Month: March 2019

JKSECC threatens to close all pvt schools, colleges, if Jama’at-e-Islami run institutions,​ were not ensured to function normally

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Jammu and Kashmir Socio Economic Coordination Committee (JKSECC) has threatened to close all private schools and colleges in Kashmir if Jama’at-e-Islami institutions were not ensured to function normally.JKSECC— an amalgam of various trade, industrial, travel, tour, tourism, horticulture, educational, contractors, pharmaceutical, houseboat, bakers, transport and other civil society formations in a statement issue here said that government should release all managerial and teaching staff and operation of their bank accounts. A meeting of the amalgam was held to discuss the ban on the Socio-religious organisation and crackdown on the leaders…

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Annual 46 day Amarnath yatra to begin from July 1

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The 46-day long annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas will begin on July 1, a Raj Bhavan official said here on Thursday. The decision was taken at the 36th meeting of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) which met at the Raj Bhavan under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik, he said. The SASB manages the annual pilgrimage on the traditional Pahalgam route in Anantnag district and the shorter, Baltal track, in Ganderbal district. Based on the approach set by the Sri Sri Ravi…

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Kiru Hydro Electric Project gets Cabinet nod

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the investment sanction for construction of Kiru Hydro Electric(HE) Project (624 MW) by M/s Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Limited (M/s CVPPPL) in Jammu & Kashmir. The project will be implemented at an estimated cost of Rs.4287.59 crore (at July, 2018 price level) which includes Interest During Construction (IDC)and Foreign Component (FC) of Rs.426.16 crore and infusion of equity of Rs 630.28 crore by NHPC in M/s CVPPPL, for construction of Kiru HE Project (624 MW)…

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‘Match-fixing between Modi, Pakistan’: BK Hariprasad on Pulwama attack

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Congress’ member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha Hariprasad made the remarks while speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Thursday in response to Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s criticism of the Congress for demanding proof of the strike by the Indian Air Force on Jaish-e-Mohammed’s terror camps in Balakot in Pakistan. Senior Congress leader BK Hariprasad has alleged there was a “match-fixing” between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan which allowed the Pulwama terror attack to occur. Congress’ member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha Hariprasad…

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Separatists being held under controversial law allowing imprisonment without Charge

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Indian authorities on Thursday extended the detention of two separatist leaders in the disputed Kashmir region, police said, holding them under a controversial law that allows for suspects to be held for up to two years without charge. The order is part of a crackdown on militancy and those who demand mostly Muslim Kashmir’s secession, after a young man from the region last month rammed a car full of explosives into a convoy of paramilitary policemen, killing 40 of them. The attack was claimed by a Pakistan-based Islamist militant group.…

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Peace Plan for India and Pakistan Already Exists

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A path toward resolving the Kashmir dispute, negotiated in the mid-2000s, deserves another look. India and Pakistan don’t have to be on the brink of war. Negotiators painstakingly put together a way out of the crisis and a road map for resolution of the Kashmir dispute in the mid-2000s, and we need to get back to it. Kashmir has been disputed since 1947, with India holding around two-thirds and Pakistan one-third of its territory and both claiming all of it. The unresolved future of the largely Muslim region has led…

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Need a peaceful not military solution for Kashmir: Erna Solberg Norway Prime Minister

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Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Monday batted for a peaceful approach to resolving the Kashmir conflict and reducing tensions between India and Pakistan. Asked if a military solution is possible in Kashmir, Solberg said, “I personally don’t believe that military solutions solve problems. I believe in peaceful solutions. I believe in participation of women, youth and peace negotiators. “You can have victory through military solutions but you will have underlying activities. It is not just in Kashmir, but in all places in the world. We see it in Syria.”…

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Modi-Shah ‘Changed Ideology’ for Power, Karuna Shukla slams BJP

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After spending nearly 32 years in the BJP, Shukla joined the Congress, following which she was tasked with ‘training’ of party workers to take on BJP and RSS for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The niece of former PM and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Karuna Shukla, on Tuesday called Amit Shah and PM Modi “goons”, alleging that the party “changed its ideology in greed for power”. Addressing a gathering of Congress workers in Barabanki, Shukla, who had joined Congress in 2014, said the party can’t be trusted because it…

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Attack on Kashmiri’s continues, two dry fruit sellers attacked in Lucknow

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Two dry fruit vendors from Kashmir were attacked by a fringe right-wing group on a busy road in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. The incident came to light after One of the accused men shared a video of the assault on social media, triggering outrage.However, the video of the incident was taken down from Facebook. According to reports the incident occurred at 5 pm on Wednesday in central Lucknow’s Daliganj area.In the videos, the attackers can be heard saying that they did so as they were from Kashmir.The Kashmiri men…

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Shutdown tomorrow against arrest spree, slapping PSA on Yasin Malik: JRL

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Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called shutdown tomorrow in Kashmir against the arrest spree, ban on Jamat-e-Islami and slapping of Public Safety Act (PSA) on JKLF chief Yasin Malik. “Arbitrary arrest and detention of senior resistance leader and chairman JKLF Muhammad Yasin Malik and many others under draconian PSA and shifting of Yasin Sahib to Kot-balwal jail Jammu is most condemnable act,” said the JRL, in a statement. “This spree of arrests, ban on Jamat-I-Islami and attempts to tinker with hereditary state subject law under the pretext of 35 A…

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