Year: 2016

Kashmiri Pandit family returns home, rejects township plan

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A Pandit family on Tuesday visited their ancestral house at Lolab in north-Kashmir’s Kupwara district and condemned “agencies for conspiracies to create communal disharmony” in the state. Jaggar Nath Raina (80) putting up at Jagti Migrant Camp in Nagrota area of Jammu region since the breakout of turmoil in 90’s has finally taken a stride forward to return his homeland after a gap of almost twenty-six years. The family has been one among the many who aspire to “revisit and revive their bond with the Muslim brethren in Kashmir”. Raina…

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NHPC raises relief amount for Kishanganga Project

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The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has granted much higher compensation than the market rate to those families whose land was acquired for constructing run of the Kishanganga project in Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district as part of its “commitment to serve the state and its people”, according to sources. Official sources told Kashmir POST that the NHPC had given between Rs 60 lakh and Rs 70 lakh to each family for the land acquired for the project to help them seek alternative places of rehabilitation. “This amount…

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Hurriyet leadership jointly calls for protests on Friday

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Top Hurriyet leaders, Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, have called for peaceful protests on Friday against India’s anti-Kashmir designs. The leaders in a joint programme issued after consultation called for hoisting of black flags after Juma prayers to protest against Indian plans of to construct separate colonies for retired Indian soldiers and Kashmiri Pandits, harassment of Jammu Muslims and Delhi’s so-called Industrial Policy in Kashmir. They have appealed to the people to make the protest programme a success. Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and…

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Budget 2016-17 Highlights

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This budget, the first of this new PDP-BJP Government, has been formulated as a tribute to Jenab Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, said Drabu. Finance minister Haseeb Drabu on Monday presented the budget for 2016-17 in the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly. This budget, the first of this new PDP-BJP Government, has been formulated as a tribute to Jenab Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, said Drabu. “Having had the privilege of being his Finance Minister, I have, in this budget, attempted to put into a framework the “Mufti Model of Governance”,” he said. Here…

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Kashmir University initiates process to axe Russian poplars

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Officials said the process to put all Russian poplars in the campus to auction for their felling has been started and a committee in this regard has already been constituted on directions of Vice-Chancellor, Prof Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi. Realizing the hazardous effects of Russian poplars on public health, the Kashmir University has initiated the process to axe such trees in the campus. Officials said the process to put all Russian poplars in the campus to auction for their felling has been started and a committee in this regard has already…

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Supreme Court issues notice on High Court order on Food Safety Act

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The Supreme Court today issued notices to the respondents, including Registrar General, J&K High Court, in a petition challenging High Court orders asking all food manufacturing/ processing units operating in the region to file an affidavit indicating as to how and in which manner the food manufacturing/ processing units are following the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India Act, 2006. The apex court issued the notices after admitting a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the J&K Traders and Manufacturers Federation, who have challenged the High…

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Govt has given clearance for AIIMS at Awantipora: Bali Bhagat

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Minister for Health and Medical Education Bali Bhagat Monday said New Delhi has given clearance to Jammu and Kashmir government to establish All India Institute Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Awantipora in Pulwama district. Replying to the query raised by the legislator Surinder Mohan in the Legislative Council over the budget allocation for the twin AIIMS in Jammu and Kashmir, the minister said the government has identified land in Jammu’s Samba district and at Awantipora in Pulwama district. “The State government had identified the land for AIIMS hospital at Awantipora in…

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Working on return of power projects from NHPC : Drabu

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Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu today said the government was working out modalities to enable the return of projects being run by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to J&K. “It is in the Agenda of Alliance. I have had extensive discussions with people in Delhi. Modalities are being worked out. We have worked out three or four modalities and will see which one suits best,” Drabu said while addressing a press conference soon after tabling the Budget in the Assembly. He said he could not give the exact date as…

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Some Hits, Some Misses, feels Kashmir Inc

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The state Budget 2016-17 drew mixed reactions from Kashmir Inc and stakeholders in the Valley’s tourism sector. Even as sops for development of industry and handicraft sectors were welcomed, leaders of business bodies said they were expecting more incentives for the tourism sector and immediate relief for traders. “Announcements for the handicraft sector, industry and initiatives for women are welcome. During pre-Budget deliberations, we had pointed out that the handicraft sector was suffering. However, we were expecting more sops for the tourism sector,” said Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry…

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PDP led govt biggest enemy of Kashmiris : Geelani

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  The delegation, according to the Hurriyat spokesman, said they are living in Panderathen area from last 150 years and the “government is forcing them to leave the area now without arranging any alternate accommodation.” Terming the BJP-PDP coalition government as “biggest enemy of Kashmiris”, the Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani on Monday said these people want to settle non-state subjects in the state and render state-subjects homeless. Hitting out at PDP, he said for remaining in power this party has started “a long-term process of eliminating Kashmiri people.” Meanwhile,…

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