Month: September 2018

Real Kashmir hope to continue I-League fairy-tale with new foreign signings

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Hoping to continue their fairy-tale run, Real Kashmir FC have bolstered their line-up by signing some ‘top foreign players” as they wait excitedly for the I-League to enter the valley for the first time. The promoted team is set to become an I-League host from their fourth home match and the administration has assured the club full cooperation. A source close to the club said they have signed some top players from Nigeria, Zambia and Ivory Coast as well as Scotland although names are not yet out. The team has…

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Why Centre backs panchayat polls despite boycott by NC & PDP?

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The upcoming polls in the strife-torn state of Jammu and Kashmir seemed to have run into rough weather with National Conference (NC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) announcing to boycott the crucial urban body elections and panchayat polls. Both parties have cited protection of Article 35A as the reason for boycotting the polls. BJP general secretary and J&K in-charge of the party Ram Madhav appealed to both NC and PDP to rethink about the panchayat poll boycott, this is unlikely to have any impact on the widely announced decision. Highly…

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Kashmir to seek bollywood help to shed Negative Image

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The J&K government has decided to approaching the Bollywood and seek help in dispelling the negative notions about the State, as it makes fresh bid to revive its old connections by making picturesque locales available for the film shootings. “Serious efforts are underway to bring back the Bollywood to the Valley for filming and other related activities. The Bollywood hopefully would contribute its bit in removing the negative perception,” said Director Tourism, Kashmir, Tasaduq Jeelani. Buoyed by Bollywood star and director Manoj Bajpayee’s decision to shoot a family soap Family…

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Doda’s Ghat village under security scanner

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After Haroon Abbas Wani, a youth from Ghat village of Doda, joined militant ranks earlier this month, his village has come under the scanner of security agencies. The Army is seeking details of local youth studying and working outside the village. Twice a day soldiers patrol the streets of the village, thus bringing back fear psychosis of 1990s when militancy had hit the area like the Kashmir valley. “I was approached by the Army a few days ago and asked to provide details of youth who are studying outside the…

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RSS leaders, Ram Madhav to revisit Kashmir Policy

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Amid reports that the BJP-led NDA government is going to revisit its policy on J&K, a crucial meeting of all offshoots of the Sangh Parivar will be held here on Wednesday. While top RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya has already reached the city for the important “Samanvay baithak” (coordination meeting), the Sangh Parivar has also invited BJP’s pointman Ram Madhav for the event to seek his opinion about the state. Wishing anonymity, a top RSS leader said representatives of all offshoots of the Sangh Parivar would give their suggestions in the…

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Those excluded from Assam citizens list to be deported: Ram Madhav

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BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said Monday people excluded from the final list of Assam-specific National Register of Citizens would be de-franchised and deported to their country, while chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal suggested that the NRC be implemented across India. Addressing a seminar on ‘NRC: Defending the Borders, Securing the Culture’, Sonowal said genuine citizens of India would get adequate opportunities to prove their citizenship and include their names in the final list of the NRC. “The NRC should be implemented in all states. This is a document which can…

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Vital stretches of National Highway in poor condition

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Some vital stretches of the NH-44, bypassed during the construction and widening of the highway, arein a shambles, with the authorities looking the other way as commuters continue to suffer. The main stretches that have been affected in the process include the 7-km Khannabal-Sangam stretch, more than 3 km of Awantipora-Barsoo stretch and around 5 km of the Pampore-Panthachowk stretch. The stretches were bypassed in the new alignment of the widened highway. Their maintenance was entrusted to Ramky, a Hyderabad-based construction company which was the executing agency of the construction…

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Congress activists take out rallies against rise in fuel prices, Bandh receives mixed response

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Congress workers on Monday staged protests in Jammu to mark the Bharat Bandh. The bandh, however, saw a mixed response. All educational institutions, offices and business establishments in Jammu functioned normally and vehicles plied on the roads. The party had called for a country-wide bandh to protest the rise in the fuel prices. The Congress workers in Jammu protested against the Centre and highlighted the Rs 11-lakh crore fuel loot. They demanded immediate reduction in Central excise duty and excessive VAT in the states and bringing petrol and diesel under…

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Killings by unknown gunmen continue in Kashmir, JRL Blames ‘Agencies’ For Activist’s Killing

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Two persons have been killed and a woman has been injured in the past three days in different attacks by unknown gunmen in Kashmir. In North Kashmir, a Hurriyat activist was shot dead on Saturday after an unknown gunman fired at him in Bombai Sopore, in Baramulla district. According to the reports, gunmen fired at the Hurriyat activist Hakeem Ur Rehman Sultani when he was walking outside his home. Hakeem suffered serious head injuries, and was taken to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him ‘brought dead’. Hakeem was…

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Omar Abdullah rules out any Tie-Up with BJP for govt formation in J&K

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National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Monday ruled out any alliance with the BJP for the formation of government in Jammu and Kashmir. Taking it to the micro-blogging site, Twitter, he wrote, “I understand some old news videos from 2014 are doing the rounds trying to suggest that NC is going to support a BJP lead Govt in J&K. Let me make it very clear – this IS NOT happening. This WILL NOT happen. This is some psy-ops plan designed to unsettle the @JKNC_ cadre.” In the series of…

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