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Govt proposes joint venture with Union power ministry for Rattle power project

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The Governor’s administration has proposed to union power ministry a joint venture between the state and the central government for execution of 850-MW Ratle hydropower project, a month after the Jammu and Kashmir state administrative council gave a go-ahead to it. The project was initially slated for completion in 2017, but controversies and consequent delays would now push its commissioning to 2022 if the union power ministry agrees to the latest proposal. A top source said the government has proposed five models of joint-venture under which the state would receive…

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J&K Bank is a wonderful institution, Not everything I told is true: Satya Pal Malik

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Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday said not everything some J&K Bank officials told him about irregularities in recruitments was the “gospel truth”. “Some youth and bank officials came to meet me at Raj Bhawan and told me about the irregularities in the recruitment process for certain appointments. And I discussed the same with media during my interviews. But, whatever they told me was not the gospel truth. Things will be clear only after an inquiry,” Malik told media persons here after flagging off a mission aimed at ensuring every…

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Horse trading for Srinagar Mayor gains momentum, BJP declares Mattu as Mayor

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The horse-trading for Srinagar Mayor has gained momentum in the last few days as Peoples Conference (PC) and Congress are fast approaching independent candidates, offering them “profitable deals” to support their nominee. Talking to Kashmir Post, many independent candidates, who emerged as the single-largest group in Srinagar Municipal Committee (SMC) alleged that they were approached by various political parties that included Peoples Conference (PC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress to join hands with them in return of greater benefits. An independent candidate, who won from the outskirts of Srinagar,…

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Congress stake claim for Mayor post, Independents reluctant to merge with BJP

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As mainstream parties including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and Peoples Conference (PC) claimed the support of independent candidates for Mayor Post in Srinagar, the independent councillors who emerged as winners in the recently held Urban Local Bodies (ULB) polls from Srinagar district on Monday refused to support any party for the Mayor Post of Srinagar. After taking oath today as councillors in Banquet hall here, the independent candidates while talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS) that they will not merge with any party especially with BJP, but will stake…

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Because of Modi’s mistakes Kashmir is on fire: Rahul Gandhi

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said Prime Minister NarendraModi had made “mistakes” on Jammu and Kashmir, as a result of which the state is “on fire”. Addressing a public meeting here, Gandhi also alleged that the ‘One-Rank, One-Pension’ scheme has not been implemented so far and the Prime Minister was speaking “lies” on the issue. He said a couple of days back, a delegation of ex- servicemen met him and said they had trusted Modi over OROP but were “disappointed” now. The Prime Minister “claims that OROP has been…

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Musharraf had asked separatists to seek concession from Delhi: JK Gov

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Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik has said that former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf told Kashmiri separatist leaders to get concessions from New Delhi through a dialogue because India was a superpower and he would not be able to break it. “He [Musharraf] told them he would not be able to change the Line [of Control]. He had told them that neither India nor Pakistan can afford a war and that they should negotiate concessions for Kashmir,” Malik told HT in an interview. Asked if he was certain that…

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PDP leaves panchayat poll participation to legislators

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MLAs, MLCs can take call on elections in their constituencies To keep its flock together, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership has authorised its legislators to decide on their own regarding the panchayat polls in their respective constituencies. The party was forced to adopt a flexible attitude on the elections as the boycott of civic bodies elections has not gone down well with its workers. Although no official announcement has been made in this regard, legislators were asked to take the decision on the panchayat elections on their own. Notably,…

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BJP- PDP manipulated list of J&K Bank to appoint favorites: Satya Pal Malik

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Governor Satya Pal Malik today exposed more scams in the State committed during previous PDP-BJP Government saying a complete selection list of 582 candidates in Jammu and Kashmir Bank was set aside to appoint political workers in their place and raised serious question mark on the working of Public Services Commission (PSC) saying a youth was selected for KAS even without appearing in the examinations. He said the Government had recruited such youths as teachers, who had been preaching fundamentalism while Government officials were pelting stones on way back from…

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Jammu celebrates Accession Day, Kashmir goes with Black Day

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Various functions were held across the Jammu region on Friday to celebrate the 72nd Accession Day. On October 26, 1947, last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh had signed an Instrument of Accession and consequently the state of J&K had acceded to the Indian union. While the BJP organised a seminar at its party headquarters, the J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, held another function. At the event organised by the People’s Opinion Forum on the banks of the Tawi, former minister and BJP MLA Choudhary Lal Singh was the chief…

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For dialogue, Hurriyat must keep Pakistan aside: Satya Pal Malik

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Asserting that his job was to make situation conducive for talks, Governor Satya Pal Malik on Thursday ruled out dialogue with the Hurriyat till the separatist leaders disassociated themselves from Pakistan. “As long as the Hurriyat does not keep away Pakistan, we will not talk to them. Talks are the prerogative of the government. My role is to make the situation conducive for talks and I am trying to make that happen,” Malik told reporters on the sidelines of a function held here. Even as the Governor maintained that violence…

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