Month: April 2016

Harassment of Kashmiri students in India flayed

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Clashes reported in Kupwara, Pulwama districts All Parties Hurriyet Conference has expressed grave concern over the arrest and harassment of Kashmiri students in different states of India. The APHC in a statement issued in Srinagar, today, said that such undemocratic and immoral tactics were meant to destroy the educational career of the Kashmiri students. The statement said that it was the responsibility of the Indian government to protect the Kashmiri students from the attacks by goons of Hindu extremist organizations. Meanwhile, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Syed Ali…

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Sulking Sajjad puts in papers?

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A day after the swearing-in, the PDP-BJP government received a jolt when one of its ministers Sajjad Gani Lone reportedly resigned from the Council of Ministers. Sources close to Sajjad claimed that he had sent his resignation papers to the Chief Minister but there was no official confirmation so far. Sajjad’s People’s Conference had a pre-poll alliance with the BJP in the state and he was adjusted in the Council of Ministers from the BJP quota. A close aide of Sajjad told us that he had forwarded his resignation to…

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Mehbooba needs to come clean on her meeting with PM: Omar

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National Conference working president Omar Abdullah today said the people of Jammu and Kashmir had the right to know what the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had got from New Delhi that prompted it to form the government with the BJP after three months of bargaining and theatrical posturing. “Mehbooba Mufti needs to come clean on her meeting with the Prime Minister and what transpired between the two over the so-called confidence-building measures that the PDP claimed to have sought from the Central government,” Omar said while addressing a workers’ rally…

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87 Day Guv rule in J&K ends

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Governor NN Vohra today issued a proclamation to revoke the proclamation issued on January 9 to enforce Governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir following the swearing-in ceremony of the PDP-BJP alliance this morning. With the fresh proclamation, the Governor’s rule in the state comes to an end after 87 days. The Governor’s rule was imposed on January 8 following the death of then CM Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. The latter proclamation was issued in exercise of the powers conferred on the Governor under Section 92 of the Constitution of Jammu and…

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Eight Ps that led to second PDP-BJP government

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Prof. Gull Wani Mehbooba Mufti was successful by delaying the government formation, and it was a positive step by her because she by doing so managed public opinion in state of Jammu Kashmir especially in Kashmir. By delaying the government formation Mehbooba tried to manage public opinion, and also make opinion leaders, civil society members, media and intelligential to think over it. While at the same time she was saying to us that the coalition government was an unpopular type of arrangement for us. If we look at political history,…

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Mehbooba Mufti sworn in as first woman Chief Minister of J&K, orders her Team to ‘get moving’

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PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti was sworn in as the 13th chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. On Agenda: Mehbooba asks her ministers to focus on corruption-free governance Mehbooba Mufti, 56, made history on Monday as she took oath as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir at the Raj Bhavan here. Besides Mehbooba, 22 other ministers were sworn-in by Governor N N Vohra, bringing to an end the three-month President’s Rule in the state. BJP’s Dr Nirmal Singh, who was Deputy CM in late Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s government,…

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‘Machines worth crores lie idle in Kashmir’

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The authorities of Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) department have reportedly denied the utilization of latest technology in dredging of and sand extraction from water bodies in Kashmir, citing ‘technical issues.’ Several educated unemployed youth had fetched machines that float on water and pump sand through a temporary pipeline to offsite location, obviously to earn their livelihood. However, they were not granted permission to operate in river Jhelum by officials of I&FC department for ‘technical reasons.’ The aggrieved owners argue that the machines are being used across the world, adding,…

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NIT students return to classes after 3 days

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Three days after the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar was shut following demonstrations over the outcome of India-West Indies T20 Cricket World Cup match, normal class work resumed at the institution today. The officials said most of the students attended the classes and situation was peaceful. “Normal class work has started. Everything is fine. Most of the students attended their classes. A majority of the final year students were present and students who put up in hostels also attended the classes,” said NIT registrar FA Mir. Mir said the…

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Khyber convicted of selling sub-standard dairy products

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Company to pay Rs 9 lakh fine, sentenced to six months in jail A court in Budgam today convicted milk processing company Khyber Agro Farms Private Limited of selling misbranded, sub-standard and unsafe milk products in Kashmir. While convicting the company under Section 51, 52 and 59 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, the Court of Munsif, Budgam, Imtiyaz Ahmad imposed a penalty of Rs 9 lakh on the Khyber Agro Farms. The court also sentenced six month imprisonment to the accused company through nominated person. The court…

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Tight security measures lead to traffic chaos in Jammu during Oath Ceremony

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Tight security measures enforced due to oath-taking ceremony of the new government and Monday rush led to hours of traffic chaos in Jammu. Right from Janipur to Gandhinagar and Jewel-Canal road route thousands of vehicles were seen moving at a snails’ pace to reach their respective destinations. As there was movement of high-profile people towards Raj Bhawan, where Mehbooba Mufti was to take oath as the first women Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, the police repeatedly stopped movement of vehicles to allow “safe travel” of invitees to the venue.…

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