Year: 2018

Post BAT attack, tension heightens along International Border

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The tension has heightened along the International Border (IB) and BSF has sounded high alert after mutilation of body of a border guard in Ramgarh sector of Samba district allegedly by Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT). The BSF Hawaldar Narinder Kumar belonging to 176 bn was ambushed by BAT team comprising Pakistani Army commandos and militants yesterday morning ahead of fence in Nanga village of Ramgarh sector. “The BAT team fired about a dozen bullets targeting BSF team busy in removing wild growth ahead of fence. The BSF man (Kumar)…

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RSS does not accept Article 370, 35A of Constitution: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Wednesday said the organisation does not accept Article 370 and Article 35A of Indian constitutions, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Bhagwat presented Sangh’s views on a number of contentious issue while answering wide-ranging written questions on the last day of the RSS’ three-day conclave, including on matters like inter-caste marriages, education policy, crimes against women, cow vigilantism. Bhagwat also talked about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and said the RSS does not accept Article 370 and 35-A of Constitution relating to the…

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Govt planning to gift another HEP to GOI, JKSECC oppose joint venture on Ratle hydropower project

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Jammu & Kashmir Socio-Economic Coordination Committee (JKSECC) Wednesday alleged that government is planning to give away another hydroelectric power project to some unknown central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), clandestinely. Addressing a presser here, member of the JKSECC Hameeda Nayeem said they want to inform the public about the sinister design of present government who are thinking to gift another hydroelectric power project to some central sponsored agency. Hameeda said, “Conditions for the contract have not been revealed to the public yet and demand from the government to put a halt…

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Hizbs threat to J&K Cops, “Resign or get ready to Die”

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A day after an Army jawan was shot dead by Hizbul Mujahideen, the terror group has threatened security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir to either resign or get ready to be killed. The threat came through a video in which a man, possibly a local commander, can be heard speaking in Kashmiri language. As a collage of images of Jammu and Kashmir police plays, the voice asks the personnel – paramilitary or local police — to submit their resignations within four days. “Upload your resignations on the internet or face…

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Will provide corruption-free governance system, Anger of Kashmir youth a big challenge: Governor Malik

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Ensuring a transparent and people-oriented governance system is my topmost priority as head of Jammu and Kashmir, the Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Tuesday, and assured that he would listen to public grievances frequently and address them swiftly. In an exclusive interview with Kashmir Post at Raj Bhavan here, Malik, who replaced NarendaNath Vohra, said that he wanted to make his own office accountable to the people. “I have kept the doors of Raj Bhavan open for the public. They can come and meet me any time,” he said,…

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Exorbitant Fee Row: Complaints against two more private schools

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Days after the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) issued a suspension notice against two private schools here the Fee Fixation Committee (FFC) Tuesday said they have received fresh complaints against some more private schools for charging exorbitant fee in violation of its directives. Chairman of FFC, Justice (Retd) Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain said the committee has received some new complaints against private schools for violating its recommended fee structure. Hussain said FFC has received complaints from the parents of students enrolled in Minto Circle School, Srinagar who are ‘violating’ the…

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Braving threats, 850 candidates seek BJP ticket in Kashmir

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In face of terror threats and a boycott call, over 850 candidates have applied for BJP ticket in the urban local bodies elections in the Kashmir valley. Not only men, even a good number of women have also expressed their desire to contest the poll on the saffron party’s ticket. “There are names of 860 candidates in the panels of the ticket aspirants prepared by the district committees of the Valley for the civic poll,” said Narendra Singh, BJP general secretary and Kashmir unit in-charge, adding that the party had…

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Bugle sounded for Municipal poll in J&K

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The election department on Tuesday sounded the bugle for the urban local bodies poll by issuing a notification for the conduct of elections to 422 municipal wards to be held in the first phase on October 8. Of the 422 municipal wards, 175 are in the Kashmir division while the remaining 247 are in the Jammu division. There are a total of 79 municipal corporations, councils and committees in J&K. The elections are being held in four phases. “The last date for filing nominations for the elections to 175 municipal…

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BJP didn’t stay course… Atal’s vision was missing: Mehbooba Mufti

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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has said that she and her party suffered significantly from the alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was broken abruptly in June following three turbulent years in power. “Of course, I did,” Mufti remarked when asked if the alliance’s collapse left her and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the bigger losers. “We had to bear the wrath of the people. The love and affection they showered on me when I was in the Opposition turned into anger and hatred…

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BJP will sweep elections: Ravinder Raina

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Ravinder Raina, state BJP unit president, on Monday said the party would sweep the municipal polls in the state and would back candidates in the panchayat polls that are being held on the non-party basis. “We know that the NC and the PDP will field proxy candidates despite having announced boycott of these polls. We will expose their hypocrisy,” said Raina while talking to Kashmir Post. For the panchayat elections, Raina said since the contest was on a non-party basis, the BJP would remain a watchdog of the proceedings. He…

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