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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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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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