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Mehbooba Mufti to meet public twice a month for redressing grievances

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To ensure speedy redress of public grievances, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti would be meeting people, including delegations, deputations, organisations and individuals, every second and fourth Saturday of the month at the Chief Minister’s private office, Church Lane, Sonwar, here. The public delegations, deputations, organisations and individuals, who want to personally bring their grievances and demands in the notice of the Chief Minister, can contact the CM’s private office on telephone numbers 0194-2500750, 0194-2483236 and 0194-2500643 and fax number 0194-2501262 for prior appointment with the Chief Minister, an official spokesman said.

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Complete projects on time : Mehbooba Mufti

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti inaugurated the 2 MLD sewage treatment plant (STP) to facilitate biological disposal of sewage from hotels, huts and residential houses in Pahalgam in Anantnag district of south Kashmir today. She also inaugurated an artificial ice skating rink at Pahalgam that would be an added attraction and make it a round-the-year destination. After commissioning the fully automatic sewage treatment plant, the Chief Minister was informed that the facility would benefit 170 hotels, 650 residential houses and 310 huts, thus paving the way for operationalising the biological disposal…

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BJP to expand role in J&K, Ministers hold strategy meet

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The BJP, which is jointly ruling Jammu and Kashmir along with People’s Democratic Party, is out to shed the tag of the “inactive partner”. The party’s presence in the 10-month government under Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had faced criticism even from its own cadre and the workers of the RSS for failing to leave a mark. But now that it is supporting Mehbooba Mufti, the party wants to push several pet agendas which do not face strong opposition. A first of its kind meeting was held today – attended by home…

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CS reviews progress of major flagship projects

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Chief Secretary, B R Sharma Wednesday reviewed the progress on some major flagship projects under implementation in the State, in a meeting, he chaired here. During the meeting, Chief Secretary reviewed various elements of the project for Dal Lake Conservation and resettlement of Dal Dwellers with directions to the H&UD Secretary to expeditely move forward on the project. Chief Secretary also reviewed the progress of projects related to Waste Management in Cities and Towns, Traffic Management in Srinagar City, establishment of five Medical Colleges and AIIMS, High Density Plantations and…

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Omar Abdullah flays Mehbooba Mufti

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National Conference working president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday claimed that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has been “reduced to a figurehead” and criticised her for not being included in a high-level meeting in New Delhi which reviews the state’s situation. “High-level meeting in Delhi reviews ‘all aspects of J&K situation’ & the CM is not included. Mehbooba Mufti reduced to a figurehead. Pity!” Omar wrote on Twitter.

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BJP has sacrificed its core agenda for power : Harsh Dev Singh

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Panthers’ Party Chairman and former minister Harsh Dev Singh today said that BJP has bartered wishes and aspirations of Jammu region for the lust of power. He claimed that the BJP has betrayed people of the area. Addressing a meeting of prominent citizens, Harsh Dev Singh said while the BJP is busy celebrating its ascendance to power in J&K, the common man feels disappointed and betrayed at the surrender of saffron party’s core agenda which was trumpeted by it during the parliamentary and assembly elections. He said that the BJP…

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Nashri – Chenani tunnel to be ready by July-end

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NHAI will request Prime Minister to open it in first week of August The Chenani-Nashri tunnel, which will be India’s longest, is scheduled to completed by the end of July and is expected to be dedicated to the public by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August. The tunnel will connect Chenani in Udhampur district with Nashri in Ramban district and reduce the length of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway by 31 km. The tunnel will bypass the hilly terrain of Patnitop and make movement easy. The company constructing the 9.2-km tunnel…

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Khalid Jehangir tells Farooq to stop harping on autonomy

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today asked National Conference (NC) patron Farooq Abdullah to ‘stop harping about autonomy and acceptthat his party is fast turning irrelevant’. In a statement issued here, BJP spokesman Khalid Jehangir said Farooq was raising the autonomy bogey to seek attention and remain in the news. “It seems after losing power, the NC is making desperate attempts to hoodwink the people by selling old wine in a new bottle. The NC cannot befool people by raising hollow slogans as it knows well that it did nothing…

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Coalition govt decides to set time frame for its ‘Agenda’

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To submit detailed memo to state Cabinet I Resolves to pursue CBMs with Centre In a boost to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s image as a leader delivering on her promises in a time-bound manner, the PDP-BJP government today decided to accelerate the process of implementation of the Agenda of the Alliance by setting a time frame for the issues listed in the document. Official sources told Kashmir POST that the Agenda of Alliance would have a deadline for implementation all issues listed in the document. The Agenda had formed the basis…

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Pakistan expresses concern to UN over bill on Kashmir map

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Pakistan on Tuesday raised its objections to a draft bill prepared by the Narendra Modi government which strictly prohibits wrong depiction of Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as non-Indian territories. Expressing its “serious concern” to the United Nation over the draft bill introduced in the Indian Parliament over the map of Kashmir, Pakistan called upon the world body to uphold its resolutions and urge India to stop such acts which are in “violation of international law“. “Pakistan has expressed serious concern to the United Nations Secretary General and the…

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