Month: June 2016

‘So-called rulers lying about conspiratorial plots’ : Separatists

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Protest against anti-Kashmir moves to continue: Leaders All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani, and Hurriyet leaders, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, have said that the rulers are lying about the separate townships for Kashmiri Pandits, colonies for retired Indian soldiers and India’s new Industrial Policy in the territory. A consultation meeting of the three leaders was held in Srinagar in which they deliberated upon the recent statement of the so-called Minister for Industries in which he had said that industrial policy stood implemented from March 15th…

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Govt probing twin acts of desecration, 2 more held, 14 in preventive custody

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The state government on Friday said it was investigating whether there was any conspiracy to disturb the peace in the state after the twin incidents of desecration of temples in Jammu. “The government is looking into the incidents and will investigate whether any conspiracy is there to disturb the peaceful atmosphere in the state,” Minister for Law, Abdul Haq Khan told the Legislative Council after BJP, Congress and Peoples Democratic Party legislators from Jammu asked the government to make a statement on the two incidents of sacrilege. “The investigations in…

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Separatists to hold talks with Kashmiri Pandits for their rehabilitation

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Joint committee to interact with Pandits to understand their concerns, find ways for their return Moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today said separatists had decided to constitute a committee to initiate a dialogue process with the migrant Kashmiri Pandits to understand their concerns and find ways for their return. The joint committee will have members from both the hardline and moderate factions of the Hurriyat besides members from the J&K Liberation Front headed by Yasin Malik. Mirwaiz said this that while addressing a gathering protesting against the “anti-Kashmir policies”…

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Two Kashmiri girls detailed by Delhi Police while returning from Bangladesh

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Two Kashmiri girls, returning from Bangladesh where they are pursuing MBBS, were detained Friday afternoon at Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi. Jammu and Kashmir Police has taken up the matter of detention of two Kashmiri girls at Delhi airport with the Delhi Police and sought their early release. “We are in touch with Delhi Police and hope the girls would be set free soon,” a senior police officer told Kashmir Post. Two Kashmiri girls, returning from Bangladesh where they are pursuing MBBS, were detained Friday afternoon at Indira…

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Clashes at various places in valley, two injured

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Two persons were injured today as security forces fired teargas shells and used batons to chase away stone-pelting protesters at different places in Srinagar and Baramulla districts of Kashmir valley, police said. Azad Ahmad Mir was hit by a teargas shell on the head during a clash between stone-pelting protesters and law enforcing agencies at Bomai village in Sopore township of Baramulla district, a police officer said. He said the clashes broke out shortly after security forces killed two militants holed up in the village during a cordon and search…

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ISIS flags, ‘Jeeve Jeeve Pakistan’ slogans raised at Mirwaiz’s protest march against Pandits, Sainik Colonies

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Pro Pakistan slogans and ISIS flags were raised at a protest march organised by separatists leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to protest against proposed Kashmiri Pandits and Sainik colonies in Jammu and Kashmir. Besides waving the flags of the hostile neighbouring country, protesters raised slogans of ‘jeeve jeeve Pakistan’. What was startling was Farooq made no attempt to stop the protesters from indulging in anti-national activities. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has favoured setting up of Sainik Colony in Kashmir after its alliance partner Peoples Democratic Party virtually rejected a proposal…

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Is Asia’s largest Apple farm in Kashmir? No clue says Govt 5 gardeners look after thousands of kanals

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The state government has no clue if the 2600 Kanal apple producing farm in south Kashmir’s Zainapora village of Shopian is the “largest apple farm in Asia or in the world.” While it is being widely believed in Kashmir that the Horticulture Development farm at Zainapora is the largest in Asia, but officially there is no confirmation about it. “We don’t know about the status of this apple producing farm if it is the largest in Asia or in the world. But in J&K, it is the largest apple farm,”…

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1.11 lakh jobless youth registered in JK: Govt

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The government said that 1410 selections were made by Public Service Commission (PSC) and 19,470 by Service Selection Board (SSB) during past three years. “During the current year, PSC made 256 selections and SSB 1752,” the government said. Jammu and Kashmir Government today said that 1,11,077 unemployed youth are registered with the different District Employment and Counselling Centres (DE&CC) of the state. The information was dished out in response to a question by the senior PDP leader and MLC Muhammad Khurshid Aalam in the upper house of the assembly. Giving…

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Separatists call for protests today

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The separatists also referred to news reports about the process initiated by the Government for identification of land in many districts of the Valley for Kashmiri Pandit townships. Vowing to fight the “ill-designs” of the J&K government, top separatist leaders on Wednesday warned the coalition dispensation to stop its “oppressive policies” or face agitation. “These so-called rulers are playing hypocritical politics and lying about separate colonies and new industrial policy,” said a joint statement from Hurriyat chiefs Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik.…

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Govt flip-flop on Industrial Policy, 4 Clauses put on hold: Drabu

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• Now Drabu contradicts Industries minister, says policy on hold • ‘Likely changes at budget session end’ A day after Minister for Industries, Chandra Prakash Ganga’s statement on New Industrial Policy raised a political storm, Minister for Finance, Haseeb Drabu Thursday sought to allay the fears, saying that the policy has indeed been put on hold. “The provision regarding the industrial estates has been put on hold,” Drabu said in the Legislative Assembly. “The confusion was created on this and we have put it (New Industrial Policy) on hold.” He…

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