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Jesus Christ was a Tamil Hindu, worshipped Lord Shiva: RSS co-founder’s book

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Ganesh Damodar (Babarao) Savarkar, the elder brother of Vinayak Damodar (Veer) Savarkar, had claimed in his book Jesus Christ was born a Tamil Hindu. The book written by one of the founders of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1946 is now being re-issued by a Mumbai-based right-wing trust. As per the book `Christ Parichay`, Jesus was a Vishwakarma Brahmin by birth and Christianity is just a sect of Hinduism. The Swatantryaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak will release the Marathi book on February 26. The book does not say anything about the…

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Div Com reviews progress of tunnels, highway projects

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Stresses on fast tracking of construction work Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon today directed the concerned departments and executing agencies to speed up the work on prestigious highway and tunnel projects in Kashmir division. Dr Samoon said this while reviewing the progress of various projects during a high-level meeting here on Monday which was attended by officers of PHE, PDD, R&B, Beacon, NHAI, Jayank and other organizations. The Deputy Commissioners of Ganderbal, Anantnag, Shopian, Kupwara, Kargil and Leh also attended the meeting through videoconferencing. The Divisional Commissioner was…

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Curfew-like restrictions in Pampore, adjoining areas to prevents protests

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Curfew-like restrictions were imposed on Tuesday in areas from Pantha Chowk to Pampore around the Srinagar-Jammu highway to prevent protests against the death of three militants in a gunfight with forces yesterday afternoon. The militants died after a 48-hour-long gunfight with forces at the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Building (JKEDI) in Pampore area of Pulwama district. “Fearing law and order problems, the restrictions have been imposed from Pantha Chowk to Pampore,” said a senior police officer. Clashes had erupted in the area yesterday with youths trying to march towards the…

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Zee News producer quits over channel’s coverage of JNU row

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A producer with Hindi television channel Zee News Sunday quit the organisation protesting against the coverage of the JNU row by the channel. Vishwa Deepak, a producer, said in his resignation letter, also shared on social media, “We journalists often question others but never ourselves. We fix others’ responsibilities but never ours. We are called as the fourth pillar of the democracy but are we, our organisations, our thoughts and our actions really democratic? “This is not just my question but everybody else’s too. The way JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar…

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Guv wants early ration distribution to 20 lakh new beneficiaries in JK

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Governor NN Vohra has stressed upon early ration distribution to 20 lakh new beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013. Reviewing implementation of the NFSA-2013 in a meeting held at Raj Bhawan here today, Governor directed Chief Secretary BR Sharma to ensure that there was no shortage of food grains in any part of the state while implementing the NFSA. The meeting was also attended by Secretary, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD), Saurabh Bhagat. The Governor was informed that before the implementation of the NFSA, 18.02 lakh…

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Mehbooba praises Modi, hints at forming govt with BJP

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PDP president Mehbooba Mufti today hinted at re-stitching alliance with the BJP to form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir. “You should have faith in God and then in the decision of Mufti Saheb. As a (party) president I know the issues of Kashmir, whatever will be the decision that will be for the welfare of J&K and for the country’s welfare,” Mehbooba said in her first public address after the death of her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on January 7. “J&K will be made a bridge between the…

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PDP’s silence on Geelani’s arrest, crackdown on Kashmiri students sorrowful: Hurriyat (G)

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‘Mehbooba busy with BJP for crown ceremony’ PDP’s silence on Geelani Hurriyat Conference (G) Friday termed the silence of PDP over the arrest of Kashmiri scholar Prof Syed Abdur Rehman Geelani and the crackdown of the Delhi police over Kashmiri students as sorrowful. In a statement Hurriyat (G) said at the time when the ‘communal BJP and the biased Indian media is charging the atmosphere to hang’ SAR Geelani and the other students the Afzal way, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti Sahiba is busy with BJP general secretary…

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PDP wants Modi to own Kashmir

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Post Mehbooba Mufti- Ram Madhav meeting on Wednesday evening, there is only one-sided story out in the public domain over the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. It’s BJP that has spoken out, the PDP is maintaining a discreet silence. The real story centres on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The reason: The PDP wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to show the same statesmanship and boldness that he exhibited by undertaking a surprise visit to Pakistan on Xmas, which his predecessor Manmohan Singh could not, despite his wish to do so…

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Identify non-performing officers, says Governor

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Stressing upon accountable and responsive governance, Governor NN Vohra today issued directions for identifying non-performing officers. The Governor passed these directions while reviewing issues related to the Vigilance at a high-level meeting at the Civil Secretariat. Chief Secretary BR Sharma, Principal Secretary to Governor PK Tripathi and General Administration Department (GAD) Commissioner Gazzanfar Hussain attended the meeting. Gazzanfar informed that 91 FIRs were registered during 2015 involving 158 gazetted officers and 118 non-gazetted officials. The consent for prosecuting 32 cases, involving 22 gazetted officers and 40 non-gazetted officials, has been…

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State bans pvt hotel meetings; officials to travel in economy

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The cash-strapped Jammu and Kashmir today unveiled a slew of austerity measures “to promote fiscal discipline” and cut extravagant expenditure on official meetings, conferences, air travel of bureaucrats and purchase of new vehicles. The state government, administrated by Governor NN Vohra, has barred officers and officials from holding of meetings and conferences at private hotels and travelling first class on domestic and international visits regardless of entitlement. It has also discouraged the holding of exhibitions, fairs, seminars and conferences outside the state, except exhibition for tourism or handicraft promotion. Furthermore,…

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