Year: 2019

At SKIMS, five lives lost in a month to ‘Transfusion Reaction’

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In a shocking revelation, five patients have died of blood transfusion reaction at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura while the sixth one is battling for life in the intensive care unit (ICU). A senior doctor at SKIMS told The Kashmir Post that five patients have died due to blood transfusion in the past one month suspecting use of substandard equipment in the blood bank and during transfusion process.“Two patients died in a surgical intensive care unit, one in gastroenterology, on in general surgery and the fifth one in…

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Modi, BJP responsible for ‘Worsening’ Kashmir situation: G N Azad

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Senior Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government for “worsening” the situation in Kashmir during its stint in power. Addressing a party workers’ convention in Lolab, Kupwara, Azad said: “The situation in the Kashmir Valley had considerably improved when there was a Congress government at the Centre till 2014. The situation deteriorated after the came to power and created a situation like nineties in the Valley. If anyone is squarely responsible for the deterioration of the situation…

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Govt bans civilian traffic on highway on Sundays, Wednesdays

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The government on Wednesday banned civilian movement on Srinagar-Jammu highway on two days in a week (Sunday and Wednesday) for smooth and safe passage of security convoys. “Keeping in view the large movement of forces on highway during the parliamentary polls and associated possibility of any fidayeen attack on security convoys, the Government has notified two days in a week for the movement of forces convoys from Srinagar to Jammu. During these days, no civilian traffic would be allowed on the Highway,” an official spokesman said. The ban has imposed…

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Congress banners flooded within BJP rally venue in Jammu

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The BJP leadership faced a piquant situation on Wednesday as one portion of the venue where party’s national chief Amit Shah addressed an election rally was facing two houses flooded with banners, flags and posters of Congress leaders. The two houses belong to senior Congress leader Ashwani Khajuria, who had intentionally covered them with flexes of party stalwarts. Interestingly, the stage where all senior BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, were sitting was facing the houses. “As our house is situated just in front of the stage prepared for Amit Shah’s…

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NC-Cong coalition was close to revoking armed forces Act claims Azad, No one can dilute AFSPA says Amit Shah

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Former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday claimed that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) would have been revoked from a few districts had the NC and Congress coalition remained in power in the state for a year more. “A time had come when it (AFSPA) would have been removed from a few districts. Had we remained in power for a year more…the way things were returning to normal…probably it (AFSPA abrogation) was a question of a few months…from top, militancy was coming down to zero…the ultimate (aim)…

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Scrap sedition law and Kashmir policy from Congress manifesto become Arun Jaitley’s targets

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The Congress has said it will review force deployment in Kashmir and omit the sedition law Union finance minister Arun Jaitley, who was deployed by the BJP today to counter the Congress’s manifesto, said the promises made by Rahul Gandhi were “unimplementable” and “dangerous”. He reinforced his party’s focus on national security, the main campaign plank of the BJP, by focusing largely on sections in the manifesto that were on Jammu and Kashmir and on omitting Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code that defines the offence of sedition. The…

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Amit Shah ‘Daydreaming’ about abrogating Article 370: Mehbooba Mufti

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Mufti said the Constitutional provision is a bridge between the people of the state and India PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday said BJP president Amit Shah was “daydreaming” about abrogating Article 370 of the Constitution that provides special status to the state. Mufti said the Constitutional provision is a bridge between the people of the state and India. “I want to tell Amit Shah that you are daydreaming if you think you will abrogate Article 370,” Mufti said while addressing a workers’ meet…

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Udhampur-Doda seat to have a fierce contest

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As no prominent candidate withdrew his nomination papers on Friday, the last day to “come out” of the fray, the prestigious Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat is going to witness a fierce battle among candidates belonging to the “warrior clan”. The main political players have chosen candidates from the Rajput community to turn this constituency into a “battlefield” for their nominees. The BJP has repeated Union Minister Jitendra Singh on this constituency, while the Congress has fielded scion of the erstwhile Dogra dynasty Vikramaditya Singh. Veteran politician and BJP rebel leader…

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Omar Abdullah and Gautam Gambhir get into Twitter fight

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Abdullah recently said he would work towards restoring the posts of PM and President for J&K Gambhir responded by saying Abdullah needs a cup of strong coffee or a Pakistani passport Abdullah in turn replied saying Gautam Gambhir should stick to tweeting about the IPL Pigs flew, Pakistani passports were mentioned, cricketing skills were debated and advice to clean reading glasses were given as former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and cricketer-turned politician Gautam Gambhir clashed on Twitter this afternoon. Abdullah and Gambhir, who recently joined the Bharatiya…

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Article 370 pleas listed before SC today, Article 370, 35A, who said what

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Abrogation of Articles 370, 35A way to resolve Kashmir problem: Amit Shah No power can revoke Article 370, 35-A: Mir Abrogating Art 370 will be saying goodbye to JK: Sajad Won’t allow fiddling with Articles 35A, 370: Omar Pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir are listed before the Supreme Court on April 2. It has been learnt that the case “figures at item number 5 in the miscellaneous list of April 2” before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi,…

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