Year: 2017

Pakistan violates ceasefire in Rajouri Sector: Police

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Prior to this, Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire for three consecutive days between November 15 and November 17 in Jammu and Poonch districts. Pakistani troops opened fire at Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district last night in violation of the ceasefire, police said. “Pakistani troops resorted to firing in Jhangar forward area from 1845 hours to 1900 hours,” a senior police officer said, adding that further details were awaited. Prior to this, Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire for three consecutive days between…

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‘One job, One family’, Non-migrant Pandits to get job package benefit

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After facing neglect for 27 years, non-migrant Kashmiri Pandit youth living in the Valley will get jobs under the Prime Minister’s Employment Package. Following the Central government approval, the PDP-BJP government has constituted a committee headed by the Divisional Commissioner (Kashmir) to select candidates among Pandits who did not migrate in 1989-90 after the eruption of armed insurgency. The committee will hold its first meeting in the first week of December to do groundwork for the selection process. As per the government order issued on November 13, nearly 500 posts…

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MS Dhoni welcomed in Kashmir with ‘Boom Boom Afridi’ slogans

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Dhoni was in Kashmir for attending the final of the Chinar Cricket Premier League, a local tournament on Sunday. India’s limited-overs’ wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni is said to be a calm person when it comes to handling things, both on and off the pitch. His calmness was once again evident when thousands of his fans welcomed him with slogans of ‘ Boom Boom Afridi’ in Kunzer during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Despite all the slogans and chants, Dhoni was in his usual self, by being calm. The 36-year-old Dhoni,…

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Market closure order conspiracy to kill business activities: Traders Federation

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Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation on Sunday said the government of Jammu and Kashmir was “playing with fire by provoking the trader community” by asking shops and establishments in various areas of Srinagar to remain closed once a week. The government’s Labour and Employment Department issued an order earlier this month to fix what it called “close days”. The order, signed by Commissioner/Secretary to the government, Kifayat Hussain Rizvi, stated that the order was issued in exercise of the powers conferred under the Jammu and Kashmir Shops and Establishments Act.…

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Farooq Abdullah provokes again, says ‘Forget PoK, raise Indian flag in Srinagar first’

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Former J&K chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday dared the government of India to hoist tri-colour at LalChowk in Srinagar before talking about unfurling it in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Abdullah’s remarks drew criticism from the BJP, with deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh saying that the National Conference leader was “strengthening the separatists and militants.” He said that the tricolour was being hoisted in all parts of the state, including LalChowk. Abdullah, who had recently said Pakistan-administered Kashmir cannot become a part of India, said that he only told facts and that…

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Petrol bomb attack in Srinagar, CRPF man injured

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A CRPF man received minor injuries in a petrol bomb attack in the Safakadal area of the city today, the police said. “Unidentified miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at the CRPF personnel deployed on law-and-order duty at the Malik Angan locality of Safakadal, resulting in minor injuries to one of the troopers,” a police official said. The injured trooper was taken to the police hospital from where he was discharged after receiving first aid, he added.

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Men more Hypertensive, Diabetic than women in state

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14 percent men, 12 percent women hypertensive 9% men, 8% women diabetic A total of 14 percent men are hypertensive and 9 percent others have high blood sugar level against the range of 12 percent hypertensive and 8 percent diabetic women in the state. As per the latest national family health survey conducted by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in partnership with International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, 13.7 percent men were hypertensive with 10.9 percent having slightly above normal BP (systolic 140-159 mm of Hg and…

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Kargil region in Ladakh records coldest night of season

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Kargil in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir experienced the coldest night of the winter so far as the mercury there witnessed a steep fall and settled over 10 degrees below the freezing point, even as most places in the valley continued to record sub-zero minimum temperature. Kargil recorded a low of minus 10.4 degrees Celsius, nearly six degrees down from the previous night’s minus 4.6 degrees Celsius, an official of the Meteorological Department here said. He said this was the lowest night temperature of the season so far in…

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Kashmir Valley abuzz with debate on possible IS footprint

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Union home minister Rajnath Singh, too, dismissed reports about the presence of the IS in J&K, let alone a base in India. Has the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) succeeded in making inroads into Jammu and Kashmir? The authorities here say a categorical “no” when asked. “I don’t think the IS has any footprint here,” said Jammu and Kashmir’s DGP Shesh Paul Vaid. The Centre is also downplaying IS’s claim that it was involved in an attack in which a police officer and a militant were killed in…

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Woman dies of H1N1 at SKIMS taking Swine flu death toll to 8

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A 72-year-old woman from central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, who had tested positive for H1N1, died at Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, officials said. “The woman was H1N1 positive and died on Friday. She was 72 and was a case of comorbidities Ca-Esophagus with Sepsis,” a doctor at SKIMS told Kashmir Post. With her death, the death toll due to Swine Flu in Valley has reached to eight. The woman is the third patient from Ganderbaldistrict and fifth female to have died of Swine Flu in the valley. Doctors said…

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