Month: June 2016

Jammu tense after ‘desecration’ of another temple by dismissed Police Cop

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Internet ban extended up to June 17, accused booked under PSA Close on the heels of desecration of a temple in Janipur area of Jammu, another temple was ransacked in Nanak Nagar locality by a drunken dismissed police constable. As a preventive measure and to avoid any flare-up in the situation, the District Administration has extended the internet ban up to June 17 and booked the accused-Gurcharan Singh alias Minta-under Public Safety Act (PSA). Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Simrandeep Singh confirmed to Kashmir POST about slapping of PSA on the accused.…

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Two sweets manufacturing units sealed

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State Food Control Organisation on Thursday sealed two sweets manufacturing units here after these were found to be manufacturing food items in insanitary conditions which are detrimental to human health. Acting of a specific information, a team from FCO, led by Assistant Commissioner Food Safety Srinagar Hilal Ahmad Mir raided various food business operators in the summer capital. Following the inspection, two units manufacturing sweets and confectionaries were sealed after the inspection team found these operating from unhygienic premises. ‘During inspection, two units namely Haldi Rahman and Mantassa Sweets were…

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Non-state subjects looted temple wealth : BJP

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The BJP has raised voices against non-state subjects, which, it alleged, had sold the temple wealth and land in Kashmir. “The crime was mostly done by non-state subjects, mahants and pujaris, in nexus with some influential people. Later, many of the mahants left the Valley to some unknown places,” the BJP said in a statement. Senior BJP leader Ashok Bhatt along with party’s Kashmir media in-charge Altaf Thakur and other senior workers had visited the temples in Srinagar district in the past few days. “We gathered feedback at the grassroots…

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About 100 living in old age homes in Jammu, none in Kashmir

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About 100 people, mostly male, are living in four old age homes in Jammu region while there is none in the Kashmir valley, Minister Incharge Social Welfare Sajjad Gani Lone told the Legislative Council.Mr Gani replied to a question by Naresh Kumar Gupta. The Minister said the state has law relating to maintenance and welfare of parents and senior Citizens Act 2014 and efforts are afoot for its implementation.He said,”provision for establishment of two old age homes by the government has been kept one in each (Kashmir-Jammu) division with intake…

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Complex voter form putting off Pandits : Anantnag bypoll

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Have to fill time-consuming Form-M to prove they are migrants As Anantnag braces for the bypoll on June 22, displaced Kashmiri Hindus belonging to the constituency living in Jammu have to go through a complex process to prove they are migrants to cast their vote at a special polling booth being established for them. Community members claim that filling the Form-M introduced by the Election Commission after the exodus of 3.50 lakh Pandits in 1989-90 has always restricted their participation in the democratic process. There have been allegations that migrant…

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VHP ensures release of 22 rioters in Jammu

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All the 22 persons arrested for torching vehicles and damaging public property in Jammu on Tuesday were released on Wednesday by the police following a meeting held between Health Minister Bali Bhagat, police and civil administration officers, and leaders of RSS and VHP. Sources said that the meeting, held at the PWD guest house, was dominated by the RSS-VHP men who threatened a “2008-like agitation” if the arrested persons were not released by 6pm. The right-wing leaders at the meeting included prominent lawyer and former BJP leader Leela Karan Sharma,…

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‘Four Kashmiri students make it to IITs’

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In a first for the Kashmir valley, 4 students have made it to the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), the results for which were declared recently. IITs are regarded as one of the best engineering colleges of the world, and its qualifying exam, JEE Advanced, taken by 2 lakh aspirants across the country, one of the toughest. Every year hardly one or two Kashmiris make it to IITs, that too after having to avail expensive coaching from institutes in Delhi or Kota. It’s for the first time since the…

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J&K being run from RSS headquarters in Nagpur: Omar Abdullah

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National Conference working president Omar Abdullah today alleged that the Jammu and Kashmir government was “being run” from the RSS headquarters in Nagpur saying Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti gets “day-to-day instructions” from the right wing organisation. “Today, the state’s remote control is in Nagpur and Mehbooba Mufti gets her day-to-day directions from the RSS headquarters,” Omar told election rallies in Anantnag Assembly segment which is slated to go to by-poll on June 22. Mehbooba is the PDP candidate from Anantnag. The former Chief Minister termed the by-poll a battle between…

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22 Detained for arson, released after ‘VHP threat’ : Jammu temple row

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After a senior police officer refused to release the 22 men, VHP leader Leela Karan Sharma threatened a “repeat of the 2008 Amarnath agitation”, which had sparked communal violence in the region. Twenty-two people detained by the police following violence in Jammu were released Wednesday after the VHP threatened a “repeat of the 2008 Amarnath agitation”. The 22 were arrested after violence erupted in Jammu Tuesday over a 29-year-old man, Yasir Alfaz, allegedly kicking a Shiva idol at a temple. The youth, who is of unsound mind according to police,…

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Srinagar to be developed as Green, Clean City : Govt

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Jammu and Kashmir government plans to develop Srinagar as green and clean city with proper and hygienic disposal of garbage. “Yes, it is a fact that Srinagar Municipal Corporation is trying to develop Srinagar as green and clean city. For this purpose, a lot of measures are being initiated which include proper and hygienic disposal of garbage,” Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said in a written reply to a question in the Assembly here. Singh, who is Minister for Housing and Urban Development Department, said construction of fountains at different…

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