘Separatists are weak, sentiment is strong’

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I stand for an independent Kashmir. It is still an ideal solution: Ved Bhasin PDP should have went for re-elections instead of going for an alliance with BJP Jammu riots were organised and planned by the rulers with the support of RSS Sheikh Abdullah committed a mistake, by being a party to accession of India There cannot be peace in Kashmir until there is peace between India and Pakistan Mufti was correct in giving credit to Pakistan, separatists and militants Jammu has not produced good journalists while Kashmir has produced…

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PDP MP writes open letter to Modi, says Muslims feel insecure

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Ahead of the Prime Minister’s rally in Srinagar, senior PDP leader and Member of Parliament Muzaffar Hussain Baig has said people in the Muslim-majority J&K were feeling “insecure” and the general perception is that the only thing PDP-BJP alliance has so far achieved is “further alienation, mistrust and cynicism.” Baig, who is not attending the rally on Saturday, has appealed to both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to rise to the occasion and send a message of “peace and tolerance”. “The alliance and government was…

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PM committed to equitable development of J&K: Jitendra

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Union minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “committed” to equitable development of all regions of J&K and gives “high” priority to the expectation of the people of Kashmir. “It will be out of turn for me to speak or to spell out the details of what the Prime Minister is to say tomorrow, but certainly all the expectations of the people of the Valley are very high on the considerations of the Prime Minister as well as the present government,” Singh told reporters here,…

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Hoteliers, cab drivers make a quick buck

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While people of the state have pinned hopes on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit here tomorrow, local hoteliers and owners of mini-buses and taxis are making a fast buck. They have a reason to smile as all the available rooms and huts of Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC) at Patnitop and Batote have been booked. All hotels at Batote and district headquarter Ramban were booked a couple of days ago by the officers and media persons visiting the venue of the PM’s rally. “I feel satisfied as all…

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BJP legislators were against alliance with PDP: Hari Om

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Says the saffron party needs to adhere to its ideology A day after Prof Hari Om was served show cause notice for his remarks on the PDP-BJP coalition, the BJP ideologue said majority of the party MLAs were against the alliance with the PDP and wanted to “pull out of the government” over “inadequate share”. In a letter to the state BJP president Jugal Kishore Sharma, Prof Hari Om disclosed that during a high-level meeting held in Jammu soon after the formation of the government, the state leadership of the…

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Kashmir can become Modi’s karambhoomi, if he so wishes

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit in Srinagar tomorrow would be judged on the touchstone of commitments made by him at a rally here in December last year. He is coming amidst times of great hope and despair for the people of this wounded paradise where many shifts and turns have taken place ever since the BJP came to power riding piggyback on the ultra Kashmir-centric and Muslim-oriented Peoples Democratic Party. Kashmir could become his “karambhoomi”, if he wishes so, because of multiple reasons. This is the only Muslim-majority state, where…

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BJP invokes Sufi saints to welcome PM

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“Kashmir was an abode of peace and is called ‘Pir Vear’ (Valley of Saints). The messages on the banners (invoking Sufi saints) have been conceived by party workers as we want peace to return… the Prime Minister too is coming here for peace” Altaf Thakur, BJP media in charge Amid the raging debate over the “growing intolerance” in the country, a few BJP banners set up in the city to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi have invoked the Sufi message of tolerance. “Nund Rishi, Lal Ded ki dharti pe khush…

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Srinagar turns fortress for today’s PM visit

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Three-tier security in place; over 5,000 paramilitary and police personnel deployed in city A three-tier security has been put in place in Srinagar to secure the Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally tomorrow. Over 5,000 police and CRPF personnel have been deployed in the city to keep militants and separatists at bay. Of this, 1,800 security men have been deployed at the stadium alone, turning it into a fortress. In the backdrop of a grenade attack, less than 3 km from the rally venue…

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Govt using police to gather crowd for Modi’s Kashmir rally: Omar Abdullah

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Opposition National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today alleged that security of his “colleagues” has been reduced as the state government has directed police personnel and others to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally here tomorrow to muster the numbers. On the eve of Modi’s visit, he also said that the state government was using the official machinery for tomorrow’s rally, which was “shameless”. “Colleagues tell me that their JK police guard has been drastically scaled down & the personnel ordered to participate in the 7th Nov rally (of the Prime…

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