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Chenani-Nashri road gives travellers a bumpy ride

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The Chenani-Nashri stretch on the national highway via Patnitop has become a victim of the government’s apathy. Travellers have to bear the brunt of the bumpy road stretch of 41 km. With all eyes on the inauguration of country’s longest tunnel from Chenani to Nashri, which will reduce the distance of more than 30 km on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway bypassing Kud, Patnitop and Batote, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has ignored the stretch of 41 km from Chenani to Nashri via Patnitop. Patnitop fails to attract tourists…

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Composite township plan for KPs unjustified: Hurriyat (G)

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Terming as “unjustified” the “rigidness” of the Government of India on the setting up of the composite township for the migrant Kashmiri Pandits, the Hurriyat Conference (G) today cautioned that the “division” of Kashmiris on religious lines and isolation of the Pandits from the society would not be allowed. Rejecting the statement of the union minister of state (MoS) for Home Hari bhai Parathi bhai Chaudhary in the Parliament that the plan of establishing the separate townships for the Kashmiri migrant Pandits in the valley is still under consideration and…

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NC, PDP, Cong acting as New Delhi’s collaborators: Rasheed

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Warns New Delhi of dire consequences over NEET, separate township issue AIP chief and MLA Langate Er Rasheed Wednesday said NC and Congress have no moral right to condemn or accuse PDP as all these three parties have acted as “collaborators” of New Delhi and were responsible for creation of “Kashmir dispute”. While addressing a public gathering at Qammar in Verinag, Er Rasheed asked people to get united “to get rid of these anti-Kashmiri forces”. “The lust of power among NC and PDP has reduced the regional parties to the…

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Mehbooba open to advice, but cannot be dictated

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It was the beginning of hard times for Mehbooba Mufti since April 4 when she took over as the first woman Chief Minister of the Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir. She completed first month in office on Wednesday and is now seen as a “tougher administrator” than her father and as a “good listener to sound advice”, feel the men and women around her. Everyone around her — ministers, bureaucrats and political leaders — have recognised her “command as a leader” and not to commit mistake of “underestimating her” or as…

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Today Mehbooba to flag-off two new trains in Kashmir

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Kashmir Valley is all set to get two more passenger trains from Northern Railways, which will have limited stops between Baramulla and Banihal. With the addition of two more trains, the Northern railways train services will now reach to 26 in a day. The new trains will be flagged off by the chief minister Mehbooba Mufti in Anantnag Railway station today. Chief public relation officer (CPRO), Northern Railways, Neeraj Sharma told KNS that the two passenger trains will be flagged off by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in southern Anantnag district…

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CM committed to make JK an island of peace: PDP

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PDP today said there has been a pragmatic improvement in the governance of Jammu and Kashmir and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is committed to make the state an island of peace. “With a pragmatic improvement in governance in Jammu and Kashmir state, the expectations of the people have increased and they have now started appreciating PDP-BJP alliance headed by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who is committed to make the state an island of peace,” PDP Vice President Rangil Singh told reporters here. He said the late PDP stalwart Mufti Mohd…

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Limited-stop trains to chug in Kashmir from tomorrow

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Banihal-Baramulla travel time to shrink with 60% fewer halts Almost eight years after the first train started chugging in Kashmir, the Northern Railway is introducing two fast passenger trains with limited stops from Banihal to Baramulla from Thursday. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti will flag off the limited-stop DMU (diesel multiple unit) train on Thursday from south Kashmir’s Anantnag and she will also undertake the train journey up to Baramulla in north Kashmir. Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will flag off the train through video conferencing from Rail Bhawan in Delhi.…

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CET against J&K’s special status: Omar Abdullah

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Former chief minister Omar Abdullah today alleged the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test is against the spirit of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and called out PDP-BJP government’s “lack of seriousness” in taking timely action to prevent its extension to the state. “NEET is against the interests of our students and clearly goes against the spirit and essence of J-K’s special status. The state government has shown a stunning sense of irresponsibility and lack of seriousness in dealing with this issue. This has created apprehension and anxiety in the minds…

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Thankful Centre accepted mistake of calling off talks with Pakistan: Omar

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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he was “thankful” that the Centre had “accepted its mistake” of calling off talks with Pakistan over invite to Hurriyat by Islamabad last year. “We have been saying this since the first day, when they (Centre) called off talks with Pakistan over Hurriyat invite, that it was a mistake to call off talks. Thankfully, they (central government) have accepted the mistake now,” Omar told reporters here. He was reacting to Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh’s statement…

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Mirwaiz dares Govt to fight Hurriyat on political turf

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‘GoI funding few groups in name of sufism to create sectarian divide among Muslims’ • Hurriyat working to find alternatives of hartals • PDP’s slogan of healing touch has turned into killing touch Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Monday dared the PDP-BJP government in the State to fight Hurriyat leadership on the political turf instead of curbing their social, political and religious freedom. “Under the Hindutva policy and RSS agenda, a particular thought is being promoted to create sectarian and sub- sectarian divide in Kashmir. Some groups are…

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