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Won’t budge on Agenda of Alliance: BJP tells PDP

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• Blames PDP’s ‘internal issues’ for delay in Govt formation • ‘If they come up with demands then negotiations must start afresh’ Suggesting PDP to stick to the Agenda of Alliance, BJP Thursday said it won’t accept any demand seeking change or concessions in the terms of the agreement reached between the two parties last year. Talking to us, senior BJP leader Ramesh Arora said if PDP demands or seeks any concession on agenda of alliance, BJP won’t accept it. “It is better for both the parties to stick to…

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Delhi HC adjourns plea against Article 370 till March 16

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The Delhi High Court adjourned till March 16 the hearing on a petition challenging the validity of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir. As the hearing of the case started before a division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath, the counsel for the territory, GM Kawoosa, submitted that the petitioner had not served a copy of the additional affidavit to him. Subsequently, the court adjourned the case till March 16 with a direction to the petitioner to serve…

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Smart City list may impact PDP-BJP ties

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In a move that may have wide political ramifications, no city from the state has been included in the list of 20 names for the smart city project announced by the Centre today. This exclusion can cast its shadow over restitching the alliance between the PDP and BJP in the state as the ‘Agenda of Alliance’, which led to formation of the coalition government on March 1 last year, had recommended the two capital cities for the smart city project. Political observers see it as major snub to the PDP.…

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BJP faction keen on tie-up with National Conference

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Recalls alliance during Vajpayee-led NDA government Differences seem to have surfaced in the BJP over forming a government with the PDP. A faction in the BJP is opposing an alliance with the PDP after the death of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. BJP sources said a group had suggested the idea of exploring possibilities of an alliance with the National Conference (NC) as it was a part of the previous NDA regime headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This group argued that NC leaders were mature enough and it would be in the…

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HC doubts safety of Katra-Banihal rail link

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Delhi High Court today expressed concern over safety of the Katra-Banihal rail link to the Kashmir Valley and directed the Railway Board to file a fresh affidavit vouching that the line was examined in light of various experts’ reports and the current alignment was safe. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva issued the direction, saying it has a “lingering doubt” regarding safety of the line and bridges on the rail link to the Valley. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Maninder Singh told the bench there was already…

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PDP terrified of polls as NC bound to win: Omar

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Former Chief Minister and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday asked PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to either form the government or dissolve the Assembly and get ready for a fresh election. “They are making double talk. They say their Agenda of Alliance is not good and we will change it, and the next day they say the Agenda is sacred and we will carry it forward. If it is sacred, for God’s sake form the government, Mehboobaji,” Omar said while addressing a meeting of party workers at Beerwah…

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Sagar aghast over conferring award to Jagmohan

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‘He was mastermind of every massacre in Kashmir’ National Conference General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar Tuesday said that he is shocked and surprised how come Government conferred highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan to former Governor Jagmohan who was the ‘mastermind of all massacres’ in Kashmir Valley. Sagar told CNS on phone that awarding an infamous and notorious man like Jagmohan depicts moral bankruptcy. “Whole world knows how Jagmohan butchered people in Kashmir and how he planned and organized things to put people of Kashmir in trouble. Jagmohan played major role…

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54 JK Police men given President’s Police Medal

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On the eve of 67th Republic Day, 54 personnel of the Jammu and Kashmir Police were awarded the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry, Distinguished and Meritorious Service. Officers honoured with the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service are Inspector General of Police, Technical Services, Hemant Kumar Lohia and Deputy Inspector General of Police, Central Kashmir range, Ghulam Hassan Bhat. The President’s Police Medal for Gallantry was awarded to Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) Sheikh Zulfikar Azad, Mohammad Aslam, Imtiyaz Hussain Mir, Abdul Waheed Shah, Abdul Qayoom, Shoket Hussain, Imtiyaz Ismail…

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Mehbooba likely to form govt with BJP after Feb 3

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Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti is likely to form the much-awaited coalition government with the BJP after February 3 if all goes according to her plan. By the evening of February 3, she would have consulted her party men in both the major regions of the Kashmir valley and Jammu province. Sources privy to her next course said although Mehbooba had kept her choice open-ended, a larger section of the legislators, particularly former ministers, were of the view that she should form the government without further delay as people…

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Mehbooba to meet PDP leaders from Jammu on February 3

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For the first time after her father’s death, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti will be holding a meeting of party leaders of Jammu province here on February 3. Sources told that the agenda of the meeting was not related to the government formation. “It will be the first interaction of Mehbooba Mufti with party leaders of Jammu province after Mufti Saheb’s death. She is expected to talk only on party-related matters and ask leaders how to carry forward Mufti Sayeed’s dream,” said a source. The suspense on government formation in the…

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