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Transfer of power projects on govt’s agenda : A R Veeri

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J&K Minister for Public Works and Parliamentary Affairs Abdul Rehman Veeri today said the transfer of power projects is on the agenda of the BJP-PDP coalition government. The minister said that the government would work with the Central government to explore modalities for transfer of the Dulhasti and Uri hydro power projects to the state. “On March 16, 2015, the Deputy Chief Minister and the Finance Minister met the Union Power Minister formally and discussed various issues relating to the power sector. They impressed upon the Union government for transfer…

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Amit Shah blames Nehru’s ‘Historic Blunder’ for ‘Kashmir Issue’

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Referring to the declaration of truce in 1948 when Pakistan-backed tribal raiders were being repulsed in Kashmir, Shah said the problem in the border state would not exist today but for that decision. Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah Wednesday blamed Jawaharlal Nehru’s “historic blunder” for the current impasse in Jammu and Kashmir, and criticised the then Congress leadership’s role during the later part of the freedom struggle, which, he said, led to Partition. Referring to the declaration of truce in 1948 when Pakistan-backed tribal raiders were being repulsed in…

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Indus Water Treaty has caused huge losses to J&K: Govt

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The Indus Water Treaty (IWT), under which Pakistan has got control over all the major rivers of Jammu and Kashmir, has resulted in huge losses to the state and the extent is being assessed, the government said today. The Indus Water Treaty (IWT), under which Pakistan has got control over all the major rivers of Jammu and Kashmir, has resulted in huge losses to the state and the extent is being assessed, the government said today. “It is a fact that the state is facing huge losses due to the…

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‘India stalling dialogue with Pakistan to avoid negotiations on Kashmir’

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Pakistan Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Wednesday claimed that India is deliberately stalling dialogue process with its neighbouring country in order to avoid negotiations on issues like Kashmir. Contradicting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement in which he placed the onus of the stalled bilateral talks on Pakistan, Aziz asserted that Pakistan never refrained from talks with India. He said Pakistan had plans for extensive talks with India on several issues such as Kashmir, Siachen, Sir Creek, economic cooperation, trade, visas and the detaining of fishermen,…

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NC attacks Mehbooba over remarks linking terror with religion

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Opposition National Conference today attacked Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti over her alleged remark that she is “ashamed as a Muslim.” NC spokesperson Junaid Mattu claimed that Mehbooba Mufti while speaking to reporters after the wreath laying ceremony for the CRPF personnel martyred in Pampore has said that “she was ashamed as a Muslim over the attack.” “This is the same Mehbooba Mufti who used to say that terror has no religion. Now suddenly she sees terror as an offshoot of Islam for which Muslims should be ashamed. This is shameful…

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Geelani, Mirwaiz, Yasin bat for liquor Ban, KEA protest against Sale

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‘Alcohol promotion will hurt sentiments of Muslims’ Demanding complete ban on sale and consumption of liquor in J&K, several separatist leaders on Monday said Jammu and Kashmir is a Muslim-majority state and the stand taken by PDP-BJP government regarding liquor promotion “will hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims.” In a joint statement, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik said if this substance can be banned in Bihar and Kerala, why can’t it be done in Muslim…

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CAG pulls up J&K Government on Food Security Act

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The Comptroller and Auditor General has pulled up the the Jammu and Kashmir government for “undue delay” in implementation of National Food Security Act and also criticised the public distribution department for “not reviewing” earlier the list of BPL families. Taking into consideration the census figures of 2011, the CAG report tabled in the state Assembly here today said 26 per cent of the population in the state remained out of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) coverage. The shortfall in allocation vis-a-vis requirement ranged between 31 and 36 per cent…

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Withdraw separatists’ security : MLC Ramesh Arora

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today batted for withdrawal of security of separatist leaders of Kashmir. “We appeal to the government to withdraw security of CRPF and other local forces from the separatist leaders who boycotted Anantnag election where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti got victory,” BJP senior leader and MLC Ramesh Arora said. He was addressing a press conference here. Joining the BJP chorus of hitting out at the Congress on the 41st anniversary of the imposition of internal Emergency by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Arora said: “Indira Gandhi…

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Ashamed of bloodshed in name of Islam during Ramzan: Chief Minister

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An anguished J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, paying tributes to CRPF jawans killed by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in Pampore on Saturday, said she couldn’t comprehend how such barbaric killings were carried out in the name of religion. Eight paramilitary personnel were killed and 25 others injured in the attack, the worst in the last three years in the restive state. “I am unable to understand how somebody can indulge in such shameful acts of bloodshed in the name of Islam, and that too in the holy month of Ramzan when…

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Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP leads in 3 seats, Congress in one : Anantnag by-poll

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Counting of votes is underway, Saturday, in south Kashmir’s Anantnag Assembly constituency. In the first round of counting of ballots so far, the Peoples Democratic Party has scored three votes, Congress one and NOTA one. The results should be known before midday. PDP leader and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Hilal Ahmad Shah of the Congress and Iftikhar Hussain Misgar of the National Conference are three of the eight candidates contesting from the constituency. The by-election in Anantnag was necessitated in the wake of the death of the then Chief Minister…

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