Day: April 17, 2019

In Ladakh, it’s Kargil vs Leh

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The Ladakh parliamentary seat would be a fight between Leh and Kargil as both regions have decided to field their own candidates to contest polls. While the rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and their arch rival Congress have fielded Buddhist faces from Leh, National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have decided to back an independent candidate in Shia-dominated Kargil. Congress has announced Rigzin Spalbar as its candidate for the seat while BJP has announced Jamyang Tsering Namgyal as its candidate. The NC and the PDP on the other…

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CRPF orders high-level inquiry into patient’s death during Highway Ban

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The CRPF has ordered a “high-level inquiry” into the death of a patient as his ambulance was stopped due to the latest restriction imposed on the movement of civilian traffic in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Pulwama attack. The force issued a public statement saying it was “deeply anguished at the sad demise of Abdul Qayoom Banday of Doda”.It said the man was suffering from terminal illness and his ambulance was “asked to halt” near Lower Munda area on April 10 while on way to Doda from…

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Post Note Ban 50 lakh jobs lost, Youth worst hit

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Nearly 50 lakh people in India lost their jobs between 2016-2018, a report said highlighting that the “beginning of the decline” coincided with demonetisation, although “no direct causal relationship could be established” between the trends. The report by Azim Premji University’s titled State of Working India was based on the CMIE-CPDX data that highlighted India’s unemployed were mostly the youth. “In general, women are much worse affected than men. They have higher unemployment rates, as well as lower labour force participation rates,” it added. The report revealed that unemployment, in…

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Special observers favours J&K polls in June

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Three special observers, appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI), have favoured holding J&K Assembly elections in June, it is learnt. In their report, submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs, they have recommended that polls be held immediately after Eid. The observers — former IAS officers Vinod Zutshi and Noor Muhammad and former IPS officer AS Gill — met representatives of several parties, including PDP, Congress, BJP and Sajjad Lone-led Peoples Conference, during their visit to J&K last month. “The special observers have favoured early Assembly elections, most…

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SDM ‘Thrashed’ by Army in Anantnag, Soldiers booked

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Army men on Tuesday allegedly thrashed and detained an on-duty Subdivisional Magistrate (SDM) near the Qazigund area of Anantnag district along the NH-44.An FIRwas filed in the case late Tuesday evening, The SDM of the Dooru area in Anantnag district, Ghulam Rasool Wani, was travelling along with his four colleagues when the incident took place. Wani said the incident happened at the Dalwach crossing near Qazigund, where the Army had stopped civilian traffic unnecessarily. “We were also stopped despite the fact I was travelling in a government vehicle and had…

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