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Vote for PDP to ensure state’s all-round development: Mehbooba Mufti

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PDP president and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti kick started her party’s campaign for the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency today. She said a vote for her party would be an endorsement to transform J&Kthrough dialogue and development and getting the state out of the present crisis. The PDP president, addressing meetings of workers from Charar-i- Sharief and Budgam constituencies, said ever since her party was launched, it had worked on a specific political and developmental agenda in which the state had remained the focus. She said her party had been working to…

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GoI ready to talk to all stakeholders in J&K: Rajnath Singh

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‘Support of every political party and every citizen required to solve Kashmir problem’ After snubbing APD members, what do separatists expect from us? For talks, Pak should commit to end terror Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday said Government of India (GoI) was ready to talk to all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir. “The government was ready to talk to all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir to normalise the situation there,” Rajnath told the Rajya Sabha. To questions over the situation in Kashmir, he said, “We are ready to talk to…

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Daesh executed hundreds of detainees, buried bodies in Mosul mass grave: HRW

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Daesh terrorist group has executed possibly hundreds of detainees in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul and buried them in a mass grave that could be the largest one discovered in the country so far. Witnesses told the New York-based rights organization that the victims, including several members of Iraqi security forces, were executed between June 2014 to May or June 2015, with their bodies being dumped in a sinkhole at a site in western Mosul. Terrorists had also laid landmines and booby-traps in the…

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Mother Helpage Emergency Relief Appeal for Fire Victims in Anantnag

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More than 4 families have been affected by the fire that engulfed at least 3 houses at kadipora Anantnag during the intervening night of 20th March 2017. These unfortunate people were forced to spend their nights in harsh cold winter under the open sky in absence of household goods as their whole belongings were reduced into ashes. Mother Helpage disaster response team along with MH Army( Volunteers of Mother Helpage ) have started rehabilitating these fire victims at kadipora Anantnag by providing emergency relief material .These fire victims are in need…

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As BJP cries ‘Interference’, JK Minister says ‘Guest Control’ order no gospel truth

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Stating that the “Guest Control” order on curbing expenses in marriages is for the society’s welfare, the J&K government on Monday sought people’s feedback to make necessary changes in it. “The Guest Control Order is not a gospel truth which cannot be changed. It is in an evolutionary phase,” Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Choudhary Zulfiqar Ali said here and sought feedback from people to make “necessary changes” in it. “If suggestions seem genuine, they would surely be incorporated in the order to make it better,” he assured. The…

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PDP blames National Conference, Congress for people’s sufferings

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Holding the National Conference and the Congress responsible for political instability and people’s sufferings, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hoped that the voters will once again give their verdict against them. A party spokesman said generations had suffered because of the unholy designs of the NC and the Congress. “The desperation of the two parties is visible in their fresh accord. It is the NC and the Congress which have alienated Jammat-e-Islamia, Peoples Conference, Awami Action Committee and others who were once a part of the election process. Both parties…

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India’s longest road tunnel on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway to be thrown open to traffic soon

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India’s longest road tunnel built on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway will open to traffic very soon following successful completion of trial run. The work on the 9.2 km-long twin-tube tunnel, which is part of a 286-km-long four-lane project on the highway, started on May 23, 2011 in lower Himalayan mountain range, and cost Rs 3,720 crore, officials said. The tunnel, which is located at an elevation of 1200 meters, will be the first in India to be equipped with world class “integrated tunnel control system” through which ventilation, fire control, signals,…

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AFSPA to stay in Kashmir till peace is restored: BJP

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‘High command to decide whether to contest LS bypolls or not’ A day after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti pitched for repeal of controversial AFSPA from some areas of the State, BJP vice president Avinash Rai Khanna Thursday said the controversial law will stay in Jammu and Kashmir till peace and normalcy returns. “BJP’s stand on AFSPA is clear. Until the peace and normalcy is restored in the State, the law will stay,” Khanna told media on sidelines of party convention at Deputy Chief Minister, Nirmal Singh’s residence, here. He said…

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Mehbooba Mufti pitches for withdrawal of AFSPA from some areas

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Ahead of the by-polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday raked up the issue of revocation of controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some areas and “see the impact”. Mufti, who has taken a strong position against militants, pitched for revocation of AFSPA, saying she required a “window of peace” for ensuring good governance to “shrink the space” occupied by militants. She said PDP and BJP had come together on an Agenda of Alliance which included revocation of AFSPA. “We should not shy away…

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BJP to fight bypolls, rules out support to PDP

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said it will contest byelections from the Srinagar and Anantnag parliamentary constituencies and ruled out any alliance with its coalition partner Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “The BJP will contest byelections for the Srinagar and Anantnag Lok Sabha constituencies…very soon a high-level committee will announce the candidates for these two seats,” BJP state general secretary (organisation) Ashok Kaul said while addressing a party meet at Dooru, Anantnag, in south Kashmir. Earlier, there was speculation that the BJP would not field any candidates and campaign for…

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