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Provide girls a level-playing field: Mufti

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Launches social security schemes for girls from low-income families Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today urged society to become progressive and change its perception towards the girl child for the growth of a nation. He said the growth of a nation would not be possible if discrimination against children continued on the basis of gender. The Chief Minister said girls required economic security, just as boys, and access to quality education and jobs so that they become equal partners in progress and development of the state. “Please provide girls a…

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Job test comes seven years after applying!

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It has taken almost seven years for the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) to initiate the selection process for about 1,500 posts in different categories. Official sources said nearly 85,000 candidates had applied for posts in various government departments since 2008, of which 62,000 were found eligible. They would appear in a written test scheduled to be held across Jammu and Kashmir on November 8. The JKSSB would hold a written test for nearly 1,500 posts in which over 62,000 candidates who had applied for different categories of…

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Modi’s a force of nature … not communal at all : Mufti

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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi finds himself the target of criticism for the perceived growing intolerance in the country, he gets a thumbs up from a crucial ally, PDP. Ahead of the PM’s visit to Jammu & Kashmir, chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed tells that the alliance between the BJP and PDP is very strong and that when Modi speaks at a public rally in Srinagar it would be the perfect opportunity for him to reiterate his faith in India’s diversity and plurality. Q: How would you describe your relationship…

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Kashmir Separatists’ march casts shadow over Modi’s rally

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Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani’s proposed ‘Srinagar Million March’ on November 7 has become a headache for security agencies who have been detailed for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally here on the same day. Geelani has asked people to join the ‘Srinagar Million March’ in large numbers. Other separatist leaders, including Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Asiya Andrabi and others, have supported Geelani’s call for the march to coincide with Modi’s rally. Director General of Police K. Rajendra Kumar reviewed the overall security situation in and around Modi’s…

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Project Mufti has failed: Dulat

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‘Kashmiris will opt for independence over India, Pak’ Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief, Amar Singh Dulat said “Project Mufti” had failed as different regions of the State had witnessed increased polarisation ever since Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janta Party coalition came to power. Speaking at the Mumbai Literary Festival, Dulat said, “Project Mufti has failed ever since the Mufti-Modi coalition assumed power in Jammu Kashmir.” Dulat said Mufti in his previous regime had tried to implement a policy of ‘Healing Touch’ but in the present coalition the chief minister…

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Hurriyat defies RSS demography diktat

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Geelani, Mirwaiz urge Muslims to resist right-wing party’s attempt to interfere in religious affairs Hurriyat has reacted sharply to the resolution passed by Rashtriya Sawayamsevak Sangh (RSS) wherein the right-wing Hindu party has blamed “higher growth” in the Muslim population for the “demographic imbalance” in India. Both the factions of Hurriyat took strong exception to what they termed as a move against the Muslim community. Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani said Muslims should not abide any dictates of RSS or Indian family planning policies. “By passing such resolutions,…

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‘Just one Kashmiri Pandit family returned to Valley in over two decades’

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Despite the assurances given by both the Centre and state governments and several voices backing the rehabilitation of those who left their homes during insurgency in the Valley, only one Kashmiri Pandit family has returned to its native abode in the past 25 years, claims a report. According to a report in the Times of India, PDP-led J&K government has told the Supreme Court that only one Kashimri Pandit family has returned to the Valley in the last 25 years. In its affidavit filed through advocate Sunil Fernandes, the J&K…

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PM Modi’s visit will be turning point in J&K’s history: CM

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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit here will be a “turning point” in the history of Jammu and Kashmir and the people of the state have great expectations from it. “People have great expectations from the visit of the Prime Minister who is a visionary and has his eyes fixed on overall development of Jammu and Kashmir. I see this as a turning point in the history of the state,” Sayeed said while recalling former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s address to…

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Modi’s Rally Vs Geelani’s Million March, Kashmir Battleground Next Saturday

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Senior pro-freedom leader and Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Saturday asked people to start preparations for the upcoming ‘Million March’ on November 7 to counter Prime Minister’s rally in Srinagar. Geelani led Hurriyat Conference on Thursday announced a ‘Million March’asking people to assemble at Tourist reception Centre (TRC) ground to counter Prime Minister’s first ever rally in Srinagar after PDP-BJP formed coalition government in State. “This rally will be a referendum to show whether PM’s rally will have large number of people or the rally of Geelani…

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JK invokes special status, SC verdicts to defend Article 35 A

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The Jammu and Kashmir government has invoked Article 370 of the Constitution of India and several judgments of the Supreme Court to defend Article 35 A of the Constitution which grants special rights and privileges to the state subjects. Taking stand on the issue, the government has conveyed to the Union Home Ministry that insertion of Article 35 A by the President is within his powers under Article 370 of the Constitution of India. Article 35 A was applied to J&K through the ‘Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order…

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