Month: July 2017

Traders, Transporters call for strike today

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We’re ready to face losses but won’t allow implementation of GST in present form: KTMF Have decided to stop booking of goods, essentials from outside Valley: Transport Asscn GST implementation will trigger another unrest: KEA Traders and transporters have called for Kashmir bandh on Saturday to protest against implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in J&K saying they will fight “tooth and nail” against the tax bill. “We are ready to face any losses but won’t allow implementation of GST in the state in its present form,” Kashmir Traders…

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Fear, Insecurity create a new minority in Kashmir

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A new microscopic minority has come up in the radicalised Kashmir – those who believe in violence-free society and the capabilities of moderate voices. These people drawn from various walks of life are practically living in dread of their own shadows – they are having hallucinations about the radicalised lot amidst them. “I came out of my house and I saw three long-bearded men with short trousers and slippers standing outside my house. I was so scared that I stood frozen at my gate. I became unsure of myself,” a…

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Center must safeguard Article 370 or PDP-BJP alliance may fall apart: Muzaffar Baig

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As controversy over implementation of Goods and Service Tax (GST J&K refuses to die down, senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig has said that if New Delhi refuses to ensure safeguards to protect the state’s fiscal autonomy and Article 370 under the new tax regime, then separation of the alliance partners, PDP and BJP, was a possibility. He blamed the government for its failure to create awareness about the GST, saying “some people” in the government who were responsible for “spreading the message” remained in deep slumber which allowed misunderstanding…

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