Day: March 20, 2018

Either unfurl tricolour in Lahore or forget Kashmir, MLA Javed Rana challenges PM Modi

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If Modi has courage, he should go ahead and unfurl tricolour in Lahore, or else leave Kashmir be and forget this issue, the senior NC MLA said. Senior National Conference MLA Javed Rana on Sunday courted controversy by challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to unfurl a tricolour in Lahore. Addressing the public at the funeral of five members of a family killed in shelling by Pakistan, NC MLA from Mendhar in Poonch district, Rana said, “People living on the border are getting crushed between the ceasefire violations. If Modi has…

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Kuldeep Raj Gupta picks up stone protesting razing of sons’ shops

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The shops owned by Gupta’s sons Vijay and Dheeraj were among 73 structures, including 24 shops and 59 extensions, to be demolished during the anti-encroachment drive. Senior BJP leader and minister in the ruling PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir, Kuldeep Raj Gupta, on Sunday picked up a stone, apparently to attack police and officials of the state government, after two shops owned by his sons were demolished during an anti-encroachment drive in Rajouri town. Gupta has, however, claimed he picked up the stone to hit himself in wake of…

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Son of Kathua Rape & Murder ‘Mastermind’ held in UP

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In a major breakthrough in rape and murder of an eight year old nomadic girl in Kathua, J&K Police has arrested son of the “mastermind” in the horrifying crime from Uttar Pradesh. Vishal, son of 60-year-old Sanji Ram, a retired revenue officer was arrested by a special team of the crime branch from Meerut three days ago. “Yes, the accused Vishal was arrested from Meerut,” the official disclosed to Kashmir Post. Ram is believed to have engineered the rape and murder of Asifa Bano to allegedly create fear among Muslim…

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Govt forms panel led by Principal Secy Home to probe KVIB recruitments

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Inquiry Committee to submit report within a month The government Monday constituted a High Level Inquiry Committee led by Principal Secretary Home to probe the recent recruitments in J&K Khadi Village and Industries Board (KVIB). An order issued by Commissioner Secretary to government,Khurshid Ahmad Shah disclosed that sanction has been accorded to the constitution of a high level Inquiry committee chaired by R K Goyal Principal Secretary, Home department to inquire into the selection recruitments in J&KKhadi Village and Industries Board (KVIB). The other members of the Inquiry Committee are…

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Restore Autonomy, withdraw AFSPA: Sitaram Yechaury suggests to GoI

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General secretary CPI (M) Sitaram Yechaury Monday said that treating Kashmir merely as a law and order problem was not a solution. Addressing a press conference here, he said that reports of five study groups and recommendations made by former interlocutors were lying with the government of India which must be implemented to initiate confidence building measures. Yechaury has been twice part of Parliamentary delegations to Kashmir. He said that since the Modi-led government assumed office in New Delhi, Kashmir was being tackled through military means only. Asked how he…

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Get J&K out of bloodbath, Mehbooba urges Modi

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Meets shelling victims in Balakote sector Announces construction of bunkers Hands over relief cheques Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday visited the Bhimber Gali area in Balakote sector to console the family, who lost five of its members in the cross-border shelling on Sunday. The Chief Minister handed over cheques amounting to Rs 25 lakh as ex gratia to the next of the kin of the deceased. Mehbooba also handed over cheques of Rs 3 lakh each for meeting the educational expenses of the two daughters of the family, who…

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