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Rasool’s unbeaten 129 helps JK pile up 303

October 23, 2015 Editor

Mithun Manhas made 96 and Pervez Rasool an unbeaten 129 as Jammu and Kashmir reached 303 for four on day one of their Ranji Trophy match against Tripura here today. Rasool was batting alongside Bandeep Singh (7*) at stumps. Rasool and Manhas made life tough for the opposition bowlers throughout their 207-run stand. The all-rounder ended up hitting 18 fours and three sixes while captain Manhas struck 13 fours in his 192-ball stay. Manisankar Muraisingh and Rana Dutta shared the wickets to fall on the day. Brief scores: J&K 303/4…

No hope of justice, India taken over by radicals: Er Rashid

October 23, 2015 Editor

Member Legislative Assembly, Er Rashid, Thursday said he has withdrawn case against five people who smeared ink on his face in New Delhi as he had no hope of getting justice. “We had no hopes of justice there (New Delhi) because they (the attackers) were like government guests,” he said addressing a press conference here. “Our fight is not against those five rented goons, but against the ideology of RSS and Sangh Parivar. I wanted to show that Kashmiris have so much tolerance that we forgive those five people when…

Curfew-like restrictions continue in Anantnag for the 5th day

October 23, 2015 Editor

• Separatists barred from visiting Zahid’s house • Geelani detained; Mirwaiz, Shah, others under house arrest • Tanker driver critically injured after being hit by stone at Charsoo • Bijbehara 1993 massacre commemorated amid curbs The curfew-like restrictions continued to prevail in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district to prevent people from taking to roads and staging anti-government demonstrations against killing of 18-year-old trucker Zahid Rasool Bhat in petrol bomb attack in Udhampur while authorities barred separatist leaders from visiting slain trucker’s residence by either detaining them or placing them under house…

RSS takes out rally in Jammu city with swords, guns

October 23, 2015 Editor

DC says he is unaware about the rally Will enquire what happened on ground: IGP Panic gripped members of minority community in the Old City area here Thursday after rightwing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) took out a rally brandishing swords and 12 bore guns without any permission from the administration. According to eyewitnesses, RSS men along with activists of other saffron groups assembled in the Old City and displayed swords and guns. They took out a rally through different areas during which they brandished their weapons. They said the activists…

Kashmir dispute figures in Pakistan-US joint statement

October 23, 2015 Editor

A call for an India-Pakistan dialogue to resolve all issues including Kashmir was included in a joint statement between Pakistan and the United States. The assurance of Islamabad’s resolve to take action against the Laskar-e-Toiba was also contained in a joint statement issued by the Pakistan foreign office after Sharif met US President Barack Obama on Thursday in the Oval office in White House. The two leaders, according to the Pakistani statement, expressed concern over violence along the Line of Control in Kashmir, and noted their support for confidence-building measures…

JU’s two-day ‘Save Tawi’ campaign concludes

October 23, 2015 Editor

The two-day-long “Save Tawi” campaign launched by the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu (JU), in collaboration with the Society for Environmental Education and Research (SEER) and Centre for Environment Education and Training (CEET) on the banks of the Tawi concluded today. The campaign was organised on the last two days of Navratras when a large number of devotees visited the river for immersion of “saakh” (barely sprouts) along with other religious material in it. The campaign was organised to educate people regarding the harmful effects of mass bathing…

Muharram procession foiled, restrictions disrupt normal life

October 23, 2015 Editor

The government foiled the bid of Shiite mourners to take out a Muharram procession by placing barricades at several places and by firing tear gas shells near Jehangir Chowk here today. Even as the religious procession taken out on the 8th of Muharram was banned after the eruption of militancy in the Kashmir valley, a group of mourners tried to defy the ban by taking out a procession from the Shaheed Gunj area. However, the police foiled their bid by resorting to cane charge and also fired tear gas shells…

Do course correction on alliance with BJP, Karra tells PDP

October 23, 2015 Editor

Member of Parliament Tariq Hameed Karra, who is also one of the founder members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), today asked his party to do a course correction on alliance with the BJP. Karra said it was for the first time in free India that “Muslims in J&K were feeling their religion was in danger”. “If we really want to protect the people of Kashmir, the PDP should take corrective measures. Let me tell you that the PDP-BJP alliance has done more harm than any benefit. Let us call…

Jammu ready to welcome ‘guests’ from Valley : Durbar Move

October 23, 2015 Editor

Residents of Jammu are ready to welcome their Kashmiri “guests” with open arms and want them to feel safe in the region. Residents are waiting to host their brethren from the Valley who will reach Jammu and stay in the winter capital for the rest of the winter. As the bi-annual Durbar Move will start by the end of this month when Durbar Move offices will close in summer capital Srinagar on October 30 and reopen in winter capital Jammu on November 9, near about 7,000 employees will be reaching…

CM calls for increasing tourist footfall in Bhaderwah

October 23, 2015 Editor

Comparing the mesmerising beauty of Bhaderwah with that of Pahalgam and Gulmarg, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said concerted efforts would be made to increase the tourist footfall in the town, nicknamed ‘Chota Kashmir’, and packaging it as an independent leisure destination. The CM, who is on a visit to the town, inaugurated the Bhaderwah Tourism Festival, a carnival of cultural and folk events which attracts people from all over Chenab Valley. He also chaired the 7th Board of Directors’ meeting of Bhaderwah Development Authority during which he took…