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Govt orders major reshuffle in administration

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26 officers transferred, posted Government on Friday ordered a major reshuffle in middle rung bureaucracy and shifted many KAS officers. In an order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), Mufti-M-Fareed-ud-din awaiting orders of posting in the General Administration Department has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Relief Organization (Migrants), Kashmir. Pankaj Magotra, Deputy Commissioner, Commercial Taxes (Appeals), Jammu, has been shifted as Additional Secretary General Administration Department while Pawan Singh Rathore, Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Poonch, has been transferred as Additional Secretary Industries and Commerce department. As per…

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‘Thousands endorsed 10-point resolution on Kashmir’

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The Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday demanded peaceful resolution of Kashmir and Palestine issues according to the wishes and aspirations of the people. “A 10-point resolution was adopted, supported and endorsed by thousands of people on Friday in all main Masajids, Khanqahs (shrines) and Immam baras of Jammu Kashmir,” a Hurriyat (G) spokesman said in a statement. Opposing “establishment of Sainik and Pandit colonies”, the resolution demanded complete…

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Rajnath Singh reviews state security ahead of Yatra

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Holds discussions with Guv, CM & Security forces Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here today reviewed the overall security situation with top Army, security forces, police and intelligence officers ahead of the annual Amarnath yatra that commences via the Pahalgam and Baltal routes amid tight security arrangements across the Valley on Saturday. The Union Home Minister arrived here today on a two-day visit to the Kashmir valley to review the security situation ahead of the Amarnath yatra in the backdrop of recent spurt in the militancy-related incidents across the Valley.…

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Juma-Tul-Wida observed across J&K with religious zeal

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Jumma-Tul-Wida, the last Friday of holy Month of Ramadan, was observed with religious zeal and fervour across the valley on Friday. A large number of fasting faithful thronged the mosques and Imam Bargahs to offer Friday prayers and seek blessings of God Almighty. In Srinagar, the main congregations were held at the Jamia Masjid and Dargah Hazratbal where large number of people offered Namaz and took part in joint prayers. Imams and Khateebs in their sermons highlighted the significance of Ramadan, Laylatul Qadr and Jumma-Tul-Wida. On the occasion, special prayers…

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Mehbooba Mufti reiterates killing of CRPF men un-Islamic

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‘If JK, India, Pakistan have to progress, bullets have to stop’ Reiterating that the attack carried by militants on CRPF men in Pampore was un-Islamic, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said destroying eight families during the fasting month of Ramadan was unjust. In her concluding speech of the budget session in the Legislative Assembly, Mehbooba said if the CRPF men would have retaliated and caused civilian casualties, the people who supported the attacks would have called for strike. “I felt bad to see eight coffins of CRPF men knowing that…

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Omar distances himself from govt bungalow kept by wife

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Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today distanced himself from the occupation of a bungalow, belonging to the J&KGovernment in Delhi, by his estranged wife Payal. Referring to media reports on the issue, he said in a statement that he had responded to the state Estate Officer’s eviction notice on June 4 this year, informing him that he was not in occupation of the bungalow in question. “This I did, after informing my wife, who I have been separated from for more than five years now and also after having informed…

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Bathinda and Srinagar gas pipeline awaits Haryana clearance

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PDP-BJP govt yet to take up matter with neighbouring state The prestigious project of laying the 750-km-long gas pipeline between Bathinda and Srinagar via Jammu continues to be stuck as the PDP-BJP coalition government has not been able to sort out the “political and administrative” differences with Haryana government over the venture. Highly placed sources said the ruling dispensation hasn’t taken keen interest in the project as it is yet to take up the matter with the BJP government in Haryana “to amicably sort out the political and administrative differences”…

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Omar’s estranged wife refuses to vacate Lutyens’ bungalow

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Mehbooba Mufti swept away opponents to win the Anantnag assembly seat recently, but her government has run into a wall trying to evict former CM Omar Abdullah’s estranged wife from a sprawling type-VIII 7 Akbar Road bungalow, which is the CM’s designated official residence in New Delhi. Payal Abdullah, estranged from Omar in 2011, has resisted all attempts by the J&K resident commission estate officer to evict her. As an estranged wife, Payal insists, it’s her legal right to contest the eviction and live in the bungalow allotted to her…

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This year drones would hover over Amarnath Yatra Track

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This year, government is mulling to monitor Hindu pilgrimage – Amarnath Yatra – using drones. A news report on Wednesday said that the surveillance cameras – the drones will hover over the entire trek round-the-clock and beam the pictures back to the control rooms. The Yatra starts from July 02. Amarnath Yatris are given four-ring security cover journeying to the Amarnath cave overlooking the valley. Once the Yatris enter J&K at Lakhanpur, they are protected by the CRPF, Jammu and Kashmir Police escorts and guards, all along the route. “The…

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Two ex-passport officials get 4-year jail term for fraud

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A special anti-corruption court has awarded rigorous imprisonment for four years to former passport officer Bashir Ahmad Zargar and his deputy MA Turi. The court imposed a fine of Rs 3 lakh each on the officials. The special anti-corruption court for CBI cases in Srinagar convicted the duo in a corruption case involving illegal sale of passport forms and misappropriation of Rs 6,63,661. “Both convicted officials were taken into custody from the open court and sent to Central Jail in Srinagar under judicial custody,” said special public prosecutor Asifa Padroo,…

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