Month: April 2016

BJP misleading House over NIT Controversy : Hari Om

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Seeks privilege motion against Minister of State for Home Jammu for India (JFI) convener Hari Om today accused the BJP of misleading the Lok Sabha and not narrating facts about the NIT-Srinagar row in the House. He appealed to non-BJP Lok Sabha members to bring a privilege motion against the Minister of State (MoS) for Home for being economical with truth and wilfully misleading Parliament. Prof Hari Om asserted that bringing a privilege motion against the MoS for Home was imperative to ensure that justice was dispensed to non-local students.…

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Cross-LoC trade to get banking back-up

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Government gets RBI nod, takes first step towards ending barter practice The Cabinet today decided to give banking back-up to trade across the Line of Control (LoC) so that the barter system could be abolished. The Department of Industries and Commerce was given the task of preparing a project and submitting it to the Cabinet. The Cabinet meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti at the Civil Secretariat. Addressing a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Minister for Education Nayeem Akhter said the Government of India had told the…

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NIT issue rocks Parliament

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Cong claims atrocities in Srinagar institute; Govt, Owaisi reject contention With the Congress raising the issue of “police atrocities” on the NIT campus in Srinagar and deployment of central forces, the government, while rejecting the accusation, claimed that a decision on sending paramilitary personnel was done after receiving requests from the state government and NIT authorities. Accusing the Jammu and Kashmir Police of acting “brutally” against the protesting students of the NIT during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia claimed that they had resorted to a…

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Explain purpose of your outside tours: Govt directs bureaucrats

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The administrative heads of State Departments would now onwards require explaining to the Government the purpose of their tours outside the State after it has come to fore that many bureaucrats would leave the headquarters for “personal visits” which would hit the work in the civil secretariat, the highest seat of governance in Jammu and Kashmir. An order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) said the administrative Secretaries have been instructed from time to time for submission of their “tour notes” soon after the arrival from the outside State…

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Army fired in self-defence: Govt on Kupwara Killings

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Objects to probe by sitting judge After giving clean chit to Army, the state government has objected to investigation into the recent civilian killings in Kupwara district by a sitting judge, saying that it has already constituted an eight-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case. Police informed the court that Inspector General of Police has constituted an eight-member team, headed by DIG North Kashmir Range Baramulla, to investigate the cases registered under FIR 130, 131, 132, 134 in Police Station Handwara, and FIR 60 and 66 in PS…

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Govt to reward Amarnath land row architect

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Controversial bureaucrat Arun Kumar set to head SWRRA The State Government has cleared the decks for rewarding the bureaucrat involved in the controversial transfer of State land to the Amarnath shrine board in 2008 and accused of involvement in the solar lights scam of 2009. According to sources, the controversial bureaucrat, Arun Kumar, presently Director General of the Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management and Public Administration and Rural Development (IMPARD), a post equivalent in status to the IAS cadre post of Chief Secretary for the period held by him,…

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Rana accuses PDP, BJP of polarisation

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National Conference (NC) provincial president Devender Singh Rana has assailed the PDP-BJP coalition for sowing seeds of discord and perpetrating polarisation by bringing regions and communities eyeball to eyeball as per their sinister strategy. “There is a huge contradiction between words and actions of the coalition partners,” Rana said on Monday. He was addressing NC provincial vice-presidents and district presidents of Jammu province. He referred to the deceptive posturing of the alliance partners. He said they claimed to unite the regions and bridge the gap between different segments of society,…

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Restrictions in and around Lal Chowk

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Authorities on Wednesday placed restrictions in and around Lal Chowk, Srinagar to thwart the Nimaz-e-Jinaza in absentia for JKLF leader Amanullah Khan. Khan passed away yesterday in Rawalpindi Pakistan. Heavy contingent of police and paramilitary CRPF has been deployed in the civil lines area of the city including Maisuma, and people are not allowed to move. All shops and business establishments in Lal Chowk are closed and traffic is being diverted. Separatist leaders had called for Nimaz-e-Jinaza in absentia in Lal Chowk in the afternoon.

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Take bold steps to resolve Kashmir issue, Hurriyat Conference urges India, Pak PMs

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Hardline Hurriyat Conference, led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, on Tuesday appealed to Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan to take bold steps to resolve the Kashmir issue for peace, prosperity and development in the sub-continent. “We appeal to the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan to shun the traditional and ceremonial ways and take bold steps to resolve long standing Kashmir dispute,” Hurriyat said in a statement here. It said Hurriyat is neither against the dialogue nor against the cordial relations between India and Pakistan but “our stand is…

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Guv, CM for sharper focus on sports in varsities

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Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor, respectively, of the University of Kashmir, have suggested sharper focus on sports and extra-curricular activities and corresponding strengthening of the required sports infrastructure in the universities and their affiliated colleges. At the University Council meeting of Kashmir University, they noted that it was not enough to merely show higher pass percentages, but also ensure the balanced personality development of all the students. The Governor also emphasised sustained attention to research, which is essential to maintaining a high standard of…

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