Building constructions in Kashmir are set to become costlier, as the government has introduced SRO 105 making quarrying pricier. The government has issued Jammu and Kashmir minor mineral concession, storage, transportation of minerals and prevention of illegal mining rules 2016, vide SRO 105 dated 31.03.2016. As per the rules every mineral concession holder i.e. stone quarry, sand extractors, soil excavator has to obtain various clearances including mining plan, environment clearance, etc., before any type of extraction of building material. The united quarry association in Kashmir has opposed the rules enshrined…
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Stop ‘bad cholesterol’ production to prevent tumour growth
Cancerous tumour cells expand in the human body by feeding on “bad cholesterols” found in the lipid metabolism, finds a new research. Tumour cells grow as a result of scavenging on very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) and low-density lipoproteins (LDL) — commonly known as “bad cholesterol” — in the body. The findings of the clinical trials showed that minimising the liver’s production of LDL would deprive a tumour from its constant supply and therefore reduce its possibility of growth. Tumours not only use lipids as “building blocks” to grow, but they…
Read MoreThe Show Must Go On!
By Basharat Ali The security bandobast, in and outside National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hazratbal, Srinagar. A Kashmiri student studying in India finds a mention in news these days. For raising a slogan, for cheering for his favourite cricket team, for not cooking beef, or, for simply being a Kashmiri student in India, anywhere in India. This Kashmiri student is not one individual but numbers in thousands. But since these thousands have many common threads, one of them is being a Kashmiri, we can talk of them as a single…
Read More‘Medium danger’ avalanche warning for Jammu and Kashmir
A ‘medium danger’ avalanche warning was issued for higher areas of Jammu and Kashmir, advising people not to venture in these areas over the next 24 hours. An advisory to this effect was issued today by Chandigarh-based Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment ( SASE), which comes under the Ministry of Defence, here. ‘Medium danger’ avalanche warning exists for avalanche prone areas above 3500 metres altitude of Kupwara, Ganderbal, Baramula and Kargil districts of Jammu and Kashmir, the advisory said.
Read MoreGrowing attacks on Kashmiri students flayed
Rights bodies urged to stop attacks on students The All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, other Hurriyet leaders and High Court Bar Association have denounced growing attacks on Kashmiri students in different parts of India. Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar deplored that the Indian government had not taken any serious step to stop such brutalities. He criticized the puppet authorities for not fulfilling their responsibilities regarding protection of the Kashmiri students. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in his statement pointed out that extremist…
Read MoreSeveral demands of outstation NIT Srinagar students met
Peace returned to NIT on Sunday as its authorities met several demands of the outstation students, like relaxation on their movement and celebrating of festivals, in a bid to defuse the tension that has been prevailing on the campus for over 10 days, officials said. However, the demand for shifting the institute out of Kashmir has been rejected. “We have issued formal orders for the implementation of many of the demands raised by the students during their meeting with the team of MHRD (Ministry of HRD) and Chairman, Board of…
Read MoreNIT Students to continue protest, Section 144 remains in force
Outstation students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar today decided to continue their agitation, saying the authorities had failed to fulfil their demands. The protesting final-year students met on the campus and decided not to end the agitation till major demands were met and they were given full assurances by the administration. “The meeting continued for two hours and we decided to continue the agitation till our demands are met,” said one of the students who did not want to be named. He added that they were…
Read MoreBJP Playing Double Game, exposes Mumbai Paper
Mumbai based newspaper DNA has exposed the double game that BJP is playing in Kashmir. While Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh said termed the NIT Chalo campaign as “rumours”, his party has cleverly flagged off a yatra from Delhi. Besides, its two foot soldiers Anupam Kher and Ashok Pandita have already landed in Srinagar to coincide with the arrival of the yatra. Ms Rohinee Singh of DNA has done a detailed copy on this subject. It is being reproduced here: “At a time when the PDP-BJP government in Jammu…
Read MoreOver 100 youth return to Delhi after abandoning Tiranga yatra
They were stopped at Lakhanpur, the gateway to Jammu and Kashmir, around midnight soon after they entered the state from Madhopur in neighbouring Punjab in a bus and one Tata Sumo. Over 100 youth from different parts of the country led by Tejinder Pal Singh Bagga of Bhagat Singh Kranti Dal returned to Delhi from Lakhanpur after abandoning their Tiranga Yatra to NIT-Srinagar half way on Sunday morning. On way to Srinagar for unfurling national tri colour at NIT there and to express their solidarity with non-Kashmiri students there, the…
Read MoreSoni questions coming together of PDP, BJP
All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Ambika Soni today asked as to what had transpired between the BJP and the PDP in the three months post the death of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, leading to change of heart without having anything new in the public domain. The two parties need to explain to the people if there are any secret understandings, Soni said. Addressing a meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) executive of Jammu province and the Mahila Congress Committee convention here, she asked…
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