Month: June 2016

Prime Minister clears JK proposal for handing over land from Army to KU

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The army had in-principle been agreeable to vacating the land for quite some time but a decision by its headquarters got delayed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a Jammu and Kashmir government’s proposal for vacating nearly 458 Kanal of land in army’s possession for expansion of Kashmir University campus in Anantnag. Highly-placed sources said the Prime Minister, after his return from the five-nation tour, had called a meeting on Kashmir during which he asked the Defence Ministry to hand over the ‘High ground’ in Anantnag to the state at…

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No change in contentious Industrial Policy

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20 % industrial estate land reserved for locals: Govt The state government Wednesday said it will continue to provide land on lease for 90 years to the entrepreneurs under the 2016 Industrial Policy even as it had earlier stated that the policy is being reexamined in view of the apprehensions about the inclusion of non-state subjects. Replying to the cut motions moved by opposition members including National Conference’s Ali Mohammad Sagar and Javed Rana, Industries Minister, Chandra Prakash Ganga said the government has made it clear that the land would…

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Srinagar records season’s hottest day, marginal respite to Jammu

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Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar recorded the hottest day of the season on Wednesday, but winter capital Jammu got a respite as the maximum temperature dropped a few notches, the met department said. “Srinagar recorded 32.4 degrees Celsius as the day’s maximum temperature which was 0.4 degrees higher than yesterday (Tuesday). Wednesday has, therefore, been the hottest day of this summer so far in Srinagar,” a Met department official told IANS. The maximum temperature in Jammu was 37.4 degrees Celsius as against 42.2 degrees on Tuesday. “People in Jammu…

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‘Sangh Parivar wants to implement its communal agenda in Kashmir’ : Geelani

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The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has said that the extremist Hindu organizations, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Sangh Parivar, want to implement their communal agenda in Kashmir with force, and the puppet administration is obeying their every command. Syed Ali Geelani, in a statement issued in Srinagar, said that the Muslims, the Pandits, the pro-freedom leadership and the civil society of the occupied territory in one voice were opposing the construction of separate colonies for the Pandits, but the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti,…

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Jammu continues to remain tense

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Temple desecration: Protests spread to region | Internet snapped in 10 districts | One held A day after ‘desecration’ at an ancient temple, situation remained tense in Jammu today with many parts of the region witnessing protests and complete blackout of mobile internet services in all 10 districts of the Jammu province since Tuesday evening. The state government while ordering an inquiry into the incident claimed that situation was under control as no untoward incident had been reported from any part from the region. The government has suspended a police officer who…

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Court asks JK govt to come up with policy on Heavy School Bags

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The burden of heavy school bags on children in Jammu and Kashmir may finally ease. The high court has asked the education department to come up with a policy on this within three months, after a petition was filed by an undergraduate student. “When I was in class 3rd or 4th I went through the same problem these students are facing. At my time there were heavy school bags weighing about 5 kg – now it’s 6 kg,” said the petitioner, Badr-u-Duja. The division bench headed by Chief Justice N…

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Seven sites identified for transit accommodations : Pandit Colonies

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The DCs, in south Kashmir, have identified land at Choudary Gund Shopian (52.04 kanal), Mattan Islamabad (25 kanal) and Hall Pulwama (95.12 Kanal) for the purpose. Authorities in Kashmir have identified seven sites for construction of transit accommodations for displaced Kashmiri Pandits who want to return to the Valley, sources told Kashmir POST. Highly placed sources Wednesday revealed that DCs- who had been directed by the Government to identify land for construction of transit accommodation for Kashmiri Pandits who left the Valley in 90s, have proposed seven sites in different…

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Hindu fanatics being armed against Muslims in Kishtwar

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Distribution of weapons on a large scale to Hindu zealots in Kishtwar district, notorious for being the center of Indian army-backed killer gang Village Defence Committees, betrays terrible designs of RSS-backed Indian government and its local collaborators against Muslims in Jammu region. The disclosure was made none other than the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, during her written reply to a question in the so-called Kashmir Assembly. Mehbooba Mufti who also holds the portfolio of the so-called Home Minister of the territory informed the house that 30,872 gun licenses amounting to…

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Jammu tense, mobile Internet services suspended

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Mobile Internet services were suspended in Jammu following protests in parts of the city after an ancient temple was allegedly desecrated by a “mentally disturbed” person. According police sources, an ancient temple situated in Roop Nagar area of Jammu was vandalised yesterday which led to protests across the city. “As a precautionary measure, we have decided to suspend mobile Internet services till the situation returns to normal”, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Jammu, Simrandeep Singh told PTI. Singh said top police and civil officials have been monitoring the situation since last night…

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Tanvir’s body arrives in Batamaloo, thousands attended funeral

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Thousands of mourners on Wednesday accompanied the body of Sheikh Tanvir Sultan from his residence in Bemina towards the martyrs’ graveyard in Batmaloo. Tanvir was killed in a shooting in Kud area of Udhampur district of Jammu on Monday. Witnesses said that thousands of people, mostly youths, accompanied the body towards the graveyard where Tanvir elder brother, who was a militant commander, is buried as well. The mourners, according to witnesses, were shouting slogans in favour of Kashmir’s freedom and Islam. Police and paramilitary forces, they said, have deployed in…

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