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
‘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…
Read MoreCAG pulls up J&K Government on Food Security Act
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…
Read MoreWithdraw separatists’ security : MLC Ramesh Arora
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…
Read MoreAshamed of bloodshed in name of Islam during Ramzan: Chief Minister
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…
Read MoreMehbooba Mufti’s PDP leads in 3 seats, Congress in one : Anantnag by-poll
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…
Read MoreArticle 370 on sale?
Ruckus over mining lease to non-local in JK; Speaker orders inquiry, says House insulted; Opposition seeks resignation of Minister; BJP joins anti-government protest Speaker of J&K Legislative Assembly Kavinder Gupta Friday ordered an inquiry into issuance of mining lease to a non-local in Jammu and Kashmir under a controversial notification that was put on hold by him, while remarking that the Government has “insulted” the Chair and the House. The Speaker, while questioning the Government decision, directed for strict action against erring officials after members, cutting across parties and including…
Read MoreSajad Lone opposes minority status for Hindus, Sikhs
BJP members protest; minister for Muslims joining mainstream Saying there is a “need to merge Muslims of Kashmir into the mainstream of India”, Minister for Social Welfare, ARI & Trainings and Science & Technology Sajad Gani Lone today said there was no need to establish a minority commission in the state. “They need incentives and a healing touch as they have suffered a lot,” the minister said in the Legislative Council while responding to queries of BJP legislators during Question Hour on setting up a minority commission and minority status…
Read MoreOmar slams Mehbooba’s ‘flawed’ logic to alliance with BJP
National Conference president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday hit out at the logic being put forth by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to justify her party’s alliance with the BJP. Omar said the Chief Minister had been presenting a “flawed” argument that had the PDP not formed the government with the BJP, it would have led to a repeat of 1987 and 1947. “You (Mehbooba) have devised new ways to justify the alliance with the BJP. The first argument that you put forth before this House was that the PDP formed the…
Read MoreGovt revises Industrial Policy, Shuts door on non-state investors
Revises industrial policy after facing intense pressure from separatists, local traders The industrial policy 2016, revised by the state government on Tuesday, has shut the door on investors from outside the state, who have already been reluctant to invest in the state. The government revised the policy after coming under intense pressure from separatists and local traders. Separatists had alleged that the policy was a ploy to infringe upon Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. Under the new policy, land will not be leased to investors who are not state subjects.…
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