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Won’t fight elections till Article 370 is restored: Mehbooba Mufti

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The results of the Jammu and Kashmir local polls have “exposed” the BJP-led central government and prove that people have not forgotten Article 370, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said today as the Gupkar alliance won big in district council elections. Ms Mufti said the alliance, which includes her People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Farooq Abdullah’s National Conference, could have done much better had it been given a level playing field.“People have voted en masse for the alliance. It is loud and clear for Delhi to understand that people have…

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Those who sought votes for Article 370 restoration should bring it back within one month: Junaid Mattu

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The city Mayor and Apni Party leader on Wednesday said that the candidates who emerged victorious after seeking votes for the restoration of special status, should bring it back within a month. “It stands the responsibility of those people who bagged votes on Article 370 abrogation to bring special status back within one month,” Mattu said while addressing a presser at Srinagar Municipal Committee office here, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) He said that the District Development Council (DDC) elections were meant for the development process, but candidates…

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Regional alliance trumps BJP in Kashmir Poll

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A pro-India political alliance based in Kashmir registered impressive gains in local elections held for the first time since the abrogation of the region’s special constitutional status in August last year. The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, a grouping of pro-India parties, is expected to win a majority of the 280 seats in the Local Development Council following the elections on Monday. Out of 140 seats in the Muslim-majority valley, the alliance was ahead with close to 90 seats. In the Hindu-dominated Jammu region, where the same number of seats…

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Intense cold wave sweeps valley, Srinagar records second coldest night of decade this December

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Kashmir will get the next spell of snow with the onset of Chillai Kalan, the harsh 40-day winter period starting on December 21. Jammu and Kashmir continues to be under the influence of an intense cold wave for the last three nights with the summer capital Srinagar recording the lowest temperature of the season on Friday night, which was also the second coldest December night in the past one decade. The mercury dipped to minus 6.6 degrees Celsius in Srinagar on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, said a…

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Govt identifies land for Kashmir’s first Sainik colony to house ex-servicemen

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Twenty-five acre grazing land has been identified in Budgam and its transfer will take place after completion of all the bureaucratic processes. The Jammu and Kashmir government has identified 200 kanals or 25 acre land in Budgam district to set up Kashmir’s first Sainik colony, we has learnt. The colony, according to a senior J&K government officer, is being primarily set up to provide housing facilities to retired armed forces personnel and their families belonging to the union territory. The colony will also cater to widows and families of deceased…

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Metro services to hit Jammu and Srinagar cities soon

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Commuting in Srinagar and Jammu is set to become smooth and pleasurable as the twin cities will soon get metro services. In this regard, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat to steer Light Metro Rail Projects for Jammu and Srinagar. Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam, Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary to the Lt Governor Nitishwar Kumar, MD/ CEO, Jammu/Srinagar Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, Ankita Kar, besides representatives from MAHA-Metro and other senior officers were also present in the meeting. The representatives of…

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Govt’s U-turn on Roshni Scheme aimed to shield BJP-RSS beneficiaries: NC

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Says ‘Strike of land Jihad’, ‘Surgical Strike’ racket died its own death after BJP found itself in sticky situation National Conference (NC) on Monday called J&K governments review petition on Roshni Scheme a U-turn aimed to save its own face. After realizing that the major beneficiaries of the scheme were from BJP, RSS from Jammu, BJP wants a silent backtrack on its vitriol on Roshni Scheme, Party Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said in a statement issued to the news agency, He said far from harvesting anything with the propaganda on…

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Tarigami moves SC challenging order allowing Non-Locals to Buy land in J&K

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The application sought the apex court’s intervention and a stay on the October 26 order affecting a new land policy until the petitions challenging the changes to the region’s constitutional status are heard. Veteran CPI (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leader Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Union home ministry order which allows people from across the country to buy land in Jammu and Kashmir, including that meant for agricultural purposes. According to LiveLaw, the application was moved in the writ petition which challenges the changes made to Jammu…

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BJP will use grenades and guns to bag seats: Mehbooba Mufti

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People’s Democratic Party chief and the key leader of PAGD Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday said that BJP is feeling unnerved over the PAGD’s decision of joining the DDC poll fray and that was why the alliance candidates are barred from going for campaigning in southern districts and other parts of Kashmir. Talking to reporters at Zainapora, Shopian, the PDP chief said that she had come to Zainapora to meet the PAGD candidate who was not unfortunately allowed for the past 15 days to come out of his home so that he…

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Haseeb Drabu, K K Amla, Nighat Pandit, tops the list of beneficiaries under Roshni Act

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The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday published on its website the list of beneficiaries under the Roshni Act. The beneficiaries include former State ministers, retired civil servants and politicians. Among those who were allotted land under the now scrapped Act are Haseeb Drabu, former Finance Minister and ex-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader; K.K Amla, businessman and Congress leader; Nighat Pandit, wife of retired IAS officer Shafi Pandit; Syed Akhoon of the National Conference; M.Y. Khan, former Chairman of J&K Bank; and Sujjad Kichloo, former National Conference Minister. In a…

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