Year: 2015

PM’s financial package for J&K to focus on infra development

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Modi to address rally at SK Stadium on Nov 7 PM’s financial package for J&K to focus on infra development • New hydel power projects, roads will be constructed • Rs 90,000 Cr economic package will be spent in 2-3 yrs • Rs 3000 crores will be for flood-hit people Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce a financial package of Rs 90,000 crores during his November 7 rally at Sheri Kashmir cricket stadium, here. The thrust of the package will be on infra development and Rs 3000 crores will be…

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Durbar Move: 143-year-old practice continues

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As officials were packing documents and files  at J&K’s highest seat of power, the civil secretariat here, on Friday—the last day of ‘Durbar’ in Kashmir—people who had turned up to get their grievances redressed had to leave disappointed. “For the past four weeks, nothing is moving at the Secretariat. The ministers skipped their offices and preferred to stay in their constituencies or at their official bungalows,” said an official, insisting not to be named. “It seems Durbar move had started with the end of Assembly session on October 10 as…

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For PM’s visit, 9 depts to set up camp offices

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In view of the Prime Minister’s visit on November 7, the state government on Thursday ordered that nine departments would set up their camp offices in the civil secretariat to coordinate arrangements for the event. The nine government departments will remain operational in Srinagar between November 2 and 7. The offices are Agriculture Production Department, Health and Medical Education Department, Home Department, Industries and Commerce Department, Relief and Rehabilitation Department, Revenue Department, Power Development Department, Public Works Department, Public Health Engineering Department and Irrigation and Flood Control Department.

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Madhav-Mufti meet ahead of PM’s ‘big’ rally

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BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav is scheduled to hold a meeting with Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed here tomorrow ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Jammu and Kashmir visit. The focus of the meeting will be to ensure the success of Modi’s rally in Srinagar city on November 7. It will be the Prime Minister’s first rally in the Valley after the PDP and the BJP formed the coalition government in the state. “The main agenda of Ram Madhav’s meeting with the Chief Minister tomorrow is to ensure the…

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Make ‘Million March’ a success: Geelani to people

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‘All active militants in J&K are locals’  Terming proposed Million March as a historic occasion, Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Geelani appealed all the pro-freedom people to start preparations from for making it a success. He urged people come out in large numbers from every village, town and city to send a clear message to the world that the Kashmiri people are still firm on their demand for plebiscite and they want to decide their future through the Scotland type of referendum process. He said prime minister of…

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Alhamzah seal berth in final of DCL

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Alhamzah Super Kings  are through to the Final of Khyber Big Downtown Champions League 2015 after Kashmir Royal Stars fell agonisingly short in their first semi final match of this season losing to Kings by five runs in a hard-fought contest at JKCA Ground here on Friday. Royal were well placed at 103 for 1 in 14th over before Saleem Jehangir (1 for 19) and Safdar Ali (1 for 11) bowled some tidy over’s and left Royal’s needing 15 of the last over. Nayeem tried to pull of the match…

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Search on in Bandipora forests for 4th day

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The combing operation in the Bandipora forests continued for the fourth consecutive day today. A soldier of the counter-insurgency unit of the Army was killed in the Bandipora forests on Tuesday evening. The police said the troops of the 14 Battalion of the Rashtriya Rifles, Special Forces and the Special Operations Group of the J&K Police were carrying out searches in the dense Boothu forests of Bandipora since Tuesday to track a group of militants, which was intercepted by them. “On Tuesday, we had two contacts with the militants —…

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War of words in BJP intensifies

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Hari Om hits back at state affairs in charge Khanna The war of words between BJP leaders has intensified with former ideologue Prof Hari Om today hitting back at national vice-president Avinash Rai Khanna for “ignoring the wishes and aspirations of people of Jammu region”. State BJP affairs in charge Khanna lambasted Hari Om two days back for giving “communal, divisive and disturbing” statements and playing a “dirty role” by using the party’s name. “Being an outsider, Khanna, unfortunately, does not know anything about the state, political aspirations, needs and…

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CRPF went on a ‘rampage’ in Kulgam, allege locals

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‘Damaged vehicles and residential houses’ DC orders probe Scores of people Friday staged a protest outside District Development Commissioner’s office in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district accusing Indian troopers of CRPF from 18 Battalion of damaging more than 50 private vehicles and residential houses in the dead of the night. The protesters who parked the damaged vehicles outside DC office alleged that scores of CRPF personnel from nearby 18 Battalion camp went on rampage on Thursday night and damaged the vehicles parked on roads as well as inside the residential houses.…

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