Month: April 2016

Kashmiris won’t compromise birth right

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The Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Aasiya Andrabi, has said that people of Kashmir will never compromise their right to self-determination, acknowledged by the world community through a number of resolutions passed by the United Nations. Aasiya Andrabi while talking to media persons in Srinagar, today, maintained that Indian leaders would be living in fool’s paradise if they were thinking that they could break Kashmiris’ resolve for freedom through brutal tactics. Later, Indian police arrested Aasiya Andrabi to prevent her from visiting victim families in Handwara. She was detained at Rambagh Police…

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Road network key to economic growth : Mehbooba

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Mehbooba calls for effective coordination between agencies to complete highway projects Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today described connectivity as a prerequisite for bolstering economic growth and called for more effective coordination between various agencies so that work on various prestigious road projects in the state was carried forward with greater urgency. She said constructing roads on the rugged terrain in a hilly state like J&K was a daunting task and sought the Centre’s active support in removing hurdles in the completion of the projects. The Chief Minister said this today…

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Realty prices soar in Jammu

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Buying plot or flat beyond reach of middle class Rapid urbanisation and increasing population in Jammu city, which has touched the 15-lakh mark, have made it nearly impossible for the middle class to own a plot or flat. “Prices of plots and flats have gone up alarmingly. While the price of a one-marla plot in areas like Sainik Colony Extension, Trikuta Nagar and Greater Kailash is between Rs 4 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, a two-BHK or three-BHK flat costs between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 80 lakh,” says Raj…

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Amanullah Khan, architect of Kashmir militancy, dies

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Amanullah Khan, co-founder of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and chief architect of violent separatist movement in Kashmir, died at Rawalpindi in Pakistan on Tuesday. He was 82. Khan was from Gilgit, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir(PoK). His daughter Asma is married to Kashmiri leader Sajjad Lone, a minister in the BJP-PDP coalition government in Indian Jammu and Kashmir. According to sources, Sajjad Lone, who was in New Delhi to meet the BJP high command in connection with his ministry, has decided not to travel to Pakistan for the last rites of…

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JK purchases power for Rs 4600 cr in 2015-16

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The Jammu and Kashmir government has spent a whopping Rs 4600 crore on power purchases from outside in 2015-16 to meet the state’s energy requirements, officials data has revealed. It has also revealed the state has spent Rs 32000 crore on power purchases from outside in the past 12 years (from 2004 to 2016). Officials said the genesis of bulging expenditure on power purchases in Jammu and Kashmir, which has a potential to generate 20,000 MW hydropower, lies in ‘illegal occupation’ of power projects by the National Hydro Power Corporation…

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Heat wave continues in Jammu, Mercury touches 36 Degree

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It is just the beginning of summer season but heat wave has gripped Jammu, the winter capital of the state, for past few days and today’s temperature crossed 36 Degrees mark. Jammu has been experiencing extreme heat for the past several days and Monday the city recorded its highest temperature for the month of April. “Jammu has crossed 36.3 degree Celsius in April, it not normal,” said Jammu-based Met spokesperson. The Meteorological Department also predicted dry weather for the next few days. “The weather is expected to remain dry in…

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J&K’s thrust industrial sectors startups should focus on Kashmir

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Jammu and Kashmir Government with support from central government has categorized certain industrial sectors with growth potential and market avenues in the state and has declared them as thrust areas. All the benefits to these sectors will be available even outside industrial estates. Both the governments provide special assistance, incentives and benefits for investing in these particular sectors. The rationale behind choosing these sectors is the availability of the raw material and consumption of the manufactured and produced goods within the state. The thrust area industries development has been given…

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HC slams JK Govt: ‘You need people only during voting; then you don’t care for them’

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Underscoring that there is no Food Testing Laboratory worth the name in Jammu and Kashmir, the High Court on Monday observed that it appears people in the state are made to “consume adulterated food.” “There is no food testing laboratory worth the name under Jammu and Kashmir Food Safety and Standards Act in the state. It appears that people of the state are made to consume adulterated food,” a division bench of Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar and Justice Ali Muhammad Magrey said. “All those responsible to check this adulteration probably…

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Bus carrying wedding party turns turtle in Rajouri, injuring 45

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Around 45 people were today injured, two of them seriously, when a bus carrying a marriage party turned turtle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. “The bus full of Baratis was on its way to Thandi Kassi from Saranu village when it turned turtle near Jamola bridge in Rajouri,” a police officer said. He said that 45 Baratis were injured in the mishap, two of them seriously. “The seriously injured persons have been shifted to Government Medical College and Hospital, Jammu for specialised treatment, whereas others are admitted to Rajouri…

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PDP has no right to talk about Kashmir issue: NC

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‘Party sold self-rule to highest bidders in Nagpur’ National Conference (NC) Monday said PDP had sold its self-rule document to the highest bidders in Nagpur in lieu of power in J&K and had hence lost the right to even talk about the Kashmir Issue. National Conference Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani lashed out at PDP for continuing in its shameless efforts to mislead the people of the State by still having the audacity to comment on autonomy while it was a long established fact that PDP’s patrons and leaders had…

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