Month: February 2016

State in crisis but Mehbooba opts to attend LS session

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Doesn’t want decision viewed as blackmail There seems to be no end to the stalemate over government formation as PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has decided to attend the Budget session of Parliament beginning from February 23. The hardening of her stand can be disappointing for the people of the state who want an early solution to the stalemate and have been waiting for close to a month for the formation of a new government. Sources say Mehbooba doesn’t want her new decision to be viewed as a blackmailing or bargaining…

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Kashmiri student wins Digital India online quiz

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Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad gave away an award to a student of Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2, Srinagar, for winning ‘Digital India Week’s Online Quiz Competition on Cyber Safety and Cyber Awareness’ in New Delhi on Thursday. Danish Shakeel was among the three students from the state who received the award from the Union Minister. An official of the school said Shakeel, a class X student, won the online quiz competition conducted by National e-Governance of Division (NeGD). Amit Walter, Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2, Srinagar, and the entire faculty has…

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Tourism promotes brotherhood: Kavinder

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The two-day third international conference on “Sustainable destination excellence: Revitalising peace through innovation in tourism” began at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHTM), University of Jammu, here today. Kavinder Gupta, Speaker, J&K Assembly, was the chief guest at the inaugural function, while Farooq Ahmad Shah, Secretary, Tourism Department, was the guest of honour. RD Sharma, Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu, presided over the function. Ma Christina G Aquino, president, APacCHRIE, and Executive Director for Planning and Development of the Lyceum of Philippines University, Manila, was the keynote speaker.…

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BJP fans out in Valley, sets up Budgam team

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As part of its efforts to strengthen the organisational set up of the party in Kashmir, the BJP today constituted a first-of-its-kind district team in the Valley. The team was constituted for Budgam district after the BJP conducted its first-ever organisational elections in the Valley recently. Besides a president, the team comprises two district vice-presidents, district general secretary, secretary, spokespersons, press secretary, publicity secretary and a treasurer. “After our first-ever organisational elections, we have formed a district team of 21 office-bearers and 60 executive members. We will form such teams…

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RSS slams PDP for insisting on talks with Pak

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As the BJP leadership has maintained a guarded silence over the preconditions set by the PDP to restitch the alliance, the RSS, the ideological head of the Sangh Parivar, today made a veiled attack on the party for demanding a dialogue with Pakistan. “Instead of pleading the case of Pakistan, the PDP leadership should behave like an Indian party,” said RSS stalwart Indresh Kumar, who reached Jammu this afternoon. “The attitude of the PDP leadership is creating suspicion among countrymen so the onus is on the party (PDP) to remove…

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Sangh to meet in Delhi on Feb 10 to decide on govt formation

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A crucial meeting of the Sangh Parivar will be held in New Delhi on February 10 to take a final call on government formation in J&K. As the PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti, has set some preconditions for the restitching of alliance with the BJP, the Sangh Parivar, a conglomerate of various organisations affiliated to the RSS, has decided to tread cautiously in the only Muslim-majority state. Top leaders of the RSS from J&K and members of the core group of the state BJPwill sit together with party president Amit Shah…

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Hafiz Saeed leads anti-India rally on ‘Kashmir Day’ in Pakistan

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JuD chief and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed today led a march in Islamabad and his outfit across several cities, ranting on the Kashmir issue, showing defiance in the face of India asking Pakistan to “rein in” the terror group. A day after Saeed warned of more Pathankot-style attacks, the Jamaat Ud-Dawah men took out rallies in cities like Lahore, Faisalabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Muzaffarabad to mark ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’. The JuD chief led the rally in Islamabad while his relative Hafiz Abdur Rehman Maki addressed a big gathering…

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Violent clashes rock Hajin as local demand bodies of slain militants

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Violent clashes erupted in Hajin town of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday as locals staged a demonstration against the killing of three militants in a fierce gunfight with forces last night. Earlier, forces lobbed tear gas shells to disperse the protesters, including women, marching towards the Hajin Chowk to demand the bodies of the militants. Witnesses said the angry youths resorted to stone-pelting on the police and paramilitary forces from both the sides of river Jhelum and near the Jamia Masjid in the town. The clashes were going on…

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J&K Govt Formation: 6 Possible Scenarios That Can Play Out

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With PDP President Mehbooba Mufti demanding Confidence Building Measures rather than mere assurances from the central government on the implementation of the Agenda of Alliance, the impasse over the government formation in J&K is likely to linger on for some more time. The hopes of an early resolution of the crisis died down  when Mehbooba after meeting Governor N N Vohra in Jammu only hardened her position. Talking to media, she sought concrete concessions from the centre before she could agree to resume the alliance with BJP. Here are the…

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Music is prohibited in Islam

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Raashid ul Nabi Khan As we all know that music is haraam (forbidden) in Islam. On various radio stations there are bunch of RJs which play music to the listeners on regular basis. Sometimes RJs get feedback from listeners on phone while some of the listeners send messages to boys and some listeners to girls. They also crack immoral jokes and laughing is the regular affair on their programmes. It spreads immorality in the society. The RJs should refrain themselves from music as their Aakhirah (hereafter) is at stake. No…

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