Category: Community

Separatists demand ban on liquor in JK

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Separatist groups today demanded complete ban on the sale and consumption of liquor in Jammu and Kashmir. Under a joint programme given by the pro-freedom leadership Syed Ali Geelani Sahab, Jinab Mirwaiz Molvi Umar Farooq sahab and Jinab Mohammad Yasin Malik sahab, the people today supported and endorsed the resolution favoring the peaceful solution of Kashmir and Palestine issues according to the wishes and aspirations of the people, a statement issued by hardline Hurriyat Conference led by Geelani said here. The statement said the resolution demanded a complete and strict…

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Mehbooba Mufti rolls out new food security scheme

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today rolled out the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Food Entitlement Scheme (MMSFES) to supplement the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and ensure adequate food safety under targeted publicdistribution system. The food security scheme devised to supplement the requirement of additional foodgrains of the people was launched at the Sher-e-Kahmir International Conference Centre (SKICC). The scheme was simultaneously rolled out in Jammu by Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh in the presence of Legislative Assembly Speaker Kavinder Gupta. The decision to bring in this food security scheme was taken…

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Students hold Sit-In, demand Ban on Liquor

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‘Govt can’t adopt double standards on pretext of freedom of choice’ Scores of students from various educational institutions on Thursday held a sit-in to press for ban on sale of liquor in Kashmir. The protesters assembled at Pratap Park and staged protests. “Government is reluctant to impose ban on sale and trade of liquor in Muslim majority state in the name of freedom of choice. Government cannot adopt double standards in the matter of freedom of choice,” they said. “Government is promoting liquor in the state in the name of…

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Religious groups step up liquor ban demand in Kashmir

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State government rejects call for prohibition saying consumption is a ‘matter of choice’ Religious groups in Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir have stepped up a campaign for a statewide blanket ban on alcohol. A ban would have the overwhelming support of the Kashmiri people, they said. The state government ruled out imposing a ban last week amid calls for the introduction of prohibition by asserting that it cannot choke people’s freedom of choice. “There is a demand to ban liquor but I believe that the issue needs to be addressed on…

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HC orders doctor’s reinstatement

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The J&K High Court has ordered the reinstatement of a doctor who was declared deadwood and his service terminated by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed-led government last year along with 62 other officials. In its order issued today on a writ challenging termination of his service, the High Court ordered the reinstatement of Dr Riyaz Ahmad Dar, who was medical officer in Medical Supplies Corporation. “The petition is allowed. The impugned order of 2015 is quashed. Respondents are directed to take the petitioner back into service and grant him all consequential benefits,”…

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DAK anguished at Govt refusal to ban liquor

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‘Minister’s remark on alcohol provocative’ Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today expressed deep anguish at refusal of government to ban sale and trade of liquor in Jammu and Kashmir (JK). While in many states alcohol is banned for public safety, President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that liquor is being promoted in JK putting lives of people at risk. Finance Minister’s remark on the floor of the house that there should be freedom of choice for alcohol is highly provocative. This statement from a Muslim Minister is…

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J&K Govt rules out ban on liquor, says freedom of choice can’t be enforced

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Jammu and Kashmir government today ruled out ban on sale or trade of liquor in the state, saying there is freedom of choice and decisions cannot be enforced on others. “There is a demand for banning liquor but I believe that the issue needs to be addressed on the basis of freedom of choice,” Minister for Finance Haseeb Drabu said while speaking during the Zero Hour in the Legislative Council. “As a state policy, we cannot enforce our decisions on others, there is a freedom of choice and let the…

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Muslim League accuses Radisson Blu management of harassing Muslim employees

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After the recent Abaya ban controversy at Delhi Public School (DPS) Athwajan Srinagar it is now Masrat Alam led Jammu Kashmir Muslim League that has alleged Radisson Blu management after taking control of the Mumtaz Group of Hotels in Kashmir is forcing local hotel employees to shave their beard and those who don’t oblige are being fired from the job. In a statement to news agency CNS, Muslim League General Secretary Muhammad Rafiq Ganaie said that Radisson Blu General Manager at Grand Mumtaz Hotel Srinagar Raj Deep has been forcing…

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Cabinet okays supply of atta, wheat in 75:25 ratio

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The state Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti approved various decisions here today. The Cabinet approved the proposal to allow the CA&PD Department to grind 75 per cent wheat out of the total allocation for distribution among the consumers into “atta” (flour). Under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), wheat is supplied at a highly subsidised rate of Rs 2 per kg but the NFSA does not provide grinding charges for wheat. When the CA&PD Department supplied wheat to the ration-card holders, a section, especially…

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Amnesty for Kashmir’s ‘misguided’ youth : CM’s Eid Gift

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In a goodwill gesture before Eid-ul-Fitr, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to grant amnesty to the Kashmiri youth facing charges for their involvement in protests and stone-throwing over the years. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said in the Assembly that the home department has been told to prepare a list of the youth booked under various criminal charges. She said her government will study these cases and grant amnesty to those willing to shun the path of violence and lead normal lives. Mehbooba called these youth “misguided” and declared…

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