Year: 2015

Govt won’t allow 8th Muharram procession

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Restrictions will be imposed in Lal Chowk: IGP IM chief threatens to defy restrictions The government won’t allow 8th Muharram procession in Srinagar on Thursday as authorities have decided to enforce restrictions in city centre to foil any procession by Shia mourners. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir SJM Gilani told that nobody would be allowed to take out the 8th Muharram procession in Srinagar tomorrow. “We will not allow any procession. Strict restrictions will be imposed in Lal Chowk area tomorrow to prevent people from assembling in city centre…

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PDP blames Er Rashid for Zahid’s death

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‘Udhampur attack was reaction to his beef party’ Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday blamed independent legislator from Langate, Engineer Rashid for the death of Zahid Rasool Bhat. “Zahid Rasool Bhat and Showkat Ahmad were attacked in Udhampur on October 9 after he (Rashid) hosted a beef party in MLA Hostel in Srinagar,” said Peerzada Mansoor, Political Advisor to PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. He said the beef party provoked people in Jammu region following which they attacked the Kashmir-bound truck by petrol bomb in which two truckers were critically injured.…

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Illicit liquor seized in Kargil, 5 arrested

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To check social evils in Kargil, District Police Kargil yesterday raided some dhabas at Kabbadi Nala and Byamathang and recovered 574 bottles of illicit liquor. The police was accompanied by Baseej-e-Imam (The volunteer youth organization of Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust) The accused persons namely  Budha Bhadure, Dando Sharpa, Kumari Tamang, and Kanchi Tamang,  residents of Nepal and Poshan Das from Kishtiwar, Jammu  were arrested by police on spot. Meanwhile police has lodged FIR against all the accused under Excise Act and further investigations are going on at Police Post Bazar…

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City women find Joggers Park perfect place to stay fit

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For women of posh localities in Srinagar, the Joggers Park is a perfect place where they can be seen doing exercises and brisk walking to stay fit every morning. Located in the elite locality of Rajbagh, the Joggers Park was inaugurated by former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah with the aim of providing recreational facilities to citizens. “This park has provided us a space for walking either in the evening or morning. It helps us to stay fit as we are lazy and eat so much and it doesn’t take much…

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Modi may address a rally in Srinagar next month

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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today dropped hints that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was likely to address a public rally in Srinagar during his upcoming visit to the state. Mufti provided a whiff of Modi’s plans at a meeting of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ministers, legislators and party functionaries in Srinagar today. The meeting was chaired by PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. Modi is scheduled to visit the state on November 5 to inaugurate the Baglihar-II hydel power project. He may announce a financial package for the flood-ravaged state. “The PM…

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Mufti wants India to have friendly relations with Pak

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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has stressed the need for friendly relations between India and Pakistan, saying the strained relations between the two neighbouring countries were making the people of Jammu and Kashmir suffer. “India has to be friendly with its neighbours, including Pakistan,” Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said while addressing a gathering on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day at Zewan near Srinagar today. Mufti recalled former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s assertion that “we can change friends and not neighbours”, while he had extended a hand of friendship to…

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Pakistan communalising situation in J&K – Dy CM

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Amid the beef ban controversy, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh today accused Pakistan of “communalising” the situation in J&K. Fielding media queries after laying a wreath on Martyr’s Memorial at the BSF headquarters here today, Nirmal squarely blamed Pakistan for communalising the situation in J&K. Reacting to reports of Independent MLA Engineer Rashid getting a solidarity call from Pakistan vis-à-vis beef politics, Singh said: “It is a direct interference in the internal affairs of India. He (Rashid) is being instigated by Pakistan.” “Definitely, Pakistan is communalising the situation in J&K,”…

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Militants biggest stakeholders in Kashmir issue: MLA Rashid

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Independent MLA Engineer Abdul Rashid, known for courting controversy, was at it again today. Rashid here today batted for the militants to be taken on board by the Union Government, whenever it talks to the stakeholders to find a permanent solution to the Kashmir issue. “The militants are the biggest stakeholders in the Kashmir issue. Talks with only leaders of the Hurriyat Conference, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, will not be productive,” Rashid  said. In this regard, he singled out Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahudeen. The latter is a Kashmir-based…

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Suspended cop behind Udhampur attack: Police

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A suspended policeman with a ‘dubious service record’ has turned out to be the alleged mastermind of the petrol bomb attack on a Kashmir-bound truck in Udhampur on October 9 which resulted in the death of 18-year-old Zahid Bhat. Investigations have revealed that suspended policeman Jasbir Singh, a resident of Laddan in Udhampur, was the alleged mastermind behind the October 9 attack. Sources said Jasbir had planned the entire incident and given money to members of the “maya gang”, headed by Varinder Singh, alias Kaka, a Nepali citizen, at present…

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Hurriyat Chairman, Separatists under house arrest

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Top separatist leaders including chairmen of both the factions of Hurriyat Conference were on Wednesday placed under house arrest, a day ahead of their plans to hold a meeting in Anantnag for the youth who died of injuries suffered in a petrol bomb attack recently. Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, head of the moderate Hurriyat faction Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Khan and Zafar Akbar Bhat were placed under house arrest, a police official said. Chairman of JKLF Mohammad Yasin Malik, Javaid Ahmad Mir and…

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