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No large ISIS footprint in J&K: Army Commander

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Terror outfit ISIS does not have “very large footprint” in Jammu and Kashmir but care needs to be taken to ensure it does not make inroads, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen D S Hooda said on Saturday and advocated an “Intelligence Operation” to prevent spreading of its ideology. Islamic State has been talking about South Asia and India region but “right now we don’t see a very large footprint of Islamic State in Jammu and Kashmir. But I think we have to be careful,” the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GoC-in-C) told…

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Mehbooba should form govt or break PDP-BJP alliance: Omar

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Putting a question mark over the existence of an alliance between the PDP and BJP in the state, former Jammu and Kashmir chief Minister and NC leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday asked that why there was no government in the Valley and said Mehbooba Mufti should break ties with the saffron party and go for fresh polls. “What has changed in last 10 months that despite the numbers in the assembly they (PDP-BJP) are not ready to form government,” ANI quoted Abdullah as saying. He further said that although an elected…

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In snub to PDP, RSS says no to pre-conditions for new government

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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh today said any pre-conditions laid out by PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for forming the government in Jammu and Kashmir would not be acceptable even as it declared that it was a “compulsion” for the PDP to form the government. Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar on a visit to Jammu said: “The BJP is an expanding and a flourishing organisation which cannot be dictated to. No pre-conditions at the state or Central level would be admissible for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.” The RSS has been…

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BJP to review report card of party ministers in Mufti govt

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The BJP high command has asked its state unit to prepare a comprehensive report card of the 10-month performance of the previous coalition government headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. The Sangh Parivar will be held at New Delhi on February 10 to take a final call on government formation in J&K. The performance report will be reviewed in the much-publicised Sangh Parivar meeting. Sources said before taking any decision on restitching the alliance with the PDP, the BJP high command would review the performance of the party’s ministers in the…

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Go to people to strengthen PDP, Mehbooba tells party workers

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday asked party workers to go back to the people in the state to help strengthen the party instead of speaking about government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. “Mufti sahib preferred public service and principles over power. We will work with renewed vigour to carry forward the vision of peace and development that the great leader left behind as a practical and inclusive agenda for resolving the issues facing Jammu and Kashmir,” she told a party workers’ convention here. “Our party patron…

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Now you can self-attest your documents

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Citizens in Jammu and Kashmir need no longer to get their documents related to government works attested by gazetted officers as Raj Bhavan has cleared the “self attestation policy”. The move is seen as a breather for jobless youth who had to get their documents such as marks sheets etc. attested to apply for government jobs. “Yes, the self attestation policy was cleared by the Governor yesterday soon after he appointed his advisors,” said a source in Raj Bhavan. An official in the General Administration Department said applicants now only…

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No govt in JK until Centre commits to confidence building measures, says Mehbooba

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PDP, with 27 MLAs in the 87-member Assembly and BJP with 25 legislators, ran a coalition government headed by Sayeed for 10 months before his death. Hardening her stance, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday made it clear that she will not form the government with BJP in Jammu and Kashmir if the Narendra Modi dispensation does not create a “conducive atmosphere” by committing confidence building measures (CBMs) for the state. “There are problems within problems. To face these difficulties, we need to have support and to have that conducive…

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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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