Month: January 2016

Will fight Sang Parivar, its proxies with full might: Er. Rashid

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Not scared of fake FIRs’  President Awami Ittihad Party (AIP) and MLA Langate Er Rashid Saturday while reacting to lodging of an FIR against him by police at Pulwama, reiterated that such ‘tricks’ will not stop him from fighting for the rights of people of Jammu and Kashmir. He accused New Delhi of forcing J&K police to ‘curb the voice and rights of Kashmiris at all levels, as Delhi and its proxies have very weak arguments to defend its failures and atrocities in J&K.’ Interacting with various sections of society…

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70% wheat crop in JK hit by dry spell

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Scientists blame climate change, suggest adaptation The food crisis in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to worsen as nearly 70 per cent of this year’s wheat crop has already been damaged due to an unprecedented dry spell at crown root initiation (CRI) stage of rabi crop. According to scientists, this dry spell is a result of climate change. With the wheat crop in the non-irrigated ‘kandi’ belt already damaged, the Agriculture Department has pressed the panic button by asking the Irrigation Department not to close the gates of Ranbir Canal…

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Kashmir tour operators explore attracting Arab nationals for Sufi circuits

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To launch marketing campaign in Arab Travel Mart In the event of steep downfall of leisure tourism in Kashmir, travel agents are exploring religious tourism to market Valley’s prime religious sites in the Muslim majority cities in India and abroad, Nasir Shah of CNE Luxury Holidays, Sheikh Ashiq of Asia Pearl Tourism LLC, Dubai and Musadiq Shah of Pride of Kashmir Dubai have started a market campaign of Kashmir’s Sufi sites to Indians living abroad and to Arab nationals of UAE. “Most of people here are not aware huge Sufi…

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Kashmir Valley locked down at Republic Day eve

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In the run-up to India’s Republic Day on Jan. 26, the Jammu Kashmir region has become dotted with makeshift bunkers, checkpoints and barricades. Thousands of Indian soldiers have been deployed on the roads, where they carry out exhaustive searches of vehicles and their passengers. Regional capital Srinagar, meanwhile, now looks like an army garrison. “It’s always like this in Kashmir ahead of India’s Independence Day or Republic Day, or when their prime minister visits. And we have to suffer this harassment,” Shahnawaz Rashid, a 34-year-old employee of a pharmaceutical company,…

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Hold elections to elect new assembly: Hari Om

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Describing as a very positive development the failure of PDP and BJP to re-stitch an alliance to form coalition government in the sensitive border State of J&K, Prof Hari Om on Sunday urged the State Governor to dissolve forthwith the Assembly and take steps calculated to giving the people an opportunity to elect a new assembly. “The failure of the PDP and the BJP leadership to break the deadlock over government formation even after two weeks of Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed’s demise is a positive development. The alliance between PDP…

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Kashmiri Muslims a misunderstood lot

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In the first place, let it be clear to everyone that Kashmiri Muslims are a vibrant community. The community has its own unique geographical and ethnic identity, which is as troubled and torn as that of Kashmiri Hindus or Sikhs. The difference between these communities is that Kashmiri Muslims are demonised as some of them picked up guns and led the community and the place to the path of self-destruction. The place has been brutalised and the Kashmiri Muslims are caught in a pincer that comes with possession of bombs…

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Kashmiri resistance leaders reject Daesh claims of influence

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If Daesh was what it claimed to be, its first priority would be liberation of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, Kashmiri pro-independence leader asserts Following recent assertions by Daesh that militants in Indian-held Jammu Kashmir had given the group their allegiance, Kashmiri pro-independence leaders have rebutted the claims. Earlier this week, in its online “Dabiq” magazine, Daesh alleged that militants fighting Indian rule in Jammu Kashmir had “pledged allegiance” to their group in their ongoing fight against “cow-worshipping Hindus”. Daesh’s self-styled “Emir of Khorasan”, Hafiz Saeed, made the claims in an interview…

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Forces taking no chances for Republic Day event

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Intel inputs of fidayeen threat , Patrolling intensified at vulnerable stretches In the wake of intelligence inputs of possible attacks by Pakistani militants, the Army, Air Force and paramilitary forces have fortified their formations across Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Republic Day. Security has also been beefed up on the 198-km-long international border and Jammu-Pathankot national highway. A terror alert has been sounded across the Jammu region after the murder of a taxi driver at Kangra in Himachal Pradesh by three unidentified men, who escaped with the taxi. Additional nakas…

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CVPPL fails to construct over 2000 MWs power projects

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Electricity Woes ; Work yet to start on 1000 MWs Pakal Dul, 624 MWs Kiru and 540 MWs Kwar project The Chenab Valley Power Projects Ltd (CVPPL) has failed to construct the key power projects including the largest project of 1000 MWs Pakal Dul project. According to officials, work is yet to start over 1000 MWs Pakal Dul, 624 MWs Kiru and 540 MWs Kwar power projects even as the CVVPL had earlier scheduled to start the projects in 2014. CVPPL had informed the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) last year…

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‘Hard work, setting targets helped us achieve our goal’; Class 12 toppers

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Students who bagged top three positions in class XII examinations, results of which were declared on Thursday, attributed their success to hard work and setting targets. For Bushra Amin, the reason behind success was hard work and parental support. Hailing from Khankah Bagh village in South Kashmir’s Pampore, Bushra bagged the first position in the science stream of 12th class Board of School Education (BOSE) examination. She scored 489 (97.8%) marks out of 500. “Hard work has no substitute. Besides, parental support proved fruitful for me,” Bushra said, adding that…

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