Year: 2015

Encroachments by traders create traffic chaos during festive season

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Shopkeeper have installed stalls during the festive season by encroaching on busy roads, obstructing the movement of pedestrians and vehicles, leading to heavy traffic jams in the city. The city is facing heavy traffic chaos these days. Most of the shopkeepers have encroached up to 5 feet road for installing stalls for displaying their products, which make the road narrower and create long traffic jams. “The congested roads and encroachments by shopkeepers have made it difficult for the commuters to move on the roads. Going out for shopping in this…

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Omar Abdullah attacks Mufti over ‘RSS feedback’

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National Conference working president Omar Abdullah today criticised the ruling PDP, saying the party’s “mask has fallen” after Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s “confession” about RSS feedback. “Earlier I sounded an alarm that the PDP had surrendered political and institutional sanctity of the Chief Minister’s office to the RSS. Today the PDP patron and Chief Minister himself confessed that he trusted Narendra Modi because the Prime Minister got his feedback from the RSS,” Omar said in a statement. The former Chief Minister said Mufti’s statement was “clearly an unambiguous coming…

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Kashmiri Pandit group stages protest against state govt

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A group of displaced Kashmiri Pandits today held a protest here, accusing the PDP-BJP coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir of ignoring the plight of the community. “Though the leaders of PDP and BJP had promised permanent rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandit Migrant community in Kashmir Valley during elections but it seems that the coalition government has totally failed to fulfill its commitment,” said president of the Jagti Tenement Committee Shadi Lal Pandita. He accused the state government of not taking any steps for the one-time rehabilitation of the community even as…

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Provide girls a level-playing field: Mufti

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Launches social security schemes for girls from low-income families Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today urged society to become progressive and change its perception towards the girl child for the growth of a nation. He said the growth of a nation would not be possible if discrimination against children continued on the basis of gender. The Chief Minister said girls required economic security, just as boys, and access to quality education and jobs so that they become equal partners in progress and development of the state. “Please provide girls a…

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Job test comes seven years after applying!

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It has taken almost seven years for the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) to initiate the selection process for about 1,500 posts in different categories. Official sources said nearly 85,000 candidates had applied for posts in various government departments since 2008, of which 62,000 were found eligible. They would appear in a written test scheduled to be held across Jammu and Kashmir on November 8. The JKSSB would hold a written test for nearly 1,500 posts in which over 62,000 candidates who had applied for different categories of…

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Leh council to get new CEC today

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The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, is set to get a new Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) as all 26 newly elected councillors will take oath in the presence of top leaders of the BJP and PDP at the historic Polo Ground in Leh on Tuesday. After the oath-taking ceremony, the Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Prasanna Ramaswamy G, who serves as Chief Executive Officer of the LAHDC, Leh, will convene the first session of the newly elected council at the Secretariat, where elected councillors will elect the new CEC. Four…

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Modi’s a force of nature … not communal at all : Mufti

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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi finds himself the target of criticism for the perceived growing intolerance in the country, he gets a thumbs up from a crucial ally, PDP. Ahead of the PM’s visit to Jammu & Kashmir, chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed tells that the alliance between the BJP and PDP is very strong and that when Modi speaks at a public rally in Srinagar it would be the perfect opportunity for him to reiterate his faith in India’s diversity and plurality. Q: How would you describe your relationship…

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Checking, Frisking intensified in Kashmir ahead of PM Modi’s visit

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A massive security blanket has been thrown across Kashmir to prevent any untoward incident during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s November 7 visit to the valley. Frisking operations have been intensified with police, army and paramilitary forces erecting barricades on highways and all the entry and exit points of the summer capital Srinagar where Modi will address a rally. Reports and witnesses said that motorists and pedestrians are being stopped at the barricades and asked to prove their identity. Similar reports were received from northern and southern parts of the valley…

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Kashmir Separatists’ march casts shadow over Modi’s rally

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Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani’s proposed ‘Srinagar Million March’ on November 7 has become a headache for security agencies who have been detailed for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally here on the same day. Geelani has asked people to join the ‘Srinagar Million March’ in large numbers. Other separatist leaders, including Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Asiya Andrabi and others, have supported Geelani’s call for the march to coincide with Modi’s rally. Director General of Police K. Rajendra Kumar reviewed the overall security situation in and around Modi’s…

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Lashkar, Mirwaiz supports Geelani’s ‘Million March’

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Lashkar-e-Toiba Chief, Mehbood Shah Sunday extended full support to the TRC Chalo call given by Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, stating that “people must ensure success of the rally to give a message that they want end of illegal occupation of Kashmir.” In a statement issued here, Dr Abdullah Gaznavi, the LeT spokesman, while quoting the chief of the outfit, said they fully endorse and support the TRC Chalo call given by Geelani. “Let people come out and clarify once again that they want end of illegal occupation…

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