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By adding 4.2 Km stretch 35% toll increased on Jammu – Srinagar Highway

April 21, 2017 Editor

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has increased the toll rates at the Ban toll plaza by 35 per cent after adding the 4.22-km stretch on the Jammu-Udhampur national highway. The sudden raise in the toll on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway by 35 per cent has raised the eyebrows of commuters, pilgrims and tourists in the Jammu region. The NHAI has completed a stretch of 4.22 km last month on Udhampur bypass, which was pending since long due to some legal issue of land procurement. The NHAI had to…

Kashmir unrest, Babri order top agenda at BJP core group meeting headed by Narendra Modi

April 20, 2017 Editor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for a meeting of the core group of the BJP over the recent Kashmir unrest and the Supreme Court’s Babri ruling. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for a Bharatiya Janata Party core group meeting at this residence. The meeting began at around 3 pm today and saw attendance by senior Union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari and Venkaiah Naidu. According to sources, the top issues on the agenda of the meeting included current unrest in Kashmir and the Supreme Court ruling…

Kashmir situation: ‘Worried’ Delhi discusses way forward

April 20, 2017 Editor

“Besides the top BJP ministers the National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, and Army Chief Bipin Rawat were also present in the meeting chaired by the Prime Minister,” sources added. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is understood to have expressed concern over the deteriorating situation in Kashmir and passed directions to defuse the crisis in Kashmir, sources told Kashmir Post. They said the Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance and Defence Minister, Arun Jaitley, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Minister…

Kashmir on the Boil; Rajnath, Ajit Doval take stock; Omar wants President’s rule

April 18, 2017 Editor

The Centre reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, considering various options including initiating peace talks to bring back normalcy in the restive Valley. The meeting, chaired by Union home minister Rajnath Singh and attended by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, among others, took stock of the prevailing situation in the state, which saw violence during the April 9 bypoll to Srinagar Lok Sabha seat. The top brass was given a detailed presentation on the critical situation Kashmir was facing and the steps taken to restore normalcy,…

Divide Valley to resettle minorities: Panun Kashmir

April 15, 2017 Editor

Expressing concern over the rising radicalisation in Kashmir and deterioration in security situation, the Panun Kashmir (PK) today said the division of the Valley had become imperative to create a peaceful zone for minorities. Reiterating their demand for a separate homeland for the Pandits in the Valley, the PK has said it is the only way to resettle the displaced community in their ancient homeland. Addressing a press conference, PK chairman Ajay Chrangoo and convener Agnishekhar alleged that they had been warning that radicalisation was turning the Valley into “ungovernable…

Had warned Election Commission of India against holding byelections : Mehboba Mufti

April 15, 2017 Editor

Says commission was cautioned about violence, low voter turnout Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the state government had warned the Election Commission of India that the situation in the Valley was not conducive to holding by elections to the Srinagar and Anantnag parliamentary seats. The CM said she had warned the ECI of possible violence and low turnout in the elections. “We had informed the ECI that situation in Kashmir was not conducive to holding by elections as wounds of the deaths occurred last were still fresh and people…

The Modi government has a new model for managing Kashmir

April 14, 2017 Editor

The Narendra Modi government wants a new approach and has settled on a policy that combines harsh crackdowns on agitating youth and initiatives that undermine mainstream parties, notwithstanding the PDP-BJP alliance. Kashmir has been on the boil since last July when security forces shot protesting civilians heading to the funeral of Burhan Wani, a Hizbul Mujahideen militant – setting off a cycle of violence during which, according to one account, “96 people were killed, more than 12,000 injured, 1,000 lost their vision in one eye after being hit by pellets…

BRO hands over Jammu-Srinagar Highway to NHAI

April 13, 2017 Editor

The Border Roads Organisation has handed over the maintenance of the arterial Jammu-Srinagar road to the National Highways Authority of India, a senior official of the organisation said here today. “Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) has been handed over to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI),” Brigadier A K Dass, Chief Engineer of Project Beacon, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said. He said the organisation was now only entrusted with the responsibility of a small portion of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway and not the entire stretch of road. “BRO only looks…

India and Pakistan should find a peaceful solution to Kashmir issue through dialogue: UN Secretary

April 12, 2017 Editor

“It is obviously an issue that he (Secretary General) is following…If we are able to say more, we shall be able to say more…I am not sure what coming to grip means. He is well aware of the issue.” Days after the United States offered mediation between India-Pakistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has underscored the need for India and Pakistan to find a peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue through dialogue, his spokesperson said on Tuesday. As per the reports of PTI, Guterres’ spokesperson Stephane Dujarric dismissed claims that the…