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‘If Yatra, RSS marches are facilitated, Why ban Islamic functions?’ Geelani

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Angry over government not allowing a religious conference at Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani’s residence here, pro-freedom leaders on Monday questioned the government that if Amarnath Yatra and RSS marches are facilitated, why an Islamic function is disallowed by using force. Tehreek-e-Hurriyat had organised a Seerat conference on Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW), the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), at Geelani’s Hyderpora residence where Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Miwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik were also invited to address besides various other religious clerics of Kashmir. Since…

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Situation in Valley still grim: Wajahat Habibullah

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Team unlikely to meet separatist leaders ‘Everybody wants peace to prevail; Delhi must understand situation in Kashmir’ The five-member delegation led by senior BJP leader and former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Monday said though situation has improved in many ways in Valley but it is still “very grim” and maintained that Kashmiris including Hurriyat leadership and civil society members want peace to prevail. The five-member delegation led by Sinha and including former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, former Air Vice-Marshal (Retd) Kapil Kak, Journalist Bharat Bhushan and Sushoba…

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Eid-i-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW) today

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Eid-i-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW) is being celebrated with full reverence, devotion and religious fervour in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. The day marks the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Religious processions, special prayer meetings, Seerat Conferences are being organized across the State to celebrate the day. Special functions would be held in the Kashmir at various shrines and Masjids. The biggest congregation will be held at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar where devotees in large numbers would offer special prayers and have glimpses of the holy relic of Prophet Muhammad (SAW). In…

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Asia’s longest road tunnel Chenani – Nashri Tunnel waiting for NHAI nod for Opening

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Asia’s longest road tunnel— Chenani-Nashri tunnel, which would connect Udhampur district with Ramban district on Jammu-Srinagar Highway awaits nod from National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for its opening. Sources involved in construction of 9 kilometer long 2-lane tunnel, told Kashmir Post that the project is almost complete but the NHAI so far has not given its Commercial Operations Date (COD), mandatory for start testing and commissioning. “All civil works on the tunnel including extension of cemented roads on both North (Nashri) and South (Chenani) end have been completed,” sources…

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Mehbooba Mufti being cornered by BJP?

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There appears to be a bigger game plan at play in the verbal duel over the Kashmir Police Service cadre review between the two alliance partners — PDP and BJP — in a Cabinet meeting here on Friday that witnessed a rare walkout by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. A simplistic conclusion of the unseemly episode is that the BJP wanted Delhi to be consulted — meaning seeking its approval — before putting this review of the KPS cadre in the Cabinet meeting. The review, mooted by Mehbooba Mufti, as Home…

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Dense fog affects Rail, Air Services across J&K

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The rail services as well as the air services continue to affect in the state due to dense fog in north India for the last three days. All the trains to Jammu Tawi, Udhampur and Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Katra, are reaching late by 5 to 14 hours leading to chaos among the passengers. However, the Railway authorities claim that all the trains were being sent on time from the Jammu Tawi railway station. The Jammu Tawi railway station has about 34 pairs of trains, which operate from here. All…

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“If New Delhi is controlling everything then what are we doing here?” Mehbooba

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Angered by DyCM’s Delhi remark, Mehbooba leaves cabinet meet,  Let Delhi take all decisions, CM said when Nirmal objected to Police cadre review and sought Delhi’s clearance In an extraordinary development Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti left the cabinet meeting in Jammu after she got irate when Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh raised objection over a proposal of the Home department about the Police cadre review. According to sources, the Police cadre management review proposal was aimed at reviewing the postings of the locally-recruited J&K Police officers who cannot rise above…

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Dialogue with Separatists must for peace; Reiterates Farooq Abdullah

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‘PDP-BJP have also incorporated this in Agenda of Alliance’ Amid controversy over his statement exhibiting unity with Hurriyat leaders, National Conference (NC) patron Dr Farooq Abdullah today questioned why people were blaming him alone when PDP-BJP government has included dialogue with separatists in their Agenda of Alliance. Addressing media men in Jammu, Farooq said, “PDP-BJP have put in their Agenda of Alliance to talk to everyone, they have put a condition to talk to Hurriyat leaders also for a lasting solution to Kashmir issue. So are they (PDP-BJP) anti-national. What…

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Ram Madhav reviews JK’s political activities

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary Ram Madhav today reviewed the ongoing political and organizational activities in the state besides the working of different departments. As per press release, Madhav along with BJP state president and MLA Sat Sharma and State General Secretary (organization) Ashok Koul, chaired a meeting of BJP State office bearers, senior leaders and Morcha Presidents at Trikuta Nagar Office. Madhav was briefed about the mobilization of party activists at different levels to highlight the achievements of the BJP –led NDA government at the centre and…

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Joint Resistance Leadership turn Kashmir Tourism Promoters

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Come to Kashmir and enjoy our hospitality: Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik appeal tourists, yatris The joint resistance leadership comprising of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik today invited tourists and yatris to visit Kashmir. Welcoming everyone intending to visit Kashmir, the leaders in a joint statement said, “Everyone from the world including India is most welcome to Kashmir. We invite them to come to Kashmir and enjoy our hospitality and the beauty of paradise on earth.” “From centuries Kashmiris have been safeguarding and providing exemplary…

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