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Desperate families appeal for return more Kashmiri youths attracted towards militant ranks

March 19, 2018 Editor

The saga of young men being attracted towards militancy in Kashmir continues unabated. A recent addition to the list is a youngster named Bilal Ahmad Shah from Kupwara who has reportedly joined Hizbul Mujahideen. The news of 27-year-old Bilal joining the outfit was typically announced by circulation of a picture on social media in which he can be seen holding a gun. In a picture that went viral on Thursday, Bilal is also given an alias named Shahbaz. Bilal was missing since March 2, when he had told his brother…

GST one of the most complex, has second highest tax rate: World Bank report

March 17, 2018 Editor

GST is one of the most complex with the second highest tax rate in the world among a sample of 115 countries which have a similar indirect tax system, says the World Bank The goods and services tax (GST) implemented by the Narendra Modi government from 1 July last year is one of the most complex with the second highest tax rate in the world among a sample of 115 countries which have a similar indirect tax system, the World Bank said in a report. India’s GST structure has five…

Ram Madhav tells BJP Cadre to support CB probe in Asifa’s brutal murder

March 17, 2018 Editor

‘Drabu’s sacking internal matter of PDP’ BJP’s point man on Jammu and Kashmir Ram Madhav has rejected demand for CBI probe into the brutal rape, murder and killing of 8-year-old girl Asifa Bano of Kathua. The issue was raised during a closed door meeting of party leaders chaired by Madhav at the party office, here. Madhav arrived in Jammu here today to hold interactions with the State party leaders. “You are running the government. It shows you don’t trust your own government,” a senior BJP leader quoted Madhav as saying…

Srinagar records 30711 dog bite cases in past six years

March 17, 2018 Editor

As many as 30,711 dog bite cases were reported in Srinagar during the past six years, reveals the official data. The data states that 30,711 dog bite cases were registered at an anti-rabies clinic at the SMHS hospital here from 2012-13 to up to 2017. Of these 7,000 cases were registered in 2012-13, followed by 6,041 cases in 2013-14, 4,917 cases in 2014-15, 5,100 cases in 2015-16, 5,120 cases in 2016-17 and 2,533 cases in 2017-18 up to September. The official documents state that due to implementation of various strategies,…

Poet Madhosh loses home and life’s work during Balhama gunfight

March 17, 2018 Editor

Curls of smoke still rose up from the debris of what was once the home of Ghulam Muhammad Bhat also known as Madhosh Balhami. Now all that is left of the two-storey house built by his father in 1967 are a few standing walls pockmarked with bullet holes and soot, piles of broken bricks and concrete. Glancing around with an expression of deep hurt and agony, Bhat sobs not for the home he lost but for the poetry he had written over the course of the last three decades, which…

Pulwama lensman Kamran Yousuf reaches home, Visitors pour in

March 17, 2018 Editor

Hundreds of people, including journalists from across the Valley, visited photojournalist Kamran Yousuf’s house in the Tahab area of Pulwama district today. Kamran reached home on Thursday evening after being granted bail by a Delhi court on Tuesday. The photojournalist remained in detention for more than six months in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. Kamran was arrested by the National Investigation Agency on September 5 last year (NIA) for allegedly indulging in stone-throwing. A Sessions Judge in a Delhi court on Tuesday remarked: “The NIA has not placed on record any single photo/video…

Kashmir to Kerala, BJP allies Unhappy

March 17, 2018 Editor

TDP MP Shiv Prasad says “BJP is trying to destroy its own allies. It wants that only it should rule, and rest should be rendered powerless.” Moves by NDA allies suggest they are wary of this danger Back in 2014, the Chanakya of the BJP, Amit Shah would not have imagined that such a loud bugle of rebellion would be blown from Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, who was performing ‘yagya’ with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the new capital of Andhra, Amarawati, just a few years…

Geelani rejects talks offer with India, calls for resolution of Kashmir Issue

March 16, 2018 Editor

Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani has rejected an offer of dialogue by India, a spokesman said today. In a statement, Hurriyat (G) chief spokesperson G A Gulzar, in a statement, said that an Intelligence Bureau (IB) official proposed a dialogue between New Delhi and Syed Ali Geelani. He said that Geelani refused to talk, saying “unless and until the Kashmir dispute is addressed in its historical perspective, all these attempts are futile.” He asked India to acknowledge the disputed status of the Kashmir and begin demilitarization to hold…

Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project’s first unit synchronized with grid

March 16, 2018March 16, 2018 Editor

First unit (110 MW) of the Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project of NHPC at Bandipora, Jammu & Kashmir has been successfully test synchronized with the grid on 01.03.2018. On this occasion, Shri Balraj Joshi, Chairman and Managing Director, NHPC, Shri Ratish Kumar, Director (Projects), Shri N. K. Jain, Director (Personnel), Shri S. Kalgaonkar, Executive Director (RO-Jammu), Shri Arvind Bhat, Executive Director (Design-E&M), Shri A. K. Singh, Executive Director (Kishanganga), Shri Amresh Kumar, General Manager (Kishanganga) and other senior officers of NHPC were present. Deputy Commisioner, Bandipora, Shri Sajad Hussain Ganie, also graced…