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Rain and Snow to continue in Kashmir till Wednesday afternoon: MeT

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The administration has closed the Mughal Road after fresh snowfall was reported in Shopian region while tourist spots of Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Sonmarg received fresh snowfall. Rain and snowfall which continued in several parts of Kashmir on Tuesday have been forecast till Wednesday afternoon. Rain has been lashing Kashmir valley since Sunday night while the upper reaches of the mountains in north Kashmir experienced snowfall. Snow also fell on the Drass-Sonmarg axis and in some parts of the Pir Panjal range. The MeT said that there is light snowfall in…

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First it was ‘Tukde Tukde’, now it’s ‘Gupkar’: Mehbooba Mufti’s reply to Amit Shah’s ‘Gang’ jibe

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Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti, who is also the deputy chairman of newly formed People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, took on Union home minister Amit Shah for calling the alliance a gang, which is “anti-national”. “BJPs stale tactic of dividing India by projecting themselves as saviours and political opponents as internal & imagined enemies is far too predictable now. Love jihad, tukde tukde and now Gupkar Gang dominates the political discourse instead of like rising unemployment and inflation,” Mufti tweeted. https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=httweets&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1328623169419132933&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2Findia-news%2Ffirst-it-was-tukde-tukde-now-it-s-gupkar-mehbooba-mufti-s-reply-to-amit-shah-s-gang-jibe%2Fstory-puNtfCIxXs6vHSgre1FzBP.html&siteScreenName=httweets&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px Ahead of the second phase of J&K district development…

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Sheikh Abdullah took 22 years to realize right track, People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration did it in less than a month: Altaf Bukhari

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Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party president Syed Muhammad Atlaf Bukhari Thursday hailed the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) decision of fighting the District Development Council (DDC ) elections stating that it took Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah 22 years to realize the right track and those who are part of the alliance for Gupkar Declaration choose the right path in less than a month which is a welcome development. Mr. Bukhari also welcomed the J-K Panchayat Conference, an amalgam of Sarpanchs and Panchs into the Apni Party fold, led by Shafiq…

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What land laws have been changed in J&K, What govt and parties say?

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The Ministry of Home Affairs, through an order on October 26, introduced amendments to 14 laws of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and repealed 12 others. What changes have been made to land laws in Jammu and Kashmir?The Ministry of Home Affairs, through an order on October 26, introduced amendments to 14 laws of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and repealed 12 others. Key amendments were made to four major state laws that governed ownership, sale, and purchase of land in the erstwhile state. These are…

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Start talks with Pakistan, Open cross-border roads: Mehbooba Mufti

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Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday asserted that the dialogue with Pakistan and the stakeholders within J&K and opening of cross-border roads to bring the divided parts together can bring peace and everlasting solution to the Kashmir problem. BJP to meet same electoral fate as TrumpWhen oppression increases, it soon vanishes too. Today is their (BJP’s) time and tomorrow, our time will come. The same thing will happen to them (BJP) what happened to Trump (who lost the US presidential election last week). – Mehbooba Mufti, PDP Chief…

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PC approaches SC for early hearing of pending petitions on Article 370

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Sajad Lone’s party says ‘the petitions ought to be heard and disposed of urgently as significant changes to the rights of the residents of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir have already been brought about by the Centre’. The Peoples Conference, headed by Sajad Lone, on Monday submitted a plea before the Supreme Court for an early hearing of the petitions pending before it contesting the measures taken by the Centre since August 5 last year in Jammu and Kashmir, including the abrogation of provisions of Article 370. “(I…

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Sale of J&K will start with Gupkar Bungalows: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

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A day after leaders of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration accused the BJP of making Jammu and Kashmir free for all by bringing in the new land laws, the BJP on Saturday said that people’s right to sell properties and houses haven’t been usurped by anyone. “Whoever says J&K is on sale, you should tell him that the sale of J&K will start with Gupkar bungalows. The law doesn’t allow occupying a bungalow forcibly. The owners still enjoy the right to decide whether to sell it or not. The day…

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Charge Mehbooba & Farooq with sedition: Non-partisan Group of Concerned Citizens

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Over 250 retired officers of the defence forces, IAS, IPS, IFS and the judiciary issued a statement on Thursday calling for former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Farooq Abdullah’s detention and prosecution for sedition for recent remarks that they said promoted separatism. Calling themselves a non-partisan group of concerned citizens, they wrote: “Our group is quite disturbed at the manner in which certain vested interests have been continuously trying to misuse the freedom of expression, talk ill about our country and its Constitution, and try to promote…

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BJP has no courage to speak up against China: Mehbooba Mufti

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In a scathing attack on the Centre, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that the government has suppressed people in Jammu and Kashmir but has “no guts to speak up against China that has occupied 1,000 kilometres” in Ladakh. She was addressing the party workers ahead of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) meet at Farooq Abdullah’s Bhatindi residence here on Saturday. “China has taken over 1,000km in Ladakh region but the government continues to hold talks with them. The Chinese…

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GoI will regret ending J&K’s special status: Mehbooba Mufti

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PDP President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the Government of India will regret revoking Articles 370 and 35A and the day will come when they will restore the special status to J&K. “Time will come when they will restore not only Art 370 and 35A, but they will also ask the people of J&K what else they want from the us (GoI) besides special status,” Mufti said while addressing party workers for the first time in Jammu after her release from detention post-August 5, 2019, constitutional changes…

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