Year: 2017

Rajbagh Royals clinch Kashmir Super League (KSL) II

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Sufiyan’s 52 muscles Royals to title win Spirit of Kashmir comes alive in Dubai Rajbagh Royals defeated Razay Kadal Super Heroes in the final of the second edition of Kashmir Super League (KSL) by six wickets to lift the trophy. Razay Kadal SuperHeroes won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 172 for the loss of 3 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. The target was chased down by Rajbagh Royals, losing 4 wickets in pursuit. Sufiyan Farooq of Rajbagh Royals scored 52 runs of 28 balls hitting 3 fours…

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Geelani’s kin gets Govt job, other youth bullets!

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By K B Jandial While the BJP is upbeat over “congress mukt” results in four of the five states that went to the poll, Kashmir, unmindful of these political upheavals, is having a counter narrative even though major political parties (& also the separatists) are preparing for electoral battle in Srinagar and Anantnag Lok Sabha by-poll. The dangerous narrative in Kashmir has nothing to do with the just concluded electoral semi-final or the current by-poll. Killing of a 15-year old Aamir Nazir Wani on 9th March this year in police…

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Modi government can’t afford to mishandle Kashmir

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Since the summer unrest of 2016, observers from Srinagar have been asking New Delhi to come to the negotiating table and start talks with the Hurriyat. “Tral again? We are already in wounds, can’t tolerate more!” This was written by a young Kashmiri on Facebook when news broke that Sabzar Ahmad, a close aide of Burhan Muzaffar Wani, was trapped in an encounter with forces at Nazneenpora village of Tral. The youth’s dismay spoke volumes about the helplessness of a common Kashmiri before a giant, ruthless state. Rumours spread over…

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160 Kanal state land transfered to Patanjali Ayurved Ltd: Report

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The Jammu and Kashmir Government has transferred over 160 Kanals of land to Baba Ramdev-owned Patanjali Ayurved Limited at Vijaypur in Samba district, said a media report. Quoting sources, State Times reported that the land transfer case was pending at civil secretariat for the last two months following some legal formalities. “The formal orders of allotment were issued today,” said the report.

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Viral infection across Kashmir not swine flu: National Centre for Disease Control

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With the viral infection among thousands of children continuing in Kashmir, samples of infected children examined by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi, have been found negative for swine flu, giving a big relief to doctors and people at large. The six samples taken by the epidemiology division of the Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir, (DHSK) on March 16 were sent to the NCDC for identification of the virus, which had infected over 68 children at Pethkot village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. The samples were taken…

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Delhi alone can’t resolve Kashmir Issue need to engage all including separatists: Farooq Abdullah

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National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has reminded Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh that the issues in Kashmir cannot be resolved unilaterally by New Delhi and sought engagement with all shades of opinion in the Valley. “Putting Hurriyat leaders under house arrest or detention will precipitate the already fragile situation rather than solving anything,” former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said. Farooq, who is the opposition NC-Congress candidate contesting against the ruling PDP in Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, was speaking at a joint election meeting of the NC and Congress in Ganderbal…

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Post controversy, Mubarak Mandi–Bahu Fort Cable Car Project tender cancelled

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After the J&K State Cable Car Corporation (JKSCCC) cancelled its controversial tender having change in the nomenclature of the Mubarak Mandi–Bahu Fort Cable Car Project to the Mubarak Mandi-Shahabad Project, the government tried to shield the officers who were responsible for issuing the controversial tender. Even as the government sought to clarify that there was no renaming of Bahu Fort, there was no formal notification in this regard. In a hurriedly called press briefing at her office chamber in the civil secretariat here, Priya Sethi, Minister of State for Tourism,…

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‘Kashmir Independence movement’ can be suppressed but not quelled: Abdul Basit

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Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit on Thursday once again raked up Kashmir issue on the occasion of Pakistan Day. Abdul Basit said that Kashmir issue must be resolved as per the “aspirations of Kashmiris”. Basit went on to say that the aspirations of people and independence movement like in Jammu and Kashmir can be suppressed but not quelled (‘tarikh gawah hay ki azadi ki tehrik huyin hain unko waqti taur pe dabaya ja sakta lekin…Khatam nahin kiya ja sakta’). “As far as the Jammu and Kashmir issue is…

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Vote for PDP to ensure state’s all-round development: Mehbooba Mufti

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PDP president and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti kick started her party’s campaign for the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency today. She said a vote for her party would be an endorsement to transform J&Kthrough dialogue and development and getting the state out of the present crisis. The PDP president, addressing meetings of workers from Charar-i- Sharief and Budgam constituencies, said ever since her party was launched, it had worked on a specific political and developmental agenda in which the state had remained the focus. She said her party had been working to…

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On Pak Day eve, JK Govt ‘Besieges’ Resistance Camp

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In a first move its kind, the J&K government has barred Kashmir’s resistance leadership from attending the Pakistan National Day function in New Delhi on Thursday. While chiefs of both factions of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have been placed under house arrest, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik has been lodged in Central Jail Srinagar. And while senior resistance leader Shabir Ahmad Shah has been confined to his house, the National Front chairman Nayeem Ahmad Khan was detained at Srinagar airport…

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