Year: 2019

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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1st Phase recorded 57.31% voter turnout, 12 yr old boy killed in forces firing in Handwara

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A total of 57.31 percent voter turnout was recorded across Jammu and Kashmir in the first phase of LokSabha elections on Thursday, chief electoral officer Shailendra Kumar said. “For the Jammu-Poonch seat, 72.16 percent voters exercised their democratic right to vote, while 34.61 percent voters cast their vote in the Baramulla seat,” Kumar said, addressing a press conference here. “Till last report came in and since we haven’t seen Form 17-C yet, the total voting percentage for Jammu constituency was 72.16 while it stood at 34.61 for Baramulla seat. After…

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Voting for first phase Lok Sabha elections begins in Baramulla, Jammu

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Polling for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Baramulla and Jammu constituencies began on Thursday. An unprecedented security arrangements have been put in place to ensure peaceful polls in both the constituencies. The polling started at 7.am and will culminate at 6.pm today. Baramulla Lol Sabha constituency which is spread over three districts, Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora while Jammu constituency is spread over four districts of Jammu, Samba, Poonch and Rajouri. There are a total of 13,08,541 electors including 6,74,417 males, 6,34,083 females and 41 belonging to the…

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Magistrate stamps travel permit on commuter’s hand triggers criticism

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As the authorities had imposed restrictions on the second day of the biweekly highway ban in the Valley, a magistrate in south Kashmir on Wednesday issued the travel permit by stamping his seal on the commuter’s hand. There was, however, no impact of the travel restrictions on civilians on the highway stretch in Srinagar district. No restrictions were in place on the 55-km stretch of the 270-km Baramulla-Srinagar-Udhampur highway in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, which is going to the polls in the first phase of the parliamentary elections on Thursday.…

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Highway Ban: Mehbooba Mufti should be arrest for ‘Instigating Kashmiris’ demands BJP

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Lashing out at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for allegedly instigating people to defy a ban of vehicular movement on the national highway connecting Jammu with Srinagar, the BJP Wednesday demanded that she be arrested for trying to create law and order problem. “FIR should been registered against former CM Mehbooba Mufti for statements to instigate the public to defy vehicular ban on highway on Wednesdays and Sundays,” the chief spokesperson of J&K Bharatiya Janata Party, Sunil Sethi, told reporters here. “We demand the arrest of Mehbooba Mufti for instigating public…

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‘Narendra Modi will bring Kashmir Issue to an end’: Devendra Fadnavis in Aap Ki Adalat

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“I believe that Modi has started taking strong steps in Kashmir. Like Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, who brought about the unconditional merger of 542 princely states in the Indian Union, Modi will also bring the Kashmir question to an end.” Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis today said, he was of the firm opinion that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “will bring the Kashmir issue to an end” (Kashmir ka jo prashna hai, khatm karengey). Fadnavis was replying to questions from Rajat Sharma in India TV’s show ‘Aap Ki Adalat’, recorded in…

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Another day of anguish and despair as MHA defends Highway Ban; Protests continue in Kashmir

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Underlining that the ban became necessary in the backdrop of the Pulwama terror attack, it issued a statement on Wednesday and said the step has been taken for ensuring safe movement of forces till May 31. The statement comes at a time when the ministry has to file its reply to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court which has directed it to respond by April 19 to a bunch of petitions challenging the decision. Facing criticism for closing down the national highway connecting Jammu with Srinagar, the Union Home Ministry…

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