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Mehbooba Mufti meets Amit Shah

March 18, 2016 Editor

PDP President Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday met BJP President Amit Shah amid rising speculation about government formation in Jammu and Kashmir but there was no clear indication whether they have made any headway. The PDP, which toughened its stance after Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s demise by seeking concrete plans for the state’s development the before the coalition could be resumed, may latch on to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s statement in the Lok Sabha in which he promised speedy implementation of all the projects. The PDP President, who was in the national…

Govt formation in JK on its last lap

March 17, 2016 Editor

BJP general secretary Ram Madhav, who is in Pune, would be returning to Delhi on today and sources claimed that Mehbooba and Madhav are expected to discuss the issues of Jammu and Kashmir government formation. With Finance Minister Arun Jaitley expediting the process of government formation in restive Jammu and Kashmir by stating in Parliament that Centre was willing to walk an extra mile for the state, the BJP state president said talks about the government formation is on the final stage. “We can say talks about the government formation…

Will Mehbooba Mufti be asked to chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Omar asks BJP

March 17, 2016 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has once again taken dig at PDP-BJP alliance over their ideological differences. Amidst uproar over chanting of Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Abdullah has asked the BJP if the party will ask its alliance partner Mehbooba Mufti to chant the slogan. Taking to Twitter, Abdullah wrote, “Is Mehbooba Mufti also going to be asked to chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai as a condition for government formation in J&K?” Abdullah has never shied away from taking potshots at the alliance ever since the PDP-BJP…

Delhi High Court reserves order on Art 370

March 17, 2016 Editor

The Delhi High Court today reserved its judgment on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 of the Constitution that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. “File your written submissions. We will consider it and will pass an order,” said a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said. During the brief hearing, the counsel appearing for J&K told the bench that a similar issue was raised before the Supreme Court but it had refused to intervene in the matter. The counsel claimed that…

Loud Indictment of PDP, BJP as people no longer talk of new govt; Omar

March 17, 2016 Editor

NC leader slams previous coalition for depriving JK of relief, growth National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised the previous government of the PDP and the BJP for withholding flood relief and development during its 10-month rule in the state. “The Governor’s administration has released a certain amount of money for flood victims, has undertaken dredging of the Jhelum on a war-footing and resumed work on stalled development projects that were initiated before the PDP-BJP alliance took over. Since there was no new inflow of funds from New Delhi,…

State takes steps to prevent illegal immigrants from getting Aadhaar

March 17, 2016 Editor

Agencies preparing cards alerted about 31,000 Bangladeshi, Myanmar refugees in J&K The Jammu and Kashmir Government has prepared a list of over 31,000 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar to prevent them from getting enrolled under the Aadhaar scheme. Jammu has become a “safe haven” for the illegal immigrants and they are adopting “deceitful tactics” to acquire Aadhaar cards. Agencies involved in issuing Aadhaar cards have been told to maintain a strict vigil on the immigrants as some of them have managed to get fake ration cards and other documents…

Last ditch efforts to stitch PDP-BJP government in Kashmir begin

March 16, 2016 Editor

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) camps in Jammu and Kashmir are more upbeat about government formation today than they ever have been during the past more than two months. A series of developments taking place in the last three days indicate that the two alliance partners are warming up to each other on government-formation in the state that was placed under Governor’s Rule on January 8, a day after the then chief minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, passed away at AIIMS in New Delhi following…

Government on cards?

March 16, 2016 Editor

J&K Governor N N Vohra on Tuesday cancelled a crucial meeting of the State Administrative Council that was convened to give nod to the Budget, sources said. Another meeting—scheduled with political parties two days later—to discuss the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) election was also put off, they disclosed. Highly placed sources told KP that SAC headed by Governor NN Vohra and comprising his advisors, Parvez Dewan and Khurshid Ganie, was scheduled to meet at Civil Secretariat Jammu this morning to clear the Budget proposals. However, the meeting was cancelled at the…

CBI gets 3 months to complete investigation into JKCA scam

March 16, 2016 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today granted the CBI three months to complete investigation into the multi-crore Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam. The investigation conducted by the CBI so far has revealed that the BCCI had transferred a whopping Rs 1,12,33,04,618 crore to the JKCA between April 2002 and December 31, 2011. Citing “lack of credibility” in the state investigation agency — SIT — and “serious allegations” against “beneficiaries”, including the “influential and mighty”, as some of the reasons, the J&K High Court had on September 3,…

Farooq Abdullah bats for pre 1953 position

March 16, 2016 Editor

‘Better Indo-Pak relations key to Kashmir peace’ National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah Tuesday called for restoration of pre-1953 position of the State. “Our struggle is for the restoration of autonomy of the state, pre-1953 position, and Article 370 in its original form as agreed in the 1952 Delhi Agreement,” he said addressing several deputations of party MLAs, MLCs and workers from Sangrama, Beerwah, Pahalgam, Hazratbal and Khanyar at Nawai Subh headquarters here. According to the pre-1953 position of the State, Jammu Kashmir was promised to have its own flag,…