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Bypolls a fight against communalism: Farooq Abdullah

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 Editor

Karra calls it ‘jihad against anti-Islam forces” Mir says time to ‘stop bigotry from entering Valley’ National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah on Monday asked his party-men and Congress to “stand united in true sense to defeat the enemy” in the upcoming by-polls to Srinagar-Budgam and Anantnag-Pulwama parliamentary seats. He also urged the people to vote for them and “defeat the communal forces.” “This election is going to be very tough and they will use all kinds of propaganda,” Abdullah told a joint rally of NC-Congress workers at Nawa-i-Subuh here…

Lone remedy for maternity patients in Anantnag hospitals, Refer to Srinagar

March 20, 2017 Editor

Doctors at lone maternity and childcare hospital (MCH) in this southern district mostly refer patients to Srinagar hospitals due to acute shortage of space. At least 185 maternity patients from here are—on an average—referred to Lal Ded Maternity Hospital in Srinagar every month due to paucity of beds, according to official sources. “In 2016, at least 2,213 maternity patients were shifted to LD Hospital mainly because there were no beds available to perform caesarians,” sources told Kashmir Post. The “unnecessary” referrals lead to overburdening of Srinagar hospitals. “Had the MCH…

Archaeologists discover 5000 Year old sites, remains in north Kashmir

March 20, 2017 Editor

It will document Kashmir history: Director CCAS Archaeologists have discovered 5000-year-old sites and remains in three north Kashmir districts of Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara. The 5000-year-old sites in many hamlets across the three north Kashmir districts were found during the first intensive systematic survey by a team of archaeologists and linguists from Centre of Central Asian Studies (CCAS) of the University of Kashmir (KU). The archaeological discovery is considered significant as the discovered prehistoric sites are among the very few to have been excavated in the north Kashmir. The team…

Syed Ali Geelani reiterates call for election boycott

March 20, 2017 Editor

Separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani on Sunday reiterated the call for boycotting the upcoming parliamentary elections in two constituencies in Kashmir. In a statement, Geelani said: “All pro-Indian political parties, including PDP, National Conference, Congress, People’s Conference and Awami Ittihaad Party, don’t differ much as they are following the same agenda.” Geelani accused the NC of “deceit and drama” and of “harping the same tune as PDP was doing while in opposition”. “Their rhetoric about autonomy, self-rule and parroting mantra for freedom are just a political gimmick. However, their main…

PDP blames National Conference, Congress for people’s sufferings

March 20, 2017 Editor

Holding the National Conference and the Congress responsible for political instability and people’s sufferings, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hoped that the voters will once again give their verdict against them. A party spokesman said generations had suffered because of the unholy designs of the NC and the Congress. “The desperation of the two parties is visible in their fresh accord. It is the NC and the Congress which have alienated Jammat-e-Islamia, Peoples Conference, Awami Action Committee and others who were once a part of the election process. Both parties…

India’s longest road tunnel on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway to be thrown open to traffic soon

March 20, 2017 Editor

India’s longest road tunnel built on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway will open to traffic very soon following successful completion of trial run. The work on the 9.2 km-long twin-tube tunnel, which is part of a 286-km-long four-lane project on the highway, started on May 23, 2011 in lower Himalayan mountain range, and cost Rs 3,720 crore, officials said. The tunnel, which is located at an elevation of 1200 meters, will be the first in India to be equipped with world class “integrated tunnel control system” through which ventilation, fire control, signals,…

Health dept collects samples: Viral infection

March 20, 2017 Editor

Amid panic among people, the J&K Government has taken samples from different hospitals to identify the virus, which has infected thousands of children across Kashmir. After the outbreak of the viral infection among schoolchildren in the first week of March in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, the Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir (DHSK), immediately sent a team of doctors to prevent the viral infection from spreading further. The viral infection had engulfed almost all the children of the Pethkot hamlet of Bandipora. Besides, a 5-year-old boy, Nazim Khan, who was also…

PDP’s Convention stoned in Kulgam, 2 workers injured

March 20, 2017 Editor

Two workers of ruling Peoples Democratic Party were injured after youth attacked the party’s convention in Chawalgam village of southern Kulgam district on Sunday. The convention was held at Dak Bungalow-cum-Rest House in Chawalgam amid stringent security arrangements. Senior PDP leader and Minister for Rural Development Abdul Haq Khan, Member Parliament Nazir Ahmad Laway and MLA Noorabad, Abdul Majeed Paddar were present at the convention. Reports said as the convention was on, some youth appeared on the scene amid pro-freedom sloganeering and started pelting stones from backside of the Dak…

AFSPA not imposed out of Fun: Ram Madhav on Mehbooba Mufti’s demand

March 20, 2017March 20, 2017 Editor

Laws like AFSPA are “not imposed out of any fun” and states should create conditions where they are not needed, BJP leader Ram Madhav said today disagreeing with chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s pitch for the revocation of the Act from some areas of J&K. “It is not out of fun that such laws are in place in some states. They are there, because there is some necessity for such laws there”, Madhav retorted when asked about Mufti’s comments. Mufti, whose party the PDP is in alliance with the BJP in…