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General News

Schools, Colleges closed; Exams deferred; National Highway remained closed; 10 Flights cancelled

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LoC trade, Pattan-Baramulla rail service suspended IUST postpones exam; KU, CUK to take call today Kashmir valley remained cut off from the rest of the world for second day Thursday as traffic on the arterial Srinagar-Jammu highway remained suspended due to fresh snowfall, landslides and shooting stones at several places. Meanwhile, the air traffic at Srinagar airport remained suspended till 2 pm. Heavy rainfall also forced railway authorities to suspend train services from Pattan to Baramulla due to stagnation of water on rail tracks and embankments. The cross-LoC trade via…

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Separatists welcome Nikki Haley’s statement that Trump may step in to defuse Indo-Pak tensions

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Separatists in Kashmir on Wednesday welcomed US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley’s statement that the Trump administration would try and “find its place” in efforts to de-escalate Indo-Pak tension. The statement of American Ambassador to the UN is “encouraging” as Kashmir is a long standing political issue in the south Asian region, moderate Hurriyat faction led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said in a statement here. Despite bilateral talks between India and Pakistan the issue stands unresolved for the past 70 years and is heading towards dangerous proportions with each…

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Chenani-Nashri tunnel to help save fuel, cut pollution

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The South-East Asia’s longest tunnel, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Chenani in Udhampur district on Sunday, will not only save time and money, but will also have a positive effect on the environmentally fragile mountainous range of the Lower Shivalik and the Central Himalayas. The 9.2-km-long Chenani-Nashri Tunnel has come as a respite for the travellers on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway as it has reduced the distance between Jammu and Srinagar by 31 km and the travel time by two hours. The state-of-the-art engineering marvel has…

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16 Vice Chairpersons appointment on hold by Election Commission

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The PDP-BJP coalition received a setback when the Election Commission of India (ECI) today kept in abeyance the “controversial” appointment of 16 politicians as vice-chairpersons of various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) ahead of the byelections to the Srinagar and Anantnag Parliamentary constituencies. On March 10, the state government had appointed middle-rung leaders belonging of the PDP and BJP as vice-chairpersons of various PSUs already running in huge losses. These appointments were dubbed as “political bribery” by the opposition National Conference and Congress. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), J&K, Shantmanu said the…

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Modi government can’t afford to mishandle Kashmir

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Since the summer unrest of 2016, observers from Srinagar have been asking New Delhi to come to the negotiating table and start talks with the Hurriyat. “Tral again? We are already in wounds, can’t tolerate more!” This was written by a young Kashmiri on Facebook when news broke that Sabzar Ahmad, a close aide of Burhan Muzaffar Wani, was trapped in an encounter with forces at Nazneenpora village of Tral. The youth’s dismay spoke volumes about the helplessness of a common Kashmiri before a giant, ruthless state. Rumours spread over…

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Delhi alone can’t resolve Kashmir Issue need to engage all including separatists: Farooq Abdullah

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National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has reminded Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh that the issues in Kashmir cannot be resolved unilaterally by New Delhi and sought engagement with all shades of opinion in the Valley. “Putting Hurriyat leaders under house arrest or detention will precipitate the already fragile situation rather than solving anything,” former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said. Farooq, who is the opposition NC-Congress candidate contesting against the ruling PDP in Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, was speaking at a joint election meeting of the NC and Congress in Ganderbal…

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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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