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Committed to safeguarding special status: N N Vohra

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Governor NN Vohra today said the state government was committed to safeguarding the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir, which had been spelt out in the ‘Agenda of Alliance’, forming basis of the PDP-BJP government. The Governor said this during his address to a joint session of both Houses at Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference centre here today. “The state government is committed to safeguarding the special status which has been accorded to Jammu and Kashmir in the Constitution of India and has been spelt out in the ‘Agenda of Alliance’,…

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Mirwaiz placed under house arrest, Malik detained ahead of Thursday’s shutdown

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The authorities placed Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, under house arrest on Wednesday to prevent him from attending a separatist` meeting over government plans to set up colony for ex-servicemen in the state. The Mirwaiz was placed under house arrest in his uptown Nigeen residence, police said in summer capital Srinagar. Mirwaiz Umer was scheduled to attend a separatist called meeting to discuss the strategy for what the separatists call “resisting the government plans to form a Sainik (Ex-servicemen) colony in Kashmir”. Separatists have also called…

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No ‘acche din’ in Kashmir as yet, after two years of Modi Sarkar

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Months after taking over as the prime minister two years ago, Narendra Modi, sporting a woollen cape-like Kashmiri garment called a pheran, addressed a huge rally in SRINAGAR promising “to give justice” to the people caught in one of the longest standing conflicts in the world for decades now. Nearly 18 months since the December 2014 rally and after the two years of the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP)-led government in Delhi, challenges remain abound in Kashmir despite the issue finding a special mention in Modi’s agenda of governance. The…

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Will quit politics if charge proved against me : Lal Singh

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Lal Singh for probe against complainants to unravel ‘conspiracy’ Rubbishing the accusations of issuing a threat to Gujjars and using abusive language against them, Minister for Forests Choudhary Lal Singh today said he was open to any investigation and would quit politics if the charge against him was proved. He sought an investigation against the complainants, who he alleged had been instigated by some non-Gujjar persons under a planned political conspiracy to dislodge him from the ministry as he had tightened the noose to stop timber smuggling and illegal encroachment…

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Return of projects part of Agenda of Alliance: Drabu

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“We are all aware that the power projects belong to the listed company (NHPC). However it has been agreed in the Agenda of Alliance (between PDP and BJP) to work out modalities of transfer of the two projects to the state,” said Drabu Reacting to Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal’s statement wherein he ruled out transfer of power projects to J&K, State Finance Minister Dr Haseeb Drabu Friday said the Peoples Democratic Party and BJP has agreed in the ‘Agenda of Alliance’ to work out modalities with the Government of…

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Coming to avenge Babri, Kashmir, Gujarat, Muzaffarnagar: ISIS video

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Video features Thane resident Fahad Sheikh, slams Indian Muslim leaders The Islamic State has released a new 22-minute Arabic-language documentary on purported Indian jihadists in its ranks, providing the first interviews with five fugitive jihadists known to have joined the ranks of fighters in Iraq and Syria since 2014. The video, released online early on Friday, is the first propaganda the Islamic State has produced with content focused on India and South Asia. Thane engineering student Fahad Tanvir Sheikh who travelled to Syria in 2014 along with three other men…

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Hurriyat, govt have tacit understanding: KP’s at resettlement Issue

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A day after the PDP-BJP government succumbed to the pressure of separatists and announced that it has no plans to create exclusive colonies for resettlement of displaced Pandits, community leaders today alleged there is a tacit understanding between Hurriyat Conference and government to stop Hindu minority’s return to the Valley. Education Minister Naeem Akhtar had said on Thursday that separate colonies to house 3.50 lakh Pandits will not be constructed. He added that they will have to live along with the majority community whenever the process to bring them back…

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Valley feels May heat, Alert issued in Jammu

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This summer even Srinagar is feeling the heat as the daytime temperature has risen six to seven degrees above the average in Kashmir valley. In the Jammu division also the situation is no better as the Weather Department has already issued an alert for a heat wave. The Meteorological Department said that the maximum temperature in the city over the last two days has remained above 30-degree mark. This was six to seven degrees above the normal temperature at this time of the season. The mercury here on Wednesday touched…

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Govt open to debate return of KP’s with separatists: Akhtar

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The government Thursday said that separate colonies for Kashmiri Pandits are not possible in Kashmir and the Pandits have to live within the society, but said that it wants a debate over the issue. “Government is trying for dignified return of Kashmir Pandits. And if the Hurriyat, mainstream parties have any objections within our plan, we can have a debate with them how to facilitate their return. I appeal the separatists and mainstream parties that if you find any objections, kindly tell us how to go,” government spokesman and Minister…

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BJP under ‘pressure’ to slow down plan to rehabilitate KPs in Valley

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Separatists, mainstream parties oppose transit camps Pressure tactics adopted by separatist organisations and opposition from mainstream leaders in Kashmir could again derail the plans of BJP-led Central government to go ahead with resettlement of 3.50 lakh displaced Kashmiri Hindus. Official sources said that the way separatists have reacted to the proposal of creating transit accommodation for Pandit youth in Valley, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shared its concern to New Delhi over possible law and order problems arising in coming weeks. Though several high level meetings were held in New…

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