Month: November 2017

Shah-e-Hamdan’s son purchased Khanqah land revenue documents prove

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British-era painting shows no signs of Maha Kali temple at the site The revenue documents produced by Shah-i-Hamdan Mission Society (SHMS) prove that Mir Syed Ali Hamadani’s son purchased the land for the present day Khanqah-e-Mua’lla shrine while a British-era painting shows no signs of Maha Kali temple’s existence at the site. SHMS came up with original revenue agreement under which Shah-e-Hamdan son, Mir Muhammad Hamdani, purchased the land for the shrine from the then ruler, Sikander Shah Miri. The development comes following the blaze of Khanqah-e-Mua’lla dome with some…

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Appointment of J&K interlocutor shows Centre’s intent to engage

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Government sources said the appointment of Dineshwar Sharma as interlocutor comes at a time when local support for militancy is on the decline. The appointment of an interlocutor for Kashmir does not mean the government would be lax on dealing with issues firmly but it shows the intent of the Centre to engage with civil society groups in the state, senior government sources said on Tuesday. The sources said the government is anticipating heightened support for disruptive activities from across the border, and 66 “terrorists”, trying to infiltrate across the…

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Clear stand on Kashmir, Rohingya: Amit Shah to Rahul Gandhi

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Addressing a rally in poll-bound Gujarat, Amit Shah said Rahul Gandhi and the Congress should state what the situation in Kashmir was when the party was in power. BJP president Amit Shah today asked Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to make his stand clear on Rohingya Muslim refugees as well as the issue of autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a rally in poll-bound Gujarat, he said Mr Gandhi and the Congress should state what the situation in Kashmir was when the party was in power. “Terrorists killed our soldiers…

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Dineshwar Sharma’s second visit to J&K from Nov 24

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Centre’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma will undertake his second visit to Jammu and Kashmir from Friday. During his nearly week-long stay in the state, he will meet youth and try to reach out to all sections whom he could not meet during his first visit early this month. Sharma would be landing in Jammu on November 24 where he would be meeting some of the groups. Sources said this time Sharma would be widening the ambit of his meetings with people of different walks of life, representing varying shades of…

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Center creating Ikhwan-type organisations in Kashmir: UJC chief Syed Salahuddin

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The United Jihad Council, an amalgam of various militant outfits, alleged on Tuesday that New Delhi is working on a plan to “create Ikhwan-type organisations” in Kashmir. Quoting a statement by UJC chief Syed Salahuddin, a local news agency CNS said: “New Delhi is fighting a losing battle in Kashmir and has always dreamt of crushing the Kashmir movement but has failed miserably. In future too, it will only taste defeat.” “There is a clear reading on the wall. Kashmir freedom struggle can’t be crushed and the sun of freedom…

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BJP seeks rotation of reserved Assembly seats

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In the first meeting of the re-constituted Coalition Coordination Committee, BJP’s representatives emphasised rotating Assembly constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) in Jammu province. Although many issues were discussed in the nearly two-hour meeting held today after a gap of over two years, the focus of BJP’s representatives was on the rotation of reserved constituencies, solving problems of West Pakistan refugees and enhancing quota for other backward classes. Sources said BJP’s representatives pointed out that Assembly constituencies were reserved after a delimitation exercise in 1996. After passing of 20 years,…

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Anti Terrorist Front India places Rs 21 lakh bounty on Farooq Abdullah’s tongue for remarks on PoK

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The Anti Terrorist Front India announced a bounty of Rs 21 lakh prize for cutting former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah’s tongue, saying he has “insulted” the country with his pro- Pakistan remarks and was speaking “against” the RSS. Front national president Viresh Shandilya also demanded immediate investigation and arrest of the Srinagar MP. “Farooq has been speaking against the RSS and supporting Pakistan and insulted India in his recent remarks,” he said in a statement. “Farooq is a big traitor in India and the central government should…

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From Pro-Pak Green to ISIS Black – Kashmir’s Changing Colours

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On Sunday, 19 November 2017, downtown Srinagar – the traditional hub of Kashmir’s Azadi movement – witnessed the first massive funeral procession of a militant since 1990 without the green-coloured flags. There were no trademark slogans of “Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan” either, save some slogans for Azadi, but no Pakistani national flags that had dominated Kashmir after Burhan Wani’s death from Uri to Kishtwar. The slain militant Mugees Ahmad Mir’s coffin was draped in a black Al-Qaeda/ISIS flag and the carriage bedecked with the black banners of the two ultra-radical jihadist…

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Srinagar experiences coldest night of season

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Cold wave tightened its grip over Kashmir as several places, including Srinagar, experienced the coldest night this season, with the minimum temperature settling below the freezing point across the Valley for the first time this winter. The night temperature across Kashmir division, including Ladakh region, settled below the freezing point, an official of the Meteorological Department here said. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.7 degrees Celsius down two degrees from the previous night’s 0.3 degree Celsius. This is the season’s lowest night temperature recorded in the city so…

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660 Syringes, 2700 Gloves; Parents billed Rs 16 lakh for 2 weeks in ICU for dead kid

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Fortis Memorial Research Institute (Gurgaon) charged the family of a seven-year-old dengue patient almost Rs 16 lakh for 15 days in the ICU, but the girl died while being shifted from Fortis to Rockland Hospital. Union health minister J P Nadda on Monday assured the bereaved family of action in the matter following an uproar on social media sites. Fortis denied any wrongdoing. It said all standard medical protocols were followed in treating Adya Singh and all clinical guidelines were adhered to. In a ” detailed clarification” submitted to the…

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