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Kashmir smiles with Snowfall & Rains, Srinagar witnesses season’s first snowfall

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Srinagar-Jammu Highway open, Mughal road closed Traffic advisory issued for movement of vehicles on highway Srinagar recorded the first snowfall of the season last night while other parts of Kashmir received fresh snowfall and rains for second consecutive day on Wednesday. The weatherman has predicted improvement in weather from Thursday morning even as there will be no significant change in temperatures. “The weather will improve from Thursday morning,” Director MeT Department Sonam Lotus told Kashmir Post. He said that there will be another spell of rain and snow on Saturday night.…

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Omar hits out at Mehbooba, asks her to take blame for Kashmir Turmoil

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Takes on Mehbooba for accusing NC, Pak of fomenting unrest After forcing the coalition to admit the adjournment motion, moved by the Opposition to suspend normal business to hold a discussion on the five-month Kashmir unrest, National Conference working president Omar Abdullah today dared Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to take responsibility for the 2016 turmoil in the Valley which claimed nearly 100 lives. Initiating debate on the adjournment motion on the Kashmir situation, Omar minced no words in attacking his arch-rival Mehbooba Mufti for shifting responsibilities onto others for the…

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Unrest rocks legislature for second day, Omar leads walkout over CM’s absence

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Omar leads walkout of MLAs over Chief Minister’s absence Opposition blames PDP for civilian killings, asks Mehbooba to apologize State ruling through barrel of gun, Burhan ruling hearts of people: Rashid The Legislative Assembly witnessed pandemonium over the civilian killings in Kashmir as the Opposition National Conference and Congress took a swipe on government for “letting loose reign of terror” on the protesters in the valley during the 2016 unrest. The Legislative Assembly took up the discussion on the prevailing situation in Kashmir after the Speaker, Kavinder Gupta allowed the…

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National Conference sowed seeds of separatism in Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti

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‘You first gave slogan of Raishumari, then called it Awaragardi’ Coming down heavily on National Conference (NC) in the Legislative Assembly today, Chief Minister Mehbobba Mufti today accused the party of not only sowing the seeds of separatism in Kashmir but also blamed it of making mockery of Raishumari by calling it Awaragardi. Speaking during Obituary References in the Legislative Assembly, Mehbooba Mufti, without naming the NC, said, “Kashmir situation is your creation and not ours. We inherited it,” the Chief Minister said, and added, “It is you who are…

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Yashwant Sinha seeks meeting with PM Narendra Modi to talk Kashmir

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Former Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha, who recently led a group of concerned citizens to Kashmir, was hopeful of resumption of a formal dialogue between Kashmir and New Delhi soon and has sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deliberate on the issue. The senior BJP leader claimed that he had meetings with several senior functionaries in the NDA government and is doing ‘front ground work’ to resume a formal dialogue process soon. Even though Sinha was tight lipped about the meetings, sources said he has met Home Minister…

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Govt implementing RSS agenda to crush people’s basic rights: Geelani

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Condemning the arrest of JKLF Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik, senior resistance leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani today said, “the present state government is implementing the RSS agenda by crushing and curbing the basic rights of the population.” “And when they (people) come on streets to offend, batons of police, tear gas shells, bullets and pellets are poured in to silence these voices. Yasin sahib was leading a peaceful protest and there was no reason to prevent it by force, but authorities have decided it once for all, that peaceful activities…

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PDP, BJP not on same page over petition challenging Article 370

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Saffron party reluctant to contest the public interest litigation filed in Delhi High Court Even as the state Law Department has announced that it will fight the petition filed in the Delhi High Court challenging Article 370, the BJP, which is part of the coalition regime, has expressed ignorance about any such decision taken by the government. “I am not aware of any such decision by the government to fight the petition in the Delhi High Court,” said Minister of State for Law Ajay Nanda, who belongs to the BJP.…

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Revealed; J&K Govt gave citizen certificates to over 700 Pakistan refugees after Center Directive

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While 784 ‘domicile certificates’ were issued to West Pakistan Refugees (WRPs) till 2012, the State government ordered revenue officials to ensure no WRP was “harassed” in providing category certificates like SC (Schedule Caste), ALC (actual line of Control) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs), according to documents accessed by the news agency GNS. The Union Home Ministry’s Joint Secretary (J&K), Gyanesh Kumar, on 20 September 2016 wrote a letter to state’s Chief Secretary, B R Sharma, for “necessary directions” to the field level officers in this regard. “This is in continuation…

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Kashmir up in arms against ‘Domicile’ Certificates to West Pakistan Refugees

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15 injured in clashes in several areas after Friday prayers At least 15 youth sustained injuries in forces’ action as massive clashes broke out across Kashmir after Friday congregational prayers against issuance of “domicile” certificates to non-state subject West Pakistan Refugees, even as a complete shutdown was observed across the Valley over the contentious issue. The call for shutdown was given by Valley’s joint resistance leadership. Shops and commercial establishments remained closed while very thin public transport was seen on roads. In Srinagar, the situation turned ugly at Batamaloo area…

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Peace unlikely in region till Kashmir Issue resolved: Pakistan

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Pakistan on Thursday said it wanted to “amicably” resolve all outstanding issues with India, including those related to the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and Kashmir, as there can be “no peace” in the region unless the Kashmir issue was resolved. Radio Pakistan quoted Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria as saying during his weekly media briefing that the government was assessing “India’s activities” within the framework of the water-sharing agreement between the two countries. Zakaria said the treaty did not allow unilateral abrogation of the agreement and “Pakistan is keeping an…

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