India and Pakistan would hold three-day secretary-level talks on the Kishanganga and Ratle hydropower projects from April 11 in Washington following the “intervention” by the US and the World Bank, a senior Pakistani minister has said. Speaking on the sidelines of the two-day talks between Indus Water Commissioners from both sides, Water and Power Minister Khawaja Asif welcomed India’s decision to resume negotiations under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty on the proposed Pakul Dal, Miyar and Lower Kalnai hydro power projects, disputed by Pakistan. “The US has intervened at the…
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DGP (Kashmir) regrets ‘Manhandling’ of photojournalist, mulls special badges for lensmen
Regretting an incident of alleged manhandling of a photojournalist, the Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday said that it is mulling special identification badges for lensmen belonging to media organisations to facilitate their field work. “While regretting the recent unfortunate incident involving a photojournalist and a police officer, DGP SP Vaid hoped that such isolated instances will not come in the way of the energised approach of the law enforcing agency and the media fraternity. The matter is being looked into,” an official spokesman said here. Vaid said that the…
Read MoreBJP under fire over ‘Renaming’ Mubarak Mandi -Bahu Fort
The change in the nomenclature of the Mubarak Mandi-Bahu Fort Cable Car project to the Mubarak Mandi-Shahabad project is set to snowball into a major controversy as Jammu-based groups have upped the ante against the “attempt to change the demography” of the winter capital of the state. In other terms, the name of Bahu Fort no more exists in the official records of the cable car project as it has now been named “Shahabad Station”. The ruling alliance partner, BJP, has come under fire not only from the Opposition but…
Read MoreShabir Shah steps down as Hurriyat(G) General Secretary
Separatist leader Shabir Shah, who is the general secretary of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference, has asked Syed Ali Geelani, party chairman, to relieve him of the top post. Shah had joined the Geelani-led faction in September 2015. Immediately after his joining, he was made the separatist faction’s general secretary. Shah said he had written to Geelani and had told him that he wanted to step down from the post. “Since I became the general secretary, I have remained continuously under detention because of which I have not…
Read MoreBureaucratic hassles welcome foreigners at Srinagar Airport
Cumbersome registration puts tourist to inconveniences The cumbersome and lengthy process of filling registration form at Srinagar airport is putting the foreigners to lot of inconveniences. Many foreign tour operators have expressed their resentment at the tedious process of registration for the foreigners at Srinagar airport. In a complaint a tour operators from Singapore said the cumbersome process at Srinagar airport can prove detrimental for the growth of tourism in Kashmir. In the complaint, Mohammad Afandi the owner of Afandi Travel and Services Pvt Ltd. says his group of 25…
Read MorePDP unlikely to surrender Poonch seat to BJP
Even as the BJP is staking its claim on the Legislative Council seat reserved for Poonch district, sources said the PPDwas unlikely to leave the seat for its coalition partner as the party had set a target to make the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri its citadels. For the PDP, Poonch and Rajouri are politically “fertile” belt in the Jammu province so the party leadership is likely to leave no opportunity to make inroads into the mountainous belt, the sources said. The BJP during its state election committee…
Read MoreNational Conference, Congress slams PDP for ‘Importing RSS’ into Kashmir
Fascist forces have no place in Kashmir: Mir PDP is carbon copy of RSS: Sagar National Conference and Congress Tuesday assailed PDP for importing RSS into Kashmir, saying that the politically sagacious people won’t allow the machinations of saffron social engineering to succeed in a pluralistic state like Jammu and Kashmir. “PDP stands exposed for facilitating the RSS to spread its tentacles, first by inducting its political constituent BJP into the government and now by vitiating the atmosphere on communal and regional lines”, senior NC and Congress leaders said while…
Read MoreOnly Modi can heal Jammu & Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti
‘He has the mandate to take state out of morass, hold talks with Pak’ Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi could take bold steps like resuming talks with Pakistan and was better for J&K than his predecessor Manmohan Singh who could not even visit his ancestral home there. “If there is any leader who can talk to Pakistan it is him (Modi). Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister for 10 years. He had a wish to visit the other side (Pakistan) as he was born there…
Read More88 Youth joined militant ranks across Kashmir in 2016: Govt
In what could be a serious concern for the government and security agencies, as many as 88 youth have joined different militant outfits this year, most of them in post-Burhan killing phase in Kashmir. Over 100 local youths have gone missing from different parts of Kashmir. Out of these 100 missing youths, 88 have joined different militant outfits in Kashmir, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. “In 2016 maximum number of youth joined militant ranks since 2010,” Government said, adding, “66 in 2015, 53 in 2014, 16 in…
Read MoreAcute respiratory tract infection in Kashmir: Health Advisory issued by DHSK
Directorate of Health services Kashmir (DHSK) on Tuesday issued an advisory for acute respiratory tract infection in Kashmir.The acute viral respiratory tract infection is a contagious illness that spreads every year from October through spring and is commonly caused by viral pathogens, such as rhinovirus, Parainfluenza, adenovirus, RSV, and influenza virus, said the DHSK. SYMPTOMS:The symptoms are cough, fever/ chills, sore throat, muscle aches, fatigue, headache or a runny or stuffy nose. HOW VIRUS SPREADS:From infected people to others through inhaled droplets from coughing/ sneezing.Droplets from hands / surfaces like…
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