Year: 2017

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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Amid opposition, Assembly moves resolution on GST

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For the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST), the ruling PDP-BJP government today moved a resolution before the Legislative Assembly even as the opposition parties claimed it was non-admissible and it lacked clarity on constitutional safeguards for the fiscal autonomy of the state. The five-day special session of the Legislature, which started today, was convened to evolve a consensus over the extension of the GST to the state. Except J&K, the new tax regime was rolled out across the country on July 1. Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu moved…

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Alliance pushing state into chaos and confusion over delay in implementing GST: Congress

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Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Spokesperson, Ravinder Sharma today said that collation government is pushing state into chaos and confusion by deliberate delay over the implementation of GST regime. Taking a dig at BJP , Sharma also said that , “they should explain it own position over the unanimous cabinet decision of 14 th October, 2016 over the issue of GST in the State before blaming the opposition and other for the delay in its implementation”. Sharma also questioned the intention behind creating uncertainty, confusion and artificial contradiction…

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Ruckus in Assembly over Goods and Services Tax implementation

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Opposition MLAs belonging to the National Conference (NC), the Congress and Independents stood up on their seats and later rushed towards the Speaker`s chair. Noisy scenes by the opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Tuesday forced the Speaker to adjourn the House twice as the lawmakers took up the discussion on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation. Opposition MLAs belonging to the National Conference (NC), the Congress and Independents stood up on their seats and later rushed towards the Speaker`s chair as the four-day long special session…

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Stand on Article 370 and GST is “Unambiguous and Clear”: Syed Ali Geelani

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The faction of separatist amalgam Hurriyat Conference defended its chairman Syed Ali Geelani today by saying that his stand on Article 370 and GST is “unambiguous and clear”. The separatist faction said, “They won’t budge an inch or compromise on the sacrifices laid for a sacred cause”. The Hurriyat faction was responding to a joint statement issued by senior leaders of the National Conference, who had accused Geelani of attempting to “bail out the PDP-BJP government” over the issue of extending the GST to the state. Geelani’s faction responded by…

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Strike on July 8, 13; Resistance group issues programme on Burhan anniversary

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Joint Hurriyat Leadership comprised of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik Tuesday issued a protest calendar in connection with the first death anniversary of Commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani. The leadership in a joint statement have called for complete shutdown on July 8 and July 13. As per the calendar, a rally will be held at Tral to pay homage to Burhan and all “martyrs” on July 8. Same type of rallies will be held at all district headquarters and elsewhere in the world where Kashmiris are…

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