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107 villages still un-electrified in J&K

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In a bid to fast-track electrification of all remaining villages in J&K, the Government of India (GoI) has directed the State Government to complete the process of electrification of all un-electrified villages by December 2016. In two separate communications addressed to the top brass of J&K’s Power Development Department, the Union Power Ministry has asked them to pull up socks and complete electrification of all the un-electrified villages by end of this year under its flagship scheme of rural electrification, Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUJGY). As many as 107…

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Kashmir acceded to India, not to a party: CM

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Flags off 4 trains covering the Banihal-Baramulla-Budgam track Defending her party’s alliance with the BJP, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said Jammu and Kashmir acceded to the whole of India with all its people and parties in 1947 and not just to a single party. Mehbooba hailed Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah for taking the decision to accede to India. “He took the decision to accede with the aim that while keeping our integrity intact, we should accede to a country which is secular and where people of all religions live in…

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Fake degree ‘scam’ surfaces in Department of Youth Services & Sports

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Forged degree holders working as lecturers, district officers in department Notwithstanding its tall claims of keeping corruption out of institutions, government has failed to punish officers who have been promoted on fake degrees at Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS). According to sources a probe panel formed to look into validations of Masters Degree of Physical Education Lecturers in the Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS) has found the qualifications acquired by the lecturers as invalid and has recommended action against them. They said that many candidates working…

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‘State Subject law will be respected’ : NEET Row

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The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that the State Subject Law would be respected while granting admissions to students in various medical courses in Jammu and Kashmir, said a top law official. The official, who is in New Delhi to assist the lawyers pleading the case of Jammu and Kashmir in the Supreme Court to seek exemption from the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), told Kashmir POST : “One good thing that emerged today is that the apex court made it very clear that the State subject law will be…

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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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