Category: Community

Triple-talaq bill getting ‘Full Support’ from J&K BJP

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The Bharatiya Janata Party, an ally of ruling People’s Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir, said on Friday that it fully supports the legislation criminalizing triple-talaq. The legislation was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday amid heated debate and opposition by several members. “We fully support the move (criminalizing triple-talaq). We will support any act by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” BJP’s general secretary (organisation) Ashok Koul told Kashmir Post. The triple-talaq bill is being passed under the leadership of Modi and we fully support it, he said However, he…

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Induction of Tassaduq Mufti brazen promotion of dynasty rule: Vakil

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President Jammu Kashmir Bachao Tehreek and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil Friday said that induction of Tassaduq Mufti brother of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as a minister is a brazen promotion of dynasty rule in the State. He said BJP too is exposed by supporting induction as it speaks against dynastic rule at the national level. Vakil also lambasted NC and Congress and said they should correct their past on promotion of dynasty politics before raising fingers on others over the issue of dynasty politics. “National Conference has promoted and…

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Govt’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma keeps hope afloat

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While Dineshwar Sharma’s appointment as the Central government’s special representative to hold peace talks with all stakeholders in J&Kis not the first such attempt, his focused endeavors in the past two months have kept peace hopes afloat. Sharma’s appointment came as a surprise initiative by the fag end of the year on October 23 when the Durbar, the seat of the state government, was gearing up to shift from the summer capital to the winter capital of the state. Between May and October, when the Durbar functions from Srinagar, Kashmir…

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Congress taunts BJP, NC says empowering one family

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The State Congress chief G A Mir Thursday questioned BJP’s silence over the induction of Tassaduq Mufti, younger brother of chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, in the state cabinet, saying the party which had made dynasty rule an issue in poll campaigns is “keeping its eyes closed.” “It is easy to deliver sermons but when it comes to one’s own house, the BJP is silent today,” said Mir. “If you look at this government, over two dozen relatives of Mehbooba are directly and indirectly running the affairs,” Mir told reporters at…

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Politics of Separatism faces an uncertain future after being sidelined this year

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It wasn’t all that long ago that Kashmiri separatists were seen as ‘untouchables’ for the security establishment. There seemed to be an unwritten rule somewhere in the holy grail of Jammu and Kashmir that the Hurriyat leaders are not to be disturbed. Although authorities have on and off confined them to their homes to prevent large gatherings, that was all. With one sensational event after another denting their credibility in 2017, some prominent separatist faces are today languishing in Tihar Jail. While it would’ve created an uproar earlier, there isn’t…

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Kashmir under security lockdown as night patrols, security checks curb movement in Valley

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Security personnel patrolling the roads and checking vehicles is not an unusual sight for Kashmir. But to see them making drivers and passengers alight on Kanidajan road near Yusmarg — Kashmir’s famous tourist resort — on a recent morning came after a long time. Some of the personnel had taken positions along the snow-covered road and under the pine trees, while others stopped vehicles and wrote down their registration numbers, names and contact numbers of owners. The checking on Kanidajan road has been going on since last week, after forces…

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Woman adopted by Salman Khan celebrates his birthday in Kashmir village

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During the shoot of Bajrangi Bhaijaan in Kashmir, Salman Khan swore to help Zaina Begum and her family. Bollywood star Salman Khan has scores of fans but this 75-year-old woman is a different one. Zaina Begum thinks he is as good as her own son. She has been celebrating the star’s birthday religiously for past few years in a remote area far away from the village of Dayroo Aishmuquam in Jammu and Kashmir. This year too on Salman’s 52nd birthday, she and her entire family are celebrating it. But there…

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Three senior separatists released pre Dineshwar Sharma’s latest visit

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Coinciding with Centre’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma’s stay in Kashmir, three senior separatists leaders were released from jails. In an apparent move to soft pedal on separatists for time being, the government also allowed Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik to visit volatile Handwara, while an NIA summon to Syed Ali Geelani’s son was cancelled “without citing any reason”. Muslim League chairman and former Hizbullah commander Mushtaq-ul-Islam, arrested in July this year, was released on Wednesday. Two days ago, Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Syedah Asiya Andrabi and secretary Sofi Fehmeeda were…

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Social Media gag on government workers slammed across J&K

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Government workers in Indian-administered Kashmir have decried a government ban prohibiting them and their families from expressing political opinions on social networking sites. Under a new order issued on Tuesday, Jammu and Kashmir government employees were barred from engaging in “criminal, dishonest, immoral or disgraceful conduct on social media which may be prejudicial to government”. The region’s half a million staff were also warned against taking part in political discussions or criticising the government’s policies. “Employees should be aware that the law enforcement agencies will observe content and information made…

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Srinagar-Qazigund four lane highway to miss another deadline

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Seven years on, the four-laning of Srinagar-Qazigund stretch of highway is yet to be completed, officials say it is set to miss December deadline too due to incomplete overhead bridges at various junctions. Minister for public works Naeem Akhtar earlier this year had stated the four-laning of Srinagar-Qazigund stretch would be completed by December. However officials state that it would take more than two months to fully make the four laning of Srinagar-Qazigund highway operational. National Highway Authority of India officials say incomplete overhead bridges and land acquisition issues at…

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