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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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Construction of ‘shelters for floating population’ on in JK : Govt

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Work starts in Jammu, Kupwara, says Commissioner Secretary H&UDD Despite opposition from various quarters to setting-up of shelters for homeless, mostly non-state subjects, the State government has initiated work on building the structures for ‘floating population’ in Jammu and Kupwara districts. Speaking to reporters on sidelines of a workshop titled ‘PM Awas Yojana- Housing for All-2022; Credit Link Subsidy Scheme (CLSS)’ at Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Center here on Monday, Hirdesh Kumar, Commissioner Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department said once ready, the shelters, being constructed under National Urban Livelihood Mission,…

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‘Shun anti-Kashmir plans or face consequences’ : Geelani warns Govt

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“India is working on different plans to strengthen and prolong its control on Jammu and Kashmir. The BJP-PDP coalition government has accelerated the execution of these plans. The communal forces are using the government machinery for materialising the RSS agenda,” a spokesman of Hurriyat (G) quoted Geelani as saying while addressing the amalgam’s advisory council meeting here. The Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Monday alleged that communal forces were using the government machinery for implementation of RSS agenda that includes setting up of Sainik Colonies, creation of…

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Jammu & Kashmir is the Crown of the country : JP Nadda

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Union Health Minister J P Nadda today said Jammu and Kashmir is the crown of the country and the Centre along with the state government would take it towards prosperity and start a new chapter of development. “The Centre, along with the state government, has planned to start a new chapter of development in Jammu and Kashmir. Your presence in such large numbers here and the warm welcome that you gave us, I feel that it is a stamp on the working of this government. “I assure you, on behalf…

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JK’s special status being disrespected : Omar Abdullah

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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today said the special status of the state is being “disrespected” and the extension of central acts and programmes to the state without ratification by the Legislative Assembly is an “alarming trend”. “J-K’s special status is being disrespected and the extension of central acts and programmes to the state without ratification and approval by the state’s Legislative Assembly is an alarming trend,” Mr Abdullah said addressing his party workers during a tour of his Beerwah constituency in central Kashmir. He said the…

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National Conference would safeguard Kashmir’s special status : Farooq

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National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday claimed there were “clear indications” that a “long-existing lobby” in New Delhi was “reinventing its mission to erode” Jammu and Kashmir s internal autonomy and asserted that his party would safeguard the state’s political rights and special status. “I have personally witnessed how a long-existing lobby in New Delhi has used pliant leaders and regimes in the State to erode Article 370 and rob the State of its constitutionally guaranteed internal autonomy one step at a time. “This is a chronicle of…

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