Month: July 2017

GST a slap on Hurriyat’s face: Sat Sharma

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Rashid says not implementing the law proved JK not ‘Atoot Ang’ State President of the rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sat Sharma Wednesday said implementing the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in Jammu Kashmir would be a slap on the face of Hurriyat leaders. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly on the resolution presented by Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu for implementing GST in the State, Sharma said implementing the new tax regime would be a slap on the face of separatists who do not accept that Jammu Kashmir to…

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Iran expresses support for ‘Oppressed Kashmiris’ twice in a week

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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei for the second time in a week, made comments about Kashmir, urging support for its ‘oppressed’ Muslim, reported the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Khamenei’s timing for the statement is noteworthy, as his comments came in the run-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel, which is no friend of Iran’s. Further, with India and Iran squabbling over a gas field, and India’s tilt toward Riyadh, Indo-Iran ties are suddenly not looking too high on New Delhi’s agenda. In 2010, when Khamenei spoke of…

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War of words in Assembly over GST; Speaker expunges remarks

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Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Kavinder Gupta on Wednesday expunged the “intimidating and unparliamentary” words used by members during heated exchanges in the House over the last two days and directed the media not to report them. Gupta was ruling on a petition moved by opposition National Conference (NC) MLA Devender Rana, seeking an FIR against PDP minister Imran Ansari for his “intimidating” comments against him during a discussion on the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in the state yesterday. “It is my hand-folded request to…

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GST latest assault on special status: Joint Resistance Leadership

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Kashmir’s joint resistance leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Wednesday termed implementation of Goods and Service Tax regime in J&K as a “latest assault” on state’s special status. In a statement here, the leaders said the government is “punishing and harassing” the resilient people of Downtown by imposing restrictions and curbs there. It has become a regular feature of the “anti-Kashmir ruling regime” which keeps breaking its records of repression and revenge on people, they said. “The arm-twisting tactics of the authorities which…

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Will turn Kashmir into graveyard for Azadi seekers: Ashok Khajuria

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Criticising separatist leaders, senior BJP MLC, Ashok Khajuria Wednesday said Jammu and Kashmir will be turned into a graveyard for those seeking Azadi from India and supporting Pakistan. Speaking during a discussion on GST in the upper house of legislature, the BJP member said separatists had ruined four generations in J&K for their “petty politics”. “We will not allow anyone to ruin the future of our next generations. Separatists have done enough damage to our kids. Now it is time for them to mend their ways. If they don’t change…

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Resistance Group plan week-long protests to mark Burhan Wani’s death anniversary

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The protest call has come from separatist hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, moderates Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF leader Yasin Malik. The separatist leadership in the Kashmir Valley has called a week-long protest to mark the first death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, whose death plunged the restive region into unprecedented public unrest. The programme includes a complete shutdown on July 8, the day the militant leader was killed last year, and July 13 when 22 Kashmiris died during protests against the regime of Maharaja Hari Singh in…

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50% Industrial units suspend manufacturing in Jammu: GST Row

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As the confusion prevails over implementation of Goods and Services Tax in the state, 50 percent of industrial units in various industrial estates in Jammu division have suspended manufacturing from last four days. Traders and industrialists here say they have stopped here say they have stopped import and export outside stop due to confusion and are now facing shortage of raw material. “From last four days over 50 percent industrial units in entire Jammu division have stopped manufacturing as import or export not happened,” treasurer Bari Brahmana Industries Association (BBIA),…

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Stop goods supply to Kashmir: Ram Sena to Jammu traders

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The right wing Shri Ram Sena (SRS) has advised Jammu based business community to stop the supply of goods to Kashmir for a week, so that political parties and traders there evolve consensus on implementation of GST. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, state president, Shri Ram Sena, Rajiv Mahajan said, “Once goods supply to Kashmir Valley would be suspended the traders in Valley will face huge loss and will change their mindset and prefer implementation of GST in the state.” Rajiv also asked the business community from Valley to…

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JKCC calls for Kashmir bandh today, Hurriyat lends support

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Jammu and Kashmir Coordination Committee – an amalgam of trade bodies and civil society – has called for Kashmir Bandh on Wednesday to protest against the police action against the traders and civil society members. “Scores of traders were detained and beaten by the police when we tried to take out a peaceful protest march outside the Assembly complex. In the morning, Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers (KTMF) president Muhammad Yaseen Khan and civil society members Mubeen Shah and Shakeel Qalandar were put under house arrest. The state government wants to…

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Amarnath Yatra 2017 : Two more pilgrims die, toll reaches to six

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Two pilgrims died today after paying obeisance at the 3,880-metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir, taking the death toll in the ongoing yatra to six, officials said. Chander Shakher (73), resident of Karnataka, fell unconscious after performing ‘darshan’ near the cave shrine around 11.35 AM. He was rushed to base camp hospital where doctors declared him as brought dead, they said. His body was handed over to his relatives for last rites, the officials said. Shiva Kanth Mishra (59), resident of Uttar Pradesh, suffered cardiac arrest…

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