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J&K can provide electricity to entire country: PM Narendra Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Jammu and Kashmir has the potential not only to generate electricity to meet its own needs, but also to provide power to other parts of the country. The government is making efforts to ensure that all households in the state are electrified, as the focus is to improve the existing power distribution system, the PM Modi said. “Jammu and Kashmir has many rivers that have potential for electricity generation. This state has the potential not only to meet its own requirements, but can also…

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Hold protests across state on Friday against Palestine Massacre: Joint Resistance Leadership

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Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, today appealed to “the freedom loving people of Kashmir” to organize peaceful protests in every nook and corner of the state on May 18, after Friday prayers to demonstrate their solidarity with Palestinian brothers. “The widespread genocide of the innocent people of Palestine is a brazen attack on humanity and we strongly condemn the use of brute force against the helpless people including women and children,” the JRL said in a joint statement. “Palestine and…

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Land Row: JCCI requested PM Modi to sack Assembly Speaker Nirmal Singh

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Jammu’s premier trade body, the Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack Assembly Speaker Nirmal Singh for saying “army was harassing people”. “Chamber feels that a person holding the second highest constitutional post in the state of J&K and speaking against the credentials of Indian army by such irresponsible utterances is not in national interest,” reads the letter signed by JCCI president Rakesh Gupta and other officer bearers. The letter said the Chamber will always stand by the army in “any given…

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SC defers hearing on petitions challenging Article 35A

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The Supreme Court on Monday deferred hearing on petitions challenging Article 35A of the Indian constitution which permits only subjects of Jammu and Kashmir to get employed in state government and allows them to buy property in J&K. Centre told the bench that the matter is very sensitive and since the interlocutor is making efforts for a solution, the court should not pass any interim order at present as it would be counter productive. Representing the J&K government, advocate Rakesh Dwivedi said SC has already settled the issue by ruling…

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Center rejects Mehbooba Mufti’s Ramadan, Yatra ceasefire call

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Government of India (GoI) today formally rejected Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s call for ceasefire in the State to ease tension during Ramadan and the Amarnath yatra. Speaking to the media, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, “Indian Army has to firmly handle any terrorism which threatens the peace and harmony of Jammu Kashmir as a state and of the rest of country. The Army’s position is that it has to be firm on terrorism.” She said Jammu Kashmir was an integral part of India. “Terrorism has to be eliminated by the…

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RSS face Ravinder Raina is new BJP state chief

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Facing criticism for abandoning the party’s core ideology to remain in power, the BJP on Sunday appointed hardcore RSS man Ravinder Raina, 40, as the new state president to “aggressively pursue” the Sangh Parivar’s agenda in the government. Ravinder Raina will replace Sat Sharma, who was inducted as Cabinet Minister in the Council of Ministers headed by Mehbooba Mufti during the massive reshuffle on April 30. Party president Amit Shah on Sunday appointed Raina as the new state chief of the BJP, which is sharing power with the Peoples Democratic…

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Azadi not possible, you can’t fight us: General Bipin Rawat to Kashmir youth

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Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat has said the youth in Kashmir must not get “carried away unnecessarily” and understand “azadi” is not possible as the security forces will always fight those who want to secede, the Indian Express said on Thursday. Gen Rawat told the Indian Express in an interview that he was concerned that the youth in the strife-torn state are picking up guns and “those who tell them (that) this path will bring azadi … misleading them”. “These numbers (of militants who are killed in gunbattles with…

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PM Narendra Modi likely to visit J&K later this month

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Jammu and Kashmir for two days later this month during which he will inaugurate a hydro-electricity project and participate in the 100th birth anniversary celebrations of Ladakhi spiritual leader Kushak Bakula and a university convocation, officials said here today. While the dates are yet to be officially announced, the officials said most probably the prime minister will arrive in Srinagar on May 19 and dedicate to the nation the 330 MW Kishanganga hydroelectric project, whose progress was monitored by the PMO. The…

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All Party Delegation appeals for ceasefire during Ramadan, Yatra

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APD to visit Delhi to meet PM If AoA implemented, situation can get better The All Party Meeting (APM) convened by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday appealed Government of India (GoI) to consider a unilateral ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir starting from Ramzan in mid May till the completion of the Amarnath yatra in August. “The GoI should announce unilateral ceasefire starting from Ramzan till Amarnath yatra,” Mehbooba told reporters after conclusion of four-hour All Party Meeting (APM) convened by her to discuss the present situation in the Valley…

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All-party meet today to discuss Kashmir violence

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Apart from ruling PDP and BJP, the opposition National Conference and Congress are expected to participate in the all-party meeting. The Jammu and Kashmir government has convened an all-party meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss the worsening situation in the valley that has seen frequent gunfights between militants and security forces and deaths of civilians in firing during protests near these encounters. Apart from ruling PDP and BJP, the opposition National Conference and Congress are expected to participate in the meet. “In order to improve the situation, the government will have…

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