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Help govt end violence, appeals Chief Minister

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Says she can understand anger of youth and is looking forward to better future for them Asserting that various measures are being taken to restore calm, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has sought people’s cooperation in restoration of peace and normalcy in Kashmir to prevent further loss of precious lives and destruction of public and private property. She said this while interacting with representatives of various civil society groups and prominent citizens here today. “I appeal to all sections of society, including political leaders, media, religious heads, business community and prominent…

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Kashmir continues to remain tense: Major developments

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Strict curfew continued on Monday in most parts of the Kashmir Valley following heightened tension over the death of 23 people during protests against the killing of a top Hizbul commander, Burhan Wani. Who was Burhan Wani Wani, a recruitment icon for Hizbul Mujahideen and its glamorous face on social media, was killed on Friday in a joint operation by the SOG, Rashtriya Rifles and CRPF at Kokernag, Anantnag. Two other terrorists were killed along with him, including Sartaj Ahmed Shaikh, who had earlier served a jail term in terror…

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Burhan Wani in life and death: an icon for Kashmir’s Gen Next?

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Burhan Wani – the young militant from Kashmir who had gained iconic status among the vale’s Gen Next – is no more. Wani was killed in what the police have called an “encounter”. A heavy pall of gloom and a dense, emotionally fraught condition hangs over Kashmir after his death. If a parallel may be drawn here or a metaphor employed, it seems that a wound has been reopened in Kashmir’s heart and collective consciousness. This is evident and writ large on the visages of people and the outpouring of…

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Govt appeals Separatists to help restore normalcy

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The J&K Government today appealed for help from separatists for bringing calm after holding an emergency Cabinet meeting in Srinagar. “I seek support of political stakeholders, including those who are not from mainstream, for helping restore calm in Kashmir,” Minister for Education Naeem Akhtar said here while briefing reporters after the Cabinet met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. “The violence has neither served any purpose in the past nor is it going to do so in the prevailing circumstances.” The Cabinet expressed deep grief and anguish over…

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Security agencies on tenterhooks after inputs of militant movement along Yatra route

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The government agencies have received specific inputs about movement of militants in the areas that fall along the Amarnath Yatra route following which the security has been beefed up. Following the inputs about the movement of militants in Gund and Gutli Bagh areas along the yatra route in Ganderbal, officials said, multi-tier security arrangements have been put in place. Aerial surveillance has been carried out along both Pahalgam and Baltal routes due to the vast forest area to avoid any untoward incidents. The Gund forest area of Kachpathri and Surfraw…

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Omar meets Guv, says majority voice ignored in state legislature

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National Conference working president Omar Abdullah today led a delegation of his party legislators to Raj Bhawan and submitted two memorandums to Governor NN Vohra in which they claimed that the government ignored “the majority voice” in the House. Omar led the delegation to protest the PDP-BJP coalition government’s referral of the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016, to the Select Committee of the House. In a statement, the NC said the delegation submitted two memorandums regarding “the government’s sabotage of the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016, and the regressive, overt…

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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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