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State in crisis but Mehbooba opts to attend LS session

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Doesn’t want decision viewed as blackmail There seems to be no end to the stalemate over government formation as PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has decided to attend the Budget session of Parliament beginning from February 23. The hardening of her stand can be disappointing for the people of the state who want an early solution to the stalemate and have been waiting for close to a month for the formation of a new government. Sources say Mehbooba doesn’t want her new decision to be viewed as a blackmailing or bargaining…

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RSS slams PDP for insisting on talks with Pak

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As the BJP leadership has maintained a guarded silence over the preconditions set by the PDP to restitch the alliance, the RSS, the ideological head of the Sangh Parivar, today made a veiled attack on the party for demanding a dialogue with Pakistan. “Instead of pleading the case of Pakistan, the PDP leadership should behave like an Indian party,” said RSS stalwart Indresh Kumar, who reached Jammu this afternoon. “The attitude of the PDP leadership is creating suspicion among countrymen so the onus is on the party (PDP) to remove…

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Hafiz Saeed leads anti-India rally on ‘Kashmir Day’ in Pakistan

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JuD chief and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed today led a march in Islamabad and his outfit across several cities, ranting on the Kashmir issue, showing defiance in the face of India asking Pakistan to “rein in” the terror group. A day after Saeed warned of more Pathankot-style attacks, the Jamaat Ud-Dawah men took out rallies in cities like Lahore, Faisalabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Muzaffarabad to mark ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’. The JuD chief led the rally in Islamabad while his relative Hafiz Abdur Rehman Maki addressed a big gathering…

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J&K Govt Formation: 6 Possible Scenarios That Can Play Out

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With PDP President Mehbooba Mufti demanding Confidence Building Measures rather than mere assurances from the central government on the implementation of the Agenda of Alliance, the impasse over the government formation in J&K is likely to linger on for some more time. The hopes of an early resolution of the crisis died down  when Mehbooba after meeting Governor N N Vohra in Jammu only hardened her position. Talking to media, she sought concrete concessions from the centre before she could agree to resume the alliance with BJP. Here are the…

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Technical snag hits Aadhaar registration

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As many as 400 operators out of 638 have been blacklisted due to a system error in the software of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Though the state government has set a deadline of March 31 to ensure that all employees as well as daily wagers, casual and seasonal labourers working in various departments under the state government enrol themselves under Aadhaar, the technical snag in the software has stopped the registration process at 200 centres in the state. On February 1, thesoftware version 3.10 of the UIDAI…

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Catch-22 for PDP — lose vote bank or Delhi link

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Impasse Over Government Formation Continues To be or not to be? When Mehbooba Mufti finally answers this question, it will decide the future of political arithmetic in Jammu and Kashmir and have a long-term impact on mainstream politics in the volatile state. The death of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has placed his daughter Mehbooba on a new pedestal, where her decision can have ramifications on the political landscape of the region. If Mehbooba decides to continue the alliance with the BJP, which she has described as “unpopular”, and agrees…

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National Conference slams PDP over political stalemate

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Slamming PDP for the political stalemate in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference today asked it to make public its charter of demands, failing which its “posturing” will prove to be just a “theatrical performance aimed at rebuilding a severely dented image”. Party general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar said PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti “should tell the people what she is demanding from the central government since these demands are being made in their name and at a cost of their right to have an elected government.” Noting that BJP has officially…

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State BJP clueless, awaits word from Centre

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State BJP leaders are in a wait-and-watch mode as the formation of government in the state now seems to be a matter between the Centre and Mehbooba. The state BJP leaders are now waiting for their high command to rescue them by reaching out to PDP president Mehboooba Mufti, who has asked the Centre to go in for confidence-building measures to give fillip to the new government. The BJP had sought 10 days from Governor NN Vohra yesterday to disclose their plan on government formation. Today, the BJP leaders avoided…

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Sun shines bright in Jammu, Srinagar; dry weather to prevail

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Bright sunshine greeted the people in Jammu and Srinagar on Wednesday as the weather office forecast dry weather across Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours to THursday morning. “A bright morning sunshine will further help raise the maximum day temperature in Jammu and Srinagar while night temperature is likely to drop further due to clear night sky in Jammu and Kashmir in the next 24 hours,” a meteorological department official told IANS. The official said the minimum temperature again dropped below freezing point at minus 2.3 degrees Celsius…

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Mehbooba wants assurance on CBMs from none but PM

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has demanded substantial confidence-building measures (CBMs) to create an environment of peace and stability before forming the government. She wants assurance on CBMs from the highest authority of Government of India (GoI), without elaborating much on these measures. After this statement, it is clear that she wants an assurance not from the BJP, but from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She wants to be in a position to show people of the state something which justifies her delay in government formation and continuing the…

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