Seven people, including three children, of a family were killed in Jammu and Kashmir`s Rajouri district after their car plunged into a river on Monday. The accident took place near Jammu-Poonch highway. The car reportedly belonged to Personal Assistant (PA) of Rajouri Deputy Commissioner Shahid Iqbal Choudhary.
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National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday described Article 35A as a “non-negotiable article of faith” for the people of the state and vowed that his party was ready to fight every battle to safeguard the state’s special status. Farooq, while addressing a party convention, said the “assault on the state’s special status was part of a longstanding ideological mission of those quarters who have always opposed J&K’s political rights and dignity”. “This battle has been forced on the people of the state at a time when all efforts should…
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Tension prevailed in Kathua area when ‘Go back India’ slogans were noticed on the Bani-Basohli highway. The police came to know when locals approached them with a complaint that they have noticed provocative anti-India slogan on the highway. As soon as people came to know about it they expressed resentment over the incident and demanded arrest of the accused persons who had written anti-India slogans on the highway with paint. Meanwhile, investigation has been started. “Some elements have been trying to play with the sentiments of the people in Basohli…
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Former PM Manmohan Singh, who heads the Congress party’s policy planning group on Jammu and Kashmir, will head a team of party leaders to the state next month to discuss the problems faced by the people. GA Mir, president of the state Congress party, told IANS in summer capital Srinagar, “During the last meeting of the Congress policy planning group in New Delhi, we had requested that the central Congress leaders headed by Dr. Manmohan Singh should visit J&K to discuss the problems faced by the people of the state.…
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The state government today constituted a group of seven senior Cabinet ministers to examine the proposal regarding accord of administrative approval for execution of work for dredging and strengthening embankments of the Wular Lake. The constitution of group of ministers followed the decision of a Cabinet meeting held on August 9. The state’s Forest, Ecology and Environment Department had submitted a proposal to the Cabinet seeking accord of administrative approval and acceptance of the single tender for execution of work for dredging and strengthening embankments of the Wular Lake, which…
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Rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday sentenced to 10 years in jail by a special CBI court. The Dera chief apparently sobbed in the courtroom as he begged to be treated leniently and asked to be forgiven, reported Times Now. During the arguments before the sentencing, the prosecution said no leniency should be shown and demanded the maximum sentence for Gurmeet Ram Rahim. The defence argued that the Dera chief is a social worker who has worked for the welfare of people, so…
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Senior Congress leader Tariq Hameed Karra Sunday said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is acting as a collaborator and facilitator for the Sangh Parivar’s agenda of changing the demographic profile of the state. “Extension of certain central laws to the state and the lopsided and irresponsible attitude of state government towards Article 35-A has vindicated my assertion that PDP has bartered the honour, dignity, distinct identity and self-esteem for a few loaves of power,” Karra said while addressing media personnel at his Shivpora residence. Terming the PDP-BJP alliance as ‘unholy’ and…
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Deadly swine flu is no more a seasonal illness and mutation of the virus has made it active in summer season for the first time, causing unusual spike in cases across India, Doctors Association Kashmir warned on Sunday. Asking the healthcare authorities in Kashmir valley to ‘prepare for contingencies’, the Association said, “It is for the first time that the virus has become active in sweltering heat unlike earlier years when swine flu used to strike mainly in winter months.” Media reports say India recorded over 1,000 deaths due to…
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A batch of about 1000 Kashmiri recruits who are undergoing training at the Police Training School (PTS) Kathua in Jammu region on Sunday alleged that they are being harassed by a police officer who is in charge of the training course. A group of trainees told Kashmir Post on the condition of anonymity that they are being thrashed, abused, threatened and called names. “For the past nine months we have been through hell. All the 978 recruits are undergoing basic training and all of us belong to Kashmir,” the trainees…
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Humiliation being faced by Manohar Kumar, a West Pakistani refugee youth, during a recruitment rally on the outskirts of Jammu, has authenticated Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir’s observation that woes of these “helpless” people are mounting with every passing day. The Union minister, while reviewing the progress of various packages announced by the Centre for all categories of refugees and displaced persons on Thursday, had expressed his anguish over the delay by the state government in issuing “identity certificates” to West Pakistani refugees. “My son…
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