Day: October 5, 2018

Two NC workers shot dead, another injured in Habba Kadal

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Two National Conference (NC) workers were shot dead and another injured after unknown gunmen fired at them in Habba Kadal area of Srinagar on Friday. SSP Srinagar Imtiyaz Ismail confirmed the deaths of two NC workers in the firing incident. Reports said that unknown gunmen fired at three NC workers in Karfalli Mohalla today morning, leaving them injured. They said that the injured were rushed to SMHS hospital where two of them succumbed. An official said the whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers.

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Experts recommend caution as traces of dreaded Polio Type 2 Virus found in Polio Vaccines

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When India was declared polio-free in the year 2014, the country heaved a collective sigh of relief. Which is exactly why the resurgence of the Polio type 2 virus in certain parts of the country is worrisome, to say the least. As has been reported in the past couple of days, traces of the virus were found in a sample of sewage from Kurla, Mumbai, in the month of August. Soon after, a case was reported in Uttar Pradesh where a child tested positive for the same strain of the…

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29% Wards with zero candidates in Kashmir

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Not a single candidate is contesting polls in nearly 29 percent wards of the urban local bodies in Kashmir. Official data available with Kashmir Post reveals that as many as 178 wards are without any candidate in the municipal bodies of Kashmir Valley. The number of wards in the Valley’s 40 urban bodies is around 598. According to data, the maximum number of such wards is in south Kashmir, which was the epicentre of the 2016 unrest triggered by the killing of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. The region has witnessed…

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Delhi using chemical weapons in Kashmir: Pakistan Foreign Office

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Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal Thursday accused New Delhi of using chemical weapons in Jammu and Kashmir said asserted that Kartarpur border crossing cannot be opened till India responds. “Pakistan was not pleading with India to hold talks, but that it was the latter who had initiated contact,” the FO said. He said Pakistan “could only try” to co-exist peacefully with its neighbour. Faisal said 18 Kashmiris have been killed by Indian forces in the past two weeks in Kashmir. He condemned the killing of Kashmiris as well as…

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Petrol, Diesel cheaper by Rs 5 per litre across J&K

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Petrol and Diesel prices in Jammu and Kashmir have been slashed by Rs 5 per litre, the state government said Thursday. “The state government this evening announced matching cut of Rs 2.50 per litre in fuel prices commensurate with the price cut of Rs 2.50, announced by the central government earlier today,” an official spokesman said. The new fuel prices would be effective in the state from this midnight, he said.

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13 BJP, 2 Congress candidates withdraw nominations, 200 likely to sail through unopposed

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A day ahead of the last date of withdrawal of nominations for the fourth and the last phase of municipal elections, 13 BJP candidates “withdrew” from the poll race in the Dooru area of Anantnag district. They also gave up the basic party membership. Dooru is scheduled to go to the polls on October 16. “All 13 members have withdrawn their nominations,” said Ghulam Hassan Bhat, constituency president of the BJP in Dooru. Bhat said he had also resigned from the primary membership of the party. “The party has done…

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Recruited under PDP-BJP govt, 10000 SPOs under scanner

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After a special police officer (SPO) of the J&K Police deserted the force and decamped with eight weapons to join the Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit, intelligence agencies are mulling verifying credentials of SPOs recruited during the tenure of the previous PDP-BJP regime. The step is being taken as there are allegations that the recruitment was made on the recommendations of politicians belonging to the ruling parties. On September 28, SPO Adil Bashir Sheikh from Shopian, who was posted at the residence of PDP MLA Aijaz Mir, fled with seven AK-series…

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Poll battle rages for 238 wards across Jammu region

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As the voting day for the first phase of the urban local bodies elections draws closer, political parties and Independents are making intense last-minute efforts to woo the electorate as 238 municipal wards of the Jammu division heads for a fierce electoral battle on October 8. From road shows to small public meetings and from distributing pamphlets to door-to-door campaigns, political parties and Independents have embarked on different strategies to garner public support to register a win in the civic elections. In contrast to the Kashmir Valley where the poll…

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