Month: June 2017

‘Deceitful tactic to erode Article 370’, Resistance says GST law ‘Anti-Kashmir’

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Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (KTMF) has called for ‘Kashmir Bandh’ on Saturday (June 17) while the Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) said it would go for ‘Secretariat Gherao’ on the same day to protest proposed implementation of Goods and Services Tax in the state. Chairman of his faction of KTMF, Bashir Ahmad Rather, said “all stakeholders” should observe a complete shutdown on Saturday to protest implementation of GST “which is a direct attack on state’s special status.” “We had already boycotted the meeting with Chief Minister and Finance Minister as…

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Police officer assaults doc, SMHS staff threaten indefinite strike

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Doctors at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital in Srinagar have threatened to go on an indefinite strike after a police officer assaulted one of their colleagues on the hospital premises on Tuesday. Dr Owais Ahmad, a resident in the Medicine Department of Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital (SMHS) Hospital, was beaten up by a police officer and his guards around 9.30 pm on Tuesday. The incident triggered day-long protests at Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, and one of its associated hospitals, SMHS Hospital, today. “Doctors, interns and medical students have…

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Ex-militant in NIA net, 19 Pandit families hope to get justice

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After a wait of 27 years, the families of those allegedly killed by former Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front militant Farooq Ahmed Dar, alias Bitta Karate, are hopeful of justice after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) started a probe into the shady financial transactions of separatists, including Dar. Dar is accused of killing 19 Pandits. In a video interview after his arrest in 1990, he had boasted of how he executed the murders. Among the victims was a social activist, Satish Tikku, 26, brutally gunned down on February 2, 1990, outside…

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Tourism Kashmir in Dire Straits

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Kashmir and tourism are more often taken as synonymous terms.As the valley of Kashmir is rich with scenic natural beauty that has no other analogy in the world. It is rightly called ‘paradise on earth’. Cradled in the lap of splendid mountains of the Himalayas, Kashmir is the most gorgeous place on earth. On visiting the Valley of Kashmir, Jehangir, a renowned Mughal King, is said to have exclaimed: “If there is paradise anywhere on earth, it is here, it is here, and it is here. But currently With every…

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LPG consumers in Kashmir deprived of gas subsidy

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Domestic gas consumers in Kashmir complain that their LPG subsidy amount is not being forwarded to their bank account from last several months. While the consumers blame the oil marketing companies of depriving them of their subsidy, as these OMC do not forward the details to National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). However, the OMC say that they forward the information on time and it is due to other reasons that the subsidy payment gets delayed. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) which is an umbrella organization for all retail…

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Govt panel recommends Rs 4 lakh each for youth blinded by pellets

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An official panel tasked with identifying pellet victims with grievous eye-injuries for compensation has recommended that the victims who have lost vision in both eyes be given Rs four lakh each. Officials also said a proposal for compensating those whose one eye has been “completely blinded” by pellet shotguns last year is also under “active consideration”. A source told Kashmir Post that the divisional commissioner Kashmir-headed committee has so far finalized more than 16 cases for compensation. During the Budget Session in Jammu this year, the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti…

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Choose Books, Laptops to end violence: Army Chief to Kashmiri Students

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Stressing that generations have been destroyed due to unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat on Tuesday exhorted students in the state to choose laptops and books to help end the cycle of violence. Addressing a group of Kashmiri students who were supported by the Army and have cleared the IIT entrance examination, he said their success was not an easy feat and they have now become a shining example for the youth in the Valley. Referring to his stints in Jammu and Kashmir, which has in…

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Govt to promote lesser-known tourist spots of Ladakh region

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As the Ladakh region is witnessing a good tourism season, the government will be promoting lesser known spots of the region to attract more tourists. During an interactive meeting with travel agents and hoteliers at Kargil, Tourism Director, Kashmir, Mahmood A Shah said, “We want tourists to stay in Kargil and spend a few nights here. For this, we will try to promote lesser-known destinations of the region.” He said major sporting events would be held in the district in which different countries would participate. Shah said high peaks which…

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All 31 Blood banks in state without valid licences

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While people will observe World Blood Donor Day tomorrow, all 31 blood banks in the state are without valid licences, which are under the scrutiny of the Drug and Food Control Organisation (DFCO), J&K. As per the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, all blood banks in the state should get their licences renewed within six months of its expiry. None of the 31 blood banks have, however, got their licences renewed for the last six or seven years. A DFCO official said as the norms of the Central Drugs Standard…

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Scores injured as forces go berserk in twin Shopian villages

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Government forces went berserk in two villages of south Kashmir’s Shopian district late Monday night, beating local residents and ransacking houses, shops and vehicles. Around 40 people were injured as forces rampaged through Turkwangam village, around 12 kilometres from the district headquarters. According to locals, personnel of Army’s 55 RR and SOG Shopian appeared in the village at around 11 pm. “They didn’t announce any cordon in the area and without any provocation barged into the residential houses and beat up the inmates severely. They didn’t even spare the women…

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